Model comparison
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs Mistral Medium 3.1
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
Mistral AISummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Medium 3.1 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads 22.1 to 10.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Thematic Generalization: 65% for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and 20.3% for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is cheaper at $0.26 / $0.38 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2 for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp accepts more context: 164K tokens versus 131K.
- DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 44.3 | 31.9 |
| Released | 2025-09-29 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 164K | 131K |
| Max output | 66K | 105K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.26 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.38 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 49 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 46.5 (#65), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 70% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 74.2% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1362 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 59% | — |
| SciCode | 38.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 39.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 32.7 (#59), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 39.6% | — |
| APEX-Agents | 21.3% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 56.7% | — |
| TheAgentCompany | 42.9% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 1,034 | — |
Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 22.1 (#208), Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 36.7% | 6.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | 65% | 20.3% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 52.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 57% | — |
| CritPt | 2.9% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 14% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1434 | — |
| DTBench | 87.7% | — |
| LMCA | 29.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.27 | — |
Math Not comparable
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 41.7 (#87), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 57.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 87.8% | — |
| ProofBench | 8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1435 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 22.1% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 51.7 (#66), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 83.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1436 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 52.2 (#90), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1409 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1461 | — |
| LMArena French | 1433 | — |
| LMArena German | 1440 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1374 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1371 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1424 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 74.5 (#93), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1413 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 47.6 (#16), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 83.3% | — |
| CL-bench | 13.2% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 9.5% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | — |
Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 62.4 (#77), Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1515 | 1476 |
| LMArena Text | 1425 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1403 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1427 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp better than Mistral Medium 3.1?
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Mistral Medium 3.1?
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is cheaper. It lists at $0.26 per million input tokens and $0.38 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 lists at $0.40 and $2.
Which has the bigger context window?
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp does, with 164K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 49 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.