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Deepseek
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Mistral AI
Mistral AI

DeepSeek V3.1 vs Pixtral 12B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

DeepSeek V3.1 wins:

  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode

Pixtral 12B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
Pixtral 12B
Benchmark Advantage
DeepSeek V3.1
Context Window
Pixtral 12B
Speed
DeepSeek V3.1

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureDeepSeek V3.1Pixtral 12B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyDeepSeek V3.1Pixtral 12B
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorDeepseekMistral AI
ReleasedAug 2025Unknown

DeepSeek V3.1 Modalities

Input
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Output
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Pixtral 12B Modalities

Input
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Frequently Asked Questions

Pixtral 12B has cheaper input pricing at $0.10/M tokens. Pixtral 12B has cheaper output pricing at $0.10/M tokens.
DeepSeek V3.1 has a 32,768 token context window, while Pixtral 12B has a 128,000 token context window.
DeepSeek V3.1 does not support vision. Pixtral 12B supports vision.