Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) vs Mistral Large 2: API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) is 71.7% cheaper ($260.77/mo vs $922.50/mo), while Mistral Large 2 leads in token generation speed (90 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) (DeepSeek API) Mistral Large 2 (Mistral AI (La Plateforme)) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $0.550 $2.000 DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $0.140 $1.000 DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $2.19 $6.00 DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1315 LMSYS Elo 1270 LMSYS Elo DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $260.77 / mo $922.50 / mo DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) (-71.7%)
Context Window 64,000 tokens 128,000 tokens Mistral Large 2
Output Speed (Throughput) 50 tokens/sec 90 tokens/sec Mistral Large 2
Batch API Discount -50% (DeepSeek API) -50% (Mistral AI (La Plateforme)) DeepSeek API
Primary Workload Fit Budget-friendly chain-of-thought logic, financial verification, logic synthesis Multilingual European enterprise workflows (DE/FR/ES/CS/PL) with EU data residency Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) → Try Mistral Large 2 → Open Full Simulator