Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Gemini 2.0 Pro

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 6 categories and Gemini 2.0 Pro in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 53.7 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 91% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 65.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Flash and Gemini 2.0 Pro specifications
DeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 2.0 Pro
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index53.639.1
Released2026-04-242025-02-05
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked4114

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 2.0 Pro
FrontierCode18.8%—
Aider Polyglot—35.6%
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode49.9%—
WeirdML63%—
LiveBench Coding—63.5%
LMArena Coding1457—
ALE-Bench1,306—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 2.0 Pro
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49135.06
ARC-AGI-261.4%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
ARC-AGI-189%—
CritPt16.6%—
Chess Puzzles33%—
EnigmaEval—0.7%
LiveBench Reasoning—60.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1444—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench90.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—68%
LMCA41.7%—
LiveBench—65.1%

Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 2.0 Pro
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%—
ProofBench56%—
LiveBench Math—71%
LMArena Math1427—
MATH Level 5—83.5%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 2.0 Pro
GPQA Diamond91%65.7%
SimpleQA Verified33.6%—
Confabulations—18.4%
LMArena Expert1441—

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), Gemini 2.0 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 2.0 Pro
LMArena Non-English1420—
LMArena Chinese1468—
LMArena French1439—
LMArena German1418—
LMArena Japanese1406—
LMArena Korean1384—
LMArena Russian1428—
LMArena Spanish1436—

Instruction Following Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 2.0 Pro
LiveBench Instruction Following—83.4%
LMArena Instruction Following1421—

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 2.0 Pro
Fiction.LiveBench—41.7%
LMArena Longer Query1434—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 2.0 Pro
LMArena Text1432—
LMArena Creative Writing1403—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—
LMArena Multi-Turn1449—
LiveBench Language—44.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than Gemini 2.0 Pro?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or Gemini 2.0 Pro better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and Gemini 2.0 Pro share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14.

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