Mistral 8x7B vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

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

Mistral 8x7B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 57 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 8x7B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Mistral 8x7B 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.

Knowledge

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Mistral 8x7B

54

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

71.4

65
MMLU
71.4
64
GPQA
-
62
SuperGPQA
-
60
OpenBookQA
-
65
MMLU-Pro
-
8
HLE
-

Coding

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Mistral 8x7B

35.3

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

54.8

55
HumanEval
54.8
28
SWE-bench Verified
-
23
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Mistral 8x7B
65
AIME 2023
-
67
AIME 2024
-
66
AIME 2025
-
61
HMMT Feb 2023
-
63
HMMT Feb 2024
-
62
HMMT Feb 2025
-
64
BRUMO 2025
-
73
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Mistral 8x7B
63
SimpleQA
-
61
MuSR
-
76
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Mistral 8x7B
78
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Mistral 8x7B
74
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Mistral 8x7B or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Mistral 8x7B is ahead overall, 57 to 28. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 65 and 71.4.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Mistral 8x7B or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.4 versus 54. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Mistral 8x7B or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 54.8 versus 35.3. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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