DeepSeek V3 Base and Gemini 1.0 Ultra don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Gemini 1.0 Ultra shipped 297 days before DeepSeek V3 Base, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

DeepSeek V3 Base is open weight, while Gemini 1.0 Ultra is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — DeepSeek V3 Base and Gemini 1.0 Ultra don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.