Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Mistral

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 55.4 to 16.6.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Flash and Mistral specifications
DeepSeek V4 FlashMistral
ProviderDeepSeekMistral AI
Noometry Index53.629.9
Released2026-04-24—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked4122

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral
LMArena Coding14571162
FrontierCode18.8%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode49.9%—
WeirdML63%—
ALE-Bench1,306—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral
LMArena Hard Prompts14441149
ARC-AGI-261.4%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
ARC-AGI-189%—
CritPt16.6%—
Chess Puzzles33%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA41.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49—

Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral
LMArena Math14271180
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%—
ProofBench56%—
Omni-MATH—7.2%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral
LMArena Expert14411125
GPQA Diamond91%—
SimpleQA Verified33.6%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral
LMArena Non-English14201129
LMArena Chinese14681109
LMArena French14391180
LMArena German14181155
LMArena Japanese14061013
LMArena Korean13841032
LMArena Russian14281168
LMArena Spanish14361143

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral
LMArena Instruction Following14211152
IFEval—56.8%

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral
LMArena Longer Query14341153

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral
LMArena Text14321165
LMArena Creative Writing14031158
LMArena Multi-Turn14491147
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—
WildBench—66%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than Mistral?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or Mistral better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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