Pick a winner in each dimension — change your vote anytime.
Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).
Choose DeepSeek V3.2 if you want dependable open-weight output on a tight budget. Choose Gemini 3.5 Flash if you want high-throughput agents that need big context cheaply.
In our editorial scoring, Gemini 3.5 Flash leads in 4 of five dimensions (output quality, agentic ability, speed and reliability), while DeepSeek V3.2 leads in 1. On price, DeepSeek V3.2 runs about $0.26 per 1M tokens (blended) and is open-weight; Gemini 3.5 Flash is about $3.75 and proprietary.
The model picks the moves; the agent runs the loop, the tools, and the guardrails. Once you've chosen a model, see which agent gets the most out of it.