Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Ministral 8B Instruct offers 26.6K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp. Both models have similar pricing. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp was introduced as an experimental release, designed to test new architectural innovations and training methodologies. Built to explore the boundaries of mixture-of-experts design, it serves as a research preview for techniques that may be incorporated into future stable releases.
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.
11 months newer

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
2024-10-16

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
DeepSeek
2025-09-29
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

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

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Novita
ZeroEval

Ministral 8B Instruct

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Ministral 8B Instruct

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI