Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) vs Gemini 2.5 Pro: API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), Gemini 2.5 Pro is 32.6% cheaper ($892.50/mo vs $1323.75/mo), while DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) leads in token generation speed (150 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) (Fireworks AI) Gemini 2.5 Pro (Google Gemini API) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $3.000 $1.250 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $1.500 $0.310 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $8.00 $10.00 DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI)
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1315 LMSYS Elo 1322 LMSYS Elo Gemini 2.5 Pro
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $1323.75 / mo $892.50 / mo Gemini 2.5 Pro (-32.6%)
Context Window 160,000 tokens 2,000,000 tokens Gemini 2.5 Pro
Output Speed (Throughput) 150 tokens/sec 85 tokens/sec DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI)
Batch API Discount -50% (Fireworks AI) -50% (Google Gemini API) Fireworks AI
Primary Workload Fit US/EU compliance enterprises needing DeepSeek R1 reasoning at 3x speed Massive repository analysis (2M context), video/audio understanding, deep reasoning Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) → Try Gemini 2.5 Pro → Open Full Simulator