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title: "Compare alternatives to R1 · Undominated.ai"
canonical: https://undominated.ai/alternatives/deepseek__deepseek-r1/
description: "57 alternatives score at least as high as R1 and cost no more under at least one listed workload. 52 preserve recorded capabilities; 5 have named trade-offs."
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# Compare alternatives to R1 · Undominated.ai

> 57 alternatives score at least as high as R1 and cost no more under at least one listed workload. 52 preserve recorded capabilities; 5 have named trade-offs.

# Alternatives to R1

DeepSeek · LMArena 1372.7 · $1.15/M on a balanced workload · prices as of 2026-10-06

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## 52 models are higher-scoring or cheaper, with neither dimension worse.

Of the 144 models carrying both an independent score and a published price at the same delivery mode, **57** score at least as high as R1 and cost no more under at least one listed workload, with at least one of those dimensions improved. **52** match or beat its recorded context, maximum output, input modes, tool use and extended reasoning. **5** have a recorded capability loss, named on every row.

Dominance is not a property of a model. It is a property of a model, a capability lens and a workload, and all three are named on every row. Scores are LMArena Elo, used under CC BY 4.0 from the official dataset; prices are blended per million tokens. A higher score is not a drop-in replacement.

This page is built only while a candidate improves score or price without worsening the other under a listed workload. When that comparison no longer holds, it is not generated.

## Where it holds

| Workload | R1 $/M | Recorded capabilities preserved | Recorded capability losses |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Balanced | $1.15 | 44 | 5 |
| Summarise | $0.790 | 50 | 5 |
| Chat | $1.42 | 43 | 5 |
| Code gen | $1.78 | 42 | 5 |
| Agentic | $0.970 | 52 | 5 |

Workload mixes are defined on the [methodology page](/methodology/). Cached input is priced at the cached rate, and reasoning tokens at the worse of the reasoning and output rates.

## What you would be replacing

| Intelligence | 1372.7 |
| --- | --- |
| Context window | 64K |
| Max output | 16K |
| Input modes | text |
| Tool use | yes |
| Extended reasoning | yes |

Preserving recorded capabilities requires matching or beating these fields. [Full record for R1](/models/deepseek__deepseek-r1/), or [check R1 against the whole catalogue](/check/deepseek__deepseek-r1/).

## Recorded capabilities preserved 52

Each option has a higher score or a lower price, with neither dimension worse under the listed workloads. It matches or beats R1 on recorded context, maximum output, input modes, tool use and extended reasoning.

