Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.
Llama 4 Behemoth is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 44 to 28. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 gives you the larger context window at 64K, compared with 32K for Llama 4 Behemoth.
Pick Llama 4 Behemoth if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you need the larger 64K context window.
Llama 4 Behemoth
40
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1
71.4
Llama 4 Behemoth
22.7
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1
54.8
Llama 4 Behemoth is ahead overall, 44 to 28. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 48 and 71.4.
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.4 versus 40. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 54.8 versus 22.7. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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