Model comparison

Mixtral 8x22B vs Step 2 16k Exp 202412

Step 2 16k Exp 202412 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Mixtral 8x22B Mistral AI

27.1

Rank #333 Confirmed

Step 2 16k Exp 202412 StepFun

39.2

Rank #171 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Mixtral 8x22B scores higher in 0 categories and Step 2 16k Exp 202412 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads 35.2 to 15.1.
  • Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Mixtral 8x22B and Step 2 16k Exp 202412 specifications
Mixtral 8x22BStep 2 16k Exp 202412
ProviderMistral AIStepFun
Noometry Index27.139.2
Released2024-04-17—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window64K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked3412

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Category by category

Coding Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads

Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 38.5 (#174)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMixtral 8x22BStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Coding11661316
WeirdML3.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct40.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete50.2%—
HumanEval+72%—
MBPP+64.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkMixtral 8x22BStep 2 16k Exp 202412
Cybench7.5%—

Reasoning Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads

Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 25.9 (#142)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMixtral 8x22BStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Hard Prompts11501299
DTBench55.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index122.03—
ForecastBench56.3—

Math Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads

Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 36.3 (#169)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMixtral 8x22BStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Math11841304
Omni-MATH16.3%—
MATH Level 524.2%—

Knowledge Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads

Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 35.2 (#187)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMixtral 8x22BStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Expert11131279
GPQA Diamond34.1%—
MMLU-Pro46%—
GPQA (HELM)33.4%—
MMLU77.8%—

Multilingual Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads

Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 43.7 (#181)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMixtral 8x22BStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Non-English11281290
LMArena Chinese11161331
LMArena Russian11581324
LMArena French1166—
LMArena German1141—
LMArena Japanese1037—
LMArena Korean1057—
LMArena Spanish1151—

Instruction Following Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads

Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 67.9 (#192)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMixtral 8x22BStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Instruction Following11471287
IFEval72.4%—

Long Context Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads

Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 39.7 (#170)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMixtral 8x22BStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Longer Query11441307

Writing & Preference Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads

Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 52.3 (#173)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMixtral 8x22BStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Text11621321
LMArena Creative Writing11411328
LMArena Multi-Turn11301292
WildBench71.1%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Mixtral 8x22B better than Step 2 16k Exp 202412?

Step 2 16k Exp 202412 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Mixtral 8x22B or Step 2 16k Exp 202412 better for coding?

Step 2 16k Exp 202412 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Mixtral 8x22B and Step 2 16k Exp 202412 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mixtral 8x22B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Step 2 16k Exp 202412 has 12.

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