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Start with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Mistral Medium 3.5, or choose any two current ranked language models. Compare capability evidence, price, context, provider availability, and weight access without pretending one field decides every use case.
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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Live dataset updated 9/15/2026, 9:19:37 PM UTC
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|---|---|---|
| ModelCap position | #21 | #63 |
| Index score | 75.1 | 55.9 |
| Evidence | Measured2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards | Measured4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards |
| Input / 1M | $0.15 | $1.50 |
| Output / 1M | $0.60 | $7.50 |
| Pricing status | fresh | fresh |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Providers | 17 | 1 |
| Weight access | Open weights | API only |
Decision facts
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is #21; Mistral Medium 3.5 is #63 on the same current language board.
- Index scores are 75.1 for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 55.9 for Mistral Medium 3.5. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.
- Both positions use Measured evidence.
- Listed output price per 1M tokens is $0.60 for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and $7.50 for Mistral Medium 3.5. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $0.60 for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash versus $6.75 for Mistral Medium 3.5. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs 91.1% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.
- Published context is 1,048,576 tokens for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 262,144 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- Weight access differs: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is open; Mistral Medium 3.5 is none.
- ModelCap currently lists 17 providers for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 1 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
These are separate published fields, not a synthetic winner. ModelCap does not collapse price, access, context, and capability evidence into a hidden recommendation score.
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