| # | Model | Intelligence | $/M | Holds under |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [MiMo-V2.6-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-pro/) Xiaomi | 1491 +118.3 | $0.540 | Balanced −53% Summarise −58% Chat −66% Code gen −63% Agentic −75% |
| 2 | [GLM 5.3 Flash](/models/z-ai__glm-5.3-flash/) Z.ai | 1469.6 +96.9 | $0.238 | Balanced −79% Summarise −83% Chat −82% Code gen −80% Agentic −86% |
| 3 | [GLM 5.3](/models/z-ai__glm-5.3/) Z.ai | 1471.4 +98.7 | $1.00 | Balanced −13% Summarise −56% Agentic −33% |
| 4 | [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4.1-flash/) DeepSeek | 1462.5 +89.8 | $0.182 | Balanced −84% Summarise −92% Chat −83% Code gen −80% Agentic −89% |
| 5 | [GLM 5.2](/models/z-ai__glm-5.2/) Z.ai | 1470.4 +97.7 | $1.12 | Balanced −3% Summarise −47% Agentic −29% |
| 6 | [MiMo-V2.5-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.5-pro/) Xiaomi | 1465 +92.3 | $0.544 | Balanced −53% Summarise −58% Chat −66% Code gen −63% Agentic −75% |
| 7 | [MiMo-V2.6-Flash](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-flash/) Xiaomi | 1456.4 +83.7 | $0.175 | Balanced −85% Summarise −86% Chat −89% Code gen −88% Agentic −92% |
| 8 | [Qwen3.7 Plus](/models/qwen__qwen3.7-plus/) Qwen | 1454.6 +81.9 | $0.560 | Balanced −51% Summarise −63% Chat −56% Code gen −51% Agentic −68% |
| 9 | [Kimi K2.6](/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2.6/) Moonshot AI | 1455.5 +82.8 | $0.961 | Balanced −16% Summarise −42% Chat −19% Code gen −9% Agentic −44% |
| 10 | [Gemma 4 31B](/models/google__gemma-4-31b-it/) Google | 1443.4 +70.7 | $0.205 | Balanced −82% Summarise −81% Chat −83% Code gen −83% Agentic −82% |
| 11 | [Hy3](/models/tencent__hy3/) Tencent | 1440.7 +68 | $0.231 | Balanced −80% Summarise −84% Chat −82% Code gen −80% Agentic −86% |
| 12 | [GLM 5](/models/z-ai__glm-5/) Z.ai | 1446.3 +73.6 | $1.09 | Balanced −6% Summarise −22% Chat −19% Code gen −11% Agentic −38% |
| 13 | [Qwen3.8 27B](/models/qwen__qwen3.8-27b/) Qwen | 1440.7 +68 | $0.562 | Balanced −51% Summarise −77% Chat −41% Code gen −31% Agentic −62% |
| 14 | [GLM 4.6](/models/z-ai__glm-4.6/) Z.ai | 1439.9 +67.2 | $0.760 | Balanced −34% Summarise −50% Chat −40% Code gen −33% Agentic −57% |
| 15 | [Gemma 4 26B A4B](/models/google__gemma-4-26b-a4b-it/) Google | 1433.9 +61.2 | $0.127 | Balanced −89% Summarise −91% Chat −89% Code gen −89% Agentic −92% |
| 16 | [DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4-flash/) DeepSeek | 1432.1 +59.4 | $0.113 | Balanced −90% Summarise −91% Chat −93% Code gen −92% Agentic −94% |
| 17 | [Qwen3.5 397B A17B](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-397b-a17b/) Qwen | 1438 +65.3 | $0.878 | Balanced −24% Summarise −38% Chat −18% Code gen −12% Agentic −30% |
| 18 | [Qwen3.6 Plus](/models/qwen__qwen3.6-plus/) Qwen | 1436.7 +64 | $0.731 | Balanced −36% Summarise −49% Chat −31% Code gen −27% Agentic −41% |
| 19 | [GLM 4.7](/models/z-ai__glm-4.7/) Z.ai | 1435.5 +62.8 | $0.738 | Balanced −36% Summarise −52% Chat −41% Code gen −33% Agentic −58% |
| 20 | [MiniMax M3](/models/minimax__minimax-m3/) MiniMax | 1432.1 +59.4 | $0.485 | Balanced −58% Summarise −67% Chat −62% Code gen −58% Agentic −72% |
| 21 | [Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite](/models/google__gemini-3.5-flash-lite/) Google | 1434.7 +62 | $0.850 | Balanced −26% Summarise −58% Chat −23% Code gen −10% Agentic −52% |
| 22 | [GPT-5.6 Luna](/models/openai__gpt-5.6-luna/) OpenAI | 1431 +58.3 | $0.450 | Balanced −61% Summarise −75% Chat −62% Code gen −56% Agentic −75% |
| 23 | [MiMo-V2.5](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.5/) Xiaomi | 1427.5 +54.8 | $0.175 | Balanced −85% Summarise −86% Chat −89% Code gen −88% Agentic −92% |
| 24 | [DeepSeek V3.2](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v3.2/) DeepSeek | 1424.5 +51.8 | $0.290 | Balanced −75% Summarise −71% Chat −81% Code gen −82% Agentic −79% |
| 25 | [GLM 4.5](/models/z-ai__glm-4.5/) Z.ai | 1430.3 +57.6 | $1.00 | Balanced −13% Summarise −32% Chat −23% Code gen −15% Agentic −43% |
| 26 | [R1 0528](/models/deepseek__deepseek-r1-0528/) DeepSeek | 1427.9 +55.2 | $0.920 | Balanced −20% Summarise −26% Chat −17% Code gen −15% Agentic −22% |
