Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-R1 offers 126.0K more tokens in context window than Pixtral-12B. Pixtral-12B is $2.44 cheaper per million tokens. Pixtral-12B supports multimodal inputs. DeepSeek-R1 is available on 5 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1 was developed as a reasoning-focused language model, designed to combine chain-of-thought reasoning with reinforcement learning techniques. Built to excel at complex problem-solving through trial-and-error learning and deliberate analytical processes, it demonstrates the power of efficient training methods in open-source model development.
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.
4 months newer

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
2024-09-17

DeepSeek-R1
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek-R1

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

DeepSeek-R1
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Fireworks
Together
ZeroEval

DeepSeek-R1

Pixtral-12B

DeepSeek-R1

Pixtral-12B

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI