Head-to-head comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs. DeepSeek-V4-Pro

Compare published benchmark results from matching versions and cohorts, API pricing, and technical specifications. Any documented test setup differences remain visible.

shared result series: 242
distinct benchmarks: 24
latest retrieval: 2026-10-15

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Specifications

General specifications

Release date, availability, context window, architecture, and published parameter counts at a glance. Undisclosed details remain marked as unavailable.

Specifications for Gemini 3.8 Flash and DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Attribute	Gemini 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Provider	Google	DeepSeek
Released	Sep 2, 2026	Apr 24, 2026
Availability	Active	Active
Model type	Proprietary	Open Weights
Parameters	Not published	1.6T, 49B active
Architecture	Not published	Mixture of Experts
Context window	1,048,576 tokens	1,000,000 tokens
Knowledge cutoff	March 2026	Not published
Technical sources	Model, Knowledge cutoff	Model, Context

Pricing

API pricing compared

The table compares official standard API rates per 1M tokens, including published cache pricing. Batch, fast, priority, regional surcharges, tool calls, and cloud platform pricing are excluded.

API pricing for Gemini 3.8 Flash and DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Price type	Gemini 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek-V4-Pro
API input	$0.75	$0.66 (Off-Peak)
API output	$3.75	$1.98 (Off-Peak)
Cache read	$0.075	$0.022 (Off-Peak)
Cache write (5 min.)	Not listed	Not listed
Cache write (1 hr.)	Not listed	Not listed
Price verified	09/22/2026 Source	09/22/2026 Source
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: peak pricing is $1.32 input / $3.96 output per 1M tokens during Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 01:00-04:00 UTC; Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 06:00-10:00 UTC; off-peak rates apply at all other times.

Gemini 3.8 FlashDeepSeek-V4-Pro

API inputUSD per 1M tokens, base tier

Gemini 3.8 Flash$0.75

DeepSeek-V4-Pro$0.66

API outputUSD per 1M tokens, base tier

Gemini 3.8 Flash$3.75

DeepSeek-V4-Pro$1.98

Cache readUSD per 1M tokens, base tier

Gemini 3.8 Flash$0.075

DeepSeek-V4-Pro$0.022

Key to the marks:better valuebetter, but not conclusivetie

Pricing by provider

Direct developer pricing and provider endpoint tariffs routed through OpenRouter are listed separately. Prices are in USD per 1M tokens. Context-dependent direct tiers plus regional, Flex, Priority, and other OpenRouter tariffs remain individually identifiable.

