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DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B

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Winner summary

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 wins 7 of 7 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · general · math.

Category leads
knowledge·DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731general·DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731math·DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
#76 by perf·#6 by attention
DESERVED
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
#48 by perf·#2 by attention
DESERVED
Best value
2.9x better value than Qwen3.5 397B A17B
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
85.5 pts/$
$0.65/M
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
29.6 pts/$
$2.02/M
Vendor risk
One or more vendors flagged
DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
Alibaba Qwen logo
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Low risk
Head to head
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Chess Puzzles
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +21.0
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
29.5
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
8.5
Dtbench
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +5.8
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
84.9
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
79.1
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +26.3
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
57.5
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
31.2
GPQA diamond
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +6.2
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
88.0
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
81.8
Lmca
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +4.5
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
49.1
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
44.6
Mystery Game Puzzles
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +17.6
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
27.3
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
9.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +5.6
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
94.4
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
88.9
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Chess Puzzles
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
29.58.5
Dtbench
84.979.1
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
57.531.2
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
88.081.8
Lmca
49.144.6
Mystery Game Puzzles
27.39.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
94.488.9
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731$0.02$1.281.0M tokens (~524 books)$3.31
Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.5 397B A17B$0.55$3.50262K tokens (~131 books)$12.88