Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
DeepSeek V4 Flash Base
31
Gemini 3 Pro
82
Pick Gemini 3 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V4 Flash Base only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority.
Reasoning
+13.6 difference
DeepSeek V4 Flash Base
Gemini 3 Pro
$null / $null
$2 / $12
N/A
109 t/s
N/A
32.65s
1M
2M
Pick Gemini 3 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V4 Flash Base only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority.
Gemini 3 Pro is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 82 to 31. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Gemini 3 Pro gives you the larger context window at 2M, compared with 1M for DeepSeek V4 Flash Base.
Gemini 3 Pro is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 82 to 31.
DeepSeek V4 Flash Base has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 44.7 versus 31.1. Gemini 3 Pro stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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