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DeepSeek R1vsGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
0 – 2
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 3.1 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 3.1 Flash-Lite
Google · released 2026-03-03
textvisionaudio
Context
1.0M
Max out
66K
Input /1M
$0.25
Output /1M
$1.5
Cached /1M
$0.025
Scores
10 · 5 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkDeepSeek R1Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteΔEdge
Reported by both · 2
GPQA Diamond71.5% 86.9% -15.4 ptGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)53.3% epoch80% epoch-26.7 ptGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Only DeepSeek R1 reports · 5
SWE-bench Verified49.2% not reported
MMLU90.8% not reported
MMLU-Pro84% not reported
AIME 202570% matharenanot reported
LMArena Elo1372.6 not reported
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite reports · 7
Humanity's Last Exam (no tools)not reported16%
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)not reported27.7% epoch
LiveCodeBenchnot reported72%
MMMLUnot reported88.9%
MMMU-Pronot reported76.8%
MRCR v2 (128k average)not reported60.1%
SimpleQA Verifiednot reported43.3%
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 3.1 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 3.1 Flash-LiteEdge
Context window128K tokens1.0M tokensGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Max output33K tokens66K tokensGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Input price / 1M$0.25
Output price / 1M$1.5
Cached input / 1M$0.025
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$1.75
Modalitiestexttext · vision · audioGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Released2025-01-202026-03-03
Cited benchmark scores810
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