Mistral 8x7B vs Phi-4

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

Mistral 8x7B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 57 to 39. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

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

Quick Verdict

Pick Mistral 8x7B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Phi-4 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

Knowledge

Phi-4

Mistral 8x7B

54

Phi-4

70.5

65
MMLU
84.8
64
GPQA
56.1
62
SuperGPQA
-
60
OpenBookQA
-
65
MMLU-Pro
-
8
HLE
-

Coding

Phi-4

Mistral 8x7B

35.3

Phi-4

82.6

55
HumanEval
82.6
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

Phi-4

Mistral 8x7B

74

Phi-4

80.6

74
MGSM
80.6

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Mistral 8x7B is ahead overall, 57 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 55 and 82.6.

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

Phi-4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.5 versus 54. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Phi-4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 35.3. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Phi-4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.6 versus 74. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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