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DeepSeek R1 vs Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)

List-price comparison ·DeepSeek R1 details ·Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch) details

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For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch) is the cheapest — 38% less than the priciest here ($90.00/mo vs $146.00/mo).

 DeepSeek R1Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)
Input / 1M tokens$0.500$0.250
Output / 1M tokens$2.15$1.50
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out)$0.0015$0.0009
Context window163,840 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Max output32,768 tokens65,535 tokens
Quality score84/10076/100
TierFlagshipFlash
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle

Projected monthly cost

Requests / moDeepSeek R1Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)
1,000$1.46$0.9
10,000$14.60$9.00
100,000$146.00$90.00
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DeepSeek R1

Chain-of-thought reasoning competitive with closed flagship models on math and logic benchmarks, at open-weight pricing.

Emits long reasoning traces that inflate output token counts and cost — cap reasoning length or use a distilled variant for latency-sensitive paths.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)

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