Model comparison

GPT-5.4 mini vs Mixtral 8x22B

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 mini OpenAI

45.0

Rank #76 Confirmed

Mixtral 8x22B Mistral AI

27.1

Rank #333 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 mini 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 GPT-5.4 mini leads 51.5 to 15.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 60.3% for GPT-5.4 mini and 3.2% for Mixtral 8x22B.
  • GPT-5.4 mini is cheaper at $0.75 / $4.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Mixtral 8x22B.
  • GPT-5.4 mini accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 64K.
  • Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 mini and Mixtral 8x22B specifications
GPT-5.4 miniMixtral 8x22B
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index45.027.1
Released2026-03-172024-04-17
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K64K
Max output128K64K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$2
Output $ / M tokens$4.50$6
Results tracked4634

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 45.2 (#72), Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniMixtral 8x22B
WeirdML60.3%3.2%
LMArena Coding14381166
FrontierCode27%—
LMArena WebDev1397—
SciCode49.9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—40.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—50.2%
ALE-Bench1,189—
HumanEval+—72%
MBPP+—64.3%

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 29.9 (#81), Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniMixtral 8x22B
Cybench—7.5%
DeepResearch Bench36.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 30.4 (#85), Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Hard Prompts14241150
DTBench80%55.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index148.84122.03
ForecastBench5756.3
ARC-AGI-218.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)61.8%—
ARC-AGI-163.7%—
CritPt10%—
Chess Puzzles24%—
Thematic Generalization61.7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles11%—
LMCA40.8%—

Math GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 45.5 (#75), Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Math14191184
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 49.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%—
ProofBench21%—
Omni-MATH—16.3%
MATH Level 5—24.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)28.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 51.5 (#67), Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniMixtral 8x22B
GPQA Diamond86.9%34.1%
LMArena Expert14351113
SimpleQA Verified29.4%—
MMLU-Pro—46%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.5%—
GPQA (HELM)—33.4%
MMLU—77.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4 mini: 39.7 (#56), Mixtral 8x22B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Vision1245—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 51.9 (#96), Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Non-English14051128
LMArena Chinese14461116
LMArena French14401166
LMArena German14091141
LMArena Japanese13741037
LMArena Korean13681057
LMArena Russian14171158
LMArena Spanish14051151

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 74.1 (#102), Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Instruction Following14051147
IFEval—72.4%

Long Context GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 43.0 (#112), Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Longer Query14071144

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 64.0 (#58), Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Text14121162
LMArena Creative Writing13701141
LMArena Multi-Turn14291130
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1665—
WildBench—71.1%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 mini better than Mixtral 8x22B?

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 mini or Mixtral 8x22B?

GPT-5.4 mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $4.50 per million output tokens; Mixtral 8x22B lists at $2 and $6.

Is GPT-5.4 mini or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?

GPT-5.4 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.2 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 mini does, with 400K tokens against 64K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 mini and Mixtral 8x22B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 mini has 46 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.

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