Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-R1-0528 offers 126.0K more tokens in context window than Pixtral-12B. Pixtral-12B is $2.35 cheaper per million tokens. Pixtral-12B supports multimodal inputs. 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
Pixtral 12B was introduced as Mistral's multimodal vision-language model, designed to understand and reason about both images and text. Built with 12 billion parameters for integrated visual and textual processing, it extends Mistral's capabilities into multimodal applications.
8 months newer

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
2024-09-17

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

DeepSeek-R1-0528

Pixtral-12B
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-R1-0528
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Novita

DeepSeek-R1-0528

Pixtral-12B

DeepSeek-R1-0528

Pixtral-12B

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI