Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) Google

35.1

Rank #228 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 10 categories and Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) in 0 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 50.2 to 15.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.3% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 57.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025).
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) specifications
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index52.835.1
Released2026-09-092024-12-06
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked3754

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)
LMArena Coding15061350
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—13.5%
Aider Polyglot—38.2%
LMArena WebDev1619—
SciCode51.9%—
WeirdML—25.8%
BigCodeBench Instruct—45.9%
LiveBench Coding—63.4%
BigCodeBench Complete—59.9%
CadEval—30%
ALE-Bench1,092—

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)
APEX-Agents39.5%—
TheAgentCompany—11.4%
GDP.pdf19.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)
LMArena Hard Prompts14831346
DTBench89.9%63.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.9135.36
ARC-AGI-2—1.3%
SimpleBench—31.1%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—37.8%
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
CritPt14.3%—
EnigmaEval—1.1%
LiveBench Reasoning—78.2%
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—69.4%
LMCA47%—
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%—
LiveBench—66.9%

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%57.8%
LMArena Math14771352
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)67.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
ProofBench54%—
Omni-MATH—45.9%
LiveBench Math—75.8%
MATH Level 5—82.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)
GPQA Diamond89.8%64.1%
LMArena Expert15061339
Humanity's Last Exam—6.6%
MMLU-Pro—73.7%
Confabulations—12.4%
GPQA (HELM)—55.6%
MMLU—79.7%

Multimodal DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)
LMArena Vision12771158
GeoBench—77%
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)
LMArena Non-English14481342
LMArena Chinese14971373
LMArena French14521391
LMArena German14841353
LMArena Japanese14121294
LMArena Korean14521313
LMArena Russian14711351
LMArena Spanish14591363

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)
LMArena Instruction Following14741336
LiveBench Instruction Following—85.8%
IFEval—84.1%

Long Context DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)
LMArena Longer Query14751344
Fiction.LiveBench—61.1%

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)
LMArena Text14621354
LMArena Creative Writing14351340
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15401128
LMArena Multi-Turn14571350
Short-Story Creative Writing—73.8%
WildBench—80%
LiveBench Language—51.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.9 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54.

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