Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Falcon-180B

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 4 categories and Falcon-180B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 65.4 to 29.1.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Falcon-180B specifications
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashFalcon-180B
ProviderDeepSeekTechnology Innovation Institute
Noometry Index52.832.2
Released2026-09-092023-09-06
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked3716

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), Falcon-180B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashFalcon-180B
LMArena WebDev1619—
SciCode51.9%—
LMArena Coding1506—
ALE-Bench1,092—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), Falcon-180B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashFalcon-180B
APEX-Agents39.5%—
GDP.pdf19.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashFalcon-180B
LMArena Hard Prompts14831007
Epoch Capabilities Index154.9112.13
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
CritPt14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench89.9%—
LMCA47%—
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%—
HellaSwag—89%
LAMBADA—79.8%
PIQA—84.9%
WinoGrande—87.1%

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25), Falcon-180B: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashFalcon-180B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)67.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%—
ProofBench54%—
LMArena Math1477—
GSM8K—54.4%

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), Falcon-180B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashFalcon-180B
GPQA Diamond89.8%—
LMArena Expert1506—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—67.8%
BoolQ—89%
MMLU—70.6%
OpenBookQA—64.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), Falcon-180B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashFalcon-180B
LMArena Vision1277—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashFalcon-180B
LMArena Non-English14481000
LMArena Chinese1497—
LMArena French1452—
LMArena German1484—
LMArena Japanese1412—
LMArena Korean1452—
LMArena Russian1471—
LMArena Spanish1459—

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26), Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashFalcon-180B
LMArena Instruction Following14741047

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), Falcon-180B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashFalcon-180B
LMArena Longer Query1475—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashFalcon-180B
LMArena Text14621054
LMArena Creative Writing14351089
LMArena Multi-Turn14571013
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1540—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Falcon-180B?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Falcon-180B share?

7 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and Falcon-180B has 16.

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