# DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemma 4 12B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Gemma 4 12B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v4-1-flash-vs-gemma-4-12b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Gemma 4 12B share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 12B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Google |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 43.25 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 45.5 (Estimated · #85/152)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 90.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 54.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 31.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 44.6 (Estimated · #94/151)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3471.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 90.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 20.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 72.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | 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 |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 69.1% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 79.7% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 33.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | Coming soon | 53% | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 43.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 39.2 (Supported · #140/182)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.9% | 78.8% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| GPQA-D | 90.9% | 78.8% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| HLE | 36.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 5.2% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 90.1 (#21/121)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex | 65.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Gemma 4 12B?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, 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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- [Gemma 4 12B vs Gemma 4 31B](/compare/gemma-4-12b-vs-gemma-4-31b)

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