Noometry

Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Qwen3.6 Flash

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #182 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3.6 Flash in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 53.7 to 29.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 57.5% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 22.5% for Qwen3.6 Flash.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.19 / $1.13 for Qwen3.6 Flash.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index53.638.8
Released2026-04-242026-04-27
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M1M
Max output393K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.19
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$1.13
Results tracked4113

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
ALE-Bench1,306326.4
FrontierCode18.8%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode49.9%—
WeirdML63%—
LMArena Coding1457—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
SimpleBench61.1%35.2%
Chess Puzzles33%20%
Mystery Game Puzzles34%18%
DTBench90.9%77.1%
LMCA41.7%31%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49143.26
ARC-AGI-261.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
ARC-AGI-189%—
CritPt16.6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1444—

Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%22.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%84.4%
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—
ProofBench56%—
LMArena Math1427—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—10.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond91%83.3%
SimpleQA Verified33.6%15.9%
LMArena Expert1441—

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
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), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1421—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1434—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Text1432—
LMArena Creative Writing1403—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—
LMArena Multi-Turn1449—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than Qwen3.6 Flash?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash or Qwen3.6 Flash?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Flash lists at $0.19 and $1.13.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.

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