R1 0528 vs Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon leads R1 0528 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 52.6 to 13.1, and R1 0528 costs 4.6x less per output token ($2.18 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 37 benchmarks have a result for both.
vs boards won of 37 shared
R1 0528 or Gemini 4 Argon: which to pick
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a coding score, 81.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; R1 0528 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick R1 0528 for output tokens 4.6x cheaper ($2.18 vs $10.00 per million).
Model AR1 0528DeepSeekNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BGemini 4 ArgonGoogle81.0/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
- Shared results
- 37
- R1 0528 only
- 23
- Gemini 4 Argon only
- 57
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 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 4 Argon has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon leads, 52.6 against 13.1.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon leads, 1315 against 1149.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a Vals Index result, 69.2%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon takes 1.05M tokens against 164K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
R1 0528
R1 0528 $0.0016, Gemini 4 Argon $0.0070 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- R1 0528 not benchmarked, Gemini 4 Argon 81.0 from 5 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Reasoning, 42.5 points apart on average over 7 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ARC-AGI-2: R1 0528 1.1% against Gemini 4 Argon 91.3%, 90.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- R1 0528 $2.18 against Gemini 4 Argon $10.00 per million output tokens, 4.6x apart.
- Context window
- R1 0528 takes 164K tokens, Gemini 4 Argon 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 4 Argon | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 3 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 7 | ||
| Math | 0 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 6 | ||
| General | 0 | 13 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 37 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 71.4% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 89.7% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1678 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 57.6% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 91.9% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.2% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 2.5% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 100.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 57.7% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 21.2% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 77.9% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 77.0% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 61.8% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.9% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 47.5% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 55.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| WeirdML | 41.6% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| MirrorCode | Not measured | 58.9% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ALE-Bench | 804.1 | 2100.1 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1427 | 1546 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1435 | 1556 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1692 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1643 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 12.3% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 13.1 | 52.6 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 166.4 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index22 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 1157 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 83.1% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 92.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 69.9% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.3% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.4% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.6% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 54.8% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 27.1% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 75.2% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 76.3% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.3% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 55.4% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | Not measured | 52.5% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 4.8% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.8% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 36.5% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 82.4% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| METR time horizons | 53.8% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 35.1% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $13,718 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| BrowseComp-Plus | 16.4% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 95.1% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 45.5% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 81.3% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.8% | 57.1% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 76.3% | 96.4% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| ARC-AGI | 21.2% | 98.5% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.1% | 91.3% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| SimpleBench | 40.8% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 59.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 64.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| EBR-bench | Not measured | 64.8% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1415 | 1546 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1394 | 1550 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1422 | 1548 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | 100.0% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 86.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 78.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 99.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MATH level 5 | 96.6% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1400 | 1536 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1415 | 1557 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 88.3% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 58.8% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 84.9% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 76.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1430 | 1548 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1445 | 1555 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1419 | 1548 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1402 | 1525 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1149 | 1315 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1100 | 1333 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1097 | 1377 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1182 | 1332 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1110 | 1388 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1138 | 1329 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1038 | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 73.7% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index013
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 69.2% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 85.2% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.8% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.6% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 87.4% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| IFBench | 39.6% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 55.7% | 79.7% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| DTBench | Not measured | 97.6% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 63.7% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 75.0% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 81.9% | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 72.5% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1532 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1382 | 1534 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1405 | 1527 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: English | 1437 | 1538 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1412 | 1522 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1442 | 1611 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: German | 1404 | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1391 | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1360 | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1417 | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1411 | 1503 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1423 | 1534 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1428 | Not measured | Only R1 0528 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1405 | 1556 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1391 | 1547 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1402 | 1529 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1400 | 1527 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | R1 0528 | Gemini 4 Argon | 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 4 Argon$0.0070Fits in one request
R1 0528 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
R1 0528$0.032Fits in one request
Gemini 4 Argon$0.130Fits in one request
R1 0528 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
R1 0528$0.122Exceeds the context window
Gemini 4 Argon$0.500Fits 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 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | May 28, 2025 | October 13, 2026 |
| Context window | 164K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.50 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.18 | $10.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 81.0 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 5 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is R1 0528 better than Gemini 4 Argon for coding?
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a coding score, 81.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; R1 0528 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick R1 0528 for output tokens 4.6x cheaper ($2.18 vs $10.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, R1 0528 or Gemini 4 Argon?
R1 0528 costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $2.18 per million output tokens; Gemini 4 Argon costs $2.00 and $10.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, R1 0528 or Gemini 4 Argon?
Gemini 4 Argon, with 1.05M tokens against 164K.
How many benchmarks is the R1 0528 vs Gemini 4 Argon comparison based on?
37 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. R1 0528's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Gemini 4 Argon's on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.