Model comparison
Deepseek Coder v2 vs Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 38.2.
Side by side
| Deepseek Coder v2 | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2024-06-17 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Deepseek Coder v2 leads
Deepseek Coder v2: 38.1 (#183), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1251 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.7% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 82.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 75.1% | — |
Reasoning Deepseek Coder v2 leads
Deepseek Coder v2: 23.6 (#176), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1207 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
| WinoGrande | 83.7% | — |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Deepseek Coder v2: 34.9 (#190), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1241 | 1414 |
| GSM8K | 94.5% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads
Deepseek Coder v2: 32.3 (#212), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1181 | 1421 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 64.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Deepseek Coder v2: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Deepseek Coder v2: 36.3 (#240), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1182 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1201 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1185 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1164 | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1126 | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | 1104 | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | 1188 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1153 | 1440 |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Deepseek Coder v2: 61.7 (#242), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1180 | 1403 |
Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads
Deepseek Coder v2: 37.0 (#224), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Deepseek Coder v2: 38.2 (#253), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1120 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1177 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Deepseek Coder v2 better than Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Deepseek Coder v2 or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Deepseek Coder v2 and Mistral Large 3 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Deepseek Coder v2 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.