Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs DeepSeek V4 Pro

DeepSeek V4 Flash and DeepSeek V4 Pro score almost the same on the Noometry Index (53.6 vs 54.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 40 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 40 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek V4 Pro in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 64.8 to 60.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 33.6% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 52.9% for DeepSeek V4 Pro.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.66 / $1.98 for DeepSeek V4 Pro.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Flash and DeepSeek V4 Pro specifications
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro
ProviderDeepSeekDeepSeek
Noometry Index53.654.3
Released2026-04-242026-04-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M1M
Max output393K393K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.66
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$1.98
Results tracked4148

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro
FrontierCode18.8%28.6%
LMArena WebDev15821582
SciCode49.9%51%
WeirdML63%66.2%
LMArena Coding14571470
ALE-Bench1,3061,403
SWE-bench Verified—77.6%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: —, DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro
APEX-Agents—47.3%
Vending-Bench 2—3,285

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro
ARC-AGI-261.4%61.3%
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%53.5%
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%91.3%
ARC-AGI-189%90.5%
CritPt16.6%18%
Chess Puzzles33%47%
LMArena Hard Prompts14441461
Mystery Game Puzzles34%43%
DTBench90.9%93.9%
LMCA41.7%45.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49155.31
SimpleBench61.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench—40%
ForecastBench—56.1

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%26.8%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%76.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%98.6%
ProofBench56%50%
LMArena Math14271455

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro
GPQA Diamond91%91.7%
SimpleQA Verified33.6%52.9%
LMArena Expert14411464
Vectara Hallucination Rate—8.6%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro
LMArena Non-English14201439
LMArena Chinese14681486
LMArena French14391472
LMArena German14181458
LMArena Japanese14061445
LMArena Korean13841447
LMArena Russian14281453
LMArena Spanish14361458

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro
LMArena Instruction Following14211448

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro
LMArena Longer Query14341458
CL-bench Life—13.5%

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro
LMArena Text14321451
LMArena Creative Writing14031446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15591553
LMArena Multi-Turn14491467
EQ-Bench 4—1166

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than DeepSeek V4 Pro?

DeepSeek V4 Flash and DeepSeek V4 Pro score almost the same on the Noometry Index (53.6 vs 54.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash or DeepSeek V4 Pro?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4 Pro lists at $0.66 and $1.98.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or DeepSeek V4 Pro better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 47.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and DeepSeek V4 Pro share?

40 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48.

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