# DeepSeek V3 vs Mistral Medium 3.5 128B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3 and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-vs-mistral-medium-3-5-128b
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek V3 and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- DeepSeek V3 has the lower published output-token price.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Mistral |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 31.86 | 36.09 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.27 / $1.10 | $1.50 / $7.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 12.1 (Estimated · #113/117)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 19.7 (Supported · #100/117)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 91.4% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 39.10% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 39.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 18.6 (Estimated · #131/143)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 26.6 (Estimated · #102/143)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% | 77.6% | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 66.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 42.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 69.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 56.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 30.2 (Estimated · #140/169)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 33.6 (Supported · #121/169)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 34.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 75.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 38.2 (#103/124)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 82.6 (#48/124)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 86.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 26 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 1.724% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek V3 and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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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