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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Mixtral 8x22B

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Mixtral 8x22B Mistral AI

27.1

Rank #333 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 74.8 to 15.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 84.8% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.2% for Mixtral 8x22B.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Mixtral 8x22B.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 64K.
  • Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashMixtral 8x22B
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index61.827.1
Released2026-09-022024-04-17
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M64K
Max output66K64K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$2
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$6
Results tracked5034

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMixtral 8x22B
WeirdML84.8%3.2%
LMArena Coding15101166
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1584—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—40.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—50.2%
ALE-Bench1,270—
HumanEval+—72%
MBPP+—64.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMixtral 8x22B
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
Cybench—7.5%
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Hard Prompts15081150
DTBench95.7%55.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71122.03
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
ForecastBench—56.3

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Math15281184
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—
Omni-MATH—16.3%
MATH Level 5—24.2%

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMixtral 8x22B
GPQA Diamond95.4%34.1%
LMArena Expert15241113
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
MMLU-Pro—46%
GPQA (HELM)—33.4%
MMLU—77.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Mixtral 8x22B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Non-English14911128
LMArena Chinese15541116
LMArena French14981166
LMArena German14931141
LMArena Japanese15021037
LMArena Korean14591057
LMArena Russian15151158
LMArena Spanish14851151

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Instruction Following14901147
IFEval—72.4%

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Longer Query15081144

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Text14991162
LMArena Creative Writing14921141
LMArena Multi-Turn15011130
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—
WildBench—71.1%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Mixtral 8x22B?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Mixtral 8x22B?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Mixtral 8x22B lists at $2 and $6.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.8 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 64K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Mixtral 8x22B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.

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