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DeepSeek Coder vs Magistral Medium

DeepSeek DeepSeek Coder vs Mistral Magistral Medium — side-by-side specs.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek Coder
Mistral
Magistral Medium
Overview
CompanyDeepSeekMistral
Release dateNov 2 2023Jun 10 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapDeepSeek Coder shipped 586 days before Magistral Medium

Which is better: DeepSeek Coder or Magistral Medium?

DeepSeek Coder and Magistral Medium do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. DeepSeek Coder shipped 586 days before Magistral Medium, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

DeepSeek Coder is an open-source / open-weight model; Magistral Medium is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was DeepSeek Coder released?
DeepSeek Coder was released by DeepSeek on Nov 2 2023.
When was Magistral Medium released?
Magistral Medium was released by Mistral on Jun 10 2025.
Is DeepSeek Coder or Magistral Medium open source?
DeepSeek Coder is an open-source / open-weight model released by DeepSeek. Magistral Medium is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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