Noometry

Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Granite 4.0 Micro

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 6.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 Micro IBM

29.0

Rank #318 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 4.0 Micro in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 66.7 to 12.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.3% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 2.8% for Granite 4.0 Micro.
  • Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 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 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
ProviderDeepSeekIBM
Noometry Index52.829.0
Released2026-09-092025-10-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M131K
Max output393K118K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.017
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$0.11
Results tracked378

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena WebDev1619—
SciCode51.9%—
LMArena Coding1506—
ALE-Bench1,092—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
APEX-Agents39.5%—
GDP.pdf19.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1483—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench89.9%—
LMCA47%—
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.9—

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%2.8%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)67.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
ProofBench54%—
Omni-MATH—20.9%
LMArena Math1477—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
GPQA Diamond89.8%28.3%
MMLU-Pro—39.5%
GPQA (HELM)—30.7%
LMArena Expert1506—

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Vision1277—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Non-English1448—
LMArena Chinese1497—
LMArena French1452—
LMArena German1484—
LMArena Japanese1412—
LMArena Korean1452—
LMArena Russian1471—
LMArena Spanish1459—

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
IFEval—84.9%
LMArena Instruction Following1474—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Longer Query1475—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Text1462—
LMArena Creative Writing1435—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1540—
WildBench—67%
LMArena Multi-Turn1457—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Granite 4.0 Micro?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 6.4× 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 Granite 4.0 Micro?

Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4.1 Flash lists at $0.15 and $0.60.

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 Granite 4.0 Micro share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.

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