Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Gemini 2.0 Pro

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.3

Rank #115 Confirmed

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 5 categories and Gemini 2.0 Pro in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 45.4 to 29.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Aider Polyglot: 71.4% for DeepSeek-R1 and 35.6% for Gemini 2.0 Pro.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Gemini 2.0 Pro specifications
DeepSeek-R1Gemini 2.0 Pro
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index42.339.1
Released2025-01-202025-02-05
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window164K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked5214

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 2.0 Pro
Aider Polyglot71.4%35.6%
LiveBench Coding66.7%63.5%
SciCode35.7%—
WeirdML41.6%—
LMArena Coding1427—
ALE-Bench804.12—
AlgoTune1.7—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 30.7 (#75), Gemini 2.0 Pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 2.0 Pro
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
BALROG34.9%—
METR Time Horizons53.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 2.0 Pro
LiveBench Reasoning83.2%60.1%
LiveBench Data Analysis69.8%68%
Epoch Capabilities Index141.29135.06
LiveBench71.6%65.1%
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench40.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark69.4%—
ARC-AGI-121.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
EnigmaEval—0.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts1416—
ForecastBench60—

Math DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 2.0 Pro
LiveBench Math80.7%71%
MATH Level 596.6%83.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%—
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LMArena Math1400—

Knowledge DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 2.0 Pro
GPQA Diamond76.3%65.7%
Confabulations12.7%18.4%
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—
LMArena Expert1394—

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85), Gemini 2.0 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 2.0 Pro
LMArena Non-English1412—
LMArena Chinese1442—
LMArena French1417—
LMArena German1404—
LMArena Japanese1391—
LMArena Korean1360—
LMArena Russian1423—
LMArena Spanish1411—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 2.0 Pro
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%83.4%
IFEval78.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following1382—

Long Context DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 2.0 Pro
Fiction.LiveBench75%41.7%
LMArena Longer Query1391—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemini 2.0 Pro
LiveBench Language48.5%44.9%
LMArena Text1428—
LMArena Creative Writing1405—
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1405—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Gemini 2.0 Pro?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Gemini 2.0 Pro better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Gemini 2.0 Pro share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14.

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