Phi-4 vs Mistral 8x7B v0.2

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

Phi-4 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 39 to 33. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Phi-4's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 82.6 against 16.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 82.6 to 21.

Mistral 8x7B v0.2 gives you the larger context window at 32K, compared with 16K for Phi-4.

Quick Verdict

Pick Phi-4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mistral 8x7B v0.2 only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 32K context window.

Knowledge

Phi-4

Phi-4

70.5

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

27

84.8
MMLU
29
56.1
GPQA
28
-
SuperGPQA
26
-
OpenBookQA
24
-
MMLU-Pro
52
-
HLE
3

Coding

Phi-4

Phi-4

82.6

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

16.3

82.6
HumanEval
21
-
SWE-bench Verified
16
-
LiveCodeBench
12

Mathematics

Mistral 8x7B v0.2
-
AIME 2023
29
-
AIME 2024
31
-
AIME 2025
30
-
HMMT Feb 2023
25
-
HMMT Feb 2024
27
-
HMMT Feb 2025
26
-
BRUMO 2025
28
-
MATH-500
59

Reasoning

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

Instruction Following

Mistral 8x7B v0.2
-
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Phi-4

Phi-4

80.6

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

62

80.6
MGSM
62

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Phi-4 or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

Phi-4 is ahead overall, 39 to 33. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 82.6 and 21.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Phi-4 or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

Phi-4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.5 versus 27. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Phi-4 or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

Phi-4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 16.3. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Phi-4 or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

Phi-4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.6 versus 62. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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