Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemma 4 26B A4B IT

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT costs 2.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 22 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

DeepSeek

50.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT

Google

43.1

Rank #88 Confirmed

Summary

They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 46.2 to 21.1.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 47% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 29.7% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT.
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0765 / $0.26 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 262K.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT specifications
	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
Provider	DeepSeek	Google
Noometry Index	50.3	43.1
Released	2026-09-09	2026-04-02
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	1M	262K
Max output	393K	33K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.15	$0.0765
Output $ / M tokens	$0.60	$0.26
Results tracked	25	28

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.8 (#29), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena WebDev	1620	1359
SciCode	51.9%	40%
LMArena Coding	1511	1446
ALE-Bench	1,092	927.17
WeirdML	—	35.2%

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 46.2 (#39), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
CritPt	14.3%	0%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1485	1438
DTBench	89.9%	74.9%
LMCA	47%	29.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index	155.01	141.85
NYT Connections (extended)	89.6%	—
Chess Puzzles	—	6%
Surface Evolver Bench	46.3%	—

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 48.4 (#52), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#61)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Math	1493	1469
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	82.2%
ProofBench	54%	—

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 41.6 (#97), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Expert	1505	1447
GPQA Diamond	—	73.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	5.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: —, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Vision	—	1260

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.5 (#29), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Non-English	1452	1422
LMArena Chinese	1506	1495
LMArena French	1448	1459
LMArena Russian	1473	1434
LMArena Spanish	1499	1415

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.6 (#24), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Instruction Following	1475	1420

Long Context DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#46), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Longer Query	1476	1427

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.8 (#43), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Text	1465	1434
LMArena Creative Writing	1436	1401
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1540	1305
LMArena Multi-Turn	1460	1442

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0765 per million input tokens and $0.26 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4.1 Flash lists at $0.15 and $0.60.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.8 versus 38.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 25 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28.