Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale vs Mistral Large 3

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale and Mistral Large 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.7 vs 39.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 1 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale

DeepSeek

39.7

Rank #162 Reported

Mistral Large 3

Mistral AI

39.1

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads 32.9 to 15.2.
Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.58 / $1.68 for DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale.
Mistral Large 3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale and Mistral Large 3 specifications
	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Mistral Large 3
Provider	DeepSeek	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	39.7	39.1
Released	2025-12-01	2025-12-02
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	128K	262K
Max output	128K	8K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.58	$0.25
Output $ / M tokens	$1.68	$0.75
Results tracked	3	24

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 40.4 (#140), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Mistral Large 3
LMArena WebDev	—	1230
WeirdML	46.7%	—
LMArena Coding	—	1448

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 32.9 (#73), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Mistral Large 3
SimpleBench	52.6%	—
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	50.9%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	7.5%
Thematic Generalization	—	23%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1429

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Math	—	1414

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Mistral Large 3
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	14.5%
LMArena Expert	—	1421

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Vision	—	1221

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English	—	1413
LMArena Chinese	—	1447
LMArena French	—	1455
LMArena German	—	1437
LMArena Japanese	—	1394
LMArena Korean	—	1384
LMArena Russian	—	1411
LMArena Spanish	—	1440

Instruction Following Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1403

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query	—	1413

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 46.0 (#222), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Mistral Large 3
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1276	1412
LMArena Text	—	1428
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1386
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1429

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale better than Mistral Large 3?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale and Mistral Large 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.7 vs 39.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale or Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale lists at $0.58 and $1.68.

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 3 does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale and Mistral Large 3 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale has 3 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.