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DeepSeek V4 Flash

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

Decision Recommendation

⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, DeepSeek V4 Flash is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 49.1% higher on coding benchmarks. However, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite compensates by delivering 2.6x faster throughput. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of DeepSeek V4 Flash fully justifies the cost.

Model Specs

DeepSeek V4 Flash

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+)
49.1%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+17.5%)
80%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$0.17Input: $0.14 | Output: $0.28
Speed
109.1 tps
Context Window
1M tokens
Model Specs

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
62.5%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$0.17Input: $0.10 | Output: $0.40
Speed2.6x faster
280 tps
Context Window
1M tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions

Both DeepSeek V4 Flash and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite cost the same, with a blended cost of $0.17 per 1 million tokens.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is faster than DeepSeek V4 Flash. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite generates 280 tokens per second (tps) compared to DeepSeek V4 Flash which generates 109.1 tokens per second.

DeepSeek V4 Flash is better for coding tasks. It scores 49.1% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite which scores N/A.

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