Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V2.5 leads with 12.8% higher average benchmark score. Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. DeepSeek-V2.5 is available on 3 providers. Overall, DeepSeek-V2.5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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 3.2 24B Instruct represents a further evolution of the Small model series, developed with continued refinements to instruction-following and task performance. Built to incorporate ongoing improvements, it provides the latest capabilities in Mistral's intermediate-scale offering.
1 year newer

DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepSeek
2024-05-08

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-06-20
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

DeepSeek-V2.5

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
2023-10-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Hyperbolic

DeepSeek-V2.5

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

DeepSeek-V2.5

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct