# DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs StarCoder 2 7B

> DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#40); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-v4-1-flash-vs-starcoder-2-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 1 category and StarCoder 2 7B in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 52.8 to 34.2.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 50.3 | 36.5 |
| Rank | 40 | — |
| Context | 1M | — |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.60 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.8 (#29)
- StarCoder 2 7B: 34.2

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1620 | — |
| SciCode | 51.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1511 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 27.7% |
| ALE-Bench | 1,092 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 29.9% |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 46.2 (#39)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.01 | 92.92 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 89.6% | — |
| CritPt | 14.3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1485 | — |
| DTBench | 89.9% | — |
| LMCA | 47% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 46.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 48.4 (#52)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 54% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1493 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 32.7% |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 41.6 (#97)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1505 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 38.7% |
| MMLU | — | 38.8% |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.5 (#29)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1452 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1506 | — |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1473 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1499 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.6 (#24)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1475 | — |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#46)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1476 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.8 (#43)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1465 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1436 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1540 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1460 | — |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than StarCoder 2 7B?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#40); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or StarCoder 2 7B better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.8 versus 34.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and StarCoder 2 7B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 25 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 7B has 7.