# DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Muse Spark

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Muse Spark share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 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 | Muse Spark |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Meta |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 67.68 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 24 |
| 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
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 57.7 (Supported · #32/152)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Muse Spark | 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% | 43.5% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 91.5% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 63.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 59.1 (Supported · #26/151)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Muse Spark | 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 | 77.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 19.67% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 77.5 (#14/48)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Muse Spark | 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 |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 71.3% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 84.1% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 33.0% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 45.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 42.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 65.6 (Supported · #24/182)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 90.9% | 89.5% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| HLE | 36.8% | 50.4% | Muse Spark |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 42.8% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | Coming soon | 42.8% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | Coming soon | 52.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 93.2 (#8/121)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 55.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex | 65.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 39.000% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 14.600% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

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

Not yet. The models share only 3 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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- [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash profile](/models/deepseek-v4-1-flash)
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