# DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Mistral Large 4

> DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-v4-pro-vs-mistral-large-4
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 15

## Summary

- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 22.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 91.3% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 27.4% for Mistral Large 4.
- Both cost about the same: $0.66 input and $1.98 output per million tokens.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 54.3 | 43.1 |
| Rank | 31 | 99 |
| Context | 1M | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $0.66 | $0.68 |
| Output $/M | $1.98 | $2.09 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34)
- Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1582 | 1541 |
| LMArena Coding | 1470 | 1475 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | — |
| FrontierCode | 28.6% | — |
| SciCode | 51% | — |
| WeirdML | 66.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,403 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58)
- Mistral Large 4: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 47.3% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 3,285 | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24)
- Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 91.3% | 27.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1461 | 1444 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 61.3% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 53.5% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 90.5% | — |
| CritPt | 18% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 47% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 43% | — |
| DTBench | 93.9% | — |
| LMCA | 45.5% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 40% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.31 | — |
| ForecastBench | 56.1 | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30)
- Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1455 | 1488 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 64.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 26.8% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 76.6% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 98.6% | — |
| ProofBench | 50% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31)
- Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | 52.9% | 20% |
| LMArena Expert | 1464 | 1447 |
| GPQA Diamond | 91.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.6% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45)
- Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1439 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1486 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1453 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | 1472 | — |
| LMArena German | 1458 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1445 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1447 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1458 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47)
- Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1448 | 1424 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51)
- Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1458 | 1429 |
| CL-bench Life | 13.5% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46)
- Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1451 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1446 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1467 | 1424 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1553 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1166 | — |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Mistral Large 4?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Mistral Large 4?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.66 per million input tokens and $1.98 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.

### Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 48.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Mistral Large 4 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.