# DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Sage-A1.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Sage-A1.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v4-1-flash-vs-sage-a1-5
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Sage-A1.5 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.
- Sage-A1.5 has the lower published output-token price.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Sage-A1.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | InternScience |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 65.66 | 62.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 32 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 public-lane score: 61.7 (Supported · #24/132)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 57.7 (Estimated · #36/132)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 90.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 42.30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 15.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 63.9% | 55.1% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| AutomationBench | 60.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 35.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 74.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | 55.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GAIA | Coming soon | 95.1% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 45.4% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 public-lane score: 60.9 (Supported · #18/153)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 54 (Estimated · #34/153)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Sage-A1.5 | 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 | 77.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 29.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 68.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 60.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | 39.1 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 61.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 72.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 public-lane score: 82.5 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| STEMBench | 2.49 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JevBench 1.4 | 4.77 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JevBench 1.5 | 6.65 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 public-lane score: 77.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ExtractBench (LlamaIndex) | 87.11% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ParseBench | 65.72% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | 83.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 92.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | 51.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 public-lane score: 65.2 (Supported · #35/187)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 42.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierScience Research | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 91.9 (#22/152)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 public-lane score: 70.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex | 65.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 67.368% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 26.829% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Sage-A1.5?

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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