# Mixtral 8x7B vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

> Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 26.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mixtral-8x7b-vs-olmo-2-0325-32b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Mixtral 8x7B scores higher in 0 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads 61.8 to 51.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is IFEval: 57.5% for Mixtral 8x7B and 78% for Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct.

## Snapshot

| | Mixtral 8x7B | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 26.8 | 32.2 |
| Rank | 328 | 248 |
| Context | 32K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.70 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.70 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mixtral 8x7B: 32.2 (#265)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.6 (#222)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x7B | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1127 | 1210 |
| HumanEval+ | 39.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 49.7% | — |

## Reasoning

- Mixtral 8x7B: 17.4 (#283)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 22.6 (#174)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x7B | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1115 | 1208 |
| DTBench | 49.6% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | 55.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.38 | — |
| ForecastBench | 56.3 | — |
| HellaSwag | 86.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.6% | — |
| WinoGrande | 77.2% | — |

## Math

- Mixtral 8x7B: 17.2 (#284)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 24.8 (#255)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x7B | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 10.5% | 16.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1147 | 1208 |
| MATH Level 5 | 10% | — |
| GSM8K | 74.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Mixtral 8x7B: 11.0 (#296)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.2 (#274)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x7B | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 33.5% | 41.4% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 29.6% | 28.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | 30.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1088 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 87.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 85.8% | — |
| TriviaQA | 82.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Mixtral 8x7B: 29.8 (#261)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.0 (#243)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x7B | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1077 | 1160 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1055 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1090 | 1187 |
| LMArena French | 1165 | — |
| LMArena German | 1114 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 931 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 968 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1110 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mixtral 8x7B: 51.2 (#292)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.8 (#238)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x7B | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 57.5% | 78% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1110 | 1186 |

## Long Context

- Mixtral 8x7B: 33.4 (#255)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#229)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x7B | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1103 | 1194 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mixtral 8x7B: 34.4 (#265)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.3 (#231)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x7B | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1132 | 1218 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1109 | 1199 |
| WildBench | 67.3% | 73.4% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1115 | 1221 |

## FAQ

### Is Mixtral 8x7B better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 26.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mixtral 8x7B or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.6 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mixtral 8x7B and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mixtral 8x7B has 38 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.