Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus vs Mistral

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus DeepSeek

43.1

Rank #97 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus scores higher in 7 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads 61.0 to 37.0.
  • DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus and Mistral specifications
DeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusMistral
ProviderDeepSeekMistral AI
Noometry Index43.129.9
Released2025-09-22—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window164K—
Max output147K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.27—
Output $ / M tokens$1—
Results tracked1622

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 42.0 (#113), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusMistral
LMArena Coding14261162
SciCode40.6%—
ALE-Bench745.17—

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 26.4 (#133), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusMistral
LMArena Hard Prompts14261149
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.4%—
CritPt1.7%—
DTBench81.3%—
LMCA28.6%—

Math DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 38.5 (#137), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusMistral
LMArena Math14021180
Omni-MATH—7.2%

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: —, Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusMistral
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%
LMArena Expert—1125

Multilingual DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 52.1 (#92), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusMistral
LMArena Non-English14071129
LMArena Russian14361168
LMArena Chinese—1109
LMArena French—1180
LMArena German—1155
LMArena Japanese—1013
LMArena Korean—1032
LMArena Spanish—1143

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 74.0 (#106), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusMistral
LMArena Instruction Following14041152
IFEval—56.8%

Long Context DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 43.4 (#97), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusMistral
LMArena Longer Query14211153

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 61.0 (#92), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusMistral
LMArena Text14191165
LMArena Creative Writing14031158
LMArena Multi-Turn14111147
WildBench—66%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus better than Mistral?

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus or Mistral better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.0 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus and Mistral share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus has 16 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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