Noometry

Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Alibaba (Qwen)

37.6

Rank #201 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B 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 38.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 89.6% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 41.6% for Qwen3.6 35B-A3B.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $1.49 for Qwen3.6 35B-A3B.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index52.837.6
Released2026-09-092026-04-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M262K
Max output393K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$1.49
Results tracked3714

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
SciCode51.9%35.8%
LMArena WebDev1619—
WeirdML—34.5%
LMArena Coding1506—
ALE-Bench1,092—

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
Terminal-Bench—23%
APEX-Agents39.5%—
GDP.pdf19.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%41.6%
CritPt14.3%0.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles43%22%
DTBench89.9%73.9%
LMCA47%29.7%
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%44.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.9143.93
Chess Puzzles—26%
LMArena Hard Prompts1483—

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)67.4%20.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%86.7%
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
ProofBench54%—
LMArena Math1477—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
GPQA Diamond89.8%84.8%
LMArena Expert1506—

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Vision1277—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Non-English1448—
LMArena Chinese1497—
LMArena French1452—
LMArena German1484—
LMArena Japanese1412—
LMArena Korean1452—
LMArena Russian1471—
LMArena Spanish1459—

Instruction Following Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Instruction Following1474—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Longer Query1475—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Text1462—
LMArena Creative Writing1435—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1540—
LMArena Multi-Turn1457—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 35B-A3B lists at $0.25 and $1.49.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.9 versus 37.2 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 Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.

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