Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Gemini 1.0 Pro

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.3

Rank #115 Confirmed

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.3

Rank #332 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 8 categories and Gemini 1.0 Pro in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 43.8 to 9.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 96.6% for DeepSeek-R1 and 11.2% for Gemini 1.0 Pro.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Gemini 1.0 Pro specifications
DeepSeek-R1Gemini 1.0 Pro
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index42.327.3
Released2025-01-202023-12-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window164K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked5224

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Coding14271108
Aider Polyglot71.4%—
SciCode35.7%—
WeirdML41.6%—
LiveBench Coding66.7%—
ALE-Bench804.12—
AlgoTune1.7—
HumanEval+—55.5%
MBPP+—61.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 30.7 (#75), Gemini 1.0 Pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 1.0 Pro
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
BALROG34.9%—
METR Time Horizons53.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Hard Prompts14161109
Epoch Capabilities Index141.29117.04
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench40.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark69.4%—
ARC-AGI-121.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning83.2%—
DTBench—45.9%
LiveBench Data Analysis69.8%—
ForecastBench60—
LiveBench71.6%—

Math DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 1.0 Pro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%1.1%
LMArena Math14001132
MATH Level 596.6%11.2%
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LiveBench Math80.7%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 1.0 Pro
GPQA Diamond76.3%34%
LMArena Expert13941059
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Confabulations12.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—
MMLU—70%

Multilingual DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Non-English14121138
LMArena Chinese14421124
LMArena French14171145
LMArena German14041125
LMArena Japanese13911023
LMArena Russian14231186
LMArena Spanish14111119
LMArena Korean1360—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Instruction Following13821114
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—

Long Context DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Longer Query13911132
Fiction.LiveBench75%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Text14281149
LMArena Creative Writing14051131
LMArena Multi-Turn14051139
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language48.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Gemini 1.0 Pro?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Gemini 1.0 Pro better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Gemini 1.0 Pro share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24.

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