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DeepSeek V4.1 FlashvsGemini 2.5 Flash
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 6.7x cheaper per token. Gemini 2.5 Flash has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).
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Shared benchmarks
1 – 0
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads
Cheaper per token
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
6.7x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 2.5 Flash
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
DeepSeek · Google
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepSeek · released 2026-09-10
textvision
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google · released 2025-06-17
textvisionaudio
Quality
Benchmark matrix
1 shared · 2 only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · 7 only Gemini 2.5 Flash| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 1 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% ↗ | 82.8% ↗ | +8.1 pt | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash reports · 2 | ||||
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 74.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 90.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Gemini 2.5 Flash reports · 7 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 48.9% ↗ | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | not reported | 72% ↗ | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | not reported | 11% ↗ | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1417.3 ↗ | — | — |
| Aider Polyglot | not reported | 56.7% ↗ | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench | not reported | 59.3% ↗ | — | — |
| MMMU | not reported | 79.7% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash minus Gemini 2.5 Flash in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1.0M tokens | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Max output | 384K tokens | 66K tokens | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Input price / 1M | $0.14 ↗ | $0.3 ↗ | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Output price / 1M | $0.28 ↗ | $2.5 ↗ | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.003 ↗ | $0.03 ↗ | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $0.42 | $2.8 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision · audio | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Released | 2026-09-10 | 2025-06-17 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 3 | 9 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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