DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
DeepSeek vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •DeepSeek-V4-Flash has the higher intelligence index (89.4 vs 46.6)
- •Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is cheaper ($0.04 vs $0.10 per 1M input)
- •Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is faster
- •DeepSeek-V4-Flash has a larger context window (1M)
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 89.4 | 46.6 |
| Developer | DeepSeek | Alibaba |
| Type | LLM | LLM |
| Access | Open weights | Open weights |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | 131,072 tokens |
| Input price | $0.10 / 1M | $0.04 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.20 / 1M | $0.10 / 1M |
| Speed | 109 tok/s | 138 tok/s |
| Released | April 24, 2026 | October 16, 2024 |
| Parameters | 284B (13B active) | — |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
DeepSeek-V4-Flash
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
GPQA Diamond
89.4
36.4