# Gemma 2 9B vs Mixtral 8x22B

> Mixtral 8x22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 27.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-mixtral-8x22b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 23

## Summary

- They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 3 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mixtral 8x22B leads 22.9 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 40.6% for Gemma 2 9B and 50.2% for Mixtral 8x22B.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2 9B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 27.1 |
| Rank | 341 | 333 |
| Context | — | 64K |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $6 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | 40.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1166 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | 50.2% |
| WeirdML | — | 3.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 64.3% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemma 2 9B: —
- Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 7.5% |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1150 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | 122.03 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| DTBench | — | 55.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 56.3 |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1184 |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | 24.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 16.3% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | 34.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1113 |
| MMLU | 72.1% | 77.8% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 46% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 33.4% |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1128 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1116 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | 1166 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1141 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1037 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1057 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1158 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1151 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1147 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
| IFEval | — | 72.4% |

## Long Context

- Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1144 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1162 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1141 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1130 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| WildBench | — | 71.1% |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 2 9B better than Mixtral 8x22B?

Mixtral 8x22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 27.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemma 2 9B or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?

Gemma 2 9B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.4 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Mixtral 8x22B share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.