Model Comparison

Gemini 3 Pro vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Gemini 3 Pro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Gemini 3 Pro outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is better at 0 benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Pro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemini 3 Pro
Input tokens$2.00
Output tokens$12.00
Best providerGoogle
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 3 Pro specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 3 Pro specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Google
Gemini 3 Pro
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 3 Pro supports multimodal inputs, whereas DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B does not.

Gemini 3 Pro can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 3 Pro

Text
Images
Audio
Video

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 3 Pro is licensed under a proprietary license, while DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B uses MIT.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemini 3 Pro

Proprietary

Closed source

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3 Pro was released on 2025-11-18, while DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B was released on 2025-01-20.

Gemini 3 Pro is 10 months newer than DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B.

Gemini 3 Pro

Nov 18, 2025

4 months ago

10mo newer
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Jan 20, 2025

1.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 3 Pro has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-31, while DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 3 Pro's training data extends to 2025-01-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B's cutoff date.

Gemini 3 Pro

Jan 2025

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (1,048,576 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (91.9% vs 49.0%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemini 3 Pro
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 3 Pro vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Gemini 3 Pro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemini 3 Pro is made by Google and DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is made by DeepSeek. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Gemini 3 Pro scores AIME 2025: 100.0%, Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, Global PIQA: 93.4%, GPQA: 91.9%, MMMLU: 91.8%. DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B scores MATH-500: 89.1%, AIME 2024: 80.0%, GPQA: 49.0%, LiveCodeBench: 39.6%.
Gemini 3 Pro supports 1.0M tokens and DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemini 3 Pro is developed by Google and DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is developed by DeepSeek.