DeepSeek R1 vs Mistral Large 2
Compare DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek against Mistral Large 2 by Mistral AI, context windows of 128K vs 128K, tested across 23 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek R1
Mistral Large 2Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, DeepSeek R1 has the edge — newer, major provider backing.
DeepSeek R1 is 11x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek R1
Input
$0.55
15× cheaper
Output
$2.19
11× cheaper
Mistral Large 2
Input
$8.00
Output
$24.00
DeepSeek R1 is cheaper on both — 15× input, 11× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
61%
DeepSeek R1 uses 28.0x more transitions
DeepSeek R1
Mistral Large 2
62%Vocabulary43%
15wSentence Length21w
0.52Hedging0.39
8.0Bold14.4
5.7Lists7.4
0.04Emoji0.80
0.62Headings1.41
0.28Transitions0.01
Based on 22 + 10 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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