| 27 | [DeepSeek V3.2 Exp](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v3.2-exp/) DeepSeek | 1422.4 +49.7 | $0.305 | Balanced −73% Summarise −65% Chat −77% Code gen −80% Agentic −70% |
| 28 | [DeepSeek V3.1](/models/deepseek__deepseek-chat-v3.1/) DeepSeek | 1419.7 +47 | $0.453 | Balanced −61% Summarise −61% Chat −60% Code gen −60% Agentic −61% |
| 29 | [DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v3.1-terminus/) DeepSeek | 1417.1 +44.4 | $0.453 | Balanced −61% Summarise −61% Chat −60% Code gen −60% Agentic −61% |
| 30 | [Qwen3.5-122B-A10B](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-122b-a10b/) Qwen | 1417.1 +44.4 | $0.715 | Balanced −38% Summarise −56% Chat −30% Code gen −24% Agentic −45% |
| 31 | [Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview](/models/google__gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview/) Google | 1415.7 +43 | $0.563 | Balanced −51% Summarise −69% Chat −52% Code gen −45% Agentic −69% |
| 32 | [Gemini 2.5 Flash](/models/google__gemini-2.5-flash/) Google | 1417 +44.3 | $0.850 | Balanced −26% Summarise −58% Chat −23% Code gen −10% Agentic −52% |
| 33 | [Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507](/models/qwen__qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507/) Qwen | 1415.2 +42.5 | $0.748 | Balanced −35% Summarise −58% Chat −25% Code gen −17% Agentic −44% |
| 34 | [Inkling Small](/models/thinkingmachines__inkling-small/) Thinking Machines | 1413.7 +41 | $0.638 | Balanced −45% Summarise −51% Chat −55% Code gen −51% Agentic −63% |
| 35 | [Qwen3.5-27B](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-27b/) Qwen | 1408.9 +36.2 | $0.536 | Balanced −53% Summarise −67% Chat −48% Code gen −43% Agentic −59% |
| 36 | [Step 3.5 Flash](/models/stepfun__step-3.5-flash/) StepFun | 1403 +30.3 | $0.150 | Balanced −87% Summarise −86% Chat −87% Code gen −88% Agentic −87% |
| 37 | [MiniMax M2.7](/models/minimax__minimax-m2.7/) MiniMax | 1404.6 +31.9 | $0.525 | Balanced −54% Summarise −65% Chat −59% Code gen −54% Agentic −70% |
| 38 | [Qwen3.5-Flash](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-flash-02-23/) Qwen | 1397 +24.3 | $0.114 | Balanced −90% Summarise −91% Chat −90% Code gen −90% Agentic −90% |
| 39 | [Qwen3.5-35B-A3B](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-35b-a3b/) Qwen | 1394.4 +21.7 | $0.355 | Balanced −69% Summarise −80% Chat −68% Code gen −64% Agentic −78% |
| 40 | [GPT-6 Luna](/models/openai__gpt-6-luna/) OpenAI | 1391.5 +18.8 | $0.200 | Balanced −83% Summarise −88% Chat −84% Code gen −81% Agentic −89% |
| 41 | [Solar Pro 4](/models/upstage__solar-pro4/) Upstage | 1386.2 +13.5 | $0.525 | Balanced −54% Summarise −65% Chat −59% Code gen −54% Agentic −70% |
| 42 | [GLM 4.5 Air](/models/z-ai__glm-4.5-air/) Z.ai | 1383.9 +11.2 | $0.310 | Balanced −73% Summarise −83% Chat −73% Code gen −69% Agentic −82% |
| 43 | [GLM 4.6V](/models/z-ai__glm-4.6v/) Z.ai | 1376.8 tie | $0.450 | Balanced −61% Summarise −67% Chat −67% Code gen −64% Agentic −75% |
| 44 | [GPT-5 Mini](/models/openai__gpt-5-mini/) OpenAI | 1373.2 tie | $0.688 | Balanced −40% Summarise −65% Chat −38% Code gen −28% Agentic −61% |
| 45 | [Gemini 3.6 Flash](/models/google__gemini-3.6-flash/) Google | 1479.5 +106.8 | $0.708 summarise | Summarise −10% Agentic −18% |
| 46 | [DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4-pro/) DeepSeek | 1445.2 +72.5 | $0.502 summarise | Summarise −36% Agentic −28% |
| 47 | [Kimi K2.5](/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2.5/) Moonshot AI | 1445.2 +72.5 | $0.578 summarise | Summarise −27% Chat −1% Agentic −32% |
| 48 | [Inkling](/models/thinkingmachines__inkling/) Thinking Machines | 1441.8 +69.1 | $0.945 agentic | Agentic −3% |
| 49 | [Qwen3 Max](/models/qwen__qwen3-max/) Qwen | 1412.4 +39.7 | $0.758 summarise | Summarise −4% Agentic −10% |
| 50 | [GPT-5.4 Mini](/models/openai__gpt-5.4-mini/) OpenAI | 1411.4 +38.7 | $0.745 summarise | Summarise −6% Agentic −6% |
| 51 | [Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking](/models/qwen__qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking/) Qwen | 1400.7 +28 | $0.580 summarise | Summarise −27% Agentic −3% |
| 52 | [Grok 4.3](/models/x-ai__grok-4.3/) xAI | 1396.7 +24 | $0.813 agentic | Agentic −16% |

