Aion-2.0 vs DeepSeek-R1

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Aion-2.0 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 58 to 43. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Aion-2.0's sharpest advantage is in instruction following, where it averages 93 against 69. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is OpenBookQA, 75 to 39.

DeepSeek-R1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.55 input / $2.19 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.80 input / $1.60 output per 1M tokens for Aion-2.0. DeepSeek-R1 is the reasoning model in the pair, while Aion-2.0 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use.

Quick Verdict

Pick Aion-2.0 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek-R1 only becomes the better choice if you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Agentic

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

51.7

DeepSeek-R1

44.5

48
Terminal-Bench 2.0
42
60
BrowseComp
49
50
OSWorld-Verified
44

Coding

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

33.2

DeepSeek-R1

21.5

66
HumanEval
36
35
SWE-bench Verified
17
29
LiveCodeBench
19
37
SWE-bench Pro
25

Multimodal & Grounded

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

66

DeepSeek-R1

47.5

61
MMMU-Pro
43
72
OfficeQA Pro
53

Reasoning

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

70.3

DeepSeek-R1

50.9

76
SimpleQA
42
74
MuSR
40
76
BBH
66
64
LongBench v2
58
65
MRCRv2
57

Knowledge

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

54

DeepSeek-R1

37.9

78
MMLU
44
77
GPQA
43
75
SuperGPQA
41
75
OpenBookQA
39
67
MMLU-Pro
52
5
HLE
14
66
FrontierScience
44

Instruction Following

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

93

DeepSeek-R1

69

93
IFEval
69

Multilingual

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

78.1

DeepSeek-R1

60.4

80
MGSM
61
77
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

72.1

DeepSeek-R1

52.5

74
AIME 2023
44
76
AIME 2024
46
75
AIME 2025
45
70
HMMT Feb 2023
40
72
HMMT Feb 2024
42
71
HMMT Feb 2025
41
73
BRUMO 2025
43
71
MATH-500
64

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Aion-2.0 or DeepSeek-R1?

Aion-2.0 is ahead overall, 58 to 43. The biggest single separator in this matchup is OpenBookQA, where the scores are 75 and 39.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Aion-2.0 or DeepSeek-R1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 54 versus 37.9. Inside this category, OpenBookQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Aion-2.0 or DeepSeek-R1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 33.2 versus 21.5. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Aion-2.0 or DeepSeek-R1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 72.1 versus 52.5. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Aion-2.0 or DeepSeek-R1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 70.3 versus 50.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Aion-2.0 or DeepSeek-R1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 51.7 versus 44.5. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Aion-2.0 or DeepSeek-R1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 66 versus 47.5. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Aion-2.0 or DeepSeek-R1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 93 versus 69. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Aion-2.0 or DeepSeek-R1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.1 versus 60.4. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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