Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Gemma 3 1B

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 3 categories and Gemma 3 1B in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 60.3 to 10.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 94.4% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 1.1% for Gemma 3 1B.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Flash and Gemma 3 1B specifications
DeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 3 1B
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index53.621.1
Released2026-04-242025-03-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked414

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), Gemma 3 1B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 3 1B
FrontierCode18.8%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode49.9%—
WeirdML63%—
LMArena Coding1457—
ALE-Bench1,306—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: —, Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 3 1B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—7.2%

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 3 1B
Chess Puzzles33%0%
ARC-AGI-261.4%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
ARC-AGI-189%—
CritPt16.6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1444—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA41.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49—

Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 3 1B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%1.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—
ProofBench56%—
LMArena Math1427—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 3 1B
GPQA Diamond91%19.9%
SimpleQA Verified33.6%—
LMArena Expert1441—

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), Gemma 3 1B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Non-English1420—
LMArena Chinese1468—
LMArena French1439—
LMArena German1418—
LMArena Japanese1406—
LMArena Korean1384—
LMArena Russian1428—
LMArena Spanish1436—

Instruction Following Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), Gemma 3 1B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Instruction Following1421—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), Gemma 3 1B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Longer Query1434—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), Gemma 3 1B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 3 1B
LMArena Text1432—
LMArena Creative Writing1403—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—
LMArena Multi-Turn1449—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than Gemma 3 1B?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and Gemma 3 1B share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 1B has 4.

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