# DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 vs ZAYA1-74B-Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and ZAYA1-74B-Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v4-flash-0731-vs-zaya1-74b-preview
- Last updated: September 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. ZAYA1-74B-Preview 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 45.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 79.9 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and 51.6 for ZAYA1-74B-Preview.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 88.1% and 57.3%.
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview 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 | ZAYA1-74B-Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 42 | 7 |
| 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
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pass@1-COT | 91.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | 3052.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 79% | 53.2% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 82.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 | 65.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: 57 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | 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
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 86.2% | 68.1% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| SimpleQA | 34.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chinese-SimpleQA | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 88.1% | 57.3% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| GPQA-D | 88.1% | 57.3% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| 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 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: 79.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: 51.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | 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 | 76.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 or ZAYA1-74B-Preview?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and ZAYA1-74B-Preview?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 79.9 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and 51.6 for ZAYA1-74B-Preview.

### 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 ZAYA1-74B-Preview cover on BenchLM?

ZAYA1-74B-Preview currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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