DeepSeek V3 0324 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
Updated October 21, 2026. 7 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick DeepSeek V3 0324 for coding: it scores 42.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 37.6 for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp.
Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp when output tokens cost 1.8x less, or when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 164K tokens.
- Shared results
- 7
- DeepSeek V3 0324 only
- 28
- DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp only
- 7
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, four public coding benchmarks
DeepSeek V3 0324
DeepSeek V3 0324 scores 42.0 against 37.6.
One benchmark behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp leads, 34.8 against 9.7.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp leads, 47.5 against 0.8.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only DeepSeek V3 0324 has a GPQA Diamond result, 61.6%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only DeepSeek V3 0324 has a AIME result, 52.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only DeepSeek V3 0324 has a MMLU Pro result, 79.5%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp takes 1.05M tokens against 164K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
DeepSeek V3 0324 $0.0009, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp $0.0005 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V3 0324 42.0 from 1 benchmark, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp 37.6 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 46.7 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AA Agentic Index: DeepSeek V3 0324 0.8 against DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp 47.5, 46.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V3 0324 $1.14 against DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp $0.6468 per million output tokens, 1.8x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V3 0324 takes 164K tokens, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Bars | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 2 | ||
| General | 0 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 7 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 42.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 37.6% | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured |
| AA Coding Index | 21.2 | 65.0 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 65.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 40.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| SciCode | 39.0% | 49.7% | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| WeirdML | 36.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 9.7 | 34.8 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 0.8 | 47.5 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 69.2% | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 64.0% | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 39.0% | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 47.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| METR time horizons | 49.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 61.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 85.4% | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 65.5% | 91.3% | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.7% | 34.5% | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 67.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| SimpleBench | 27.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 52.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 88.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 91.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| AA Math Index | 41.0 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 41.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 37.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| MATH level 5 | 75.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 79.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 77.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 54.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 71.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 82.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 81.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 70.7% | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 79.5% | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured |
| IFBench | 41.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 40.7% | 81.3% | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp |
| DTBench | 64.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LMCA | 15.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 50.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 77.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | DeepSeek V3 0324 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | DeepSeek |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | March 24, 2025 | August 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 164K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.29 | $0.2156 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.14 | $0.6468 |
| Coding index | 42.0 | 37.6 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V3 0324 better than DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp for coding?
Pick DeepSeek V3 0324 for coding: it scores 42.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 37.6 for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp. Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp when output tokens cost 1.8x less, or when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 164K tokens.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3 0324 or DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp?
DeepSeek V3 0324 costs $0.29 per million input tokens and $1.14 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp costs $0.2156 and $0.6468. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V3 0324 or DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp?
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp, with 1.05M tokens against 164K.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V3 0324 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp comparison based on?
7 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. DeepSeek V3 0324's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.