Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs GPT-5.4 nano

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 35 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #32 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI

41.9

Rank #111 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 35 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and GPT-5.4 nano in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 53.7 to 23.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 61.4% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 5.7% for GPT-5.4 nano.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.20 / $1.25 for GPT-5.4 nano.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 400K.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Flash and GPT-5.4 nano specifications
DeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-5.4 nano
ProviderDeepSeekOpenAI
Noometry Index53.641.9
Released2026-04-242026-03-17
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M400K
Max output393K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.20
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$1.25
Results tracked4140

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.6 (#56), GPT-5.4 nano: 43.1 (#82)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-5.4 nano
SciCode49.9%46.9%
WeirdML63%49.2%
LMArena Coding14571404
ALE-Bench1,3061,005
FrontierCode18.8%—
LMArena WebDev1581—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#25), GPT-5.4 nano: 23.8 (#159)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-5.4 nano
ARC-AGI-261.4%5.7%
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%39.7%
ARC-AGI-189%51.5%
CritPt16.6%9.3%
Chess Puzzles33%30%
LMArena Hard Prompts14431380
Mystery Game Puzzles34%9%
DTBench90.9%80.3%
LMCA41.7%36.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.51145.78
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
ForecastBench—57.3

Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.0 (#31), GPT-5.4 nano: 40.7 (#76)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-5.4 nano
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%44.9%
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%12.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%87.8%
ProofBench56%5%
LMArena Math14271406
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—25.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—6.3%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.5 (#43), GPT-5.4 nano: 41.8 (#94)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-5.4 nano
GPQA Diamond91%78.5%
SimpleQA Verified33.6%11.7%
LMArena Expert14411397
Vectara Hallucination Rate—3.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: —, GPT-5.4 nano: 36.0 (#73)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Vision—1196

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.2 (#71), GPT-5.4 nano: 48.8 (#136)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Non-English14201359
LMArena Chinese14671391
LMArena French14381396
LMArena German14181368
LMArena Japanese14031342
LMArena Korean13831321
LMArena Russian14281363
LMArena Spanish14371368

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 75.1 (#76), GPT-5.4 nano: 72.1 (#139)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Instruction Following14211362

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#81), GPT-5.4 nano: 41.6 (#131)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Longer Query14351365

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 64.0 (#59), GPT-5.4 nano: 55.9 (#137)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Text14321372
LMArena Creative Writing14031313
LMArena Multi-Turn14491382
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than GPT-5.4 nano?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash or GPT-5.4 nano?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 nano lists at $0.20 and $1.25.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or GPT-5.4 nano better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.6 versus 43.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and GPT-5.4 nano share?

35 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 nano has 40.

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