# DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 vs Inkling

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v4-flash-0731-vs-inkling
- Last updated: September 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 14
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Inkling only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads overall 57 to 54.17.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 57 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and 75.2 for Inkling.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 67.0% and 47.6%.
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Inkling |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 54.17 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 42 | 21 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.14 / $0.28 | $1.87 / $4.68 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.2 (Supported · #51/105)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 73.2% | 77.1% | Inkling |
| HLE w/ tools | 45.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 69% | 74.1% | Inkling |
| Toolathlon | 47.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 82.7% | 63.8% | 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% | 47.6% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.7 (Supported · #66/135)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pass@1-COT | 91.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | 3052.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 79% | 77.6% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.6% | 54.3% | Inkling |
| SWE Multilingual | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 82.7% | 63.8% | 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% | 85.5% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 88.8% | 77.6% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 4.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: 57 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Inkling public-lane score: 75.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Inkling | 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 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 47.6 (#41/50)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 82% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 78.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 53.5 (Supported · #45/158)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | 34.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chinese-SimpleQA | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 88.1% | 87.9% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| GPQA-D | 88.1% | 87.9% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| HLE | 34.8% | 46% | Inkling |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 89.9% | 87.1% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.2% | 86.3% | Inkling |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 30% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 83.9 (#44/124)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: 79.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Inkling public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Inkling | 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 |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 or Inkling?

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and Inkling?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 57 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and 75.2 for Inkling.

### 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 Inkling cover on BenchLM?

Inkling currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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