DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) vs. Mistral Medium 3.5
Comparison between DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) and Mistral Medium 3.5 across intelligence, price, speed, context window and more.
For details relating to our methodology, see our Methodology page.
Highlights
Model Comparison
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) | Mistral Medium 3.5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | 50 | 30 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) is more intelligent than Mistral Medium 3.5 |
| Price per 1M Tokens | $0.06 | $1.16 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) is cheaper than Mistral Medium 3.5 |
| Context Window | 1000k tokens~1,500 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font | 256k tokens~384 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) has a larger context window than Mistral Medium 3.5 |
| Release Date | July 2026 | April 2026 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) has a more recent release date than Mistral Medium 3.5 |
| Parameters | 284B, 13B active at inference time | 128B | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) has more parameters than Mistral Medium 3.5 |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes | Both DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) and Mistral Medium 3.5 have reasoning |
| Image Input Support | No | Yes | Mistral Medium 3.5 has image input support while DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) does not |
| Open Source (Weights) | No | Mistral Medium 3.5 is open source while DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) is proprietary |
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary
Intelligence Evaluations
Agentic real-world work tasks, (Elo-500)/2000
Agentic tool use
Agentic coding & terminal use
Coding
Reasoning & knowledge
Scientific reasoning
Physics reasoning
Knowledge
1 - hallucination rate
Long context reasoning
Agentic knowledge work, Elo
Agentic SaaS workflows
Legal agentic work, criterion pass rate
Agentic business operations
Instruction following
Long-horizon agentic tasks
Kubernetes incident root-cause analysis
Visual reasoning
AA-Briefcase
AA-Briefcase Elo
AA-Omniscience
AA-Omniscience Index
Openness Index
Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Score
Intelligence Index Comparisons
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Token Use
Output Tokens per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Context Window
Context Window
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed
Time per Intelligence Index Task
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Latency: Time To First Answer Token
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Model Size (Open Weights Models Only)
Model Size: Total and Active Parameters
Frequently Asked Questions
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) is more intelligent. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) scores 50, compared with Mistral Medium 3.5 at 30 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) is cheaper. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) costs $0.06 per 1M tokens, compared with Mistral Medium 3.5 at $1.16 per 1M tokens (7:2:1 cache hit/input/output ratio).
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) has a larger context window. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) supports 1.0M tokens, compared with Mistral Medium 3.5 at 260k tokens.