Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemini 3.7 Flash

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 52.8 on the Noometry Index. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 36 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 36 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 1 category and Gemini 3.7 Flash in 9 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 50.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is APEX-Agents: 39.5% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 67.8% for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Gemini 3.7 Flash specifications
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index52.859.8
Released2026-09-092026-08-13
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M1.05M
Max output393K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.75
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$3.75
Results tracked3744

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena WebDev16191592
SciCode51.9%59.8%
LMArena Coding15061497
ALE-Bench1,092904.3
DeepSWE—65.5%
FrontierCode—43.6%
FrontierSWE—20.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash
APEX-Agents39.5%67.8%
GDP.pdf19.8%23.8%
Remote Labor Index—5%

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%94%
CritPt14.3%14.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts14831494
Mystery Game Puzzles43%37%
DTBench89.9%96.8%
LMCA47%50.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.9157.27
ARC-AGI-2—84.6%
ARC-AGI-1—95.5%
Chess Puzzles—47%
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)67.4%71.6%
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%36.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%97.2%
ProofBench54%58%
LMArena Math14771507

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond89.8%94.8%
LMArena Expert15061508
SimpleQA Verified—69.2%

Multimodal DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision12771316
Furniture Assembly34.2%26.7%

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English14481484
LMArena Chinese14971548
LMArena French14521505
LMArena German14841498
LMArena Japanese14121512
LMArena Korean14521483
LMArena Russian14711516
LMArena Spanish14591503

Instruction Following Too close to call

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following14741483

Long Context Too close to call

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query14751492

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text14621486
LMArena Creative Writing14351490
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15401723
LMArena Multi-Turn14571489

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Gemini 3.7 Flash?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 52.8 on the Noometry Index. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemini 3.7 Flash?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemini 3.7 Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 52.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Gemini 3.7 Flash share?

36 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44.

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