Provider pricing for Gemini 3.8 Flash and DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Model	Provider	Purchase route and tariff	Input per 1M tokens	Output per 1M tokens	Source
Gemini 3.8 Flash	Google	Direct from developerStandard API	$0.75	$3.75	Source09/22/2026
	Google	Via OpenRoutergoogle-vertex/us	$0.825	$4.125	Source10/17/2026
	Google AI Studio	Via OpenRoutergoogle-ai-studio	$0.75	$3.75	Source10/17/2026
	Google AI Studio	Via OpenRoutergoogle-ai-studio/flex	Lowest listed price: $0.375	Lowest listed price: $1.875	Source10/17/2026
	Google AI Studio	Via OpenRoutergoogle-ai-studio/priority	$1.35	$6.75	Source10/17/2026
DeepSeek-V4-Pro	DeepSeek	Direct from developerStandard API	$0.66	$1.98	Source09/22/2026
	Alibaba	Via OpenRouteralibaba	$1.122	$3.366	Source10/17/2026
	Alibaba	Via OpenRouteralibaba/us-east-1	$1.32	$3.96	Source10/17/2026
	AtlasCloud	Via OpenRouteratlas-cloud/fp8	$1.32	$3.96	Source10/17/2026
	Baidu	Via OpenRouterbaidu/fp8	Lowest listed price: $0.1333	Lowest listed price: $0.4	Source10/17/2026
	Cloudflare	Via OpenRoutercloudflare	$1.32	$3.96	Source10/17/2026
	CoreWeave	Via OpenRoutercoreweave/fp8	$1.31	$3.96	Source10/17/2026
	DeepInfra	Via OpenRouterdeepinfra/fp8	$1.3	$2.6	Source10/17/2026
	DeepSeek	Via OpenRouterdeepseek	$0.66	$1.98	Source10/17/2026
	DekaLLM	Via OpenRouterdekallm	$0.88	$3.8	Source10/17/2026
	DigitalOcean	Via OpenRouterdigitalocean	$1.32	$3.96	Source10/17/2026
	GMICloud	Via OpenRoutergmicloud/fp8	$1.056	$3.168	Source10/17/2026
	Ionstream	Via OpenRouterionstream	$0.37	$2.93	Source10/17/2026
	Novita	Via OpenRouternovita/fp8	$0.99	$2.97	Source10/17/2026
	Parasail	Via OpenRouterparasail/fp8	$1.32	$3.96	Source10/17/2026
	Phala	Via OpenRouterphala	$0.957	$2.8776	Source10/17/2026
	Relace	Via OpenRouterrelace/fp4	$0.6	$3.8	Source10/17/2026
	Sail Research	Via OpenRoutersail-research/fp4	$0.448	$1.164	Source10/17/2026
	Sail Research	Via OpenRoutersail-research/us	$0.448	$1.164	Source10/17/2026
	SiliconFlow	Via OpenRoutersiliconflow/fp8	$1.32	$3.96	Source10/17/2026
	StreamLake	Via OpenRouterstreamlake	$0.66	$1.98	Source10/17/2026
	Together	Via OpenRoutertogether	$1.32	$3.96	Source10/17/2026
	Venice	Via OpenRoutervenice	$1.65	$4.95	Source10/17/2026
	Wafer	Via OpenRouterwafer/mxfp4	$0.25	$2.5	Source10/17/2026

Performance

Shared benchmarks

Only published results with the same benchmark version, task, metric, and comparison cohort are paired. Different reasoning levels, agents, harnesses, or output limits appear directly in the table.

Capability profile from matched benchmarks

Each axis averages directly matched benchmark families. A value of 100 means the stronger value within this pair, not a universal quality score.

Gemini 3.8 Flash

DeepSeek-V4-Pro

Coding: 100 / 94.7 (2 benchmark families)

Reasoning: 100 / 97.3 (1 benchmark family)

Mathematics: 100 / 96.7 (1 benchmark family)

Knowledge: 100 / 97 (1 benchmark family)

Finance: 100 / 97.8 (1 benchmark family)

Legal: 100 / 98.8 (1 benchmark family)

Health: 100 / 98.5 (1 benchmark family)

General: 100 / 97.3 (1 benchmark family)

33 matched rows from 2 benchmark families were considered. The radar shows 8 of 8 comparable categories.

Gemini 3.8 FlashDeepSeek-V4-Pro

Code MigrationOverall. Higher is better. Test setup not documented as identical

Gemini 3.8 Flash36.546 %

DeepSeek-V4-Pro26.201 %

EMBOverall. Higher is better. Test setup not documented as identical

Gemini 3.8 Flash72.196 %

DeepSeek-V4-Pro51.623 %

Finance Agent (v2)Overall. Higher is better. Test setup not documented as identical

Gemini 3.8 Flash61.435 %

DeepSeek-V4-Pro44.083 %

GPQA DiamondOverall. Higher is better. Test setup not documented as identical

Gemini 3.8 Flash94.444 %

DeepSeek-V4-Pro89.394 %

Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkOverall · Task fully resolved. Higher is better. Test setup not documented as identical

Gemini 3.8 Flash10 %

DeepSeek-V4-Pro3.75 %

Legal Research BenchOverall · All-pass. Higher is better. Test setup not documented as identical

Gemini 3.8 Flash38.942 %

DeepSeek-V4-Pro23.077 %

LegalBenchOverall. Higher is better. Test setup not documented as identical

Gemini 3.8 Flash86.993 %

DeepSeek-V4-Pro80.323 %

LiveCodeBench v6Overall. Higher is better. Test setup not documented as identical

