DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is a distilled large language model based on [Qwen 2.5 32B](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-32B), using outputs from [DeepSeek R1](/deepseek/deepseek-r1). It outperforms OpenAI's o1-mini across various bench…
Model details →DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is Google's high-efficiency model optimized for high-volume use cases. It outperforms Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite on overall quality and approaches Gemini 2.5 Flash performance across key capabilities. Improvements s…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B | Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 33K | 1.0M | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.29 | $0.25 | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.29 | $1.50 | 🏆 DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | Yes | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B better than Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview?
Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview?
Input: $0.29 vs $0.25 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.29 vs $1.50 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview support?
DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B supports up to 33K tokens. Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview supports up to 1.0M tokens.
Do both DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview support tool calling?
DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B: not advertised. Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview: yes.