Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Llama 3.1-405B

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

Llama 3.1-405B Meta

30.7

Rank #288 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.1-405B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 60.3 to 18.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 94.4% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 9.7% for Llama 3.1-405B.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Flash and Llama 3.1-405B specifications
DeepSeek V4 FlashLlama 3.1-405B
ProviderDeepSeekMeta
Noometry Index53.630.7
Released2026-04-242024-07-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked4142

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), Llama 3.1-405B: 33.1 (#262)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLlama 3.1-405B
WeirdML63%21.4%
LMArena Coding14571291
FrontierCode18.8%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode49.9%—
ALE-Bench1,306—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: —, Llama 3.1-405B: 21.0 (#140)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLlama 3.1-405B
TheAgentCompany—7.4%
Cybench—7.5%

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), Llama 3.1-405B: 16.8 (#300)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLlama 3.1-405B
SimpleBench61.1%23%
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%45%
LMArena Hard Prompts14441269
DTBench90.9%61.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49128.75
ARC-AGI-261.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
ARC-AGI-189%—
CritPt16.6%—
Chess Puzzles33%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
LMCA41.7%—
BIG-Bench Hard—82.9%
ForecastBench—59.9
HellaSwag—89.2%
PIQA—85.9%
WinoGrande—89.2%

Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), Llama 3.1-405B: 18.4 (#290)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLlama 3.1-405B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%9.7%
LMArena Math14271281
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—
ProofBench56%—
Omni-MATH—24.9%
MATH Level 5—49.8%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), Llama 3.1-405B: 30.4 (#227)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLlama 3.1-405B
GPQA Diamond91%50.9%
LMArena Expert14411243
SimpleQA Verified33.6%—
MMLU-Pro—72.3%
Confabulations—17.6%
GPQA (HELM)—52.2%
ARC (AI2) Challenge—95.3%
MMLU—84.5%
TriviaQA—82.7%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), Llama 3.1-405B: 40.7 (#214)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLlama 3.1-405B
LMArena Non-English14201248
LMArena Chinese14681242
LMArena French14391279
LMArena German14181252
LMArena Japanese14061208
LMArena Korean13841184
LMArena Russian14281265
LMArena Spanish14361260

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), Llama 3.1-405B: 65.9 (#214)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLlama 3.1-405B
LMArena Instruction Following14211259
IFEval—81.1%

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), Llama 3.1-405B: 38.4 (#197)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLlama 3.1-405B
LMArena Longer Query14341266

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), Llama 3.1-405B: 38.9 (#251)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashLlama 3.1-405B
LMArena Text14321284
LMArena Creative Writing14031262
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559870
LMArena Multi-Turn14491297
WildBench—78.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than Llama 3.1-405B?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or Llama 3.1-405B better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and Llama 3.1-405B share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1-405B has 42.

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