Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking vs Mistral 8x7B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Quick Verdict

Mistral 8x7B wins overall with a score of 52 vs 29 (23 point difference).Mistral 8x7B wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

Mistral 8x7B

Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking

35.8

Mistral 8x7B

62.8

38
MMLU
65
37
GPQA
64
35
SuperGPQA
62
33
OpenBookQA
60

Coding

Mistral 8x7B

Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking

30

Mistral 8x7B

55

30
HumanEval
55

Mathematics

Mistral 8x7B

Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking

37

Mistral 8x7B

64

38
AIME 2023
65
40
AIME 2024
67
39
AIME 2025
66
34
HMMT Feb 2023
61
36
HMMT Feb 2024
63
35
HMMT Feb 2025
62
37
BRUMO 2025
64

Reasoning

Mistral 8x7B

Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking

35

Mistral 8x7B

62

36
SimpleQA
63
34
MuSR
61

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking or Mistral 8x7B?

Mistral 8x7B scores higher overall with 52 vs 29, a difference of 23 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking or Mistral 8x7B?

Mistral 8x7B leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 62.8 vs 35.8.

Which is better for coding, Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking or Mistral 8x7B?

Mistral 8x7B leads in coding with an average score of 55 vs 30.

Which is better for math, Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking or Mistral 8x7B?

Mistral 8x7B leads in math with an average score of 64 vs 37.

Which is better for reasoning, Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking or Mistral 8x7B?

Mistral 8x7B leads in reasoning with an average score of 62 vs 35.