Noometry

Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Ring-2.6-1T

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#38); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Ring-2.6-1T Ant Group (inclusionAI)

36.9

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 2 categories and Ring-2.6-1T in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 50.2 to 26.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 14.3% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 3.7% for Ring-2.6-1T.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 FlashRing-2.6-1T
ProviderDeepSeekAnt Group (inclusionAI)
Noometry Index52.836.9
Released2026-09-092026-05-14
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked373

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.7

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashRing-2.6-1T
SciCode51.9%42.4%
ALE-Bench1,092432.57
LMArena WebDev1619—
LMArena Coding1506—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashRing-2.6-1T
APEX-Agents39.5%—
GDP.pdf19.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), Ring-2.6-1T: 26.1

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashRing-2.6-1T
CritPt14.3%3.7%
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1483—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench89.9%—
LMCA47%—
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.9—

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashRing-2.6-1T
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)67.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%—
ProofBench54%—
LMArena Math1477—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashRing-2.6-1T
GPQA Diamond89.8%—
LMArena Expert1506—

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Vision1277—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashRing-2.6-1T
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), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Instruction Following1474—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Longer Query1475—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Text1462—
LMArena Creative Writing1435—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1540—
LMArena Multi-Turn1457—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Ring-2.6-1T?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#38); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.9 versus 40.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Ring-2.6-1T share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.

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