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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.

Winner summary

Gemini 3.6 Flash wins 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math.

Category leads
knowledge·Gemini 3.6 Flashmath·Gemini 3.6 Flash
Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
#175 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Gemini 3.6 Flash
#98 by perf·#10 by attention
DESERVED
Best value
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
n/a
no price
Gemini 3.6 Flash
24.0 pts/$
$2.25/M
Vendor risk
One or more vendors flagged
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DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
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Google DeepMind
$3.53T·Tier 1
Low risk
Head to head
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BGemini 3.6 Flash
Chess Puzzles
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads by +39.0
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 3.6 Flash
39.0
GPQA diamond
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads by +43.8
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 3.6 Flash
96.0
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads by +38.6
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
55.5
Gemini 3.6 Flash
94.2
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BGemini 3.6 Flash
Chess Puzzles
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
0.039.0
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
52.296.0
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
55.594.2
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32Bn/an/an/an/a
Google DeepMind logoGemini 3.6 Flash$0.75$3.751.0M tokens (~524 books)$15.00