Battle of the Models

Compare specific LLM models, context windows, and capabilities.

Mistral Small

A-TIER

Mistral AI

Intelligence Score 82/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 32K

Pricing Model Commercial / Paid

Commercial/Paid Model

A-TIER

DeepSeek

Intelligence Score 83/100

Context Window 1M

Pricing Model Commercial / Paid

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 83/100 vs 82/100, DeepSeek-V4 Flash outperforms Mistral Small by 1 point.

Close Match: The difference is minimal. Consider other factors like pricing and features.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Mistral Small	DeepSeek-V4 Flash
Context Window	32K	1M
Architecture	Transformer (Open Weight)	Dense Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~75-79%	~75-79%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Paid / Commercial	Paid / Commercial
Rate Limit (RPM)	5,000 RPM	60 RPM
Daily Limit	Based on tier	Credit-based
Capabilities	Function Calling Streaming JSON Mode	No specific data
Performance Tier	B-Tier (Strong)	B-Tier (Strong)
Speed Estimate	Medium	⚡ Very Fast
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	⚡ Fast Chat & Apps
Model Size	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
Limitations	API key required Limited availability	10M tokens is one-time only API can be slow during peak hours (Chinese business hours) Rate limiting during high demand periods
Key Strengths	European AI Open weights available Competitive pricing	DeepSeek-R1: OpenAI o1-level reasoning (open-source) Mixture-of-Experts architecture for efficiency OpenAI-compatible API (drop-in replacement)