DeepSeek R1 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition)

Compare DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek against Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition) by Google AI, in 5 community votes, gemini 2.5 pro (i/o edition) wins 75% of head-to-head duels, tested across 30 shared challenges. Updated February 2026.

In 5 community votes, Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition) wins 75% of head-to-head duels. Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition) leads in Image Generation. Based on blind community voting from the RIVAL open dataset of 5+ human preference judgments for this pair.

Image Generation: Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition) wins 100% of votes
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