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DeepSeek R1vsGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

DeepSeek R1 leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).

Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.

Shared benchmarks
3 – 0
DeepSeek R1 leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
DeepSeek · Google
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek · released 2025-01-20
text
Context
128K
Max out
33K
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
8 · 7 core
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Google · released 2025-07-22
textvisionaudio
Context
1.0M
Max out
66K
Input /1M
$0.1
Output /1M
$0.4
Cached /1M
$0.01
Scores
4 · 4 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkDeepSeek R1Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteΔEdge
Reported by both · 3
SWE-bench Verified49.2% 27.6% +21.6 ptDeepSeek R1
GPQA Diamond71.5% 66.7% +4.8 ptDeepSeek R1
AIME 202570% matharena63.1% +6.9 ptDeepSeek R1
Only DeepSeek R1 reports · 4
MMLU90.8% not reported
MMLU-Pro84% not reported
LMArena Elo1372.6 not reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)53.3% epochnot reported
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite reports · 1
Humanity's Last Exam (no tools)not reported6.9%
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is DeepSeek R1 minus Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecDeepSeek R1Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteEdge
Context window128K tokens1.0M tokensGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Max output33K tokens66K tokensGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Input price / 1M$0.1
Output price / 1M$0.4
Cached input / 1M$0.01
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$0.5
Modalitiestexttext · vision · audioGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Released2025-01-202025-07-22
Cited benchmark scores84
Reliability

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