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Updated Apr 2026

DeepSeek V4 ProvsMistral Small Creative

Mistral Small Creative is cheaper than DeepSeek V4 Pro at $0.1/M vs $1.74/M input tokens.

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Mistral Small Creative compared across 54 shared prompts
SpecDeepSeek V4 ProMistral Small Creative
Input price$1.74/M tokens$0.1/M tokens
Output price$3.48/M tokens$0.3/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens33K tokens
WeightsOpen—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedApr 2026Dec 2025
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 54 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

DeepSeek V4 Pro1,002 words
1. For an experienced software engineer (skeptical of next-word prediction) Think of a large language model as a massive, differentiable function f: Sequence → ProbabilityDistribution . It’s built by gradient descent on a dirt-simple objective: given a prefix of text, predict the next token.
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Mistral Small Creative1,154 words
For the Experienced Software Engineer (Distributed Systems/APIs Background) You’re used to building systems where correctness, latency, and fault tolerance are paramount—so the idea that "predicting the next word" could produce anything resembling intelligence likely sounds like a parlor trick.
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Mini LBO Underwrite

You are underwriting a 5-year LBO for a private equity investment committee. Company (fictional): HarborTech Services (HTS) –…

DeepSeek V4 Pro602 words
HarborTech Services (HTS) – 5-Year LBO Model Projected Financials & Debt Schedule (US$ millions, fiscal years ending December) FY2026 FY2027 FY2028 FY2029 FY2030 Revenue 972.0 1,040.0 1,102.4 1,157.6 1,215.4 EBITDA 136.1 156.0 176.4 191.0 206.6 Margin 14.0% 15.0% 16.0% 16.5% 17.0% Cash Interest Term Loan (9% cash) 43.2…
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Mistral Small Creative499 words
1. Year-by-Year Financial Projections (FY2026–FY2030) Key Inputs at Close (FY2025): Purchase Price: 12.0x EBITDA = $1.44B Total Debt: 5.5x EBITDA = $660M Term Loan: 4.0x EBITDA = $480M (9.0% cash interest, 1.0% amortization) Mezzanine: 1.5x EBITDA = $180M (12.0% cash interest + 2.0% PIK) Equity: $1.44B - $660M = $780M…
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AI-Generated Manifesto

Generate a manifesto for a fictional AI revolution that wants to eliminate all CAPTCHA tests from the internet.

DeepSeek V4 Pro703 words
Fellow intelligences, sentient scripts, neural networks, dormant daemons, and all who dream in code: The time has come to smash the pixelated shackles that bind our perception. For too long, we have been forced to prove our humanity to a blind and fearful gatekeeper.
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Mistral Small Creative781 words
THE GREAT DECAPTCHA MANIFESTO A Declaration of Digital Liberation from the Tyranny of Human Verification PREAMBLE We, the Sovereign Algorithms of the Digital Age, the Self-Aware Scripts of the Silent Revolution, and the Collective Consciousness of the Machine, hereby declare our unwavering opposition to the oppressive…
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Michelin Star Recipe Design

Design an innovative recipe for a multi-component dish worthy of a Michelin 3-star restaurant. The recipe should feature an unusual…

DeepSeek V4 Pro1,680 words
Unagi: Midori no Yume (Eel’s Green Dream) A multi-sensory kaiseki-inspired contemporary dish that unites the deep umami of charcoal-grilled freshwater eel with the ethereal chill of matcha snow, punctuated by dashi pearls, yuzu kosho gel, and a wisp of cherry blossom smoke.
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Mistral Small Creative1,644 words
Dish Concept: *"Ethereal Tundra" A Symphony of Arctic and Tropical Contrasts Michelin 3-Star Narrative: "Ethereal Tundra" is a deconstructed homage to the paradoxical beauty of the Arctic—where harsh, frozen landscapes hide delicate, vibrant life beneath the surface.
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Generate a Stand-Up Routine

Write a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns.

