Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-R1-0528 offers 6.1K more tokens in context window than Ministral 8B Instruct. Ministral 8B Instruct is $2.45 cheaper per million tokens. DeepSeek-R1-0528 is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-0528 represents a specific release iteration of the DeepSeek-R1 model, developed to incorporate refinements and improvements from ongoing training. Built to provide enhanced reasoning capabilities based on accumulated insights, it continues the evolution of DeepSeek's reasoning-focused architecture.
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B was developed as a compact yet capable model from Mistral AI, designed to provide strong instruction-following with just 8 billion parameters. Built for applications requiring efficient deployment while maintaining reliable performance, it represents Mistral's smallest production-ready offering.
7 months newer

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
2024-10-16

DeepSeek-R1-0528
DeepSeek
2025-05-28
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek-R1-0528

Ministral 8B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-R1-0528
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Novita

DeepSeek-R1-0528

Ministral 8B Instruct

DeepSeek-R1-0528

Ministral 8B Instruct

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI