Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Ring-2.6-1T

DeepSeek-R1 has enough public results to be ranked (#115); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.3

Rank #115 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 1 category and Ring-2.6-1T in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Ring-2.6-1T leads 26.1 to 18.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 35.7% for DeepSeek-R1 and 42.4% for Ring-2.6-1T.
  • Ring-2.6-1T has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Ring-2.6-1T specifications
DeepSeek-R1Ring-2.6-1T
ProviderDeepSeekAnt Group (inclusionAI)
Noometry Index42.336.9
Released2025-01-202026-05-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window164K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked523

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.7

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Ring-2.6-1T
SciCode35.7%42.4%
ALE-Bench804.12432.57
Aider Polyglot71.4%—
WeirdML41.6%—
LiveBench Coding66.7%—
LMArena Coding1427—
AlgoTune1.7—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 30.7 (#75), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Ring-2.6-1T
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
BALROG34.9%—
METR Time Horizons53.8%—

Reasoning Ring-2.6-1T leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Ring-2.6-1T: 26.1

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Ring-2.6-1T
CritPt1.1%3.7%
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench40.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark69.4%—
ARC-AGI-121.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning83.2%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1416—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.29—
ForecastBench60—
LiveBench71.6%—

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Ring-2.6-1T
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%—
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LiveBench Math80.7%—
LMArena Math1400—
MATH Level 596.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Ring-2.6-1T
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Confabulations12.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—
LMArena Expert1394—

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Non-English1412—
LMArena Chinese1442—
LMArena French1417—
LMArena German1404—
LMArena Japanese1391—
LMArena Korean1360—
LMArena Russian1423—
LMArena Spanish1411—

Instruction Following Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Ring-2.6-1T
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following1382—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Ring-2.6-1T
Fiction.LiveBench75%—
LMArena Longer Query1391—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Text1428—
LMArena Creative Writing1405—
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1405—
LiveBench Language48.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Ring-2.6-1T?

DeepSeek-R1 has enough public results to be ranked (#115); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 40.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Ring-2.6-1T share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.

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