Mistral 8x7B vs GPT-4o mini

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

Mistral 8x7B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 57 to 43. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-4o mini gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for Mistral 8x7B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Mistral 8x7B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4o mini only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you need the larger 128K context window.

Knowledge

GPT-4o mini

Mistral 8x7B

54

GPT-4o mini

82

65
MMLU
82
64
GPQA
-
62
SuperGPQA
-
60
OpenBookQA
-
65
MMLU-Pro
-
8
HLE
-

Coding

GPT-4o mini

Mistral 8x7B

35.3

GPT-4o mini

87.2

55
HumanEval
87.2
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

GPT-4o mini

Mistral 8x7B

74

GPT-4o mini

87

74
MGSM
87

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Mistral 8x7B or GPT-4o mini?

Mistral 8x7B is ahead overall, 57 to 43. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 55 and 87.2.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Mistral 8x7B or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 82 versus 54. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Mistral 8x7B or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 87.2 versus 35.3. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Mistral 8x7B or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 87 versus 74. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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