DeepSeek V4 ProvsMistral Large 2
DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper than Mistral Large 2 at $1.74/M vs $8/M input tokens.
| Spec | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Mistral Large 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $1.74/M tokens | $8/M tokens |
| Output price | $3.48/M tokens | $24/M tokens |
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 128K tokens |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Apr 2026 | Jul 2024 |
Our Verdict
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Mistral Large 2Runner-up
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, DeepSeek V4 Pro has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
DeepSeek V4 Pro costs 6.9x less per token.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Input
$1.74
4.6× cheaper
Output
$3.48
6.9× cheaper
Mistral Large 2
Input
$8.00
Output
$24.00
DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper on both: 4.6× input, 6.9× output.
Where to run it
16 hosts, cheapest first
DeepSeek V4 Pro15 hosts
Baidu Qianfanfp8$0.87 in$1.74 out1M99.9% upDigitalOcean$0.87 in$1.74 out1M99% upStreamLakefp8$0.87 in$1.74 out1M99.1% upGMI Cloudfp8$0.96 in$1.91 out1M97.9% upDeepInfrafp8$1.30 in$2.60 out1M99.2% upAlibaba Cloudfp8$1.42 in$2.83 out1M99.9% up
9 more hostsFewer hosts
SiliconFlowfp8$1.50 in$3.13 out1M97% upNovitafp8$1.60 in$3.20 out1M100% upVenice$1.65 in$3.30 out1M96.5% upAtlasCloudfp4$1.68 in$3.38 out1M96.1% upBasetenfp4$1.74 in$3.48 out1M98.8% upNextBitfp8$1.80 in$3.55 out1M100% upAzure AI Foundry$1.91 in$3.83 out1M98.9% upFireworksdegraded$1.20 in$1.20 out1M0% upParasailfp8degraded$1.74 in$3.48 out1M98.9% up
Mistral Large 21 host
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
27%
Mistral Large 2 uses 22.8x more emoji
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Mistral Large 2
57%Vocabulary43%
18wSentence Length21w
0.52Hedging0.39
3.3Bold14.4
2.3Lists7.4
0.04Emoji0.80
0.45Headings1.41
0.15Transitions0.01
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