# Mistral vs Mixtral 8x22B

> Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-vs-mixtral-8x22b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 22

## Summary

- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral scores higher in 6 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mistral leads 33.8 to 24.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 27.7% for Mistral and 46% for Mixtral 8x22B.
- Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 27.1 |
| Rank | 303 | 333 |
| Context | — | 64K |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $6 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1166 |
| WeirdML | — | 3.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 40.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.2% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 64.3% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mistral: —
- Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)

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

## Reasoning

- Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1150 |
| DTBench | — | 55.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 122.03 |
| ForecastBench | — | 56.3 |

## Math

- Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | 16.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1184 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 24.2% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | 46% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | 33.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 1113 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 34.1% |
| MMLU | — | 77.8% |

## Multilingual

- Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1128 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1116 |
| LMArena French | 1180 | 1166 |
| LMArena German | 1155 | 1141 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | 1037 |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | 1057 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1158 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | 1151 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 56.8% | 72.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1147 |

## Long Context

- Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | 1144 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1162 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1141 |
| WildBench | 66% | 71.1% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1130 |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral better than Mixtral 8x22B?

Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

Mistral scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.

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

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.