DeepSeek-V3 is the latest model from the DeepSeek team, building upon the instruction following and coding abilities of the previous versions. Pre-trained on nearly 15 trillion tokens, the reported evaluations reveal that the model outperfo…
Model details →DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) vs Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506 is an updated 24B parameter model from Mistral optimized for instruction following, repetition reduction, and improved function calling. Compared to the 3.1 release, version 3.2 significantly improves acc…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) | Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 164K | 128K | 🏆 DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.32 | $0.07 | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.89 | $0.20 | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) better than Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B?
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B?
Input: $0.32 vs $0.07 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.89 vs $0.20 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B support?
DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) supports up to 164K tokens. Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B supports up to 128K tokens.
Do both DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B support tool calling?
DeepSeek Chat (legacy id): yes. Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B: yes.