# DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Mistral Large 4

> Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-v2-5-vs-mistral-large-4
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 4 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mistral Large 4 leads 48.6 to 31.7.
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 43.1 |
| Rank | 200 | 99 |
| Context | — | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | — | $0.68 |
| Output $/M | — | $2.09 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281)
- Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 1475 |
| Aider Polyglot | 17.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1541 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 83.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145)
- Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1289 | 1444 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 27.4% |

## Math

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177)
- Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1288 | 1488 |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193)
- Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1266 | 1447 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20% |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193)
- Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1318 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1289 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | 1289 | — |
| LMArena German | 1258 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1228 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1209 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1248 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194)
- Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1280 | 1424 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174)
- Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1301 | 1429 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187)
- Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1294 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1297 | 1424 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Mistral Large 4 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.