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Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemma 3 4B

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 5.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Gemma 3 4B Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Gemma 3 4B 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 16.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.3% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 7.5% for Gemma 3 4B.
  • Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 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 4B
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index52.828.1
Released2026-09-092025-03-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M131K
Max output393K4K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.04
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$0.08
Results tracked3722

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 4B
LMArena Coding15061230
LMArena WebDev1619—
SciCode51.9%—
ALE-Bench1,092—

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 4B
APEX-Agents39.5%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—19.6%
GDP.pdf19.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 4B
LMArena Hard Prompts14831253
DTBench89.9%50.9%
LMCA47%2.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.9116.02
Kagi LLM Benchmark—25.2%
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
CritPt14.3%—
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 4B: 16.8 (#292)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 4B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%7.5%
LMArena Math14771239
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 4B: 11.8 (#299)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 4B
GPQA Diamond89.8%23.2%
LMArena Expert15061223
Vectara Hallucination Rate—6.4%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), Gemma 3 4B: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 4B
LMArena Vision1277—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 4B
LMArena Non-English14481273
LMArena German14841281
LMArena Russian14711294
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 4B: 65.2 (#225)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 4B
LMArena Instruction Following14741239

Long Context DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 4B
LMArena Longer Query14751273

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGemma 3 4B
LMArena Text14621291
LMArena Creative Writing14351271
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15401068
LMArena Multi-Turn14571255

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Gemma 3 4B?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 5.2× 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 4B?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4.1 Flash lists at $0.15 and $0.60.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemma 3 4B better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.9 versus 35.9 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 4B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 4B has 22.

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