Noometry

Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Qwen Max

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

50.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.4

Rank #226 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 48.4 to 21.0.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 33K.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen Max
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index50.334.4
Released2026-09-092024-04-03
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M33K
Max output393K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$6.40
Results tracked2523

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.8 (#29), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Coding15111288
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
LMArena WebDev1620—
SciCode51.9%—
ALE-Bench1,092—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 46.2 (#39), Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14851270
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
CritPt14.3%—
DTBench89.9%—
LMCA47%—
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index155.01—

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 48.4 (#52), Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Math14931275
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—16.1%
ProofBench54%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 41.6 (#97), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Expert15051248
GPQA Diamond—56.1%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.5 (#29), Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Non-English14521263
LMArena Chinese15061254
LMArena French14481329
LMArena Russian14731274
LMArena Spanish14991290
LMArena German—1254
LMArena Japanese—1205
LMArena Korean—1141

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.6 (#24), Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14751262

Long Context DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#46), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Longer Query14761289
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.8 (#43), Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashQwen Max
LMArena Text14651282
LMArena Creative Writing14361248
LMArena Multi-Turn14601277
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1540—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Qwen Max?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Qwen Max?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Qwen Max better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.8 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Qwen Max share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 25 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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