Gemini 3.8 Flash89.484 %

DeepSeek-V4-Pro87.484 %

LMArena Code Arena WebDevOverall. Higher is better. Test setup not documented as identical

Gemini 3.8 Flash1,584.77

DeepSeek-V4-Pro1,446.815

LMArena Text, Style ControlOverall. Higher is better. Test setup not documented as identical

Gemini 3.8 Flash1,496.319

DeepSeek-V4-Pro1,457.848

MedCodeOverall. Higher is better. Test setup not documented as identical

Gemini 3.8 Flash48.135 %

DeepSeek-V4-Pro40.455 %

MedScribeOverall. Higher is better. Test setup not documented as identical

Gemini 3.8 Flash84.496 %

DeepSeek-V4-Pro75.144 %

Key to the marks:better valuebetter, but not conclusivetie

Benchmark scores for Gemini 3.8 Flash and DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Benchmark and task	Gemini 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek-V4-Pro	Source
Code MigrationOverall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value36.546 %	26.201 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
EMBOverall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value72.196 %	51.623 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Overall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value61.435 %	44.083 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
GPQA DiamondOverall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens	Higher measured value94.444 %	89.394 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/01/2026
Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkOverall · Task fully resolved Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: task resolution rateScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value10 %	3.75 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
Legal Research BenchOverall · All-pass Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: all-pass rateScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value38.942 %	23.077 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
LegalBenchOverall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens	Higher measured value86.993 %	80.323 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
LiveCodeBench v6Overall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens	Higher measured value89.484 %	87.484 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/01/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevOverall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: webdevMetric: WebDev Arena Bradley-Terry ratingScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Snapshot: gemini-3.8-flash-high, Reasoning: high, Harness: Arena Code Arena WebDev DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Snapshot: deepseek-v4-pro, Harness: Arena Code Arena WebDevGemini 3.8 Flash: Arena rating from 10,077 published pairwise votes.DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Arena rating from 14,023 published pairwise votes.	Higher measured value1,584.77 95% confidence interval: ±7.59The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval, Arena category, and model configuration are part of the result.	1,446.815 95% confidence interval: ±6.319The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval, Arena category, and model configuration are part of the result.	LMArena Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlOverall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: style-control-v1Metric: style-controlled Bradley-Terry ratingScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Snapshot: gemini-3.8-flash-high, Reasoning: high, Harness: Arena Text, style control DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Snapshot: deepseek-v4-pro, Harness: Arena Text, style controlGemini 3.8 Flash: Arena rating from 35,670 published pairwise votes.DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Arena rating from 57,614 published pairwise votes.	Higher measured value1,496.319 95% confidence interval: ±4.654The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval, Arena category, and model configuration are part of the result.	1,457.848 95% confidence interval: ±3.899The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval, Arena category, and model configuration are part of the result.	LMArena Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
MedCodeOverall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens	Higher measured value48.135 %	40.455 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
MedScribeOverall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens	Higher measured value84.496 %	75.144 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
MMLU-ProOverall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens	Higher measured value90.221 %	87.249 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/01/2026
ProgramBenchOverall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: fully resolved rateScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value1 %	0 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
ProofBenchOverall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1.1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens	Higher measured value48 %	16 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
Public Benefits Bench v1.1Overall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1.1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value65.291 %	62.923 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
SkillsBenchOverall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Harness: OpenHands, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Harness: OpenHands, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value57.985 %	51.274 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/27/2026
SWE-bench VerifiedOverall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens	Higher measured value80 %	77.4 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/01/2026
Tax Agent BenchOverall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value32.124 %	25.17 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
TaxEval v2Overall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens	Higher measured value74.448 %	72.077 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/01/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.1Overall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2.1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Output limit: 128,000 tokens	Higher measured value81.273 %	50.187 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/28/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Overall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 4.0Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value19.697 %	11.111 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
Vals IndexOverall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2.1Metric: weighted index scoreScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value54.887 %	38.63 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
Vibe Code Bench v1.1Overall Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1.1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Harness: OpenHands, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Harness: OpenHands, Output limit: 256,000 tokens	Higher measured value78.651 %	49.931 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
Code MigrationCLI Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value25.871 %	15.47 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
EMBComps Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value76.435 %	57.434 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Adjustments Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value54.828 %	41.586 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
GPQA DiamondFew-Shot CoT Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens	Higher measured value94.949 %	90.404 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/01/2026
Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkAntitrust Competition · Criteria passed Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: criteria pass rateScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value87.681 %	83.696 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · All-pass Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: all-pass rateScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value46.97 %	28.788 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
LegalBenchConclusion Tasks Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens	Higher measured value90.691 %	89.117 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
