# DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs GPT-5.2

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GPT-5.2 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v4-1-flash-vs-gpt-5-2
- 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 V4.1 Flash and GPT-5.2 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 V4.1 Flash has the lower published output-token price.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GPT-5.2 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 400K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 64.87 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 15 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $1.75 / $14.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 42.9 (Supported · #106/152)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GPT-5.2 | 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 |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 47.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 46.54% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 34.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 46.5 (Supported · #83/151)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GPT-5.2 | 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 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 55.6% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 53.50% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 66.3 (#23/48)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GPT-5.2 | 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 | 79.5% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 83.0% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 82.1% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 75.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 53.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 52.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 61.8 (Supported · #30/182)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.9% | 92.4% | GPT-5.2 |
| GPQA-D | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 36.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 92.6 (#14/121)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 57.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex | 65.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 40.700% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 18.800% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GPT-5.2?

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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