Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V2.5 leads with 1.9% higher average benchmark score. Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. DeepSeek-V2.5 is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5 was developed as an enhanced iteration of the DeepSeek-V2 architecture, designed to incorporate improvements in model quality and efficiency. Built to advance the DeepSeek foundation model series, it provides refined capabilities for general-purpose language understanding and generation tasks.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct was developed as the instruction-tuned version of the 3.1 base model, designed to deliver improved instruction-following with refinements from the updated architecture. Built to serve diverse applications with enhanced reliability, it advances the Small model line's capabilities.
10 months newer

DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepSeek
2024-05-08

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-03-17
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

DeepSeek-V2.5

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Hyperbolic

DeepSeek-V2.5

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

DeepSeek-V2.5

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct