Mistral 8x7B vs LFM2-24B-A2B

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

Mistral 8x7B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 48 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Mistral 8x7B's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 68.1 against 50.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 63 to 44.

Quick Verdict

Pick Mistral 8x7B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2-24B-A2B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

41.1

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

40
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
47
BrowseComp
38
38
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

25.8

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

55
HumanEval
42
28
SWE-bench Verified
18
23
LiveCodeBench
17
28
SWE-bench Pro
19

Multimodal & Grounded

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

48.3

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

42
MMMU-Pro
39
56
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

60.3

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

63
SimpleQA
44
61
MuSR
42
76
BBH
63
57
LongBench v2
48
53
MRCRv2
45

Knowledge

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

48.4

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

65
MMLU
46
64
GPQA
45
62
SuperGPQA
43
60
OpenBookQA
41
65
MMLU-Pro
51
8
HLE
4
56
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

78

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

78
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

72.1

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

74
MGSM
64
71
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Mistral 8x7B

Mistral 8x7B

68.1

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

65
AIME 2023
46
67
AIME 2024
48
66
AIME 2025
47
61
HMMT Feb 2023
42
63
HMMT Feb 2024
44
62
HMMT Feb 2025
43
64
BRUMO 2025
45
73
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral 8x7B is ahead overall, 48 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 63 and 44.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 48.4 versus 35.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 25.8 versus 18. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 68.1 versus 50.4. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 60.3 versus 46.6. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 41.1 versus 33.4. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 48.3 versus 41.7. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 78 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Mistral 8x7B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Mistral 8x7B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 72.1 versus 61.4. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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