Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs Mixtral 8x22B
Mixtral 8x22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 27.1 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 3 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mixtral 8x22B leads 22.9 to 10.2.
- Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | Mixtral 8x22B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 27.1 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2024-04-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 64K |
| Max output | — | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude 2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | 3.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 40.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1166 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.2% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 64.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 7.5% |
Reasoning Claude 2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51% | 55.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | 122.03 |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | 56.3 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1150 |
Math Mixtral 8x22B leads
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 16.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1184 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 24.2% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 34.1% |
| MMLU | 73.5% | 77.8% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 46% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 33.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1113 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1128 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1116 |
| LMArena French | — | 1166 |
| LMArena German | — | 1141 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1037 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1057 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1158 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1151 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 72.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1147 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1144 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1162 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1141 |
| WildBench | — | 71.1% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1130 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than Mixtral 8x22B?
Mixtral 8x22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 27.1 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 2.1 or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?
Claude 2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 26.2 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Mixtral 8x22B share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.