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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs Gemini 2.5 Pro

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Winner summary

Gemini 2.5 Pro wins 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math.

Category leads
knowledge·Gemini 2.5 Promath·Gemini 2.5 Pro
Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
#163 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Gemini 2.5 Pro
#116 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
n/a
no price
Gemini 2.5 Pro
9.0 pts/$
$5.63/M
Vendor risk
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DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
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Google DeepMind
$4.20T·Tier 1
Low risk
Head to head
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BGemini 2.5 Pro
Balrog
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads by +23.8
Balrog · benchmarks AI agents on text-based adventure games, testing language understanding, strategic planning, and long-horizon reasoning.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
19.5
Gemini 2.5 Pro
43.3
Chess Puzzles
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads by +15.8
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
0.0
Gemini 2.5 Pro
15.8
GPQA diamond
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads by +28.2
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
52.2
Gemini 2.5 Pro
80.4
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads by +29.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
55.5
Gemini 2.5 Pro
84.7
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BGemini 2.5 Pro
Balrog
Balrog · benchmarks AI agents on text-based adventure games, testing language understanding, strategic planning, and long-horizon reasoning.
19.543.3
Chess Puzzles
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
0.015.8
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
52.280.4
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
55.584.7
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B————
Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Pro$1.25$10.001.0M tokens (~524 books)$34.38