DeepSeek R1 vs Mistral Devstral Small 1.1
Compare DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek against Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 by Mistral AI, in 2 community votes, deepseek r1 and mistral devstral small 1.1 are closely matched, tested across 54 shared challenges. Updated June 2026.
Which is better, DeepSeek R1 or Mistral Devstral Small 1.1?
DeepSeek R1 and Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 are closely matched based on 2 community votes. DeepSeek R1 costs $0.55/M input tokens vs $0.1/M for Mistral Devstral Small 1.1. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between DeepSeek R1 and Mistral Devstral Small 1.1
DeepSeek R1 is made by deepseek while Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is from mistral. On pricing, DeepSeek R1 costs $0.55/M input tokens vs $0.1/M for Mistral Devstral Small 1.1. In community voting, In 2 community votes, DeepSeek R1 and Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 are closely matched.
In 2 community votes, DeepSeek R1 and Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 are closely matched. DeepSeek R1 and Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 perform similarly across challenge categories. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 2+ human preference judgments for this pair.
Per 1M tokens
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is cheaper on both — 5.5× input, 7.3× output
Votes are tied. Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is newer and likely incorporates more recent improvements.
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is 7.3x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
DeepSeek R1 uses 4.3x more emoji