## Alternatives with recorded capability losses 5

These improve score or price without worsening the other under the listed workloads, but reduce at least one recorded capability. Read the last column before switching.

| Model | Intelligence | $/M | Holds under | Recorded capability loss |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507](/models/qwen__qwen3-235b-a22b-2507/) Qwen | 1419.3 +46.6 | $0.205 | Balanced −82% Summarise −86% Chat −81% Code gen −79% Agentic −84% | no extended reasoning |
| [Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct](/models/qwen__qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct/) Qwen | 1420.1 +47.4 | $0.370 | Balanced −68% Summarise −74% Chat −69% Code gen −66% Agentic −74% | no extended reasoning |
| [Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct](/models/qwen__qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct/) Qwen | 1417.3 +44.6 | $0.268 | Balanced −77% Summarise −83% Chat −74% Code gen −72% Agentic −79% | no extended reasoning |
| [Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507](/models/qwen__qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507/) Qwen | 1384.1 +11.4 | $0.143 | Balanced −88% Summarise −87% Chat −88% Code gen −88% Agentic −87% | no extended reasoning |
| [DeepSeek V3 0324](/models/deepseek__deepseek-chat-v3-0324/) DeepSeek | 1375 tie | $0.438 | Balanced −62% Summarise −64% Chat −61% Code gen −61% Agentic −63% | no extended reasoning |

## What this compares, and what it leaves out

 - Quality is LMArena Elo, used under CC BY 4.0 from the official dataset. The 95% confidence interval on a difference between two scores is about ±10.47 points, so a gap smaller than that is marked *tie* rather than an improvement — see [significance bands](/significance/).
 - 204 further models at this delivery mode carry a price but no independent score. They are absent from the comparison in both directions — unrated is not a zero, and an unmeasured model is neither an alternative nor a worse buy.
 - Retired models are never offered as an alternative, and a model only competes against its own delivery mode: batch trades latency for price, so it is not a like-for-like swap.
 - Nothing here measures latency, throughput, rate limits or how a model behaves on your prompts. Two models with the same index score are not interchangeable.
 - Models with no higher-scoring or cheaper alternative that is no worse on the other axis are on the [value frontier](/frontier/). Models with such an alternative are [listed here](/alternatives/).

## Continue your investigation

 - [Check requirements](/check/)
- [Compare exact differences](/compare/)
- [Set a quality floor](/cheapest-at/)
- [Inspect tier boundaries](/cliffs/)