Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

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

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 40 to 28. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) 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. Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 64K for Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1.

Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Knowledge

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

34.7

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

71.4

40
MMLU
71.4
39
GPQA
-
37
SuperGPQA
-
35
OpenBookQA
-
51
MMLU-Pro
-
6
HLE
-

Coding

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

22

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

54.8

32
HumanEval
54.8
16
SWE-bench Verified
-
18
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)
40
AIME 2023
-
42
AIME 2024
-
41
AIME 2025
-
36
HMMT Feb 2023
-
38
HMMT Feb 2024
-
37
HMMT Feb 2025
-
39
BRUMO 2025
-
60
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)
38
SimpleQA
-
36
MuSR
-
63
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)
68
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)
62
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) is ahead overall, 40 to 28. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 40 and 71.4.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.4 versus 34.7. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 54.8 versus 22. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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