DeepSeek V4 Flash Outperforms Gemini 3.6 Flash on Extended NYT Connections Benchmark
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-08-02
In the newly released 940-puzzle Extended NYT Connections benchmark, DeepSeek V4 Flash scored 89.6, beating Gemini 3.6 Flash at 89.0. AI commentator teortaxesTex noted that Gemini 3 Flash relies on a fairly old base model, and despite Google piling on massive amounts of RL to keep it competitive against smaller, cheaper models, it's time to retire it.
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