Llama 3 70B vs Mistral 8x7B v0.2

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

Quick Verdict

Llama 3 70B wins overall with a score of 48 vs 20 (28 point difference).Llama 3 70B wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

Llama 3 70B

Llama 3 70B

56.5

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

26.8

58
MMLU
29
58
GPQA
28
56
SuperGPQA
26
54
OpenBookQA
24

Coding

Llama 3 70B

Llama 3 70B

50

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

21

50
HumanEval
21

Mathematics

Llama 3 70B

Llama 3 70B

57

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

28

58
AIME 2023
29
60
AIME 2024
31
59
AIME 2025
30
54
HMMT Feb 2023
25
56
HMMT Feb 2024
27
55
HMMT Feb 2025
26
57
BRUMO 2025
28

Reasoning

Llama 3 70B

Llama 3 70B

55

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

26

56
SimpleQA
27
54
MuSR
25

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Llama 3 70B or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

Llama 3 70B scores higher overall with 48 vs 20, a difference of 28 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Llama 3 70B or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

Llama 3 70B leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 56.5 vs 26.8.

Which is better for coding, Llama 3 70B or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

Llama 3 70B leads in coding with an average score of 50 vs 21.

Which is better for math, Llama 3 70B or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

Llama 3 70B leads in math with an average score of 57 vs 28.

Which is better for reasoning, Llama 3 70B or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

Llama 3 70B leads in reasoning with an average score of 55 vs 26.