# Mistral Large 4 vs Mixtral 8x7B

> Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-4-vs-mixtral-8x7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 4 scores higher in 8 categories and Mixtral 8x7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 4 leads 60.4 to 34.2.
- Mixtral 8x7B is cheaper at $0.70 / $0.70 per million input/output tokens, against $0.68 / $2.09 for Mistral Large 4.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 32K.
- Mixtral 8x7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 4 | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 27.1 |
| Rank | 99 | 334 |
| Context | 1.05M | 32K |
| Input $/M | $0.68 | $0.70 |
| Output $/M | $2.09 | $0.70 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)
- Mixtral 8x7B: 32.8 (#269)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1475 | 1126 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1541 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 39.6% |
| MBPP+ | — | 49.7% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)
- Mixtral 8x7B: 18.2 (#285)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1444 | 1115 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 27.4% | — |
| DTBench | — | 49.6% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 55.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.47 |
| ForecastBench | — | 56.3 |
| HellaSwag | — | 86.7% |
| PIQA | — | 83.6% |
| WinoGrande | — | 77.2% |

## Math

- Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)
- Mixtral 8x7B: 18.8 (#289)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1488 | 1147 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 10.5% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 10% |
| GSM8K | — | 74.4% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)
- Mixtral 8x7B: 11.0 (#301)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1088 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 30.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 20% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 33.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 29.6% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 87.3% |
| MMLU | — | 70.6% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 85.8% |
| TriviaQA | — | 82.2% |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)
- Mixtral 8x7B: 29.6 (#266)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1415 | 1077 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1491 | 1055 |
| LMArena Russian | 1414 | 1090 |
| LMArena French | — | 1166 |
| LMArena German | — | 1114 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 931 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 968 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1111 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)
- Mixtral 8x7B: 51.0 (#297)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1424 | 1109 |
| IFEval | — | 57.5% |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)
- Mixtral 8x7B: 33.4 (#260)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1429 | 1103 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)
- Mixtral 8x7B: 34.2 (#270)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1132 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1361 | 1109 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1424 | 1115 |
| WildBench | — | 67.3% |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Large 4 better than Mixtral 8x7B?

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 4 or Mixtral 8x7B?

Mixtral 8x7B is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $0.70 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.

### Is Mistral Large 4 or Mixtral 8x7B better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 32.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 32K.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 4 and Mixtral 8x7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 4 has 15 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x7B has 38.