Model comparison
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs Mistral Medium 3.5
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
Mistral AISummary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher in 7 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads 51.7 to 40.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 36.7% for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and 12.9% for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is cheaper at $0.26 / $0.38 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 164K.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 44.3 | 40.2 |
| Released | 2025-09-29 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 164K | 262K |
| Max output | 66K | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.26 | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.38 | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 49 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 46.5 (#65), Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1362 | 1264 |
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | 1461 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 70% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 74.2% | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 59% | — |
| SciCode | 38.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 39.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 32.7 (#59), Mistral Medium 3.5: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 3.5: 17.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 52.2% | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 36.7% | 12.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1434 | 1436 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.27 | 141.35 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 57% | — |
| CritPt | 2.9% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 14% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 65% | — |
| DTBench | 87.7% | — |
| LMCA | 29.1% | — |
Math DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 41.7 (#87), Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1435 | 1431 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 57.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 87.8% | — |
| ProofBench | 8% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 22.1% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |
Knowledge DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 51.7 (#66), Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1436 | 1432 |
| GPQA Diamond | 83.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |
Multilingual Too close to call
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 52.2 (#90), Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1409 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1461 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | 1433 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1440 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1371 | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | 1424 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1374 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 74.5 (#93), Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1413 | 1415 |
Long Context DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 47.6 (#16), Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1415 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 83.3% | — |
| CL-bench | 13.2% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 9.5% | — |
Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 62.4 (#77), Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1425 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1403 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1427 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1515 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Mistral Medium 3.5?
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is cheaper. It lists at $0.26 per million input tokens and $0.38 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.5 lists at $1.50 and $7.50.
Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.5 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Medium 3.5 does, with 262K tokens against 164K.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 49 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.