Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Gemma 2 27B

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.4

Rank #312 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 27B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 60.3 to 10.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 94.4% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 1.4% for Gemma 2 27B.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.65 / $0.65 for Gemma 2 27B.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 8K.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Flash and Gemma 2 27B specifications
DeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 2 27B
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index53.629.4
Released2026-04-242024-06-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M8K
Max output393K2K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.65
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$0.65
Results tracked4134

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 2 27B
LMArena Coding14571211
FrontierCode18.8%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode49.9%—
WeirdML63%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—42.8%
LiveBench Coding—36%
BigCodeBench Complete—52.5%
ALE-Bench1,306—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 2 27B
LMArena Hard Prompts14441198
DTBench90.9%48%
LMCA41.7%7.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49122.08
ARC-AGI-261.4%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
ARC-AGI-189%—
CritPt16.6%—
Chess Puzzles33%—
LiveBench Reasoning—28.1%
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—47.9%
LiveBench—38.2%

Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 2 27B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%1.4%
LMArena Math14271212
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—
ProofBench56%—
LiveBench Math—26.5%
MATH Level 5—27.9%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 2 27B
GPQA Diamond91%36.5%
LMArena Expert14411172
SimpleQA Verified33.6%—
Confabulations—27.1%
MMLU—75.7%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 2 27B
LMArena Non-English14201217
LMArena Chinese14681221
LMArena French14391247
LMArena German14181209
LMArena Japanese14061175
LMArena Korean13841174
LMArena Russian14281234
LMArena Spanish14361228

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 2 27B
LMArena Instruction Following14211206
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.1%

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 2 27B
LMArena Longer Query14341231

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 2 27B
LMArena Text14321231
LMArena Creative Writing14031241
LMArena Multi-Turn14491224
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—
LiveBench Language—32.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than Gemma 2 27B?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash or Gemma 2 27B?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Gemma 2 27B lists at $0.65 and $0.65.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 8K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and Gemma 2 27B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.

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