Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Gemma 1.1 7b IT

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.3

Rank #115 Confirmed

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

31.3

Rank #277 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 1.1 7b IT in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 61.4 to 30.4.
  • Gemma 1.1 7b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Gemma 1.1 7b IT specifications
DeepSeek-R1Gemma 1.1 7b IT
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index42.331.3
Released2025-01-20—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window164K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked5219

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.5 (#284)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Coding14271084
Aider Polyglot71.4%—
SciCode35.7%—
WeirdML41.6%—
LiveBench Coding66.7%—
ALE-Bench804.12—
AlgoTune1.7—
HumanEval+—35.4%
MBPP+—45%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 30.7 (#75), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemma 1.1 7b IT
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
BALROG34.9%—
METR Time Horizons53.8%—

Reasoning Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 20.5 (#238)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts14161071
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench40.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark69.4%—
ARC-AGI-121.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning83.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.29—
ForecastBench60—
LiveBench71.6%—

Math DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#220)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Math14001107
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%—
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LiveBench Math80.7%—
MATH Level 596.6%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#247)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Expert13941039
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Confabulations12.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—

Multilingual DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.1 (#273)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Non-English14121052
LMArena Chinese14421061
LMArena French14171065
LMArena German14041054
LMArena Japanese1391971
LMArena Korean1360988
LMArena Russian14231046
LMArena Spanish14111049

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.0 (#283)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Instruction Following13821057
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—

Long Context DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.1 (#272)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Longer Query13911056
Fiction.LiveBench75%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.4 (#288)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Gemma 1.1 7b IT
LMArena Text14281094
LMArena Creative Writing14051060
LMArena Multi-Turn14051040
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language48.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Gemma 1.1 7b IT?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Gemma 1.1 7b IT better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 31.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Gemma 1.1 7b IT share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19.

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