LiveCodeBench v6Easy Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens	Higher measured value99.068 %	98.758 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/01/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevOverall Test details No documented difference in the test setupVersion: webdevMetric: WebDev Arena Bradley-Terry ratingScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Snapshot: gemini-3.8-flash-high, Reasoning: high, Harness: Arena Code Arena WebDev DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Snapshot: deepseek-v4-pro-high-preview, Reasoning: high, Harness: Arena Code Arena WebDevGemini 3.8 Flash: Arena rating from 10,077 published pairwise votes.DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Arena rating from 13,199 published pairwise votes.	Winner1,584.77 95% confidence interval: ±7.59The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval, Arena category, and model configuration are part of the result.	1,463.849 95% confidence interval: ±6.309The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval, Arena category, and model configuration are part of the result.	LMArena Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlOverall Test details No documented difference in the test setupVersion: style-control-v1Metric: style-controlled Bradley-Terry ratingScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Snapshot: gemini-3.8-flash-high, Reasoning: high, Harness: Arena Text, style control DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Snapshot: deepseek-v4-pro-high-preview, Reasoning: high, Harness: Arena Text, style controlGemini 3.8 Flash: Arena rating from 35,670 published pairwise votes.DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Arena rating from 54,929 published pairwise votes.	Winner1,496.319 95% confidence interval: ±4.654The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval, Arena category, and model configuration are part of the result.	1,454.814 95% confidence interval: ±3.964The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval, Arena category, and model configuration are part of the result.	LMArena Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
MMLU-ProBiology Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens	Higher measured value94.979 %	92.887 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/01/2026
ProgramBenchAlmost Resolved Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: almost-resolved rateScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value14 %	0 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
SkillsBenchNo Skills Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Harness: OpenHands, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Harness: OpenHands, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value41.046 %	27.226 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/27/2026
SWE-bench Verified<15 min fix Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens	Higher measured value89.691 %	87.629 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/01/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	6.667 %	Higher measured value12.333 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
TaxEval v2Correctness Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens	Higher measured value62.469 %	60.589 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/01/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.1Easy Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2.1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Output limit: 128,000 tokens	Higher measured value100 %	66.667 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/28/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Hardware Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 4.0Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value26.667 %	0 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
Vals IndexCode Migration Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2.1Metric: benchmark scoreScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value31.558 %	26.212 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
Code MigrationCOBOL Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value68.571 %	58.393 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
EMBDataroom Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value86.218 %	62.572 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
Finance Agent (v2)All-Pass Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value49.694 %	31.448 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
GPQA DiamondZero-Shot CoT Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens	Higher measured value93.939 %	88.384 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/01/2026
Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkAntitrust Competition · Task fully resolved Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: task resolution rateScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	No direct winner0 %	No direct winner0 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · Weighted partial credit Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: weighted partial-credit scoreScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value87.613 %	83.372 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
LegalBenchInterpretation Tasks Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens	Higher measured value84.589 %	75.169 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
LiveCodeBench v6Hard Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens	Higher measured value78 %	72.571 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/01/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevWebdev Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: webdevMetric: WebDev Arena Bradley-Terry ratingScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Snapshot: gemini-3.8-flash-high, Reasoning: high, Harness: Arena Code Arena WebDev DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Snapshot: deepseek-v4-pro, Harness: Arena Code Arena WebDevGemini 3.8 Flash: Arena rating from 10,077 published pairwise votes.DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Arena rating from 14,023 published pairwise votes.	Higher measured value1,584.77 95% confidence interval: ±7.59The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval, Arena category, and model configuration are part of the result.	1,446.815 95% confidence interval: ±6.319The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval, Arena category, and model configuration are part of the result.	LMArena Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlBusiness, management and finance Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: style-control-v1Metric: style-controlled Bradley-Terry ratingScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Snapshot: gemini-3.8-flash-high, Reasoning: high, Harness: Arena Text, style control DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Snapshot: deepseek-v4-pro, Harness: Arena Text, style controlGemini 3.8 Flash: Arena rating from 6,520 published pairwise votes.DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Arena rating from 11,383 published pairwise votes.	Higher measured value1,479.887 95% confidence interval: ±8.136The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval, Arena category, and model configuration are part of the result.	1,459.786 95% confidence interval: ±6.716The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval, Arena category, and model configuration are part of the result.	LMArena Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
MMLU-ProBusiness Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens	Higher measured value93.79 %	91.888 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/01/2026
ProgramBenchFully Resolved Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: fully resolved rateScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value1 %	0 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
SkillsBenchWith Skills Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Harness: OpenHands, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Harness: OpenHands, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value57.985 %	51.274 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/27/2026
SWE-bench Verified>4 hours Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens	Higher measured value33.333 %	0 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/01/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value59.001 %	54.843 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
TaxEval v2Stepwise Reasoning Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens	Higher measured value86.427 %	83.565 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/01/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.1Hard Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2.1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Output limit: 128,000 tokens	Higher measured value72.222 %	31.111 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 09/28/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Media Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 4.0Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value16.667 %	0 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
Vals IndexEMB Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2.1Metric: benchmark scoreScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value72.196 %	51.623 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/13/2026
Code MigrationCode Quality Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: mean reviewer code-quality ratingScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value3.742 / 5	3.401 / 5	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
EMBDCF Test details Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGemini 3.8 Flash: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 65,536 tokens DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens	Higher measured value63.655 %	44.435 %	Vals AI Source details Data as of: 10/12/2026
Key to the marks:better valuebetter, but not conclusivetie

