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DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B

DeepSeek · released

Wins 6 of 7 areas

Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Math · Long documents · Following instructions

Alibaba · released

Wins 0 of 7 areas

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DeepSeek-V4-Flash is the stronger all-rounder.

Scores updated · 36 tests both models report · How we compare

Where each one wins

Tests won in each of the seven areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.

Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.

What it costs

Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.

DeepSeek-V4-Flash$0.44 to read · $1.32 to write$1.76Price from Artificial Analysis
Qwen3.6 35B A3B$0.38 to read · $2.25 to write$2.63Price from Alibaba's own price page

DeepSeek-V4-Flash costs 33% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.

Where DeepSeek-V4-Flash pulls ahead

  • Unpublished advanced math problemsFrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)+37.1points aheadDeepSeek-V4-Flash57.5Qwen3.6 35B A3B20.4
  • Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+33.8points aheadDeepSeek-V4-Flash78.7Qwen3.6 35B A3B44.9
  • Customer-service tasks in a simulated bankτ-Bench V3 · Banking+30.1points aheadDeepSeek-V4-Flash39.4Qwen3.6 35B A3B9.3

Where Qwen3.6 35B A3B pulls ahead

Every test, side by side

All 36 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingDeepSeek-V4-Flash

Full coding ranking

AgentsDeepSeek-V4-Flash
  • τ-Bench V3 · BankingDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 30.139.49.3+30.1
  • GDPValDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 27.146.919.8+27.1
  • BrowseCompDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 24.573.248.7+24.5
  • Terminal-Bench 4.0DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 12.112.10+12.1
  • MCP AtlasDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 6.26962.8+6.2

Full agents ranking

ReasoningDeepSeek-V4-Flash

Full reasoning ranking

FactsEven

Full facts ranking

MathDeepSeek-V4-Flash

Full math ranking

Long documentsDeepSeek-V4-Flash
  • AA-LCRDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 879.771.7+8

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsDeepSeek-V4-Flash
  • IFBenchDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 14.879.264.4+14.8

Full following instructions ranking

Other results13 tests, not counted

Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.

Questions people ask

Which is better, DeepSeek-V4-Flash or Qwen3.6 35B A3B?

DeepSeek-V4-Flash wins six of the seven areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, math, long documents and following instructions. Qwen3.6 35B A3B wins none. They are level on facts.

Which is better for coding?

DeepSeek-V4-Flash. It wins 6 of the 7 coding tests both models report; Qwen3.6 35B A3B wins none, and 1 is a tie.

Which is cheaper?

DeepSeek-V4-Flash costs $0.44 per million input tokens and $1.32 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 35B A3B costs $0.38 and $2.25. That makes DeepSeek-V4-Flash about 33% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 36 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 23 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 13 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.

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