Model comparison
Mixtral 8x22B vs Sonar
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
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Mistral AI
PerplexitySummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Sonar leads 52.6 to 36.9.
- Sonar is cheaper at $1 / $1 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Mixtral 8x22B.
- Sonar accepts more context: 128K tokens versus 64K.
- Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mixtral 8x22B | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 27.1 | 38.5 |
| Released | 2024-04-17 | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 64K | 128K |
| Max output | 64K | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | $1 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Sonar leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 3.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.6% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1166 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 72% | — |
| MBPP+ | 64.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
Reasoning Sonar leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1150 | — |
| DTBench | 55.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.03 | — |
| ForecastBench | 56.3 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
Math Sonar leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 16.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1184 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 24.2% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.1% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 46% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 33.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1113 | — |
| MMLU | 77.8% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Sonar leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| IFEval | 72.4% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1147 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1144 | — |
Writing & Preference Sonar leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1162 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1141 | — |
| WildBench | 71.1% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1130 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mixtral 8x22B better than Sonar?
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Mixtral 8x22B or Sonar?
Sonar is cheaper. It lists at $1 per million input tokens and $1 per million output tokens; Mixtral 8x22B lists at $2 and $6.
Is Mixtral 8x22B or Sonar better for coding?
Sonar scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.7 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Sonar does, with 128K tokens against 64K.
How many benchmarks do Mixtral 8x22B and Sonar share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mixtral 8x22B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.