# DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek-R1-0528 and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-r1-0528-vs-gemini-2-0-flash-lite
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek-R1-0528 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- DeepSeek-R1-0528 leads overall 60 to 43.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME 2025 in Mathematics, with scores of 87.5% and 23.8%.
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Google |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | 1930.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 57.6% | 12.5% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 65.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 81% | 50.5% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| SimpleQA | 27.8% | 16.5% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| HLE | 17.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 91.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | 87.5% | 23.8% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek-R1-0528 or Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite?

DeepSeek-R1-0528 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does DeepSeek-R1-0528 cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek-R1-0528 currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs DeepSeek-R1](/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-deepseek-r1-0528)
- [Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs DeepSeek-R1](/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-gemini-2-0-flash-lite)
- [DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs Gemini 2.0 Flash](/compare/deepseek-r1-0528-vs-gemini-2-0-flash)
- [Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Gemini 2.0 Flash](/compare/gemini-2-0-flash-vs-gemini-2-0-flash-lite)

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