Model Comparison

DeepSeek VL2 Tiny vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Comparing DeepSeek VL2 Tiny and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

DeepSeek VL2 Tiny and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Tiny
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Input tokens$0.07
Output tokens$0.14
Best providerDeepinfra
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

21.0B diff

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct has 21.0B more parameters than DeepSeek VL2 Tiny, making it 700.0% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Tiny
3.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
24.0Bparameters
3.0B
DeepSeek VL2 Tiny
24.0B
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct specifies input context (32,000 tokens). Only Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct specifies output context (32,000 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Tiny
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Input32,000 tokens
Output32,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

DeepSeek VL2 Tiny supports multimodal inputs, whereas Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct does not.

DeepSeek VL2 Tiny can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

DeepSeek VL2 Tiny

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek VL2 Tiny is licensed under deepseek, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

DeepSeek VL2 Tiny

deepseek

Open weights

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek VL2 Tiny was released on 2024-12-13, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct was released on 2025-01-30.

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 2 months newer than DeepSeek VL2 Tiny.

DeepSeek VL2 Tiny

Dec 13, 2024

1.4 years ago

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Jan 30, 2025

1.2 years ago

1mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while DeepSeek VL2 Tiny's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek VL2 Tiny's cutoff date.

DeepSeek VL2 Tiny

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Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Oct 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

DeepSeek
Supports multimodal inputs
Mistral AI
Larger context window (32,000 tokens)

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Tiny
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek VL2 Tiny vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

DeepSeek VL2 Tiny (DeepSeek) and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct (Mistral AI) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
DeepSeek VL2 Tiny scores DocVQA: 88.9%, ChartQA: 81.0%, OCRBench: 80.9%, TextVQA: 80.7%, AI2D: 71.6%. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct scores Arena Hard: 87.6%, HumanEval: 84.8%, MT-Bench: 83.5%, IFEval: 82.9%, MATH: 70.6%.
DeepSeek VL2 Tiny supports an unknown number of tokens and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct supports 32K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (deepseek vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
DeepSeek VL2 Tiny is developed by DeepSeek and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.