Model comparison

ERNIE 5.1 vs Mixtral 8x7B

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.8

Rank #83 Confirmed

Mixtral 8x7B Mistral AI

27.1

Rank #334 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Mixtral 8x7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 65.1 to 34.2.
  • Mixtral 8x7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.1 and Mixtral 8x7B specifications
ERNIE 5.1Mixtral 8x7B
ProviderBaiduMistral AI
Noometry Index43.827.1
Released—2023-12-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—32K
Max output—32K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.70
Output $ / M tokens—$0.70
Results tracked1938

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Category by category

Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76), Mixtral 8x7B: 32.8 (#269)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mixtral 8x7B
LMArena Coding14881126
HumanEval+—39.6%
MBPP+—49.7%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: —, Mixtral 8x7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mixtral 8x7B
LMArena Search1227—

Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211), Mixtral 8x7B: 18.2 (#285)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mixtral 8x7B
LMArena Hard Prompts14811115
NYT Connections (extended)23.4%—
DTBench—49.6%
Adversarial NLI—55.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—118.47
ForecastBench—56.3
HellaSwag—86.7%
PIQA—83.6%
WinoGrande—77.2%

Math ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92), Mixtral 8x7B: 18.8 (#289)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mixtral 8x7B
LMArena Math14811147
Omni-MATH—10.5%
MATH Level 5—10%
GSM8K—74.4%

Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102), Mixtral 8x7B: 11.0 (#301)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mixtral 8x7B
LMArena Expert14921088
GPQA Diamond—30.6%
MMLU-Pro—33.5%
GPQA (HELM)—29.6%
ARC (AI2) Challenge—87.3%
MMLU—70.6%
OpenBookQA—85.8%
TriviaQA—82.2%

Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29), Mixtral 8x7B: 29.6 (#266)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mixtral 8x7B
LMArena Non-English14541077
LMArena Chinese15081055
LMArena French14881166
LMArena German14701114
LMArena Japanese1422931
LMArena Korean1427968
LMArena Russian14591090
LMArena Spanish14731111

Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37), Mixtral 8x7B: 51.0 (#297)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mixtral 8x7B
LMArena Instruction Following14601109
IFEval—57.5%

Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59), Mixtral 8x7B: 33.4 (#260)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mixtral 8x7B
LMArena Longer Query14621103

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52), Mixtral 8x7B: 34.2 (#270)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mixtral 8x7B
LMArena Text14681132
LMArena Creative Writing14411109
LMArena Multi-Turn14711115
WildBench—67.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Mixtral 8x7B?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is ERNIE 5.1 or Mixtral 8x7B better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 32.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Mixtral 8x7B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x7B has 38.

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