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Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemma 3 12B

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 12B costs 3.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Gemma 3 12B Google

32.1

Rank #262 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Gemma 3 12B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 66.7 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.3% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 16.7% for Gemma 3 12B.
  • Gemma 3 12B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.60 for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 12B
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index52.832.1
Released2026-09-092025-03-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M131K
Max output393K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.05
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$0.15
Results tracked3724

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 12B
SciCode51.9%17.4%
LMArena Coding15061281
LMArena WebDev1619—
ALE-Bench1,092—

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 12B
APEX-Agents39.5%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—30.4%
GDP.pdf19.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 12B
CritPt14.3%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14831309
DTBench89.9%48.8%
LMCA47%4.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.9123.5
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%—

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25), Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 12B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%16.7%
LMArena Math14771307
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)67.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
ProofBench54%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 12B
GPQA Diamond89.8%39.5%
LMArena Expert15061248
Vectara Hallucination Rate—4.4%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), Gemma 3 12B: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 12B
LMArena Vision1277—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—
MindCube—46.7%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 12B
LMArena Non-English14481318
LMArena German14841370
LMArena Russian14711335
LMArena Chinese1497—
LMArena French1452—
LMArena Japanese1412—
LMArena Korean1452—
LMArena Spanish1459—

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26), Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 12B
LMArena Instruction Following14741299

Long Context DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 12B
LMArena Longer Query14751317

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 12B
LMArena Text14621334
LMArena Creative Writing14351331
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15401126
LMArena Multi-Turn14571334

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Gemma 3 12B?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 12B costs 3.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemma 3 12B?

Gemma 3 12B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4.1 Flash lists at $0.15 and $0.60.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemma 3 12B better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.9 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Gemma 3 12B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 12B has 24.

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