DeepSeek V3 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

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

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 42 to 25. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 58.9 against 24.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 24.9% to 60%. DeepSeek V3 does hit back in mathematics, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

DeepSeek V3 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.27 input / $1.10 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.10 input / $0.40 output per 1M tokens for Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite. That is roughly 2.8x on output cost alone. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for DeepSeek V3.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3 only becomes the better choice if mathematics is the priority.

Agentic

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Coding

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

DeepSeek V3

42

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

55

42%
SWE-bench Verified
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HumanEval
55%

Multimodal & Grounded

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MMMU-Pro
76.8%

Reasoning

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

DeepSeek V3

24.9

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

58.9

24.9%
SimpleQA
60%
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MuSR
58%

Knowledge

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

DeepSeek V3

69.6

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

73.5

59.1%
GPQA
86.9%
88.5%
MMLU
63%
75.9%
MMLU-Pro
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SuperGPQA
60%
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OpenBookQA
58%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

90.2

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

62

39.2%
AIME 2024
65%
90.2%
MATH-500
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AIME 2023
63%
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AIME 2025
64%
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HMMT Feb 2023
59%
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HMMT Feb 2024
61%
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HMMT Feb 2025
60%
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BRUMO 2025
62%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3 or Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite?

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is ahead overall, 42 to 25. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 24.9% and 60%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3 or Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite?

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.5 versus 69.6. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3 or Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite?

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 55 versus 42. DeepSeek V3 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek V3 or Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 versus 62. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek V3 or Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite?

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 58.9 versus 24.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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