DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 vs Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 29.5 to 24.4, and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 costs 15.8x less per output token ($0.28 vs $4.425 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 19 benchmarks have a result for both.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 or Qwen3.7 Max: which to pick
Only Qwen3.7 Max has a coding score, 54.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 for output tokens 15.8x cheaper ($0.28 vs $4.425 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 1M tokens).
- Shared results
- 19
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 only
- 30
- Qwen3.7 Max only
- 40
- 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 Qwen3.7 Max has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 29.5 against 24.4.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 leads, 26.3 against 22.5.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Max has a GPQA Diamond result, 90.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Max has a MMLU Pro result, 89.3%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen3.7 Max leads, 1274 against 1207.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 takes 1.05M tokens against 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 $0.0003, Qwen3.7 Max $0.0037 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Max has the number, $4.69.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 not benchmarked, Qwen3.7 Max 54.1 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Reasoning, 24.1 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- SimpleBench: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 46.3% against Qwen3.7 Max 70.4%, 24.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 $0.28 against Qwen3.7 Max $4.425 per million output tokens, 15.8x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.7 Max 1M.
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 0423 | Bars | Qwen3.7 Max | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 3 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 8 | ||
| General | 0 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 4 | 15 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index32
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1582 | 1515 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| AA Coding Index | 52.0 | 66.0 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 87.1% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.7% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 13.1% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 49.5% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 50.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| WeirdML | 45.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 678.2 | 1189.4 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1457 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1453 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1585 | 1514 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1558 | 1512 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 24.4 | 29.5 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.1 | 154.0 | Qwen3.7 Max |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 26.3 | 22.5 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1208 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1191 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1155 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1159 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1187 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1161 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1108 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1171 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 15.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 25.5% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 57.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 94.7% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 90.2% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 92.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 40.5% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 90.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| SimpleBench | 46.3% | 70.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 26.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 32.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| EBR-bench | Not measured | 9.5% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1444 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1441 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1449 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 52.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 95.6% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 64.6% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 34.1% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 26.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1426 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1432 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 89.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 63.7% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 75.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 55.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1446 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1448 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1439 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1425 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index08
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1207 | 1274 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1162 | 1267 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1196 | 1264 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1127 | 1275 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1188 | 1265 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1205 | 1275 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1155 | 1216 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1109 | 1211 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 80.5% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 79.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| DTBench | 86.4% | 92.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LMCA | 35.9% | 44.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| LMArena Text | 1432 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1421 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1403 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1441 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1419 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1463 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1419 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1389 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1383 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1439 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1436 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1427 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1436 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1449 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1434 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1410 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1400 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3.7 Max | 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 0423 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 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 0423 | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | April 24, 2026 | May 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.14 | $1.475 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.28 | $4.425 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 54.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $4.69 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 better than Qwen3.7 Max for coding?
Only Qwen3.7 Max has a coding score, 54.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 for output tokens 15.8x cheaper ($0.28 vs $4.425 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 1M tokens).
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 or Qwen3.7 Max?
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 costs $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max costs $1.475 and $4.425. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.7 Max only.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 or Qwen3.7 Max?
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 vs Qwen3.7 Max comparison based on?
19 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3.7 Max's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.