# DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs GPT-5.2

As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads GPT-5.2 in 6 of 7 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, Long context, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: $0.23463 per 1M blended tokens.

GPT-5.2: $4.8125 per 1M blended tokens.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: open weights.

GPT-5.2: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads GPT-5.2 in General LLM at #32 against #92.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads GPT-5.2 in Reasoning at #29 against #88.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.2 leads DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in Science at #26 against #36.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads GPT-5.2 in Coding › Web dev at #21 against #73.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads GPT-5.2 in Long context at #37 against #100.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads GPT-5.2 in Factuality at #25 against #79.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads GPT-5.2 in Abstraction (ARC) at #8 against #24.

As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is state of the art on best per dollar in General LLM (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.2 is ranked #14 in Math (since Oct 15, 2026; sources Humanity's Last Exam; methodology v1.0).