Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
DeepSeek V4 Flash
59
Qwen3 235B 2507
34
Verified leaderboard positions: DeepSeek V4 Flash #23 · Qwen3 235B 2507 unranked
Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3 235B 2507 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Knowledge
+31.0 difference
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Qwen3 235B 2507
$0.14 / $0.28
$0 / $0
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1M
128K
Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3 235B 2507 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
DeepSeek V4 Flash is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 59 to 34. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 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 Qwen3 235B 2507. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. DeepSeek V4 Flash gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Qwen3 235B 2507.
DeepSeek V4 Flash is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 59 to 34. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 71.2% and 77.5%.
Qwen3 235B 2507 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.2 versus 45.2. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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