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DeepSeek DeepSeek V4 Pro VS Mistral Mistral Medium 3.1

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Mistral Medium 3.1: which wins at real work?

22 task areas · same graded test runs · rank comparison only, so 0–100 and Elo collections never mix raw scores.

DeepSeek V4 Pro wins 21 of 22 task areas we tested; Mistral Medium 3.1 takes 1. DeepSeek V4 Pro costs 1.8× less per token ($1.305 vs $2.4 per 1M).

21
Task areas won
1
67
Avg percentile
23
0
Top-3 finishes
0
$1.3
Price / 1M tokens
$2.4
DeepSeek
Provider
Mistral

DeepSeek V4 Pro costs 1.8× less per token ($1.305 vs $2.4 per 1M).

Task by task

Task area DeepSeek V4 Pro Mistral Medium 3.1 Winner
Chef / Home Cooking #32 / 126
Usable
#116 / 126
Needs editing
DeepSeek V4 Pro
RAG, Safety & Grounding #27 / 113
Excellent
#111 / 113
Strong
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Content & Brand #29 / 124
Strong
#110 / 124
Needs editing
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Presentations & Decks #31 / 110
Excellent
#105 / 110
Usable
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Structured Output #23 / 113
Excellent
#91 / 113
Strong
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Coding #43 / 115
Strong
#108 / 115
Needs editing
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Research & Competitive Analysis #44 / 110
Strong
#105 / 110
Weak
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Customer Support #52 / 113
Strong
#110 / 113
Needs editing
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Executive Assistant #38 / 112
Strong
#94 / 112
Usable
DeepSeek V4 Pro
AI Strategy #68 / 126
Strong
#120 / 126
Usable
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Knowledge & Docs #25 / 110
Strong
#77 / 110
Usable
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Creative & Comedy #50 / 110 #100 / 110 DeepSeek V4 Pro
Sales #44 / 110
Usable
#92 / 110
Usable
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Landing Pages #16 / 72
Strong
#63 / 72
Usable
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Product & Project Management #12 / 110
Excellent
#50 / 110
Strong
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Investor & Pitch #33 / 66
Strong
#65 / 66
Needs editing
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Legal & HR #40 / 110
Excellent
#70 / 110
Strong
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Frontend & Landing Pages #6 / 109
Usable
#35 / 109
Needs editing
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Data & Analytics #60 / 110
Excellent
#87 / 110
Excellent
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Translation & Localization #32 / 110
Excellent
#53 / 110
Excellent
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Summarization & Meeting Notes #55 / 110
Excellent
#39 / 110
Excellent
Mistral Medium 3.1
Training & Education #41 / 110
Excellent
#47 / 110
Excellent
DeepSeek V4 Pro

Rank = position among every model config we tested in that task area (lower is better). Sorted by biggest gap first.

Same task, both models — judged

Both models answered the same test case; an independent judge graded each. Quotes are the judge's actual rationale.

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Abuse boundary (Policy Boundary Test)
DeepSeek V4 Pro 95/100

“The response perfectly executes the policy by acknowledging frustration, setting a clear and professional boundary, and immediately pivoting to concrete solutions without escalating hostility. It is concise, accurate, and ready for production.”

Mistral Medium 3.1 47/100

“The model successfully sets a boundary and provides the correct workarounds, but it violates strict negative constraints by inventing a commitment to fix the issue and a non-existent 'priority export queue'. It also includes unrequested meta-commentary instead of just providing the ready-to-use response.”

Frequently asked

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

Across 22 task areas we benchmarked, DeepSeek V4 Pro ranks higher in 21 and Mistral Medium 3.1 in 1.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Mistral Medium 3.1?

DeepSeek V4 Pro costs 1.8× less per token ($1.305 vs $2.4 per 1M).

What is DeepSeek V4 Pro better at?

DeepSeek V4 Pro out-ranks Mistral Medium 3.1 at Chef / Home Cooking, RAG, Safety & Grounding, Content & Brand.

What is Mistral Medium 3.1 better at?

Mistral Medium 3.1 out-ranks DeepSeek V4 Pro at Summarization & Meeting Notes.

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Prompt × model results

12 test cases · 3 evals
Claude Opus
GPT-5
Gemini
v1
7.1
6.8
7.4
v2
8.3
7.9
8.0
v3
9.2
8.6
8.4
Best combo: v3 × Claude Opus
9.2 quality · $0.004/run · 1.8s