# Granite 4.0 Micro vs Mixtral 8x22B

> Granite 4.0 Micro is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.0 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/granite-4-0-micro-vs-mixtral-8x22b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 6

## Summary

- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 Micro scores higher in 2 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Granite 4.0 Micro leads 69.9 to 57.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is IFEval: 84.9% for Granite 4.0 Micro and 72.4% for Mixtral 8x22B.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Mixtral 8x22B.
- Granite 4.0 Micro accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 64K.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 27.1 |
| Rank | 318 | 333 |
| Context | 131K | 64K |
| Input $/M | $0.017 | $2 |
| Output $/M | $0.11 | $6 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Granite 4.0 Micro: —
- Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | — | 3.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 40.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1166 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.2% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 64.3% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Granite 4.0 Micro: —
- Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 7.5% |

## Reasoning

- Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1150 |
| DTBench | — | 55.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 122.03 |
| ForecastBench | — | 56.3 |

## Math

- Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | 16.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1184 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 24.2% |

## Knowledge

- Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | 34.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | 46% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | 33.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1113 |
| MMLU | — | 77.8% |

## Multilingual

- Granite 4.0 Micro: —
- Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| 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

- Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | 72.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1147 |

## Long Context

- Granite 4.0 Micro: —
- Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1144 |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 67% | 71.1% |
| LMArena Text | — | 1162 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1141 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1130 |

## FAQ

### Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Mixtral 8x22B?

Granite 4.0 Micro is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.0 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Granite 4.0 Micro or Mixtral 8x22B?

Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Mixtral 8x22B lists at $2 and $6.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Granite 4.0 Micro does, with 131K tokens against 64K.

### How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Mixtral 8x22B share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.