# Llama 2-13B vs Mixtral 8x22B

> Llama 2-13B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.1 to 26.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/llama-2-13b-vs-mixtral-8x22b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 20

## Summary

- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-13B scores higher in 3 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Llama 2-13B leads 27.5 to 15.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 42.2% for Llama 2-13B and 55.1% for Mixtral 8x22B.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 2-13B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 26.7 |
| Rank | 304 | 330 |
| Context | — | 64K |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $6 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Llama 2-13B: 30.4 (#287)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 23.8 (#324)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1062 | 1166 |
| WeirdML | — | 3.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 40.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.2% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 64.3% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Llama 2-13B: —
- Mixtral 8x22B: 22.8 (#119)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 7.5% |

## Reasoning

- Llama 2-13B: 12.3 (#333)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 19.1 (#246)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1051 | 1150 |
| DTBench | 42.2% | 55.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 105.8 | 122 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 58.2% | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 56.3 |
| HellaSwag | 80.7% | — |
| LAMBADA | 76.5% | — |
| PIQA | 80.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | 72.8% | — |

## Math

- Llama 2-13B: 28.7 (#226)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 21.2 (#271)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1065 | 1184 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 16.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 24.2% |
| GSM8K | 36.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Llama 2-13B: 27.5 (#244)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#288)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1030 | 1113 |
| MMLU | 55.6% | 77.8% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 34.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 46% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 33.4% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 60.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 82.4% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 57% | — |
| TriviaQA | 79.6% | — |

## Multimodal

- Llama 2-13B: —
- Mixtral 8x22B: —

| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 55.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- Llama 2-13B: 26.7 (#274)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 32.9 (#250)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1024 | 1128 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1001 | 1116 |
| LMArena French | 1043 | 1165 |
| LMArena German | 1009 | 1141 |
| LMArena Japanese | 894 | 1037 |
| LMArena Korean | 953 | 1056 |
| LMArena Russian | 1055 | 1158 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1086 | 1150 |

## Instruction Following

- Llama 2-13B: 53.5 (#282)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 57.9 (#261)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1046 | 1147 |
| IFEval | — | 72.4% |

## Long Context

- Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#264)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 34.6 (#242)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1064 | 1144 |

## Writing & Preference

- Llama 2-13B: 30.0 (#284)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 37.1 (#257)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1085 | 1162 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1047 | 1141 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1050 | 1130 |
| WildBench | — | 71.1% |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 2-13B better than Mixtral 8x22B?

Llama 2-13B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.1 to 26.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Llama 2-13B or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?

Llama 2-13B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.4 versus 23.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Llama 2-13B and Mixtral 8x22B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-13B has 32 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.