DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon leads DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 52.6 to 34.8, and DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp costs 7.6x less per output token ($1.32 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 11 benchmarks have a result for both.
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp or Gemini 4 Argon: which to pick
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a coding score, 81.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp for output tokens 7.6x cheaper ($1.32 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by Long context reasoning (AA-LCR), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 11
- DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp only
- 3
- Gemini 4 Argon only
- 83
- 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 Gemini 4 Argon has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon leads, 52.6 against 34.8.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp has a AA Agentic Index result, 47.5.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a Design Arena: websites result, 1315.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a Vals Index result, 69.2%.
Directional only
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 Vision Exp
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp $0.0011, Gemini 4 Argon $0.0070 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp not benchmarked, Gemini 4 Argon 81.0 from 5 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 32.1 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LiveBench coding: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp 37.6% against Gemini 4 Argon 89.7%, 52.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp $1.32 against Gemini 4 Argon $10.00 per million output tokens, 7.6x 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 Vision Exp | Bars | Gemini 4 Argon | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 3 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 2 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 1 | ||
| General | 1 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 1 | 10 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 37.6% | 89.7% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1678 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| AA Coding Index | 65.0 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 57.6% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 91.9% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.2% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 2.5% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 100.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 57.7% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 21.2% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 77.9% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SciCode | 49.7% | 61.8% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 47.5% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 55.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MirrorCode | Not measured | 58.9% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 2100.1 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1546 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1556 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1692 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1643 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 12.3% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 34.8 | 52.6 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 166.4 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 47.5 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 1157 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveBench research | 69.2% | 83.1% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LiveBench browser | 64.0% | 92.0% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LiveBench long agentic | 39.0% | 69.9% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.3% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.4% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.6% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 54.8% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 27.1% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 75.2% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 76.3% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.3% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 55.4% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | Not measured | 52.5% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 4.8% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.8% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 82.4% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $13,718 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | 85.4% | 95.1% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 45.5% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 91.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 34.5% | 57.1% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 96.4% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 98.5% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 91.3% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 59.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 64.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| EBR-bench | Not measured | 64.8% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1546 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1550 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1548 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 100.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 86.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 78.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 99.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1536 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1557 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 88.3% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 58.8% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 76.0% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1548 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1555 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1548 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1525 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1315 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1333 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1377 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1332 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1388 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1329 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveBench design | 70.7% | 73.7% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Gemini 4 Argon | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 69.2% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 79.5% | 85.2% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.8% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.6% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 87.4% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 81.3% | 79.7% | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp |
| DTBench | Not measured | 97.6% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 63.7% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 72.5% | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1532 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1534 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1527 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1538 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1522 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1611 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1503 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1534 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1556 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1547 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1529 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1527 | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Gemini 4 Argon | 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 V4 Flash Vision Exp | Google Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | August 21, 2026 | October 13, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.44 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.32 | $10.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 81.0 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 5 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp better than Gemini 4 Argon for coding?
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a coding score, 81.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp for output tokens 7.6x cheaper ($1.32 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by Long context reasoning (AA-LCR), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp or Gemini 4 Argon?
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp costs $0.44 per million input tokens and $1.32 per million output tokens; Gemini 4 Argon costs $2.00 and $10.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp or Gemini 4 Argon?
Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs Gemini 4 Argon comparison based on?
11 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Gemini 4 Argon's on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.