Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Granite 4.0 H Small

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

36.5

Rank #214 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 66.7 to 31.4.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Granite 4.0 H Small specifications
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 H Small
ProviderDeepSeekIBM
Noometry Index52.836.5
Released2026-09-09—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked3719

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Coding15061249
LMArena WebDev1619—
SciCode51.9%—
ALE-Bench1,092—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 H Small
APEX-Agents39.5%—
GDP.pdf19.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Hard Prompts14831240
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
CritPt14.3%—
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 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Math14771247
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)67.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%—
ProofBench54%—
Omni-MATH—29.6%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Expert15061251
GPQA Diamond89.8%—
MMLU-Pro—56.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.2%
GPQA (HELM)—38.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

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

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Vision1277—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English14481216
LMArena Chinese14971249
LMArena Russian14711201
LMArena Spanish14591258
LMArena French1452—
LMArena German1484—
LMArena Japanese1412—
LMArena Korean1452—

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Instruction Following14741222
IFEval—89%

Long Context DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query14751242

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text14621241
LMArena Creative Writing14351211
LMArena Multi-Turn14571242
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1540—
WildBench—73.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.9 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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