R1 0528 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads R1 0528 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 29.7 to 13.1, and R1 0528 costs 5.5x less per output token ($2.18 vs $12.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 51 benchmarks have a result for both.
vs boards won of 51 shared
R1 0528 or Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: which to pick
Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has a coding score, 32.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; R1 0528 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick R1 0528 for output tokens 5.5x cheaper ($2.18 vs $12.00 per million).
Model AR1 0528DeepSeekNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle32.3/1004 independent benchmarks$0.99 per solved task
- Shared results
- 51
- R1 0528 only
- 9
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview only
- 82
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads, 29.7 against 13.1.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has a AA Agentic Index result, 8.2.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has a GPQA Diamond result, 95.5%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has a AIME result, 98.1%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has a MMLU Pro result, 91.0%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads, 1233 against 1149.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview takes 1.05M tokens against 164K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
R1 0528
R1 0528 $0.0016, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $0.0080 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has the number, $0.99.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- R1 0528 not benchmarked, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 32.3 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Reasoning, 32.2 points apart on average over 9 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ARC-AGI: R1 0528 21.2% against Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 98.0%, 76.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- R1 0528 $2.18 against Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $12.00 per million output tokens, 5.5x apart.
- Context window
- R1 0528 takes 164K tokens, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | R1 0528 | Bars | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 5 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 3 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 9 | ||
| Math | 0 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 7 | ||
| General | 0 | 19 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 51 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index05
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 71.4% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1447 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 68.8 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 88.5% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 78.8% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 2.5% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 32.0% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 17.3% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 51.8% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 70.8% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 6.7% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 77.0% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 58.7% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.9% | 53.8% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Terminal-Bench | Not measured | 80.2% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| GSO-Bench | Not measured | 22.6% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| WeirdML | 41.6% | 72.1% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| MirrorCode | Not measured | 8.9% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| ALE-Bench | 804.1 | 1160.6 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1427 | 1484 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1435 | 1487 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1438 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1490 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1481 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 14.3% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 13.1 | 29.7 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 8.2 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1125 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1068 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1094 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1049 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1236 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1113 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1103 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1041 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.0% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 9.3% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 20.7% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 52.6% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 60.0% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 1.4% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 27.4% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 36.5% | 95.6% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 35.1% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| METR time horizons | 53.8% | 77.0% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| BALROG | Not measured | 57.0% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 35.1% | 47.8% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| PostTrainBench | Not measured | 22.0% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $911 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| BrowseComp-Plus | 16.4% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index09
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 95.5% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 20.7% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 88.2% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 81.3% | 94.1% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.8% | 47.0% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 76.3% | 94.4% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| ARC-AGI | 21.2% | 98.0% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.1% | 77.1% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| SimpleBench | 40.8% | 79.6% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 51.0% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 34.0% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| EBR-bench | Not measured | 14.3% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1415 | 1485 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1394 | 1483 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1422 | 1480 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1311 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1316 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 98.1% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| AA Math Index | 76.0 | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.0% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 66.4% | 95.6% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 59.6% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 26.8% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 26.0% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MATH level 5 | 96.6% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1400 | 1486 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1415 | 1478 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 91.0% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 87.4% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.8% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.5% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.9% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.4% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 96.4% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 59.1% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 84.9% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 73.5% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1430 | 1497 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1445 | 1486 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1419 | 1487 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1402 | 1459 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | Not measured | 67.4% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1149 | 1233 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1100 | 1224 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1097 | 1202 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1182 | 1209 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1110 | 1234 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1138 | 1231 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1038 | 1285 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1270 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index019
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.8% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 48.7% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 76.1% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 56.1% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| IFBench | 39.6% | 77.1% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 55.7% | 82.0% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| DTBench | Not measured | 97.1% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 53.8% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 75.0% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 81.9% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| CL-bench | Not measured | 20.8% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 26.7% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| ExploitBench | Not measured | 26.1% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| CL-bench Life | Not measured | 16.9% | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1480 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1382 | 1466 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1405 | 1482 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1296 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1437 | 1478 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1412 | 1476 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1442 | 1527 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: German | 1404 | 1490 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1391 | 1491 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1360 | 1455 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: French | 1417 | 1487 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1411 | 1481 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1423 | 1497 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1428 | 1498 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1405 | 1487 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1391 | 1482 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1402 | 1481 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1400 | 1465 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1287 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1364 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1304 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1322 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | Not measured | 1345 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1330 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1324 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1444 | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
R1 0528$0.0016Fits in one request
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview$0.0080Fits in one request
R1 0528 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
R1 0528$0.032Fits in one request
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview$0.136Fits in one request
R1 0528 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
R1 0528$0.122Exceeds the context window
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview$0.520Fits in one request
R1 0528 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | DeepSeek R1 0528 | Google Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | May 28, 2025 | February 19, 2026 |
| Context window | 164K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.50 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.18 | $12.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 32.3 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.99 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is R1 0528 better than Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview for coding?
Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has a coding score, 32.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; R1 0528 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick R1 0528 for output tokens 5.5x cheaper ($2.18 vs $12.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, R1 0528 or Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview?
R1 0528 costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $2.18 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview costs $2.00 and $12.00. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview only.
Which has the bigger context window, R1 0528 or Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, with 1.05M tokens against 164K.
How many benchmarks is the R1 0528 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview comparison based on?
51 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. R1 0528's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.