# DeepSeek V3 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-vs-deepseek-v4-1-flash
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek V3 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- DeepSeek V3 has the lower published output-token price.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | DeepSeek |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 41.54 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 21 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.27 / $1.10 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 36.8 (Estimated · #130/152)
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 90.6% | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | Coming soon | 30% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 31.20% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 88.1% | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | Coming soon | 15.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 63.9% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 54.8% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 31.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.4 (Estimated · #120/151)
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | Coming soon | 3471.0 | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 90.6% | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | Coming soon | 30% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 20.3% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Chartography (tools) | Coming soon | 78.9% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | Coming soon | 49.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 41.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.4 (Estimated · #138/182)
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.1% | 90.9% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 90.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 36.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.9 (#103/121)
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 86.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 26.2 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 1.724% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 65.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek V3 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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