K-Exaone vs Mistral 8x7B v0.2

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

K-Exaone is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 49 to 30. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

K-Exaone's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 49.4 against 16. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 49.4% to 16%.

K-Exaone is the reasoning model in the pair, while Mistral 8x7B v0.2 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. K-Exaone gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for Mistral 8x7B v0.2.

Quick Verdict

Pick K-Exaone if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mistral 8x7B v0.2 only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

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Coding

K-Exaone

K-Exaone

49.4

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

16

49.4%
SWE-bench Verified
16%
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HumanEval
21%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

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MuSR
25%

Knowledge

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MMLU
29%
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GPQA
28%
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SuperGPQA
26%
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MMLU-Pro
52%
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SimpleQA
27%

Instruction Following

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IFEval
67%

Multilingual

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Mathematics

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, K-Exaone or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

K-Exaone is ahead overall, 49 to 30. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 49.4% and 16%.

Which is better for coding, K-Exaone or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

K-Exaone has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 49.4 versus 16. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 18, 2026

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