Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) Google

33.2

Rank #246 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 10 categories and Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) in 0 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 66.7 to 22.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.3% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 16.3% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024).
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) specifications
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index52.833.2
Released2026-09-092024-05-14
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked3742

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
LMArena Coding15061261
LMArena WebDev1619—
SciCode51.9%—
WeirdML—24.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct—43.5%
BigCodeBench Complete—55.1%
ALE-Bench1,092—
HumanEval+—75.6%
MBPP+—67.5%

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
APEX-Agents39.5%—
BALROG—14.6%
GDP.pdf19.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
LMArena Hard Prompts14831257
DTBench89.9%53.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.9129.36
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
CritPt14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
LMCA47%—
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%—
ForecastBench—53.9
PIQA—87.5%

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%16.3%
LMArena Math14771269
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)67.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
ProofBench54%—
Omni-MATH—30.4%
MATH Level 5—61.9%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—0%
GSM8K—82.4%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
GPQA Diamond89.8%47.3%
LMArena Expert15061233
MMLU-Pro—67.8%
GPQA (HELM)—43.7%
BoolQ—85.8%
MMLU—77.9%

Multimodal DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
LMArena Vision12771141
Video-MME—70.3%
GeoBench—76%
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
LMArena Non-English14481278
LMArena Chinese14971295
LMArena French14521258
LMArena German14841262
LMArena Japanese14121252
LMArena Korean14521221
LMArena Russian14711288
LMArena Spanish14591243

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
LMArena Instruction Following14741258
IFEval—83.1%

Long Context DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
LMArena Longer Query14751284

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
LMArena Text14621287
LMArena Creative Writing14351285
LMArena Multi-Turn14571253
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1540—
WildBench—79.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.9 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42.

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