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DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs Gemini 3.7 Flash

Side-by-side API economics and benchmarks. Per-1M input and output rates, context window, and verified metrics.

Tale of the tape

Head-to-head specs pulled from each model profile.

Metric DeepSeek-R1-0528 Gemini 3.7 Flash
Input cost / 1M $0.50 $0.75
Output cost / 1M $2.15 $3.75
Context window 163,840 tokens 1,048,576 tokens
MMLU score

Cost verdict

Enter monthly input and output volumes to see total cost savings.

DeepSeek-R1-0528

Input: 1M × $0.50 = $0.50
Output: 1M × $2.15 = $2.15
Total
$2.65

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Input: 1M × $0.75 = $0.75
Output: 1M × $3.75 = $3.75
Total
$4.50

Total cost savings

$1.85

DeepSeek-R1-0528 saves $1.85 per month vs the other model at this volume.

Model routing savings

Uses this page's verified rates. Gemini 3.7 Flash is the premium route (higher combined per-1M cost); DeepSeek-R1-0528 handles routine traffic.

Premium model

Gemini 3.7 Flash

$0.75 in · $3.75 out / 1M

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Economical model

DeepSeek-R1-0528

$0.50 in · $2.15 out / 1M

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All premium

Gemini 3.7 Flash

$225.00

100% of input and output on the premium route

Routed stack

80%DeepSeek-R1-0528

Gemini 3.7 Flash

$151.00

Routine slice
$106.00
Premium slice
$45.00

Monthly savings

$74.00

32.9% lower

Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (gemini-3-7-flash, deepseek-r1) — same per-1M input/output figures as Tale of the tape. Production routing needs quality gates and monitoring.

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