Model comparison
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#40); DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeekSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 52.8 to 39.8.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 50.3 |
| Released | 2024-05-07 | 2026-09-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 393K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): 39.8 (#141), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.8 (#29)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1620 |
| SciCode | — | 51.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1511 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.4% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,092 |
Reasoning Not comparable
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 46.2 (#39)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 124.78 | 155.01 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 89.6% |
| CritPt | — | 14.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1485 |
| DTBench | — | 89.9% |
| LMCA | — | 47% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 46.3% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 78.8% | — |
| HellaSwag | 87.1% | — |
| PIQA | 83.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 86.3% | — |
Math Not comparable
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 48.4 (#52)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 54% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1493 |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 41.6 (#97)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1505 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 92.2% | — |
| MMLU | 78.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 80% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.5 (#29)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1452 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1506 |
| LMArena French | — | 1448 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1473 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1499 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.6 (#24)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1475 |
Long Context Not comparable
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#46)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.8 (#43)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1465 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1436 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1540 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1460 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) better than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#40); DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) or DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better for coding?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.8 versus 39.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) has 10 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 25.