DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Lyria 3 Pro Preview
Updated October 21, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek
- Coding
- 62.5
- Overall
- 24.7
- Output $/M
- $0.78
Lyria 3 Pro PreviewGoogle
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- No data
vs 1.05M vs 1.05M context window. About the same size.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Lyria 3 Pro Preview: which to pick
Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has a coding score, 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index; Lyria 3 Pro Preview has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Model ADeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek62.5/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BLyria 3 Pro PreviewGoogleNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
No benchmark has tested both yet. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has results on LiveBench coding, LMArena WebDev and Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI); Lyria 3 Pro Preview has none yet. Compare them on price and context instead.
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
No call
Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has a AA Intelligence Index result, 24.7.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has a Design Arena: websites result, 1309.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 1.05M tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Lyria 3 Pro Preview
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.0006, Lyria 3 Pro Preview $0.0000 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 62.5 from 5 benchmarks, Lyria 3 Pro Preview not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.78 against Lyria 3 Pro Preview Free per million output tokens.
- Context window
- Both take 1.05M tokens.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20 boards measured
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 90.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1618 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 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% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| FrontierCode | 43.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1092.3 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1502 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1496 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1628 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1612 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1606 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 24.7 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.9 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards measured
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| APEX-Agents | 39.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13 boards measured
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | 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 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 39.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 89.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| 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 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1501 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1488 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1297 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1307 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 98.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| 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 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1485 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards measured
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | 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 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1484 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1443 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1461 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 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 measured
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1309 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1315 | 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 | 1290 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1356 | 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 | 1244 | 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 |
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index32 boards measured
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | 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 |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 84.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| DTBench | 89.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMCA | 47.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| 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 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1473 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1437 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1278 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1473 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1449 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1501 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| 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 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1459 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1467 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1457 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1461 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1473 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1450 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1445 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1288 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1327 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1282 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1260 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1275 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 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$0.0006Fits in one request
Lyria 3 Pro Preview$0.0000Fits in one request
Lyria 3 Pro Preview costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash$0.013Fits in one request
Lyria 3 Pro Preview$0.0000Fits in one request
Lyria 3 Pro Preview costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash$0.050Fits in one request
Lyria 3 Pro Preview$0.0000Fits in one request
Lyria 3 Pro Preview 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 Lyria 3 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | September 10, 2026 | March 30, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.21 | Free |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.78 | Free |
| Coding index | 62.5 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Lyria 3 Pro Preview for coding?
Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has a coding score, 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index; Lyria 3 Pro Preview has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Lyria 3 Pro Preview?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs $0.21 per million input tokens and $0.78 per million output tokens; Lyria 3 Pro Preview costs Free and Free. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Lyria 3 Pro Preview?
Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.
Has any benchmark tested both DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Lyria 3 Pro Preview?
No benchmark has tested both yet. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has results on LiveBench coding, LMArena WebDev and Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI); Lyria 3 Pro Preview has none yet. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 21, 2026.