DeepSeek V3 vs Mistral 8x7B v0.2

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

DeepSeek V3 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 25 to 13. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

DeepSeek V3's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 90.2 against 28. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 88.5% to 29%. Mistral 8x7B v0.2 does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

DeepSeek V3 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for Mistral 8x7B v0.2.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mistral 8x7B v0.2 only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority.

Agentic

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Coding

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

42

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

21

42%
SWE-bench Verified
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HumanEval
21%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

DeepSeek V3

24.9

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

25.9

24.9%
SimpleQA
27%
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MuSR
25%

Knowledge

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

69.6

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

27

59.1%
GPQA
28%
88.5%
MMLU
29%
75.9%
MMLU-Pro
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SuperGPQA
26%
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OpenBookQA
24%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

90.2

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

28

39.2%
AIME 2024
31%
90.2%
MATH-500
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AIME 2023
29%
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AIME 2025
30%
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HMMT Feb 2023
25%
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HMMT Feb 2024
27%
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HMMT Feb 2025
26%
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BRUMO 2025
28%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3 or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

DeepSeek V3 is ahead overall, 25 to 13. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 88.5% and 29%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3 or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.6 versus 27. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3 or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 42 versus 21. Mistral 8x7B v0.2 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek V3 or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 versus 28. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek V3 or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

Mistral 8x7B v0.2 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 25.9 versus 24.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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