DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B is a distilled large language model based on [Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct](/meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct), using outputs from [DeepSeek R1](/deepseek/deepseek-r1). The model combines advanced distillation techn…
Model details →DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B vs Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Gemini 3 Pro is Google’s flagship frontier model for high-precision multimodal reasoning, combining strong performance across text, image, video, audio, and code with a 1M-token context window. Reasoning Details must be preserved when using…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B | Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 131K | 1.0M | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.70 | $2.00 | 🏆 DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.80 | $12.00 | 🏆 DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | Yes | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B better than Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview?
Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B and Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview?
Input: $0.70 vs $2.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.80 vs $12.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B and Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview support?
DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B supports up to 131K tokens. Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports up to 1.0M tokens.
Do both DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B and Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview support tool calling?
DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B: not advertised. Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview: yes.