DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) vs Mistral Medium 3
Compare DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) by DeepSeek against Mistral Medium 3 by Mistral AI, context windows of 128K vs 131K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024)
Mistral Medium 3Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) has the edge — bigger model tier, major provider backing.
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) is 7.1x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024)
Input
$0.14
2.9× cheaper
Output
$0.28
7.1× cheaper
Mistral Medium 3
Input
$0.40
Output
$2.00
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) is cheaper on both — 2.9× input, 7.1× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
92%
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) uses 4.3x more emoji
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024)
Mistral Medium 3
58%Vocabulary57%
18wSentence Length17w
0.73Hedging0.73
7.5Bold8.6
7.6Lists6.5
0.26Emoji0.06
1.60Headings1.18
0.08Transitions0.15
Based on 16 + 15 text responses
Research
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