Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Qwen1.5-14B

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.7

Rank #253 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 53.7 to 21.4.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Flash and Qwen1.5-14B specifications
DeepSeek V4 FlashQwen1.5-14B
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index53.632.7
Released2026-04-242024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked4117

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.1 (#263)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding14571138
FrontierCode18.8%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode49.9%—
WeirdML63%—
ALE-Bench1,306—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), Qwen1.5-14B: 21.4 (#223)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts14441113
ARC-AGI-261.4%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
ARC-AGI-189%—
CritPt16.6%—
Chess Puzzles33%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA41.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49—

Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.4 (#215)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Math14271125
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%—
ProofBench56%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.8 (#232)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Expert14411094
GPQA Diamond91%—
SimpleQA Verified33.6%—
MMLU—68.6%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.7 (#262)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English14201095
LMArena Chinese14681147
LMArena French14391116
LMArena German14181043
LMArena Japanese14061019
LMArena Russian14281046
LMArena Spanish14361085
LMArena Korean1384—

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), Qwen1.5-14B: 56.8 (#271)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following14211102

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#257)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query14341113

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.6 (#276)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text14321128
LMArena Creative Writing14031091
LMArena Multi-Turn14491110
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than Qwen1.5-14B?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or Qwen1.5-14B 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 Qwen1.5-14B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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