Noometry

Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Gemini 4 Argon

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 53.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 2 categories and Gemini 4 Argon in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 62.0 to 47.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 56% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 99% for Gemini 4 Argon.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 4 Argon
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index53.656.5
Released2026-04-242026-09-30
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked4121

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev15821678
SciCode49.9%61.8%
LMArena Coding14571550
FrontierCode18.8%—
FrontierSWE—55%
WeirdML63%—
ALE-Bench1,306—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 4 Argon
APEX-Agents—82.2%
Vending-Bench 2—13,718

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 4 Argon
CritPt16.6%27.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14441548
ARC-AGI-261.4%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
ARC-AGI-189%—
Chess Puzzles33%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA41.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49—

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 4 Argon
ProofBench56%99%
LMArena Math14271536
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Expert14411553
GPQA Diamond91%—
SimpleQA Verified33.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 4 Argon
Blueprint-Bench 2—54.4%

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Non-English14201523
LMArena Chinese14681610
LMArena Russian14281537
LMArena Spanish14361497
LMArena French1439—
LMArena German1418—
LMArena Japanese1406—
LMArena Korean1384—

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Instruction Following14211538

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Longer Query14341549

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text14321534
LMArena Creative Writing14031531
LMArena Multi-Turn14491557
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 53.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or Gemini 4 Argon better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 47.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and Gemini 4 Argon share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 4 Argon has 21.

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