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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 vs Mistral Large 4 vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash comes out ahead, 72 to 67 and 67 on our weighted score, though DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is 34% cheaper per token.

  1. DeepSeek

    DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813

    Released Aug 13, 2026

    67/100
    • ECI155.9
    • Price$0.66 / $1.98
    • Context1M
    Full specs Remove DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813

  2. Mistral AI

    Mistral Large 4

    Released Oct 6, 2026NewBeta

    67/100
    • ECI150.6
    • Price$0.70 / $2.10
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove Mistral Large 4
  3. Our pick

    Google

    Gemini 3.6 Flash

    Released Jul 21, 2026

    72/100
    • ECI154.7
    • Price$0.75 / $3.75
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove Gemini 3.6 Flash
01 — Verdict

Gemini 3.6 Flash is our pick

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Mistral Large 4 (67) and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (67). It leads on inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Capabilities Index (ECI): DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 155.9 · Gemini 3.6 Flash 154.7 · Mistral Large 4 150.6
  • Lowest priceDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $0.99 · Mistral Large 4 $1.05 · Gemini 3.6 Flash $1.50 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextMistral Large 4 and Gemini 3.6 FlashMistral Large 4 1,048,576 · Gemini 3.6 Flash 1,048,576 · DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 1,000,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 3.6 FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: Text · Mistral Large 4: Text, Images · Gemini 3.6 Flash: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video
  • Self-hostingDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Publishes downloadable weights (MIT)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Mistral Large 4Gemini 3.6 Flash
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%847782
Price25%484740
Inputs & features15%4570100
Context window10%606161
Overall100%67/10067/10072/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 vs Mistral Large 4 vs Gemini 3.6 Flash specifications side by side
SpecificationDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeekMistral Large 4Mistral AIGemini 3.6 FlashGoogle
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)155.9 (best)150.6154.7
ECI rank#35 of 165 (best)#57 of 165#42 of 165
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions91.7%88.1%94.1% (best)
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics64.6% (best)58.6%59.0%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics98.6% (best)98.3%94.2%
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions52.9%20.0%66.2% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input$0.66 (best)$0.70$0.75
Output$1.98 (best)$2.10$3.75
Cached input$0.022 (best)$0.07$0.075
Blended (3:1)$0.99 (best)$1.05$1.50
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial DeepSeek APIOfficial Mistral APIOfficial Google API
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,048,576 tokens (best)1,048,576 tokens (best)
Max output384,000 tokens (best)262,144 tokens65,536 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesNoYesYes
PDFsNoNoYes
AudioNoNoYes
VideoNoNoYes
ReasoningYeslow · high · maxYeslow · medium · highYesminimal · low · medium · high
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputYesYesYes
Availability
WeightsOpenMITProprietaryProprietary
API model IDdeepseek-v4-promistral-large-4gemini-3.6-flash
API providers40 (best)1531
ReleasedAug 13, 2026Oct 6, 2026Jul 21, 2026
Knowledge cutoff——Mar 2026
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813$10.56
  • Mistral Large 4$11.20
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash$15.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, Mistral Large 4 or Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Mistral Large 4 (67) and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (67). It leads on inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, Mistral Large 4 or Gemini 3.6 Flash?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is cheaper at $0.66 input / $1.98 output per million tokens (official DeepSeek API price). Mistral Large 4 costs $0.70 input / $2.10 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price); Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.75 input / $3.75 output per million tokens (official Google API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.99 per million tokens for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 versus $1.05 for Mistral Large 4 (1.1× as much) and $1.50 for Gemini 3.6 Flash (1.5× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 155.9 (#35 of 165), Gemini 3.6 Flash 154.7 (#42 of 165) and Mistral Large 4 150.6 (#57 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (154.2–158.1 vs 153.0–156.7), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Gemini 3.6 Flash 94.1%, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 91.7%, Mistral Large 4 88.1%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 64.6%, Gemini 3.6 Flash 59.0%, Mistral Large 4 58.6%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 98.6%, Mistral Large 4 98.3%, Gemini 3.6 Flash 94.2%; SimpleQA Verified — Gemini 3.6 Flash 66.2%, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 52.9%, Mistral Large 4 20.0%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, Mistral Large 4 and Gemini 3.6 Flash yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 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?

Mistral Large 4 and Gemini 3.6 Flash have the largest context windows (1,048,576 and 1,048,576 tokens), against 1,000,000 for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813. Maximum output per response: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 up to 384,000, Mistral Large 4 up to 262,144, Gemini 3.6 Flash up to 65,536 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 accepts text; Mistral Large 4 accepts text and images; Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video. Gemini 3.6 Flash handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 publishes its weights (MIT) and can be self-hosted; Mistral Large 4 and Gemini 3.6 Flash is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Mistral Large 4 is the newest, released Oct 6, 2026. DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 came out Aug 13, 2026; Gemini 3.6 Flash came out Jul 21, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 3.6 Flash Mar 2026.

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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