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DeepSeek V4 ProvsGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is 2.6x cheaper per token. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).
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Shared benchmarks
1 – 0
DeepSeek V4 Pro leads
Cheaper per token
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
2.6x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
DeepSeek · Google
DeepSeek V4 Pro
DeepSeek · released 2026-08-13
text
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Google · released 2025-07-22
textvisionaudio
Quality
Benchmark matrix
1 shared · 10 only DeepSeek V4 Pro · 3 only Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 1 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% ↗epoch | 66.7% ↗ | +24.2 pt | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Only DeepSeek V4 Pro reports · 10 | ||||
| AIME 2026 | 96.7% ↗matharena ⚠ | not reported | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | 1450.6 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 62.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 2.4% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 45.3% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (with tools) | 60% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 96.7% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 47% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 77.6% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 87.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite reports · 3 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 27.6% ↗ | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | not reported | 63.1% ↗ | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | not reported | 6.9% ↗ | — | — |
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 V4 Pro 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
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1.0M tokens | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
| Max output | 384K tokens | 66K tokens | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Input price / 1M | $0.435 ↗ | $0.1 ↗ | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
| Output price / 1M | $0.87 ↗ | $0.4 ↗ | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.004 ↗ | $0.01 ↗ | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $1.31 | $0.5 | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
| Modalities | text | text · vision · audio | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
| Released | 2026-08-13 | 2025-07-22 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 11 | 4 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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