DeepSeek R1 vs PaLM 2 Chat
Compare DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek against PaLM 2 Chat by Google AI, in 2 community votes, deepseek r1 and palm 2 chat are closely matched, context windows of 128K vs 8K, tested across 21 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, DeepSeek R1 or PaLM 2 Chat?
DeepSeek R1 and PaLM 2 Chat are closely matched based on 2 community votes. DeepSeek R1 costs $0.55/M input tokens vs $0.5/M for PaLM 2 Chat. Context windows: 128K vs 8K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between DeepSeek R1 and PaLM 2 Chat
DeepSeek R1 is made by deepseek while PaLM 2 Chat is from google. DeepSeek R1 has a 128K token context window compared to PaLM 2 Chat's 8K. On pricing, DeepSeek R1 costs $0.55/M input tokens vs $0.5/M for PaLM 2 Chat. In community voting, In 2 community votes, DeepSeek R1 and PaLM 2 Chat are closely matched.
In 2 community votes, DeepSeek R1 and PaLM 2 Chat are closely matched. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 2+ human preference judgments for this pair.
Per 1M tokens
PaLM 2 Chat is cheaper on both — 1.1× input, 4.4× output
Votes are tied. DeepSeek R1 is newer and likely incorporates more recent improvements.
PaLM 2 Chat is 4.4x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
DeepSeek R1 uses 4.3x more emoji
