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DeepSeek V4 Flash vs ZAYA1-8B

Updated August 5, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.

DeepSeek V4 Flash

DeepSeek

—

Evidence status unavailable

90% interval unavailable

ZAYA1-8B

Zyphra

31.6/100

Estimated · Public rank #201

90% interval 21.7–41.5

At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner.

6 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    DeepSeek V4 Flash

    DeepSeek V4 Flash has the larger documented context window.

    Confidence: documented

Show secondary and unsupported calls

  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.

    Confidence: limited

  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Not enough matched evidence

    No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.

    Confidence: limited

  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

  • Cache-heavy agent loop cost

    200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    The page does not recommend a cost winner because at least one model cannot fit the stated workload in one request. ZAYA1-8B does not fit this workload in one request. ZAYA1-8B has no comparable published API token rate.

    Confidence: listed-rates

  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

Shared results
6
DeepSeek V4 Flash only
16
ZAYA1-8B only
5
Like-for-like categories
0 / 8

2 categories use different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.

Knowledge

Directional only
DeepSeek V4 Flash
38.8
ZAYA1-8B
73.6
Weighted basis
4 vs 2 rows
Reading
Directional only

Math

Directional only
DeepSeek V4 Flash
40.8
ZAYA1-8B
80.4
Weighted basis
1 vs 2 rows
Reading
Directional only

Agentic

Not comparable
DeepSeek V4 Flash
49.1
ZAYA1-8B
Not measured
Weighted basis
1 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Coding

Not comparable
DeepSeek V4 Flash
64.2
ZAYA1-8B
Not measured
Weighted basis
2 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Reasoning

Not comparable
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Not measured
ZAYA1-8B
Not measured
Weighted basis
0 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Not measured
ZAYA1-8B
Not measured
Weighted basis
0 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multimodal

Not comparable
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Not measured
ZAYA1-8B
Not measured
Weighted basis
0 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Instruction following

Not comparable
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Not measured
ZAYA1-8B
64.1
Weighted basis
0 vs 2 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Shape of the matched evidence

Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.

Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.

Chat turn

1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

DeepSeek V4 Flash
$0.00028
Fits in one request
ZAYA1-8B
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request

ZAYA1-8B has no comparable published API token rate.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

DeepSeek V4 Flash
$0.00784
Fits in one request
ZAYA1-8B
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request

ZAYA1-8B has no comparable published API token rate.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

DeepSeek V4 Flash
$0.00616
Fits in one request
ZAYA1-8B
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Does not fit in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

ZAYA1-8B does not fit this workload in one request. ZAYA1-8B has no comparable published API token rate.

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

DeepSeek V4 Flash

$0.0028 per 1M cached input tokens

ZAYA1-8B

No comparable hosted API rate

Reasoning profile

DeepSeek V4 Flash

Non-Reasoning

ZAYA1-8B

Reasoning

Weight access

DeepSeek V4 Flash

Proprietary

ZAYA1-8B

Open Weight

License

DeepSeek V4 Flash

Proprietary

ZAYA1-8B

Open Weight

Release date

DeepSeek V4 Flash

2026-07-31

ZAYA1-8B

2026-05-05

If you already use one of these models
Deployment change
The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
Quality signal
At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner.
Workload cost
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Context tradeoff
DeepSeek V4 Flash has the larger documented window (1M).

Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence27 rows

Agentic

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    DeepSeek V4 Flash49.1%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

  • MCP Atlas

    DeepSeek V4 Flash64%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

  • Toolathlon

    DeepSeek V4 Flash40.7%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

  • Claw-Eval

    DeepSeek V4 Flash57.8%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

  • Gert Labs

    DeepSeek V4 Flash54.35%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

  • BFCL v4

    DeepSeek V4 Flash—
    ZAYA1-8B39.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • LiveCodeBench Pass@1-COT

    DeepSeek V4 Flash55.2%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Verified

    DeepSeek V4 Flash73.7%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Pro

    DeepSeek V4 Flash49.1%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE Multilingual

    DeepSeek V4 Flash69.7%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    DeepSeek V4 Flash49.1%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench v6

    DeepSeek V4 Flash—
    ZAYA1-8B65.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • MRCR 1M

    DeepSeek V4 Flash37.5%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

  • CorpusQA 1M

    DeepSeek V4 Flash15.5%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • MMLU-Pro

    DeepSeek V4 Flash83%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B74.2%
    Source

    DeepSeek V4 Flash leads this result

  • SimpleQA

    DeepSeek V4 Flash23.1%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

  • Chinese-SimpleQA

    DeepSeek V4 Flash71.5%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA

    DeepSeek V4 Flash71.2%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B71%
    Source

    DeepSeek V4 Flash leads this result

  • GPQA-D

    DeepSeek V4 Flash71.2%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B71.0%
    Source

    DeepSeek V4 Flash leads this result

  • HLE

    DeepSeek V4 Flash8.1%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • HMMT Feb 2026

    DeepSeek V4 Flash40.8%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B71.6%
    Source

    ZAYA1-8B leads this result

  • IMOAnswerBench

    DeepSeek V4 Flash41.9%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B59.3%
    Source

    ZAYA1-8B leads this result

  • Apex

    DeepSeek V4 Flash1.0%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B32.2%
    Source

    ZAYA1-8B leads this result

  • Apex Shortlist

    DeepSeek V4 Flash9.3%
    Source
    ZAYA1-8B—

    Not directly comparable

  • AIME26

    DeepSeek V4 Flash—
    ZAYA1-8B89.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFEval

    DeepSeek V4 Flash—
    ZAYA1-8B85.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • IFBench

    DeepSeek V4 Flash—
    ZAYA1-8B52.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Frequently asked questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V4 Flash or ZAYA1-8B?

At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V4 Flash or ZAYA1-8B?

The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted coding basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a coding winner.

Which is better for agentic tasks, DeepSeek V4 Flash or ZAYA1-8B?

The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted agentic tasks basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a agentic tasks winner.

Which costs less, DeepSeek V4 Flash or ZAYA1-8B?

Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.

Which has the larger context window, DeepSeek V4 Flash or ZAYA1-8B?

DeepSeek V4 Flash has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 131K.

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