Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (High)
71
Gemma 4 31B
66
Verified leaderboard positions: DeepSeek V4 Flash (High) #19 · Gemma 4 31B unranked
Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash (High) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 31B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Coding
+30.6 difference
Knowledge
+4.1 difference
DeepSeek V4 Flash (High)
Gemma 4 31B
$0.14 / $0.28
$0 / $0
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N/A
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1M
256K
Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash (High) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 31B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (High) is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 71 to 66. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (High)'s sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 72.2 against 41.6. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 87.4% to 84.3%. Gemma 4 31B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (High) is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.14 input / $0.28 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Gemma 4 31B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. DeepSeek V4 Flash (High) gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Gemma 4 31B.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (High) is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 71 to 66. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 87.4% and 84.3%.
Gemma 4 31B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.3 versus 57.2. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (High) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 72.2 versus 41.6. Gemma 4 31B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.
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