Gemini 3.6 Flash vs DeepSeek-V3.2 (Reasoning)
Side-by-side specs, pricing and capabilities. Both models run on Clade under one subscription, so you can switch between them in the same conversation.
Gemini 3.6 Flash comes from Google and DeepSeek-V3.2 (Reasoning) from DeepSeek. The practical difference for most people is context, price, and which input types each one accepts.
Gemini 3.6 Flash holds more in a single conversation — 1.0M tokens against 128K — which matters for long documents and large codebases.
DeepSeek-V3.2 (Reasoning) is the cheaper of the two on input tokens at $0.03 / 1M tokens.
| Specification | Gemini 3.6 Flash | DeepSeek-V3.2 (Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | |
| Model ID | gemini-3.6-flash | deepseek-reasoner |
| Context window | 1.0M | 128K |
| Max output | 66K | 64K |
| Input price | $1.50 / 1M tokens | $0.03 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $7.50 / 1M tokens | $0.42 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — |
| Input types | text, image, file, audio, video | text |
| Output types | text | text |
| Plan | Free | Free |
Which should you use?
Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash when…
- You need the larger context window — 1.0M against 128K.
- You want longer single responses — up to 66K output tokens.
- You need image and file and audio and video input, which the other model does not accept.
Pick DeepSeek-V3.2 (Reasoning) when…
- Cost matters: input runs at $0.03 / 1M tokens versus $1.50 / 1M tokens.
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