Noometry

Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 60.3 to 14.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 94.4% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index53.629.9
Released2026-04-242024-10-03
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked4121

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Coding14571218
FrontierCode18.8%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode49.9%—
WeirdML63%—
ALE-Bench1,306—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Hard Prompts14441209
DTBench90.9%50%
ARC-AGI-261.4%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
ARC-AGI-189%—
CritPt16.6%—
Chess Puzzles33%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
LMCA41.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49—

Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%4.6%
LMArena Math14271207
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—
ProofBench56%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
GPQA Diamond91%33%
LMArena Expert14411185
SimpleQA Verified33.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Vision—1044

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Non-English14201215
LMArena Chinese14681231
LMArena French14391234
LMArena German14181206
LMArena Japanese14061150
LMArena Korean13841140
LMArena Russian14281236
LMArena Spanish14361212

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Instruction Following14211199

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Longer Query14341219

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Text14321226
LMArena Creative Writing14031218
LMArena Multi-Turn14491185
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21.

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