Quality
Known Good Index and the capability indices, side by side
Each index is min-max normalised across tracked models and scaled 0–100 from published evaluations. We do not run these evaluations.
| Metric | deepseek-r1 | gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-01-21 |
|---|---|---|
| Known Good Index | 68 | 62 |
| Mathematics Index | 74 | 58 |
| Science Index | 69 | 54 |
| Reasoning Index | 77 | 66 |
| Openness Index | 60 | 5 |
Quality Breakdown
Every evaluation both models report a published score for
Bar = deepseek-r1 · marker = gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-01-21 · scores ingested from Epoch AI (CC-BY 4.0), LiveBench (Apache-2.0)
Right-hand figures read deepseek-r1 / gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-01-21. deepseek-r1 leads on 7 of 9, gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-01-21 on 2.
Arena Elo
Human preference rating from blind pairwise votes
Elo from blind pairwise votes, ingested from Arena. Higher is better.
| Metric | deepseek-r1 | gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-01-21 |
|---|---|---|
| Text Arena | 1,373 | — |
| Text Arena (style controlled) | 1,398 | — |
Price & Cost
Published API pricing by token type
USD per 1M tokens. Blended is a 3:1 input:output mix. Live from OpenRouter, cross-checked against models.dev. Lower is better.
| Metric | deepseek-r1 | gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-01-21 |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/1M | — | — |
| Output $/1M | — | — |
| Blended $/1M | — | — |
| Cache read $/1M | — | — |
Context Window
Maximum input accepted and maximum output emitted
Provider-declared limits, from metadata via models.dev and OpenRouter. Higher is better.
| Metric | deepseek-r1 | gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-01-21 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output tokens | — | — |
Speed & Latency
Median throughput and time to first token across hosting providers
Medians across all tracked providers, derived from OpenRouter endpoint telemetry.
| Metric | deepseek-r1 | gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-01-21 |
|---|---|---|
| Output tokens/s | — | — |
| Time to first token | — | — |
Providers
Which hosts serve each model, and at what price and speed
No hosting providers are currently tracked for either model.