Model comparison
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b vs Pixtral Large
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads 39.2 to 32.9.
- Pixtral Large accepts more context: 128K tokens versus 8K.
Side by side
| C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Pixtral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 34.3 | 31.7 |
| Released | 2024-10-24 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 8K | 128K |
| Max output | 4K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 15 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.2 (#252), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1161 | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 21.4 (#198), Pixtral Large: 20.9 (#208)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1156 | — |
Math Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 30.8 (#204), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1168 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.0 (#197), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1153 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: —, Pixtral Large: 30.0 (#105)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |
Multilingual Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.3 (#237), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1180 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1181 | — |
| LMArena German | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1120 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1197 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 60.4 (#248), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1155 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#231), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1192 | — |
Writing & Preference C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 39.2 (#245), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1185 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1168 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1160 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b better than Pixtral Large?
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.
Which has the bigger context window?
Pixtral Large does, with 128K tokens against 8K.
How many benchmarks do C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and Pixtral Large share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. C4ai Aya Expanse 8b has 15 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.