DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 vs Gemini 3.7 Flash
Updated October 21, 2026. 50 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick Gemini 3.7 Flash for coding: it scores 58.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 51.8 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731.
Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 when output tokens cost 9.5x less, or when a solved task costs $0.01 against $1.78.
- Shared results
- 50
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 only
- 5
- Gemini 3.7 Flash only
- 62
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 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, six public coding benchmarks
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash scores 58.0 against 51.8.
4 and 6 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads, 39.6 against 34.3.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 has a AA Agentic Index result, 41.0.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads, 93.9% against 89.9%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads, 90.1% against 86.2%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads, 1304 against 1238.
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 Flash 0731
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 $0.0003, Gemini 3.7 Flash $0.0026 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 $0.01, Gemini 3.7 Flash $1.78.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 51.8 from 4 benchmarks, Gemini 3.7 Flash 58.0 from 6 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Web design, 13.0 points apart on average over 8 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- FrontierCode: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 18.8% against Gemini 3.7 Flash 43.6%, 38.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 $0.396 against Gemini 3.7 Flash $3.75 per million output tokens, 9.5x 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 Flash 0731 | Bars | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 6 | 7 | 1 tie | |
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 4 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 8 | ||
| Math | 0 | 4 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 5 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 8 | ||
| General | 0 | 4 | ||
| All shared boards | 7 | 42 | 1 tie |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index67
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 80.5% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1591 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| AA Coding Index | 69.1 | 71.5 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 87.3% | 88.7% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 88.8% | 80.8% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 18.7% | 12.1% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 74.7% | 70.4% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 38.6% | 34.8% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | 0.0% | Tie |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 32.7% | 67.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 67.0% | 77.5% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 50.7% | 65.9% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 72.1% | 43.8% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| SciCode | 50.3% | 59.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| FrontierCode | 18.8% | 43.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 20.3% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| WeirdML | 63.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1306.1 | 904.3 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1499 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1498 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1587 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1593 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1599 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 34.3 | 39.6 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.8 | 158.0 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 41.0 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 measured |
| 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 | 1232 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1248 | 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 | 1022 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 76.5% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 56.0% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 28.3% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 4.6% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 49.5% | 59.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 28.1% | 22.8% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 30.3% | 34.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 57.0% | 71.3% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 64.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 4.3% | 7.1% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 67.8% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Remote Labor Index | Not measured | 5.0% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index08
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.9% | 93.9% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 87.8% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 89.0% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 90.8% | 94.5% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 38.6% | 47.9% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 91.0% | 94.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| ARC-AGI | 89.0% | 95.5% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 61.4% | 84.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| SimpleBench | 61.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 32.0% | 66.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Mystery game puzzles | 34.0% | 37.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1495 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1512 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1487 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1329 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1320 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 94.4% | 97.2% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 57.5% | 71.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 24.4% | 36.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| ProofBench | 56.0% | 58.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1511 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1502 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 86.2% | 90.1% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 77.7% | 87.3% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 61.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 70.7% | 74.7% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.7% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 41.4% | 53.4% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| SimpleQA Verified | 33.6% | 69.2% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1511 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1494 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1496 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1479 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index08
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1238 | 1304 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1235 | 1299 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1208 | 1318 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1180 | 1314 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1209 | 1308 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1230 | 1308 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1185 | 1283 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1090 | 1276 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 73.2% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 68.0% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 49.2% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 80.4% | 83.9% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 79.7% | 83.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| DTBench | 90.9% | 96.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMCA | 41.7% | 50.4% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 26.7% | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1489 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1484 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1488 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1314 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1483 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1487 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1552 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1506 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1511 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1481 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1500 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1495 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1515 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1503 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1485 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1492 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1491 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1477 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1309 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1394 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1322 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1299 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1312 | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | 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 Flash 0731 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 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 Flash 0731 | Google Gemini 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | July 31, 2026 | August 13, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.14 | $0.75 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.396 | $3.75 |
| Coding index | 51.8 | 58.0 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 6 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.01 | $1.78 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 better than Gemini 3.7 Flash for coding?
Pick Gemini 3.7 Flash for coding: it scores 58.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 51.8 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731. Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 when output tokens cost 9.5x less, or when a solved task costs $0.01 against $1.78.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 or Gemini 3.7 Flash?
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 costs $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.396 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash costs $0.75 and $3.75. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 costs $0.01 and Gemini 3.7 Flash $1.78.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 or Gemini 3.7 Flash?
Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 vs Gemini 3.7 Flash comparison based on?
50 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731's coding index rests on 4 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.