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DeepSeek V3 Base vs Mistral Small

DeepSeek DeepSeek V3 Base vs Mistral Mistral Small — side-by-side specs.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek V3 Base
Mistral
Mistral Small
Overview
CompanyDeepSeekMistral
Release dateDec 2024Feb 26 2024
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMistral Small shipped 279 days before DeepSeek V3 Base

Which is better: DeepSeek V3 Base or Mistral Small?

DeepSeek V3 Base and Mistral Small do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Mistral Small shipped 279 days before DeepSeek V3 Base, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

DeepSeek V3 Base is an open-source / open-weight model; Mistral Small 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 V3 Base released?
DeepSeek V3 Base was released by DeepSeek on Dec 2024.
When was Mistral Small released?
Mistral Small was released by Mistral on Feb 26 2024.
Is DeepSeek V3 Base or Mistral Small open source?
DeepSeek V3 Base is an open-source / open-weight model released by DeepSeek. Mistral Small is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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