Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Mistral Large 3

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #32 Confirmed

Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI

38.6

Rank #172 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 53.7 to 14.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 89.6% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 7.5% for Mistral Large 3.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.75 for Mistral Large 3.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Flash and Mistral Large 3 specifications
DeepSeek V4 FlashMistral Large 3
ProviderDeepSeekMistral AI
Noometry Index53.638.6
Released2026-04-242025-12-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M262K
Max output393K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$0.75
Results tracked4124

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.6 (#56), Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena WebDev15811230
LMArena Coding14571447
FrontierCode18.8%—
SciCode49.9%—
WeirdML63%—
ALE-Bench1,306—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#25), Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral Large 3
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%50.9%
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%7.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14431429
ARC-AGI-261.4%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
ARC-AGI-189%—
CritPt16.6%—
Chess Puzzles33%—
Thematic Generalization—23%
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA41.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.51—

Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.0 (#31), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena Math14271415
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%—
ProofBench56%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.5 (#43), Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena Expert14411421
GPQA Diamond91%—
SimpleQA Verified33.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—14.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: —, Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena Vision—1222

Multilingual Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.2 (#71), Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English14201412
LMArena Chinese14671448
LMArena French14381456
LMArena German14181438
LMArena Japanese14031399
LMArena Korean13831384
LMArena Russian14281412
LMArena Spanish14371437

Instruction Following Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 75.1 (#76), Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following14211402

Long Context Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#81), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query14351413

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 64.0 (#59), Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena Text14321427
LMArena Creative Writing14031385
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15591412
LMArena Multi-Turn14491429

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than Mistral Large 3?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash or Mistral Large 3?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 lists at $0.25 and $0.75.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.6 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and Mistral Large 3 share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.

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