o3-pro vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

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

o3-pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 77 to 28. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o3-pro's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 75 against 71.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 80 to 54.8.

o3-pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 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. o3-pro gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 64K for Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1.

Quick Verdict

Pick o3-pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Knowledge

o3-pro

o3-pro

75

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

71.4

88
MMLU
71.4
89
GPQA
-
87
SuperGPQA
-
85
OpenBookQA
-
75
MMLU-Pro
-
26
HLE
-

Coding

o3-pro

o3-pro

56.7

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

54.8

80
HumanEval
54.8
46
SWE-bench Verified
-
44
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

o3-pro
90
AIME 2023
-
92
AIME 2024
-
91
AIME 2025
-
86
HMMT Feb 2023
-
88
HMMT Feb 2024
-
87
HMMT Feb 2025
-
89
BRUMO 2025
-
89
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

o3-pro
86
SimpleQA
-
84
MuSR
-
89
BBH
-

Instruction Following

o3-pro
82
IFEval
-

Multilingual

o3-pro
83
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, o3-pro or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

o3-pro is ahead overall, 77 to 28. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 80 and 54.8.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, o3-pro or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

o3-pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 75 versus 71.4. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, o3-pro or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

o3-pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 56.7 versus 54.8. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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