Noometry

Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Olmo 7b Instruct

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Olmo 7b Instruct Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

30.3

Rank #295 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 65.4 to 25.8.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
ProviderDeepSeekAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index52.830.3
Released2026-09-09—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked3710

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding15061016
LMArena WebDev1619—
SciCode51.9%—
ALE-Bench1,092—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
APEX-Agents39.5%—
GDP.pdf19.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1483993
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), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math14771018
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)67.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%—
ProofBench54%—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond89.8%—
LMArena Expert1506—

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Vision1277—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1448977
LMArena Chinese14971014
LMArena Russian1471947
LMArena French1452—
LMArena German1484—
LMArena Japanese1412—
LMArena Korean1452—
LMArena Spanish1459—

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1474978

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1475—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14621032
LMArena Creative Writing1435990
LMArena Multi-Turn14571007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1540—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.9 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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