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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs gpt-oss-20b

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Winner summary

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 wins 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math.

Category leads
knowledge·DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017math·DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
#41 by perf·#4 by attention
DESERVED
gpt-oss-20b
#106 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
2.6x better value than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
254.9 pts/$
$0.25/M
gpt-oss-20b
665.0 pts/$
$0.08/M
Vendor risk
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DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
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OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Head to head
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017gpt-oss-20b
Chess Puzzles
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads by +43.2
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
43.2
gpt-oss-20b
0.0
GPQA diamond
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads by +45.0
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
94.7
gpt-oss-20b
49.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads by +34.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
99.4
gpt-oss-20b
65.2
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017gpt-oss-20b
Chess Puzzles
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
43.20.0
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
94.749.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
99.465.2
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017$0.01$0.501.0M tokens (~524 books)$1.29
OpenAI logogpt-oss-20b$0.03$0.13131K tokens (~66 books)$0.55