# DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs Magistral Medium

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek-R1-0528 and Magistral Medium across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-r1-0528-vs-magistral-medium
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek-R1-0528 and Magistral Medium share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 has the larger published context window at 128K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Magistral Medium |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Mistral |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 40K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Magistral Medium public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Magistral Medium | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | 1930.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 59.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 50.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Magistral Medium public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Magistral Medium | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 81% | 70.8% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| SimpleQA | 27.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 17.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Magistral Medium public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Magistral Medium | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 91.4% | 73.6% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| AIME 2025 | 87.5% | 64.9% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek-R1-0528 and Magistral Medium?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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- [Magistral Medium vs DeepSeek-R1](/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-magistral-medium)
- [DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs Magistral Small](/compare/deepseek-r1-0528-vs-magistral-small)
- [Magistral Medium vs Magistral Small](/compare/magistral-medium-vs-magistral-small)

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