# DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs dots3-note Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and dots3-note Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v4-1-flash-vs-dots3-note-preview
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick dots3-note Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- dots3-note Preview leads overall 64.42 to 55.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Codeforces in Coding, with scores of 3471.0 and 3056.0.
- dots3-note Preview is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | dots3-note Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Dots Studio |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 512K |
| Overall Score | null | 64.42 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 31 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 59.5 (Estimated · #26/152)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | dots3-note Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 90.6% | 75.1% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| terminalBench3 | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 31.20% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 15.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 63.9% | 52.6% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| AutomationBench | 54.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 31.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 55.6% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 92.1% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 78.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 57.6 (Estimated · #33/151)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | dots3-note Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3471.0 | 3056.0 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 90.6% | 75.1% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| terminalBench3 | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 20.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 65.4% | 49.8% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 91.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 75.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 61% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 66.1 (Unranked · 10 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | dots3-note Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Chartography (tools) | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 89.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | 49.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 72.5% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 79.1% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 19.0% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 83.1% | Coming soon |
| GDP.pdf (no tools) | Coming soon | 60.7% | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 50.0% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 79.9% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 68.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | dots3-note Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 58.3 (Estimated · #41/182)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | dots3-note Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 36.8% | 52.6% | dots3-note Preview |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 86.3 (#37/121)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | dots3-note Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 93.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | dots3-note Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex | 65.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 90.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or dots3-note Preview?

dots3-note Preview is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does dots3-note Preview cover on BenchLM?

dots3-note Preview currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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