DeepSeek-R1 vs Gemini 3 Pro

Verdict

Gemini 3 Pro leads 9–0 across 9 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 0 · Gemini 3 Pro 9 · higher isn't always better — check the caveats below.

Per-benchmark head-to-head

Reported scores — protocols may differ. How we compare

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DeepSeek-R1Gemini 3 Pro

15.8
BARC-AGI
75
1.3
AARC-AGI-2
31.11
34.9
ABalrog
58.1
1.1
ACritPt
6.9
62.29
BGPQA diamond
90.15
51.93
AMETR Time Horizons
70.98
53.29
AOTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
91.38
17.08
ASimpleBench
71.68
36.49
AWeirdML
69.93

Capabilities

Reasoning

Reasoning: Gemini 3 Pro leads 3–0 across 3 shared reasoning benchmarks (largest gap: ARC-AGI, 75 vs 15.8 — single evaluator).

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What the labs claim

Vendor claims — compare against the measured scores above. A claim is what a developer says about its own model, not an independent measurement.

DeepSeek-R1

Reasoning

“After these steps, we obtained a checkpoint referred to as DeepSeek-R1, which achieves performance on par with OpenAI-o1-1217.”
arxiv.org2025
“For education-oriented knowledge benchmarks such as MMLU, MMLU-Pro, and GPQA Diamond, DeepSeek-R1 demonstrates superior performance compared to DeepSeek-V3.”
arxiv.org2025

Gemini 3 Pro

Context Handling

“state-of-the-art reasoning, vision and spatial understanding, leading multilingual performance, and 1 million-token context window”
blog.google2025

Multimodal

“It's the best model in the world for multimodal understanding and our most powerful agentic and vibe coding model yet”
blog.google2025

Reasoning

“It's state-of-the-art in reasoning, built to grasp depth and nuance”
blog.google2025

A higher score does not always mean a better model. Each number is task performance under a disclosed harness. Of the 18 measurements across 9 shared benchmarks, 18 single-evaluator or undisclosed-protocol reports; 22% are independently reproduced. DeepSeek-R1 pricing is cross-check disputed — weigh cost claims with the same caution as benchmark wins. Check any benchmark's integrity grade before reading a win as decisive.

Frequently asked questions

Gemini 3 Pro leads 9–0 across 9 shared benchmarks. DeepSeek-R1 leads 0 benchmarks and Gemini 3 Pro leads 9. Higher isn't always better — see the integrity caveats on each benchmark.

DeepSeek-R1 and Gemini 3 Pro have 9 benchmarks in common in our data — those are the only rows where a direct, apples-to-apples comparison is drawn.

Gemini 3 Pro leads reasoning 3–0.

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What the labs claim

Vendor claims — compare against the measured scores above. A claim is what a developer says about its own model, not an independent measurement.

DeepSeek-R1

Reasoning

“After these steps, we obtained a checkpoint referred to as DeepSeek-R1, which achieves performance on par with OpenAI-o1-1217.”
arxiv.org2025
“For education-oriented knowledge benchmarks such as MMLU, MMLU-Pro, and GPQA Diamond, DeepSeek-R1 demonstrates superior performance compared to DeepSeek-V3.”
arxiv.org2025

Gemini 3 Pro

Context Handling

“state-of-the-art reasoning, vision and spatial understanding, leading multilingual performance, and 1 million-token context window”
blog.google2025

Multimodal

“It's the best model in the world for multimodal understanding and our most powerful agentic and vibe coding model yet”
blog.google2025

Reasoning

“It's state-of-the-art in reasoning, built to grasp depth and nuance”
blog.google2025

Frequently asked questions

Gemini 3 Pro leads 9–0 across 9 shared benchmarks. DeepSeek-R1 leads 0 benchmarks and Gemini 3 Pro leads 9. Higher isn't always better — see the integrity caveats on each benchmark.

DeepSeek-R1 and Gemini 3 Pro have 9 benchmarks in common in our data — those are the only rows where a direct, apples-to-apples comparison is drawn.

Gemini 3 Pro leads reasoning 3–0.