Quick Verdict

Google offers 5 models ranging from $0.075 to $1.25 per million input tokens. Cheapest: Gemini 1.5 Flash.

DeepSeek offers 3 models ranging from $0.270 to $0.550 per million input tokens. Cheapest: DeepSeek Chat V3.

Winner on price: Google ($0.075/M input). Winner on average: DeepSeek (avg $0.363/M).

Winner Per Scenario

Which provider has the cheapest model for each coding scenario?

ScenarioGoogle BestDeepSeek BestWinner
Small Script (1K lines) Gemini 1.5 Flash — $0.01 DeepSeek Chat V3 — $0.04 Google wins by $0.03
Medium Feature (10K lines) Gemini 1.5 Flash — $0.09 DeepSeek Chat V3 — $0.31 Google wins by $0.23
Large Project (50K lines) Gemini 1.5 Flash — $0.43 DeepSeek Chat V3 — $1.57 Google wins by $1.14
Code Review (5K lines) Gemini 1.5 Flash — $0.02 DeepSeek Chat V3 — $0.07 Google wins by $0.05

Head-to-Head Model Comparisons

Each Google model matched against its closest-priced DeepSeek competitor. Medium project cost (500K input + 200K output).

GoogleDeepSeekCostCostSavings
Gemini 2.5 Pro DeepSeek Reasoner (R1) $2.44 $0.63 DeepSeek Reasoner (R1) saves $1.80 (74%)
Gemini 2.5 Flash DeepSeek Chat V3 $0.17 $0.31 Gemini 2.5 Flash saves $0.14 (45%)
Gemini 2.0 Flash DeepSeek Chat V3 $0.12 $0.31 Gemini 2.0 Flash saves $0.20 (63%)
Gemini 1.5 Pro DeepSeek Reasoner (R1) $1.44 $0.63 DeepSeek Reasoner (R1) saves $0.80 (56%)
Gemini 1.5 Flash DeepSeek Chat V3 $0.09 $0.31 Gemini 1.5 Flash saves $0.23 (73%)

Full Ranking — All 8 Models

Every model from both providers, ranked by medium project cost.

#ModelProviderInput ($/M)Medium Project
1 Gemini 1.5 Flash Google $0.075 $0.09
2 Gemini 2.0 Flash Google $0.100 $0.12
3 Gemini 2.5 Flash Google $0.150 $0.17
4 DeepSeek Chat V3 DeepSeek $0.270 $0.31
5 DeepSeek Coder V2 DeepSeek $0.270 $0.31
6 DeepSeek Reasoner (R1) DeepSeek $0.550 $0.63
7 Gemini 1.5 Pro Google $1.25 $1.44
8 Gemini 2.5 Pro Google $1.25 $2.44