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DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.8 to 14.3.

DeepSeek · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.8 to 14.3, ranking #12 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash

  • overall performance matters — it scores 51.8 and ranks #12 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
DeepSeek
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.8
#12
14.3
#236
Reasoning
48.9
#17
11.6
#251
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.22 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.66 / M
— / M
Context window
1,040,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Vision
29.5#31
10.5#119
Multimodal
34.3#13
11.6#109
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

20 reported for DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash · 15 for Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

No common benchmarks found

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

689.8B diff

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash has 689.8B more parameters than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct, making it 939.8% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
763.2Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
73.4Bparameters
763.2B
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
73.4B
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash specifies input context (1,040,000 tokens). Only DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash specifies output context (393,216 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
Input1,040,000 tokens
Output393,216 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Sep 11 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash is licensed under MIT, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash

MIT

Open weights

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash was released on 2026-09-10, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash is 25 months newer than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash

Sep 10, 2026

0 days ago

2.0yr newer
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Aug 29, 2024

2.0 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-06-30, while DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct's training data extends to 2023-06-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash's cutoff date.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash

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Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Jun 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
✓ Preferred
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Which is better, DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash or Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.8 to 14.3. DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash is made by DeepSeek and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash compare to Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct in benchmarks?

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash scores CodeForces: 100.0%, GPQA: 90.9%, Terminal-Bench 2.1: 90.6%, BabyVision: 89.6%, CyberGym: 88.1%. Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct scores DocVQAtest: 96.5%, VCR_en_easy: 91.9%, ChartQA: 88.3%, OCRBench: 87.7%, MMBench: 86.5%.

What are the context window sizes for DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.8 vs 14.3), licensing (MIT vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash is developed by DeepSeek and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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