Model comparison
DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Gemma 2 9B
DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
GoogleSummary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 9B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 60.3 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 94.4% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 0.6% for Gemma 2 9B.
Side by side
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | Gemma 2 9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | |
| Noometry Index | 53.6 | 25.9 |
| Released | 2026-04-24 | 2024-06-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 393K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Results tracked | 41 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads
DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1457 | 1173 |
| FrontierCode | 18.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1582 | — |
| SciCode | 49.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 63% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 34.7% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 22.5% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |
| ALE-Bench | 1,306 | — |
Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads
DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1444 | 1171 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.49 | 119.83 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 61.4% | — |
| SimpleBench | 61.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 52.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 89.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 89% | — |
| CritPt | 16.6% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 33% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.2% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 34% | — |
| DTBench | 90.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 36.4% |
| LMCA | 41.7% | — |
| LiveBench | — | 28.7% |
| PIQA | — | 83.7% |
Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads
DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 94.4% | 0.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1427 | 1183 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 57.5% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 24.4% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 76.5% | — |
| ProofBench | 56% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 19.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 21% |
| GSM8K | — | 84.9% |
Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Flash leads
DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 91% | 27.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1441 | 1147 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 33.6% | — |
| BoolQ | — | 85.7% |
| MMLU | — | 72.1% |
Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Flash leads
DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1188 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1468 | 1185 |
| LMArena French | 1439 | 1190 |
| LMArena German | 1418 | 1186 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1406 | 1144 |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | 1137 |
| LMArena Russian | 1428 | 1200 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1436 | 1200 |
Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Flash leads
DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1421 | 1178 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 52.6% |
Long Context DeepSeek V4 Flash leads
DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1434 | 1197 |
Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Flash leads
DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1432 | 1207 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1403 | 1206 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1559 | 841 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1449 | 1193 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 25.5% |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than Gemma 2 9B?
DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or Gemma 2 9B better for coding?
DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and Gemma 2 9B share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 9B has 35.