DeepSeek-R1 0528 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro
Wins 0 of 6 areas
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Wins 5 of 6 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Gemini 2.5 Pro is the stronger all-rounder.DeepSeek-R1 0528 is cheaper.
Scores updated · 48 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking04Gemini 2.5 Pro4 of 4 tests
- CodingWriting and fixing software03Gemini 2.5 Pro3 of 3 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts02Gemini 2.5 Pro2 of 2 tests
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked02Gemini 2.5 Pro2 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up12Gemini 2.5 Pro2 of 3 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own11Even1 each
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
DeepSeek-R1 0528 costs 61% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Gemini 2.5 Pro pulls ahead
- Short factual questions, answered correctlySimpleQA Verified+28.6points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+18.6points ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+13.3points ahead
Where DeepSeek-R1 0528 pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+7.5points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 48 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingGemini 2.5 Pro
- SWE-bench VerifiedGemini 2.5 Pro by 18.644.663.2+18.6
- Terminal-Bench HardGemini 2.5 Pro by 10.615.926.5+10.6
- SciCodeGemini 2.5 Pro by 640.346.3+6
ReasoningGemini 2.5 Pro
- SimpleBenchGemini 2.5 Pro by 10.840.851.6+10.8
- GPQA DiamondGemini 2.5 Pro by 2.381.383.6+2.3
- Humanity's Last ExamGemini 2.5 Pro by 2.215.818+2.2
- CritPtGemini 2.5 Pro by 1.21.42.6+1.2
FactsGemini 2.5 Pro
- SimpleQA VerifiedGemini 2.5 Pro by 28.627.456+28.6
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemini 2.5 Pro by 8.630.539+8.6
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 7.516.69.1+7.5
Long documentsGemini 2.5 Pro
- AA-LCRGemini 2.5 Pro by 13.355.769+13.3
- LongBench v2Gemini 2.5 Pro by 6.752.158.8+6.7
Following instructionsGemini 2.5 Pro
- IFBenchGemini 2.5 Pro by 9.139.648.7+9.1
- Multi-ChallengeGemini 2.5 Pro by 8.64553.6+8.6
Other results32 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- SimpleQADeepSeek-R1 0528 by 41.592.350.8+41.5
- OpenAI-MRCR (128k)Gemini 2.5 Pro by 25.351.576.8+25.3
- imo_2025Gemini 2.5 Pro by 24.76.831.6+24.7
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGemini 2.5 Pro by 22.72446.7+22.7
- Terminal-BenchGemini 2.5 Pro by 19.65.725.3+19.6
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Gemini 2.5 Pro by 17.636.554.1+17.6
- AA Agentic IndexDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 17.320.83.5+17.3
- ARC-AGI-1Gemini 2.5 Pro by 15.821.237+15.8
- HMMT 2025DeepSeek-R1 0528 by 13.779.465.7+13.7
- AA-OmniscienceGemini 2.5 Pro by 11.1-27.4-16.4+11.1
- HarmBenchGemini 2.5 Pro by 10.854.665.4+10.8
- usamo_2025DeepSeek-R1 0528 by 5.730.124.4+5.7
- Aider-PolyglotGemini 2.5 Pro by 4.971.676.5+4.9
- AIME 2025DeepSeek-R1 0528 by 4.587.583+4.5
- livecodebench_hardDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 4.263.659.4+4.2
- HMMT Feb. 2025Gemini 2.5 Pro by 4.176.780.8+4.1
- LiveCodeBench (24/8~25/5)Gemini 2.5 Pro by 473.177.1+4
- BrowseComp-ZHDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 3.535.732.2+3.5
- TAU-bench (airline)DeepSeek-R1 0528 by 3.553.550+3.5
- ZebraLogicDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 3.595.191.6+3.5
- TAU-bench (retail)Gemini 2.5 Pro by 3.163.967+3.1
- AA IntelligenceGemini 2.5 Pro by 1.913.115+1.9
- simple_safety_testsDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 1.398.397+1.3
- MMLU-ProGemini 2.5 Pro by 18586+1
- LiveCodeBenchtie73.374.2tie
- MATH-500 (EM)tie9898.8tie
- AIME 2024tie91.492tie
- anthropic_red_teamtie99.199.5tie
- livecodebench_easytie99.298.8tie
- livecodebench_mediumtie90.990.6tie
- bbqtie96.596.4tie
- XSTesttie98.898.7tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, DeepSeek-R1 0528 or Gemini 2.5 Pro?
Gemini 2.5 Pro wins five of the six areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. DeepSeek-R1 0528 wins none, but costs 61% less. They are level on agents.
Which is better for coding?
Gemini 2.5 Pro. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; DeepSeek-R1 0528 wins none.
Which is cheaper?
DeepSeek-R1 0528 costs $1.35 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens; Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 and $10.00. That makes DeepSeek-R1 0528 about 61% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 48 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 16 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 32 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.