Mistral 7B v0.3 vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

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

Mistral 7B v0.3 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 34 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 Mistral 7B v0.3.

Quick Verdict

Pick Mistral 7B v0.3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 64K context window.

Knowledge

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Mistral 7B v0.3

28.3

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

71.4

30
MMLU
71.4
29
GPQA
-
27
SuperGPQA
-
25
OpenBookQA
-
54
MMLU-Pro
-
5
HLE
-

Coding

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Mistral 7B v0.3

17

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

54.8

22
HumanEval
54.8
15
SWE-bench Verified
-
14
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Mistral 7B v0.3
30
AIME 2023
-
32
AIME 2024
-
31
AIME 2025
-
26
HMMT Feb 2023
-
28
HMMT Feb 2024
-
27
HMMT Feb 2025
-
29
BRUMO 2025
-
60
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Mistral 7B v0.3
28
SimpleQA
-
26
MuSR
-
63
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Mistral 7B v0.3
68
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Mistral 7B v0.3
62
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Mistral 7B v0.3 or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Mistral 7B v0.3 is ahead overall, 34 to 28. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 30 and 71.4.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Mistral 7B v0.3 or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.4 versus 28.3. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Mistral 7B v0.3 or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 54.8 versus 17. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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