Model comparison
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b vs Mistral Small 3
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.9 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Mistral AISummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. C4ai Aya Expanse 8b scores higher in 4 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads 33.3 to 16.3.
Side by side
| C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 34.9 | 31.2 |
| Released | — | 2025-01-30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 15 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3 leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.8 (#252), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1160 | 1246 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
Reasoning C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 22.4 (#197), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1156 | 1233 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.07 |
Math C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.3 (#203), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1168 | 1240 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |
Knowledge C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.6 (#201), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1153 | 1202 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.5% | — |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3 leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#242), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1180 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1181 | 1204 |
| LMArena German | 1188 | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1120 | 1111 |
| LMArena Russian | 1197 | 1216 |
| LMArena French | — | 1203 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1188 |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3 leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 60.1 (#253), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1155 | 1214 |
Long Context Mistral Small 3 leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#236), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1191 | 1246 |
Writing & Preference C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 39.0 (#250), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1185 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1168 | 1195 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1160 | 1217 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |
Frequently asked questions
Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b better than Mistral Small 3?
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.9 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?
Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and Mistral Small 3 share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. C4ai Aya Expanse 8b has 15 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.