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Tools Models

Mistral Large 3 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro Max

Model A

Model B

MODEL A

Mistral Large 3

Mistral · Mistral Large

Composite 48Intel 1020 rows6 sources

Mistral's December 2025 flagship MoE. 262K context, vision input, $0.50/$1.50 per 1M tokens. 675B total / 41B active parameters.

MODEL B

DeepSeek V4 Pro Max

DeepSeek · DeepSeek

Composite 73Intel 7315 rows11 sources

DeepSeek's April 2026 frontier open-weights model, leading the open-weights tier on SWE-bench Verified (80.6%) and Terminal-Bench 2.0 (67.9%) at $0.40 / $1.60 per 1M tokens. Cheapest frontier pricing on the public market.

Mistral Large 32stats won

Tied0stats

DeepSeek V4 Pro Max5stats won

Spec showdown

Capacity, price, freshness.

Mistral Large 3vsDeepSeek V4 Pro Max

DeepSeek V4 Pro Max leads on composite score (73 vs 48), with deeper benchmark coverage across more families. DeepSeek V4 Pro Max has the higher Vals/AA intelligence score (73 vs 10).

Composite score
Mistral Large 348DeepSeek V4 Pro Max73Winner on this row
Intelligence (Vals/AA)
Mistral Large 310DeepSeek V4 Pro Max73Winner on this row
Context window
Mistral Large 3262KWinner on this rowDeepSeek V4 Pro Max256K
Max output
Mistral Large 38KDeepSeek V4 Pro Max66KWinner on this row
Input price / 1M (lower wins)
Mistral Large 3$0.50DeepSeek V4 Pro Max$0.40Winner on this row
Output speed (AA default API)
Mistral Large 376 t/sWinner on this rowDeepSeek V4 Pro Max—
Time to first token (AA default API)
Mistral Large 30.75sDeepSeek V4 Pro Max—Winner on this row

Composite score

Intelligence (Vals/AA)

Context window

262K

256K

Max output

66K

Input price / 1M (lower wins)

$0.50

$0.40

Output speed (AA default API)

76 t/s

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Time to first token (AA default API)

0.75s

—

Capability grid

What each model can do.

Modalities

Mistral Large 3DeepSeek V4 Pro Max

Text●●

Image●—

Audio——

Video——

Code●●

Tool use●●

Reasoning●●

Access

Mistral Large 3DeepSeek V4 Pro Max

API●●

Consumer app——

Open weights●●

Managed cloud●●

On-device——

Family profile

Top score per benchmark family.

Knowledge

Reasoning

Math

Coding

Agentic

Long context

Tool use

Benchmark ranks

Every shared benchmark, side by side.

Knowledge

MMLU#13/22 · #8/22

87.8%

89.7%

MMLU-Pro#36/39 · #32/39

72.8%

76.4%

Reasoning

GPQA Diamond#168/190 · #156/190

71.2%

75.6%

LiveBench#11/21 · #14/21

62.8%

61.9%

Coding

HumanEval#12/15 · #9/15

92.4% pass@1

93.4% pass@1

SWE-bench Verified#21/22 · #7/22

76.2%

80.6%

Agentic

Terminal-Bench#178/189 · #54/189

11.99%

67.9%

Long context

LongBench v2#11/19 · #14/19

50.8%

48.6%

Tool use

BFCL#8/20 · #16/20

80.1%

74.6%

MCP Atlas#8/10 · #6/10

70.4%

72.6%

Dossier facts

Dates, sources, fineprint.

Mistral Large 3DeepSeek V4 Pro Max

ProviderMistralDeepSeek

FamilyMistral LargeDeepSeek

Release date2025-12-022026-04-24

Knowledge cutoff2025-06-012026-02-01

Context window262K256K

Max output8K66K

Input price /1M$0.50$0.40

Output price /1M$1.5$1.6

Statussolidflagship

Composite score4873

Intelligence score1073

Intel sourceaacomposite

Benchmark rows2015

Source count611

Freshnessfreshmixed

Pricing checked2026-06-092026-06-01

Ecosystem

Which tools wrap each model.

Mistral Large 3

mistral le chat

DeepSeek V4 Pro Max

deepseek

Verdict

Which model to actually pick.

DeepSeek V4 Pro Max leads on composite score (73 vs 48), with deeper benchmark coverage across more families. DeepSeek V4 Pro Max has the higher Vals/AA intelligence score (73 vs 10).

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Questions this comparison answers

Every answer below is assembled from the dated fields on this page. Nothing is written separately for search.

Should you use Mistral Large 3 or DeepSeek V4 Pro Max?

DeepSeek V4 Pro Max leads on composite score (73 vs 48), with deeper benchmark coverage across more families. DeepSeek V4 Pro Max has the higher Vals/AA intelligence score (73 vs 10).

Is Mistral Large 3 or DeepSeek V4 Pro Max cheaper?

Mistral Large 3: $0.50 / $1.5. DeepSeek V4 Pro Max: $0.40 / $1.6.

How do the Mistral Large 3 and DeepSeek V4 Pro Max context windows compare?

Mistral Large 3: 262K. DeepSeek V4 Pro Max: 256K.