DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium)

DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricDeepSeek R1 (Jan '25)Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)11.433.6+194.7% Gemini 3.5 Flash (Med… is 2.9× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$460.74Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)20.16s14.74s−26.9% Gemini 3.5 Flash (Med… is 26.9% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $4.00$1.50 / $9.00
Input modalitiesTextText, Image, Speech, Video
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