DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Mistral Medium 3.1
Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash by DeepSeek against Mistral Medium 3.1 by Mistral AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 131K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Mistral Medium 3.1Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, DeepSeek V4 Flash has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
DeepSeek V4 Flash is 7.1x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Input
$0.14
2.9× cheaper
Output
$0.28
7.1× cheaper
Mistral Medium 3.1
Input
$0.40
Output
$2.00
DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper on both — 2.9× input, 7.1× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
41%
Mistral Medium 3.1 uses 39.3x more emoji
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Mistral Medium 3.1
54%Vocabulary52%
17wSentence Length22w
0.52Hedging0.45
3.6Bold10.4
2.6Lists5.9
0.00Emoji0.39
0.41Headings1.12
0.19Transitions0.18
Based on 27 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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