DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemini 3.7 Flash
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads Gemini 3.7 Flash on coding, 62.5 to 58.0 on the Vibe Coding Index, and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs 4.5x less per output token ($0.84 vs $3.75 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 94 benchmarks have a result for both.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemini 3.7 Flash: which to pick
Pick DeepSeek V4.1 Flash for coding: it scores 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 58.0 for Gemini 3.7 Flash, though on 5 benchmarks against 6.
Pick Gemini 3.7 Flash for work measured by IOI (Vals AI) or Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 94
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash only
- 7
- Gemini 3.7 Flash only
- 20
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
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, six public coding benchmarks
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores 62.5 against 58.0.
5 and 6 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads, 39.6 against 24.7.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Gemini 3.7 Flash has a GPQA Diamond result, 93.9%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Gemini 3.7 Flash has a MMLU Pro result, 90.1%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads, 1308 against 1303.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 1.05M tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.0006, Gemini 3.7 Flash $0.0026 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 3.7 Flash has the number, $1.78.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 62.5 from 5 benchmarks, Gemini 3.7 Flash 58.0 from 6 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 12.0 points apart on average over 10 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- CyberBench (Vals AI): DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 73.7% against Gemini 3.7 Flash 43.8%, 29.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.84 against Gemini 3.7 Flash $3.75 per million output tokens, 4.5x apart.
- Context window
- Both take 1.05M tokens.
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 V4.1 Flash | Bars | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 14 | 4 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Agentic work | 5 | 5 | ||
| Reasoning | 2 | 10 | ||
| Math | 1 | 5 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 7 | ||
| Web design | 6 | 3 | ||
| General | 4 | 26 | ||
| All shared boards | 32 | 62 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index144
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 90.2% | 80.5% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena WebDev | 1618 | 1591 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 71.5 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 88.7% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.8% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 19.7% | 12.1% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 84.7% | 70.4% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 45.6% | 34.8% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.5% | 0.0% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 40.3% | 67.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 74.5% | 77.5% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 46.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 16.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 69.8% | 65.9% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 73.7% | 43.8% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| SciCode | 51.9% | 59.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| FrontierCode | 43.9% | 43.6% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 20.3% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1092.3 | 904.3 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1502 | 1499 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1496 | 1498 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1628 | 1587 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1612 | 1593 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1606 | 1599 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| SciCode | Not measured | 13.8% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 24.7 | 39.6 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.9 | 158.0 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index55
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1223 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1208 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1229 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1243 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1264 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1235 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 1058 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveBench research | 86.8% | 76.5% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LiveBench browser | 84.0% | 56.0% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LiveBench long agentic | 40.1% | 28.3% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 0.8% | 4.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 53.5% | 59.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 26.6% | 22.8% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 41.4% | 34.6% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 57.2% | 71.3% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 67.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 0.0% | 7.1% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Vals Science Index | 29.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| APEX-Agents | 39.5% | 67.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Remote Labor Index | Not measured | 5.0% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index210
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 93.9% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 86.7% | 87.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 21.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 89.0% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 94.5% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 39.2% | 47.9% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 89.8% | 94.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| ARC-AGI | 94.5% | 95.5% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.9% | 84.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Chess puzzles | 48.0% | 66.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Mystery game puzzles | 43.0% | 37.0% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1483 | 1495 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1501 | 1512 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1488 | 1487 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1297 | 1329 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1307 | 1320 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index15
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 98.3% | 97.2% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 67.4% | 71.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 26.8% | 36.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| ProofBench | 54.0% | 58.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: math | 1478 | 1511 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1485 | 1502 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 90.1% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 83.3% | 87.3% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 74.7% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.7% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 41.2% | 53.4% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| SimpleQA Verified | 42.9% | 69.2% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: science | 1469 | 1511 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1484 | 1494 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1443 | 1496 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1461 | 1479 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | Not measured | 71.2% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index63
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1308 | 1303 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1312 | 1296 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1330 | 1317 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1291 | 1315 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1355 | 1307 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1320 | 1308 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1245 | 1283 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1265 | 1276 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LiveBench design | 79.2% | 73.2% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index426
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | 79.3% | 68.0% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 64.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 47.9% | 49.2% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 85.5% | 83.9% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 84.0% | 83.0% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| DTBench | 89.9% | 96.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMCA | 47.0% | 50.4% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 46.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Furniture assembly | 34.2% | 26.7% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text | 1464 | 1489 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1473 | 1484 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1437 | 1488 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision | 1278 | 1314 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: English | 1473 | 1483 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1449 | 1487 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1501 | 1552 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1470 | 1506 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1432 | 1511 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1436 | 1481 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: French | 1465 | 1500 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1459 | 1495 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1467 | 1515 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1457 | 1503 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1461 | 1485 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1473 | 1492 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1450 | 1491 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1445 | 1477 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1288 | 1309 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1327 | 1394 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1282 | 1322 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1260 | 1299 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1275 | 1312 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemini 3.7 Flash | 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 V4.1 Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 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 V4.1 Flash | Google Gemini 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | September 10, 2026 | August 13, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.2225 | $0.75 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.84 | $3.75 |
| Coding index | 62.5 | 58.0 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 6 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $1.78 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Gemini 3.7 Flash for coding?
Pick DeepSeek V4.1 Flash for coding: it scores 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 58.0 for Gemini 3.7 Flash, though on 5 benchmarks against 6. Pick Gemini 3.7 Flash for work measured by IOI (Vals AI) or Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemini 3.7 Flash?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs $0.2225 per million input tokens and $0.84 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash costs $0.75 and $3.75. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3.7 Flash only.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemini 3.7 Flash?
Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemini 3.7 Flash comparison based on?
94 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Gemini 3.7 Flash's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.