Noometry

Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Qwen3.6 Flash

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #182 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3.6 Flash in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 66.7 to 39.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 67.4% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 22.5% for Qwen3.6 Flash.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.19 / $1.13 for Qwen3.6 Flash.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index52.838.8
Released2026-09-092026-04-27
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M1M
Max output393K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.19
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$1.13
Results tracked3713

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
ALE-Bench1,092326.4
LMArena WebDev1619—
SciCode51.9%—
LMArena Coding1506—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
APEX-Agents39.5%—
GDP.pdf19.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
Mystery Game Puzzles43%18%
DTBench89.9%77.1%
LMCA47%31%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.9143.26
SimpleBench—35.2%
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles—20%
LMArena Hard Prompts1483—
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%—

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25), Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)67.4%22.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%84.4%
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
ProofBench54%—
LMArena Math1477—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—10.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond89.8%83.3%
SimpleQA Verified—15.9%
LMArena Expert1506—

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision1277—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual Not comparable

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

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
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 Flash: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1474—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1475—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

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

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Qwen3.6 Flash?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Qwen3.6 Flash?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Flash lists at $0.19 and $1.13.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.

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