# Hy3 vs Mixtral 8x22B

> Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/hy3-vs-mixtral-8x22b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Hy3 scores higher in 8 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Hy3 leads 40.8 to 15.1.
- Hy3 is cheaper at $0.13 / $0.53 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Mixtral 8x22B.
- Hy3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 64K.

## Snapshot

| | Hy3 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Tencent | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 44.2 | 27.1 |
| Rank | 79 | 333 |
| Context | 262K | 64K |
| Input $/M | $0.13 | $2 |
| Output $/M | $0.53 | $6 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Hy3: 46.8 (#63)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | 1166 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1508 | — |
| WeirdML | — | 3.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 40.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.2% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 64.3% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Hy3: —
- Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 7.5% |

## Reasoning

- Hy3: 26.1 (#136)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 1150 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 41.2% | — |
| DTBench | — | 55.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 122.03 |
| ForecastBench | — | 56.3 |

## Math

- Hy3: 40.1 (#93)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1475 | 1184 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 16.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 24.2% |

## Knowledge

- Hy3: 40.8 (#114)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1460 | 1113 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 34.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 46% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 33.4% |
| MMLU | — | 77.8% |

## Multilingual

- Hy3: 53.5 (#65)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1426 | 1128 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1493 | 1116 |
| LMArena French | 1461 | 1166 |
| LMArena German | 1439 | 1141 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1392 | 1037 |
| LMArena Korean | 1395 | 1057 |
| LMArena Russian | 1432 | 1158 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | 1151 |

## Instruction Following

- Hy3: 75.1 (#70)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | 1147 |
| IFEval | — | 72.4% |

## Long Context

- Hy3: 44.1 (#75)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1442 | 1144 |

## Writing & Preference

- Hy3: 62.2 (#81)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1439 | 1162 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1141 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1130 |
| WildBench | — | 71.1% |

## FAQ

### Is Hy3 better than Mixtral 8x22B?

Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Hy3 or Mixtral 8x22B?

Hy3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.53 per million output tokens; Mixtral 8x22B lists at $2 and $6.

### Is Hy3 or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?

Hy3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.8 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Hy3 does, with 262K tokens against 64K.

### How many benchmarks do Hy3 and Mixtral 8x22B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Hy3 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.