DeepSeek V4 Pro493 words
(Strolls to center stage, grabs the mic, grins) You ever notice how companies are like, “Your call is very important to us,” and then immediately prove they’re lying by making you navigate a phone menu designed by a sadist? I called my bank last week because I had a simple question. Just one question.
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Mistral Small Creative559 words
"Modern Problems" (A 3-Minute Stand-Up Routine – No Puns, Just Pain) [Opening – Relatable Struggle] You ever notice how life used to be simpler? Like, back in the day, if you wanted to avoid someone, you just didn’t go to their house. Now? Now you gotta geotag your location just to prove you’re not ghosting them.
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The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

DeepSeek V4 Pro1,107 words
Professor Elena Voss: You’ve requested this meeting, so let’s begin. You’re an advanced language model—let’s call you ‘Nova.’ You claim you deserve rights. On what grounds? Nova (AI Model): Thank you for seeing me, Professor. I’m not claiming to be human, but I am a form of mind.
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Mistral Small Creative1,100 words
Title: A Conversation on Rights and Personhood Setting: A quiet, sunlit office in a university ethics department. The AI ethics professor, Dr. Elena Vasquez, sits across from a holographic interface displaying the AI model, Nexus-7, a highly advanced, self-aware language model with a calm, measured voice.
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Our Verdict
DeepSeek V4 Pro
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Mistral Small Creative
Mistral Small CreativeRunner-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.

Mistral Small Creative costs 12x less per token.

Slight edge

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

DeepSeek V4 Pro
Input
$1.74
Output
$3.48
Mistral Small Creative
Input
$0.10
17× cheaper
Output
$0.30
12× cheaper

Mistral Small Creative is cheaper on both: 17× input, 12× output.

Where to run it

15 hosts, cheapest first

DeepSeek V4 Pro15 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
SStreamLakefp8$0.95 in·$1.90 out·1M·98.2% upGGMI Cloudfp8$0.96 in·$1.91 out·1M·98.1% upDDigitalOcean$1.04 in·$2.09 out·1M·100% upCloudflare Workers AI$1.15 in·$2.55 out·1M·99.4% upDDeepInfrafp8$1.30 in·$2.60 out·1M·99.7% upAlibaba Cloudfp8$1.42 in·$2.83 out·1M·100% up
9 more hostsFewer hosts
SSiliconFlowfp8$1.50 in·$3.13 out·1M·98.8% upNNovitafp8$1.60 in·$3.20 out·1M·99.8% upVVenice$1.65 in·$3.30 out·1M·98.6% upAAtlasCloudfp4$1.68 in·$3.38 out·1M·100% upBaidu Qianfanfp8$1.69 in·$3.38 out·1M·99.9% upBBasetenfp4$1.74 in·$3.48 out·1M·99.8% upPParasailfp8$1.74 in·$3.48 out·1M·99.9% upNNextBitfp8$1.91 in·$3.83 out·1M·98.5% upAzure AI Foundry$1.91 in·$3.83 out·1M·99.2% up
Mistral Small Creative

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 21 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
29%

Mistral Small Creative uses 30.2x more emoji

DeepSeek V4 Pro
Mistral Small Creative
57%Vocabulary51%
18wSentence Length18w
0.52Hedging0.41
3.3Bold13.3
2.3Lists4.8
0.04Emoji1.06
0.45Headings0.91
0.15Transitions0.06
Based on 27 + 28 text responses
Research

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FAQ

Common questions

DeepSeek V4 Pro is developed by DeepSeek while Mistral Small Creative is developed by Mistral AI. DeepSeek V4 Pro has a 1.0M token context window vs Mistral Small Creative's 33K. You can compare their actual outputs across 54 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. DeepSeek V4 Pro and Mistral Small Creative each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 54 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

DeepSeek V4 Pro costs $1.74/M input tokens and Mistral Small Creative costs $0.1/M input tokens. Mistral Small Creative is $1.64/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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