Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Solar Pro 3

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#40); Solar Pro 3 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

50.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Solar Pro 3 Upstage

33.3

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 2 categories and Solar Pro 3 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 46.2 to 21.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 51.9% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 24.7% for Solar Pro 3.
  • Both cost about the same: $0.15 input and $0.60 output per million tokens.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Solar Pro 3 specifications
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro 3
ProviderDeepSeekUpstage
Noometry Index50.333.3
Released2026-09-092026-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M131K
Max output393K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$0.25
Results tracked252

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.8 (#29), Solar Pro 3: 34.2

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro 3
SciCode51.9%24.7%
LMArena WebDev1620—
LMArena Coding1511—
ALE-Bench1,092—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 46.2 (#39), Solar Pro 3: 21.7

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro 3
CritPt14.3%0%
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1485—
DTBench89.9%—
LMCA47%—
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index155.01—

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 48.4 (#52), Solar Pro 3: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro 3
ProofBench54%—
LMArena Math1493—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 41.6 (#97), Solar Pro 3: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro 3
LMArena Expert1505—

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.5 (#29), Solar Pro 3: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro 3
LMArena Non-English1452—
LMArena Chinese1506—
LMArena French1448—
LMArena Russian1473—
LMArena Spanish1499—

Instruction Following Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.6 (#24), Solar Pro 3: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro 3
LMArena Instruction Following1475—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#46), Solar Pro 3: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro 3
LMArena Longer Query1476—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.8 (#43), Solar Pro 3: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro 3
LMArena Text1465—
LMArena Creative Writing1436—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1540—
LMArena Multi-Turn1460—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Solar Pro 3?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#40); Solar Pro 3 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Solar Pro 3?

Solar Pro 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4.1 Flash lists at $0.15 and $0.60.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Solar Pro 3 better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.8 versus 34.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Solar Pro 3 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 25 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro 3 has 2.

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