# DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 vs Granite 4.2 8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and Granite 4.2 8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v4-flash-0731-vs-granite-4-2-8b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 has the higher overall point estimate 62 to 33.4. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 60.8 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and 56.8 for Granite 4.2 8B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 82.7% and 20.6%.
- Granite 4.2 8B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Granite 4.2 8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | IBM |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Overall Score | null | 33.4 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 42 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.14 / $0.28 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 15.7 (Estimated · #113/127)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 73.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 45.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 69% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 47.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 82.7% | 20.6% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| CyberGym | 76.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 70.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 25.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 25.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 67.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 58.1% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 17.2 (Estimated · #125/150)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pass@1-COT | 91.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | 3052.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 79% | 47.7% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.6% | 19.1% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| SWE Multilingual | 73.3% | 30.8% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 82.7% | 20.6% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| NL2Repo | 54.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 54.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DSBench-FullStack | 68.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DSBench-Hard | 59.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 53.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 88.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 73.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 36.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: 60.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 56.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR 1M | 78.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CorpusQA 1M | 60.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 89.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 30.6 (Supported · #154/184)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 86.2% | 74.0% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| Chinese-SimpleQA | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 88.1% | 64.1% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| GPQA-D | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 34.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 86.5 (#41/146)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: 87.1 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 94.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Apex | 33.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Apex Shortlist | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 86.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 or Granite 4.2 8B?

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and Granite 4.2 8B?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 60.8 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and 56.8 for Granite 4.2 8B.

### How many benchmarks does DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 currently has 42 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Granite 4.2 8B cover on BenchLM?

Granite 4.2 8B currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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