Mistral 8x7B vs DBRX Instruct

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

Mistral 8x7B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 57 to 32. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Quick Verdict

Pick Mistral 8x7B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DBRX Instruct only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

Knowledge

DBRX Instruct

Mistral 8x7B

54

DBRX Instruct

73.7

65
MMLU
73.7
64
GPQA
-
62
SuperGPQA
-
60
OpenBookQA
-
65
MMLU-Pro
-
8
HLE
-

Coding

DBRX Instruct

Mistral 8x7B

35.3

DBRX Instruct

70.1

55
HumanEval
70.1
28
SWE-bench Verified
-
23
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Mistral 8x7B
65
AIME 2023
-
67
AIME 2024
-
66
AIME 2025
-
61
HMMT Feb 2023
-
63
HMMT Feb 2024
-
62
HMMT Feb 2025
-
64
BRUMO 2025
-
73
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Mistral 8x7B
63
SimpleQA
-
61
MuSR
-
76
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Mistral 8x7B
78
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Mistral 8x7B
74
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Mistral 8x7B or DBRX Instruct?

Mistral 8x7B is ahead overall, 57 to 32. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 55 and 70.1.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Mistral 8x7B or DBRX Instruct?

DBRX Instruct has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.7 versus 54. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Mistral 8x7B or DBRX Instruct?

DBRX Instruct has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 70.1 versus 35.3. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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