DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemma 4 26B A4B
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads Gemma 4 26B A4B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 24.7 to 16.7, and Gemma 4 26B A4B costs 1.4x less per output token ($0.60 vs $0.84 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 45 benchmarks have a result for both.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemma 4 26B A4B: which to pick
Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has a coding score, 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemma 4 26B A4B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B for output tokens 1.4x cheaper ($0.60 vs $0.84 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: legal and government or LMArena Vision: humor, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 45
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash only
- 56
- Gemma 4 26B A4B only
- 10
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 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
No call
Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads, 24.7 against 16.7.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Gemma 4 26B A4B has a AA Agentic Index result, 2.9.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has a Design Arena: websites result, 1308.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemma 4 26B A4B
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.0006, Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 62.5 from 5 benchmarks, Gemma 4 26B A4B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Coding, 21.7 points apart on average over 7 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena WebDev: React: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1628 against Gemma 4 26B A4B 1351, 41.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.84 against Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.60 per million output tokens, 1.4x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash takes 1.05M tokens, Gemma 4 26B A4B 262K.
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 | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 7 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 7 | 0 | ||
| Math | 3 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 3 | 1 | ||
| General | 21 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 43 | 2 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index70
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 90.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1618 | 1360 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 39.3 | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 19.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 84.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 45.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 40.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 74.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| 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% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 73.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| SciCode | 51.9% | 40.0% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 25.0% | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| FrontierCode | 43.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 35.2% | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1092.3 | 927.2 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1502 | 1446 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1496 | 1454 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1628 | 1351 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1612 | 1362 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1606 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 24.7 | 16.7 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.9 | 141.9 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 2.9 | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LiveBench research | 86.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LiveBench browser | 84.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 40.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 0.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 53.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 26.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 41.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 57.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 67.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Vals Science Index | 29.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 43.6% | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| APEX-Agents | 39.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | 86.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 21.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 79.2% | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 39.2% | 19.3% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 89.8% | 73.2% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| ARC-AGI | 94.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Chess puzzles | 48.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 43.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1483 | 1438 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1501 | 1447 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1488 | 1448 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1297 | 1264 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1307 | 1293 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 98.3% | 82.2% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 67.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 26.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| ProofBench | 54.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1478 | 1470 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1485 | 1475 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index31
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 83.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 41.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 42.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1469 | 1446 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1484 | 1428 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1443 | 1457 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1461 | 1429 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | Not measured | 42.7% | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1308 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1312 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1330 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1291 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1355 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1320 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1245 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1265 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LiveBench design | 79.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index211
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | 79.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 64.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 47.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 85.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 72.4% | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 84.0% | 65.7% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| DTBench | 89.9% | 74.9% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMCA | 47.0% | 29.7% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 46.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Furniture assembly | 34.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text | 1464 | 1434 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1473 | 1420 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1437 | 1400 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Vision | 1278 | 1260 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: English | 1473 | 1444 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1449 | 1421 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1501 | 1495 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1470 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1432 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1436 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1465 | 1460 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1459 | 1415 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1467 | 1434 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1457 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1461 | 1441 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1473 | 1427 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1450 | 1405 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1445 | 1403 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1288 | 1256 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1327 | 1312 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1282 | 1268 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1260 | 1272 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | Not measured | 1297 | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1191 | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1275 | 1256 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 26B A4B | 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
Gemma 4 26B A4B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemma 4 26B A4B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemma 4 26B A4B 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 Gemma 4 26B A4B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | September 10, 2026 | April 3, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.2225 | $0.15 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.84 | $0.60 |
| Coding index | 62.5 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Gemma 4 26B A4B for coding?
Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has a coding score, 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemma 4 26B A4B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B for output tokens 1.4x cheaper ($0.60 vs $0.84 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: legal and government or LMArena Vision: humor, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemma 4 26B A4B?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs $0.2225 per million input tokens and $0.84 per million output tokens; Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.15 and $0.60. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemma 4 26B A4B?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemma 4 26B A4B comparison based on?
45 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 Gemma 4 26B A4B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.