DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs Step 5 Preview
11 SHARED BENCHMARKSAcross 11 shared benchmarks, DeepSeek-V4-Flash scores higher on 1 and Step 5 Preview on 10. The widest gap is OmniScience Non-Hallucination, where Step 5 Preview scores 57 against 15.6. DeepSeek-V4-Flash is the cheaper of the two on tracked API pricing ($0.44 against $1.00 per million input tokens).
DEEPSEEKVSSTEPFUN11 SHARED1–10 HEAD-TO-HEADNEWEST SCORE ADDED
terminalbenchV4012.133.3
Best tracked score per model per benchmark (default configuration; source-attributed). ↓ marks lower-is-better metrics. Open either model for its full surface, provenance and pricing. Quoted rates are the price-setter row we currently track for each model — its direct or vendor-official listing where one exists (direct, direct), otherwise the lowest tracked offer.