Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V3.1 leads with 20.1% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 1.5 Flash offers 729.1K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V3.1. Gemini 1.5 Flash is $0.52 cheaper per million tokens. Gemini 1.5 Flash supports multimodal inputs. Overall, DeepSeek-V3.1 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.1 was developed as an incremental advancement over DeepSeek-V3, designed to refine the mixture-of-experts architecture with improved training techniques. Built to enhance quality and efficiency while maintaining the open-source philosophy, it represents continued iteration on DeepSeek's flagship model line.
Gemini 1.5 Flash was created as a fast and efficient multimodal model, designed to provide quick responses while handling text, images, and other modalities. Built for applications requiring low latency and high throughput, it balances capability with speed to serve real-time and high-volume use cases.
8 months newer

Gemini 1.5 Flash
2024-05-01

DeepSeek-V3.1
DeepSeek
2025-01-10
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek-V3.1

Gemini 1.5 Flash
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

DeepSeek-V3.1

Gemini 1.5 Flash
Gemini 1.5 Flash
2023-11-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-V3.1
DeepInfra
Novita

Gemini 1.5 Flash

DeepSeek-V3.1

Gemini 1.5 Flash

DeepSeek-V3.1

Gemini 1.5 Flash