Model comparison
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b vs Mistral Small 3.2
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.9 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
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- The widest gap is in math, where C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads 33.3 to 26.3.
Side by side
| C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 34.9 | 31.2 |
| Released | — | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 15 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.8 (#252), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1160 | — |
Reasoning C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 22.4 (#197), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1156 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 131.74 |
Math C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.3 (#203), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1168 | — |
Knowledge C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.6 (#201), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1153 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#242), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1180 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1181 | — |
| LMArena German | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1120 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1197 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 60.1 (#253), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1155 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#236), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1191 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 39.0 (#250), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1185 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1168 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1160 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b better than Mistral Small 3.2?
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.9 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. C4ai Aya Expanse 8b has 15 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.