GPT-4.1 mini vs Mistral 8x7B v0.2

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

GPT-4.1 mini has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 35 versus 33. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

GPT-4.1 mini's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 75.9 against 27. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 87.5 to 29. Mistral 8x7B v0.2 does hit back in mathematics, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-4.1 mini gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 32K for Mistral 8x7B v0.2.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4.1 mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mistral 8x7B v0.2 only becomes the better choice if mathematics is the priority.

Knowledge

GPT-4.1 mini

GPT-4.1 mini

75.9

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

27

87.5
MMLU
29
64.2
GPQA
28
-
SuperGPQA
26
-
OpenBookQA
24
-
MMLU-Pro
52
-
HLE
3

Coding

GPT-4.1 mini

GPT-4.1 mini

23.6

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

16.3

23.6
SWE-bench Verified
16
-
HumanEval
21
-
LiveCodeBench
12

Mathematics

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

GPT-4.1 mini

23.1

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

31.9

23.1
AIME 2024
31
-
AIME 2023
29
-
AIME 2025
30
-
HMMT Feb 2023
25
-
HMMT Feb 2024
27
-
HMMT Feb 2025
26
-
BRUMO 2025
28
-
MATH-500
59

Reasoning

Mistral 8x7B v0.2
-
SimpleQA
27
-
MuSR
25
-
BBH
62

Instruction Following

GPT-4.1 mini

GPT-4.1 mini

88.5

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

67

88.5
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Mistral 8x7B v0.2
-
MGSM
62

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-4.1 mini or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

GPT-4.1 mini is ahead overall, 35 to 33. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 87.5 and 29.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-4.1 mini or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

GPT-4.1 mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.9 versus 27. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4.1 mini or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

GPT-4.1 mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 23.6 versus 16.3. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-4.1 mini or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

Mistral 8x7B v0.2 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 31.9 versus 23.1. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-4.1 mini or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

GPT-4.1 mini has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 88.5 versus 67. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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