Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Solar Pro4

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

42.1

Rank #121 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Solar Pro4 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 66.7 to 38.8.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for Solar Pro4.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 524K.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Solar Pro4 specifications
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro4
ProviderDeepSeekUpstage
Noometry Index52.842.1
Released2026-09-092026-08-06
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M524K
Max output393K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$1.20
Results tracked3718

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena WebDev16191371
LMArena Coding15061437
SciCode51.9%—
ALE-Bench1,092—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), Solar Pro4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro4
APEX-Agents39.5%—
GDP.pdf19.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts14831399
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
CritPt14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench89.9%—
LMCA47%—
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.9—

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena Math14771416
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)67.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%—
ProofBench54%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena Expert15061427
GPQA Diamond89.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), Solar Pro4: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena Vision1277—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena Non-English14481361
LMArena Chinese14971415
LMArena French14521397
LMArena German14841364
LMArena Japanese14121309
LMArena Korean14521382
LMArena Russian14711360
LMArena Spanish14591401

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following14741377

Long Context DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query14751381

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSolar Pro4
LMArena Text14621386
LMArena Creative Writing14351316
LMArena Multi-Turn14571385
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1540—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Solar Pro4?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Solar Pro4?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Solar Pro4 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.9 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Solar Pro4 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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