DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Mistral Small 4
Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash by DeepSeek against Mistral Small 4 by Mistral AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Mistral Small 4Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, DeepSeek V4 Flash has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Input
$0.14
1.1× cheaper
Output
$0.28
2.1× cheaper
Mistral Small 4
Input
$0.15
Output
$0.60
DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper on both — 1.1× input, 2.1× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
47%
Mistral Small 4 uses 19.0x more emoji
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Mistral Small 4
54%Vocabulary50%
17wSentence Length18w
0.52Hedging0.58
3.6Bold9.0
2.6Lists5.6
0.00Emoji0.19
0.41Headings1.10
0.19Transitions0.12
Based on 27 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
FAQ
