Llama 4 Maverick vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

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

Llama 4 Maverick is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 42 to 28. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Llama 4 Maverick gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 64K for Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1.

Quick Verdict

Pick Llama 4 Maverick if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

Knowledge

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Llama 4 Maverick

38.7

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

71.4

46
MMLU
71.4
45
GPQA
-
43
SuperGPQA
-
41
OpenBookQA
-
53
MMLU-Pro
-
4
HLE
-

Coding

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Llama 4 Maverick

22

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

54.8

38
HumanEval
54.8
13
SWE-bench Verified
-
15
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Llama 4 Maverick
46
AIME 2023
-
48
AIME 2024
-
47
AIME 2025
-
42
HMMT Feb 2023
-
44
HMMT Feb 2024
-
43
HMMT Feb 2025
-
45
BRUMO 2025
-
59
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Llama 4 Maverick
44
SimpleQA
-
42
MuSR
-
63
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Llama 4 Maverick
68
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Llama 4 Maverick
63
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Llama 4 Maverick or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Llama 4 Maverick is ahead overall, 42 to 28. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 46 and 71.4.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Llama 4 Maverick or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.4 versus 38.7. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Llama 4 Maverick or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 54.8 versus 22. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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