DeepSeek V3.2 vs Mistral Medium 3
Compare DeepSeek V3.2 by DeepSeek against Mistral Medium 3 by Mistral AI, context windows of 131K vs 131K, tested across 55 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek V3.2
Mistral Medium 3Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge — newer, major provider backing.
DeepSeek V3.2 is 4.8x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V3.2
Input
$0.28
1.4× cheaper
Output
$0.42
4.8× cheaper
Mistral Medium 3
Input
$0.40
Output
$2.00
DeepSeek V3.2 is cheaper on both — 1.4× input, 4.8× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
72%
Mistral Medium 3 uses 6.0x more emoji
DeepSeek V3.2
Mistral Medium 3
52%Vocabulary57%
31wSentence Length17w
0.58Hedging0.73
6.3Bold8.6
5.4Lists6.5
0.00Emoji0.06
0.80Headings1.18
0.13Transitions0.15
Based on 24 + 15 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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