# DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek-R1-0528 and Gemini 2.5 Pro across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-r1-0528-vs-gemini-2-5-pro
- 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 2.5 Pro 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 49.12.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Verified in Coding, with scores of 57.6% and 63.8%.
- Gemini 2.5 Pro also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Google |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 49.12 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 9 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $1.25 / $10.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 26.4 (Estimated · #98/124)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 42.01% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 22.4 (Supported · #113/148)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | 1930.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 57.6% | 63.8% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 0.40% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 54.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 73.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 74.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 45.5 (Supported · #94/181)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 81% | 83% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| SimpleQA | 27.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 17.7% | 18.8% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 57.8 (#77/128)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 36.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 91.4% | 92% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| AIME 2025 | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 24.561% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 0.000% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek-R1-0528 or Gemini 2.5 Pro?

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 2.5 Pro cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 2.5 Pro currently has 9 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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