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DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) vs Mistral Medium 3.5 128B

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 16 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

55.41/100
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0 category wins1 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) #84 (Estimated); Mistral Medium 3.5 128B unranked (Not scored). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B share 16 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 22 results are unique to DeepSeek V4 Pro (High); 9 to Mistral Medium 3.5 128B.

Updated July 27, 2026
Shared results
16
DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) only
22
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B only
9
Comparable categories
1 / 8

Treat this as a split decision. DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) makes more sense if you want the cheaper token bill or you need the larger 1M context window; Mistral Medium 3.5 128B is the better fit if coding is the priority.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 16 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 1 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B finish on the same BenchAlign overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The BenchAlign headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.50 input / $7.50 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.43 input / $0.87 output per 1M tokens for DeepSeek V4 Pro (High). That is roughly 8.6x on output cost alone. DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Mistral Medium 3.5 128B.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
CategoryDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)ΔMistral Medium 3.5 128B
CodingDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)69.8Margin 7.8Mistral Medium 3.5 128B77.6
AgenticDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)70.6MarginNo overlapMistral Medium 3.5 128BNot measured
KnowledgeDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)57.0MarginNo overlapMistral Medium 3.5 128BNot measured
MathDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)94.0MarginNo overlapMistral Medium 3.5 128BNot measured

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)B · Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
  1. SWE-bench Verified

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 79.4%B 77.6%
    Winner: DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Δ 1.8
    SWE-bench Verified: DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) scored 79.4%; Mistral Medium 3.5 128B scored 77.6%. DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Mistral Medium 3.5 128BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)$0.435 input / $0.87 outputMistral Medium 3.5 128B$1.5 input / $7.5 outputDeepSeek V4 Pro (High) has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Not availableMistral Medium 3.5 128BNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Not availableMistral Medium 3.5 128BNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)1MMistral Medium 3.5 128B256KDeepSeek V4 Pro (High) lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Mistral Medium 3.5 128BResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 63.3%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 80.4%Not comparable
HLE w/ toolsSource 44.7%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 74.2%Not comparable
ToolathlonSource 49%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 94.2%94.2%Tie
GDPval-AASource 40.0%21.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
GDPval-AASource 1299933DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 34.4%19.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
τ³-bench resultsSource 91.4%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 39.10%Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 33.7%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 69.1%Not comparable
terminalBenchHardSource 33.3%Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 516Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 14.4%Not comparable
CodingMistral Medium 3.5 128B wins
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Mistral Medium 3.5 128BResult
CodeforcesSource 2919.0Not comparable
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 79.4%77.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
SWE-bench ProSource 54.4%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 74.1%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 63.3%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 46.4%39.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
AA Coding IndexSource 58.7%46.9%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Mistral Medium 3.5 128BResult
MRCR 1MSource 83.3%Not comparable
CorpusQA 1MSource 56.5%Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 65.0%61.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
CritPtSource 10.0%0.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Mistral Medium 3.5 128BResult
MMLU-ProSource 87.1%Not comparable
SimpleQASource 46.2%Not comparable
Chinese-SimpleQASource 77.7%Not comparable
GPQASource 89.1%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 89.1%Not comparable
HLESource 34.5%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 43.1%29.9%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 90.5%74.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
AA-HLESource 33.5%12.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -9.7%-36.3%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 41.8%25.1%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 88.6%82.0%Mistral Medium 3.5 128B leads
AA Openness IndexSource 33.3%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Mistral Medium 3.5 128BResult
HMMT Feb 2026Source 94.0%Not comparable
IMOAnswerBenchSource 88.0%Not comparable
ApexSource 27.4%Not comparable
Apex ShortlistSource 85.5%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Mistral Medium 3.5 128BResult
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1260Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 64.9%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Mistral Medium 3.5 128BResult
AA-IFBenchSource 71.3%68.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) or Mistral Medium 3.5 128B?

DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B are tied on the BenchAlign overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) or Mistral Medium 3.5 128B?

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.6 versus 69.8. Inside this category, AA Coding Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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Last updated: July 27, 2026

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