Mistral 8x7B v0.2 vs o1-pro

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

Mistral 8x7B v0.2 and o1-pro finish on the same overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

o1-pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while Mistral 8x7B v0.2 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. o1-pro gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 32K for Mistral 8x7B v0.2.

Quick Verdict

Treat this as a split decision. Mistral 8x7B v0.2 makes more sense if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model; o1-pro is the better fit if mathematics is the priority or you need the larger 200K context window.

Knowledge

o1-pro

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

27

o1-pro

79

29
MMLU
-
28
GPQA
79
26
SuperGPQA
-
24
OpenBookQA
-
52
MMLU-Pro
-
3
HLE
-

Coding

Mistral 8x7B v0.2
21
HumanEval
-
16
SWE-bench Verified
-
12
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

o1-pro

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

31.9

o1-pro

86

29
AIME 2023
-
31
AIME 2024
86
30
AIME 2025
-
25
HMMT Feb 2023
-
27
HMMT Feb 2024
-
26
HMMT Feb 2025
-
28
BRUMO 2025
-
59
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Mistral 8x7B v0.2
27
SimpleQA
-
25
MuSR
-
62
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Mistral 8x7B v0.2
67
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Mistral 8x7B v0.2
62
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Mistral 8x7B v0.2 or o1-pro?

Mistral 8x7B v0.2 and o1-pro are tied on overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Mistral 8x7B v0.2 or o1-pro?

o1-pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79 versus 27. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Mistral 8x7B v0.2 or o1-pro?

o1-pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 31.9. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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