DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemini 3.8 Flash: Release Comparison

Name: Intelligence
Creator: Artificial Analysis
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Comparison of the DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash releases: 2 and 3 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 5 models.

For intelligence, Gemini 3.8 Flash scores highest: Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) at 41, against DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Max) at 39 for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash.
For output speed, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is fastest: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Max) at 179 t/s, against Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) at 139 t/s for Gemini 3.8 Flash.
For cost per task, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheapest: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning) at $0.15, against Gemini 3.8 Flash (Medium) at $0.93 for Gemini 3.8 Flash.

Model Playground

Releases compared


	Gemini 3.8 Flash (high)	Gemini 3.8 Flash (medium)	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (max)	Gemini 3.8 Flash (low)	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (non-reasoning)
Intelligence Index	41	40	39	33	25
Finance & Accounting	47	45	45	39	30
Strategy & Ops	48	48	52	39	36
Legal	52	51	41	45	30
Healthcare & Medical	42	--	41	--	--
Engineering	43	40	39	34	25
Economics	52	50	44	46	32
AA-Briefcase v1.1	1203	1182	1422	1062	1118
GDPval-AA v2.1	1436	1421	1600	1307	1341
AutomationBench-AA	59.9%	60.9%	68.9%	36.5%	47.8%
Terminal-Bench 4.0	19.7%	19.7%	26.8%	10.1%	5.6%
SciCode	56.6%	55.1%	51.9%	55.0%	35.5%
Humanity's Last Exam	47.8%	42.1%	39.2%	37.1%	10.8%
GDP.pdf	21.0%	22.8%	12.8%	18.6%	3.8%
CritPt	18.3%	12.3%	14.3%	4.0%	0.3%
AA-Omniscience	30	29	−5	21	−10
AA-LCR v1.1	81.3%	84.0%	84.0%	80.7%	55.3%

Cost per TaskUSD	$1.24	$0.93	$0.27	--	$0.15
Input PriceUSD/1M Tokens	$0.75	$0.75	$0.30	$0.75	$0.30
Output PriceUSD/1M Tokens	$3.75	$3.75	$1.20	$3.75	$1.20
Cache Hit PriceUSD/1M Tokens	$0.075	$0.075	$0.006	$0.075	$0.006
Cache Write PriceUSD/1M Tokens	$0.75	$0.75	--	$0.75	--

Output SpeedTokens/s	139	--	179	--	171
Time to First Tokens	24.48	--	1.12	--	1.08
Time to First Answer Tokens	24.48	--	12.28	--	1.08
End-to-End Response Times	28.08	--	15.07	--	4.00
Time per Tasks	507.00	--	350.10	--	201.10

Context Window	1M	1M	1M	1M	1M
Creator	Google	Google	DeepSeek	Google	DeepSeek
License	Proprietary	Proprietary	Open	Proprietary	Open
Input Modality	Supports: text, image, speech, and video	Supports: text, image, speech, and video	Supports: text and image	Supports: text, image, speech, and video	Supports: text and image
Output Modality	Supports: text	Supports: text	Supports: text	Supports: text	Supports: text
Providers			+15		+4

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2 incorporates 10 evaluations: AA-Briefcase v1.1, GDPval-AA v2.1, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GDP.pdf, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR v1.1

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2 includes: AA-Briefcase v1.1, GDPval-AA v2.1, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GDP.pdf, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR v1.1. See Intelligence Index methodology for further details, including a breakdown of each evaluation and how we run them.

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task

Most attractive quadrant

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Pareto line

AA-Briefcase v1.1

GDPval-AA v2.1

Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)

Weighted average cost per Intelligence Index task. Each evaluation’s cost is calculated from input, cache hit, cache write, reasoning, and answer token prices, divided by task count, and weighted by its Intelligence Index weight.

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Segmented by token type · Lower is better

Speed & Latency

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better

Tokens per second received while the model is generating tokens (ie. after first chunk has been received from the API for models which support streaming).

Figures represent performance of the model's first-party API or the median across providers where a first-party API is not available.

Capability Scores

Capability Indexes

Measures the performance of models on specific capabilities and industries

Finance & Accounting Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Strategy & Ops Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-Omniscience, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Legal Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Healthcare & Medical Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Engineering Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better

Economics Index

Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemini 3.8 Flash: Release Comparison

Intelligence

Speed

Cost per Task

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Speed & Latency

Output Speed

Output Speed

Model Performance Representation

Capability Scores

Capability Indexes