Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs GPT-6.1 Sol

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 53.6 on the Noometry Index. DeepSeek V4 Flash costs 15× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6.1 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI

65.6

Rank #6 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 1 category and GPT-6.1 Sol in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6.1 Sol leads 93.7 to 60.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath Tier 4: 24.4% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 100% for GPT-6.1 Sol.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $10 for GPT-6.1 Sol.
  • GPT-6.1 Sol accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Flash and GPT-6.1 Sol specifications
DeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-6.1 Sol
ProviderDeepSeekOpenAI
Noometry Index53.665.6
Released2026-04-242026-09-29
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M1.05M
Max output393K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$2
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$10
Results tracked4134

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6.1 Sol leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.2 (#8)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-6.1 Sol
FrontierCode18.8%50.2%
LMArena WebDev15821755
SciCode49.9%55.8%
LMArena Coding14571487
DeepSWE—75.2%
WeirdML63%—
ALE-Bench1,306—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: —, GPT-6.1 Sol: 39.6 (#26)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-6.1 Sol
APEX-Agents—60%
GDP.pdf—32%

Reasoning GPT-6.1 Sol leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), GPT-6.1 Sol: 81.9 (#2)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-6.1 Sol
ARC-AGI-261.4%94.2%
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%95.5%
ARC-AGI-189%98.5%
CritPt16.6%31.7%
Chess Puzzles33%61%
LMArena Hard Prompts14441466
Mystery Game Puzzles34%80%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49166.09
SimpleBench61.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
EBR-Bench—54.3%
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA41.7%—

Math GPT-6.1 Sol leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), GPT-6.1 Sol: 93.7 (#1)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-6.1 Sol
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%93.7%
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%100%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%100%
ProofBench56%99%
LMArena Math14271464
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—

Knowledge GPT-6.1 Sol leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), GPT-6.1 Sol: 71.8 (#4)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-6.1 Sol
GPQA Diamond91%95.4%
SimpleQA Verified33.6%73.9%
LMArena Expert14411502

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: —, GPT-6.1 Sol: 52.7 (#5)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Vision—1288
Furniture Assembly—80%

Multilingual GPT-6.1 Sol leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), GPT-6.1 Sol: 54.3 (#46)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Non-English14201438
LMArena Chinese14681477
LMArena Russian14281455
LMArena French1439—
LMArena German1418—
LMArena Japanese1406—
LMArena Korean1384—
LMArena Spanish1436—

Instruction Following GPT-6.1 Sol leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), GPT-6.1 Sol: 77.0 (#29)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Instruction Following14211468

Long Context GPT-6.1 Sol leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), GPT-6.1 Sol: 44.9 (#54)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Longer Query14341465

Writing & Preference Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.6 (#63)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Text14321447
LMArena Creative Writing14031432
LMArena Multi-Turn14491449
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than GPT-6.1 Sol?

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 53.6 on the Noometry Index. DeepSeek V4 Flash costs 15× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6.1 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash or GPT-6.1 Sol?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; GPT-6.1 Sol lists at $2 and $10.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or GPT-6.1 Sol better for coding?

GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 63.2 versus 47.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6.1 Sol does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and GPT-6.1 Sol share?

28 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6.1 Sol has 34.

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