# DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Ornith-1.5-9B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Ornith-1.5-9B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v4-1-flash-vs-ornith-1-5-9b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V4.1 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ornith-1.5-9B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads overall 55 to 34.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 90.6% and 46.2%.
- Ornith-1.5-9B 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 | Ornith-1.5-9B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Ornith AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 16 |
| 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
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 45.1 (Estimated · #87/152)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 90.6% | 46.2% | 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% | 30.5% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| AutomationBench | 54.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 31.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 54.2% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 41.2% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 56.4% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 66.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 46.9 (Estimated · #80/151)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3471.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 90.6% | 46.2% | 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% | 32.4% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 70.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 47.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 54.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Ornith-1.5-9B | 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 43.4 (Estimated · #119/182)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.9% | 86.4% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| GPQA-D | 90.9% | 86.4% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| HLE | 36.8% | 20.2% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 20.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex | 65.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Ornith-1.5-9B?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 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 Ornith-1.5-9B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-9B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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