Our model tests

Our tests

SVG short test

One SVG prompt and fixed output settings. Captures are shown only with 0 reported reasoning tokens or documented lack of reasoning controls. Identical test conditions do not make the models' internal compute identical.

Shared test round: 4ae5d8eeb9a9

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Unavailable in this round

DeepSeek-V4-Pro

Earlier tests

Pelican on a bicycle

A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

Gemini 3.8 Flash

The response reached the token limit. No complete recording is available.

Reasoning (requested): high

Current attempt

Run date: Oct 5, 2026
API provider: openrouter
Requested API model: google/gemini-3.8-flash
API model reported in response: google/gemini-3.8-flash
Reasoning setting: high
Pinned endpoint: Google AI Studio | google/gemini-3.8-flash-20260902
Temperature: Provider default
Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens
Test protocol: community-visual-tests-v1
Technical checks: Failed
Response time: 40.2 s

Not yet visually reviewed. A successful recording does not confirm correct physics or full compliance with the prompt.

Earlier attempts (3)

Oct 2, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high
Oct 1, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high
Sep 7, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high

DeepSeek-V4-Pro

The response reached the token limit. No complete recording is available.

Reasoning (requested): high

Current attempt

Run date: Oct 5, 2026
API provider: openrouter
Requested API model: deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813
API model reported in response: deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813
Reasoning setting: high
Pinned endpoint: DeepSeek | deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-20260813
Temperature: Provider default
Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens
Test protocol: community-visual-tests-v1
Technical checks: Failed
Response time: 67.6 s

Not yet visually reviewed. A successful recording does not confirm correct physics or full compliance with the prompt.

Earlier attempts (3)

Oct 2, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high
Oct 1, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high
Sep 7, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high

Prompt and test conditions

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens

Task origin (Simon Willison)

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