DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Claude Haiku 3.5 vs Mistral Large 2.1
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 comes out ahead, 79 to 46 and 38 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
- Our pick
DeepSeekDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
79/100- ECI158.8
- Price$0.15 / $0.60
- Context1M
AnthropicClaude Haiku 3.5
46/100- ECI127.0
- Price$0.80 / $4.00
- Context200K
Mistral AIMistral Large 2.1
38/100- ECI128.6
- Price$2.00 / $6.00
- Context131K
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is our pick
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is the better all-round choice, scoring 79/100 against Claude Haiku 3.5 (46) and Mistral Large 2.1 (38). It leads on capability, price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017Capabilities Index (ECI): DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 158.8 · Mistral Large 2.1 128.6 · Claude Haiku 3.5 127.0
- Lowest priceDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 $0.263 · Claude Haiku 3.5 $1.60 · Mistral Large 2.1 $3.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 1,000,000 · Claude Haiku 3.5 200,000 · Mistral Large 2.1 131,072 tokens
- Widest inputsClaude Haiku 3.5DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: Text, Images · Claude Haiku 3.5: Text, Images, PDFs · Mistral Large 2.1: Text
- Self-hostingDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Mistral Large 2.1Publishes downloadable weights (MIT)
| Measure | Weight | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Claude Haiku 3.5 | Mistral Large 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 87 | 48 | 50 |
| Price | 25% | 74 | 38 | 26 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 70 | 60 | 25 |
| Context window | 10% | 60 | 32 | 25 |
| Overall | 100% | 79/100 | 46/100 | 38/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek | Claude Haiku 3.5Anthropic | Mistral Large 2.1Mistral AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 158.8 (best) | 127.0 | 128.6 |
| ECI rank | #19 of 165 (best) | #147 of 165 | #142 of 165 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 93.2% (best) | 38.1% | 51.3% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 71.2% | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 99.4% (best) | 4.3% | 7.8% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 42.5% | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.15 (best) | $0.80 | $2.00 |
| Output | $0.60 (best) | $4.00 | $6.00 |
| Cached input | $0.003 | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.263 (best) | $1.60 | $3.00 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official DeepSeek API | Median of 3 providers | Median of 2 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens (best) | 200,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens |
| Max output | 384,000 tokens (best) | 8,192 tokens | 16,384 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | Yes | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yeslow · high · max | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenMIT | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | deepseek-flash | — | — |
| API providers | 40 (best) | 4 | 2 |
| Released | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 22, 2024 | Nov 18, 2024 |
| Knowledge cutoff | May 2025 | Jul 31, 2024 | Nov 2024 |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017$2.70
- Claude Haiku 3.5$16.00
- Mistral Large 2.1$32.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, Claude Haiku 3.5 or Mistral Large 2.1?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is the better all-round choice, scoring 79/100 against Claude Haiku 3.5 (46) and Mistral Large 2.1 (38). It leads on capability, price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, Claude Haiku 3.5 or Mistral Large 2.1?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is cheaper at $0.15 input / $0.60 output per million tokens (official DeepSeek API price). Claude Haiku 3.5 costs $0.80 input / $4.00 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers); Mistral Large 2.1 costs $2.00 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.263 per million tokens for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 versus $1.60 for Claude Haiku 3.5 (6.1× as much) and $3.00 for Mistral Large 2.1 (11× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 158.8 (#19 of 165), Mistral Large 2.1 128.6 (#142 of 165) and Claude Haiku 3.5 127.0 (#147 of 165). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (156.7–162.2 vs 124.3–130.7), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 93.2%, Mistral Large 2.1 51.3%, Claude Haiku 3.5 38.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 99.4%, Mistral Large 2.1 7.8%, Claude Haiku 3.5 4.3%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, Claude Haiku 3.5 and Mistral Large 2.1 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 200,000 for Claude Haiku 3.5 and 131,072 for Mistral Large 2.1. Maximum output per response: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 up to 384,000, Claude Haiku 3.5 up to 8,192, Mistral Large 2.1 up to 16,384 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 accepts text and images; Claude Haiku 3.5 accepts text, images and PDFs; Mistral Large 2.1 accepts text. Claude Haiku 3.5 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Mistral Large 2.1 publishes its weights (MIT) and can be self-hosted; Claude Haiku 3.5 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is the newest, released Oct 17, 2026. Mistral Large 2.1 came out Nov 18, 2024; Claude Haiku 3.5 came out Oct 22, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 May 2025, Claude Haiku 3.5 Jul 31, 2024, Mistral Large 2.1 Nov 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.
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