Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.4 to 50.3 on the Noometry Index. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 21 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

DeepSeek

50.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max

Alibaba (Qwen)

51.4

Rank #35 Confirmed

Summary

They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 61.7 to 41.6.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 54% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 26% for Qwen3.7 Max.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3.7 Max.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Qwen3.7 Max specifications
	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Qwen3.7 Max
Provider	DeepSeek	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	50.3	51.4
Released	2026-09-09	2026-05-19
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	1M	1M
Max output	393K	131K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.15	$2.50
Output $ / M tokens	$0.60	$7.50
Results tracked	25	33

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.8 (#29), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.2 (#43)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena WebDev	1620	1515
SciCode	51.9%	48.8%
LMArena Coding	1511	1498
ALE-Bench	1,092	1,189
SWE-bench Verified	—	77.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 21.8 (#129)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Qwen3.7 Max
GBAEval	—	0.4%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 46.2 (#39), Qwen3.7 Max: 48.4 (#36)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Qwen3.7 Max
NYT Connections (extended)	89.6%	85.1%
CritPt	14.3%	13.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1485	1483
DTBench	89.9%	92.3%
LMCA	47%	44%
Epoch Capabilities Index	155.01	153.74
SimpleBench	—	70.4%
Chess Puzzles	—	19%
EBR-Bench	—	9.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	32%
Surface Evolver Bench	46.3%	—

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 48.4 (#52), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.3 (#26)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Qwen3.7 Max
ProofBench	54%	26%
LMArena Math	1493	1488
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4	—	34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	95.6%

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 41.6 (#97), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.7 (#24)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Expert	1505	1488
GPQA Diamond	—	90.9%
SimpleQA Verified	—	55.8%

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.5 (#29), Qwen3.7 Max: 57.1 (#13)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English	1452	1475
LMArena Chinese	1506	1533
LMArena Russian	1473	1482
LMArena French	1448	—
LMArena Spanish	1499	—

Instruction Following Too close to call

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.6 (#24), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.9 (#34)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following	1475	1460

Long Context Too close to call

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#46), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#34)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query	1476	1484

Writing & Preference Too close to call

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.8 (#43), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.2 (#52)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text	1465	1476
LMArena Creative Writing	1436	1450
LMArena Multi-Turn	1460	1482
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1540	—
EQ-Bench 4	—	1110

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Qwen3.7 Max?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max lists at $2.50 and $7.50.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.8 versus 50.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Qwen3.7 Max share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 25 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.