GPT-4.1 Mini vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
Updated October 21, 2026. 7 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
GPT-4.1 Mini has the edge where output tokens cost 3.8x less, and where the context window is larger, 1.05M against 66K tokens.
- Shared results
- 7
- GPT-4.1 Mini only
- 77
- Mixtral 8x22B Instruct only
- 0
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-4.1 Mini
GPT-4.1 Mini leads, 10.2 against 5.7.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only GPT-4.1 Mini has a GPQA Diamond result, 67.9%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only GPT-4.1 Mini has a AIME result, 49.4%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only GPT-4.1 Mini has a MMLU Pro result, 77.2%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only GPT-4.1 Mini has a Design Arena: websites result, 997.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-4.1 Mini
GPT-4.1 Mini takes 1.05M tokens against 66K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GPT-4.1 Mini
GPT-4.1 Mini $0.0012, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct $0.0050 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only GPT-4.1 Mini has the number, $1.818.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-4.1 Mini not benchmarked, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Coding, 33.5 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run): GPT-4.1 Mini 48.3% against Mixtral 8x22B Instruct 14.8%, 33.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-4.1 Mini $1.60 against Mixtral 8x22B Instruct $6.00 per million output tokens, 3.8x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-4.1 Mini takes 1.05M tokens, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct 66K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | GPT-4.1 Mini | Bars | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 0 | ||
| General | 1 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 7 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index10
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 Mini | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 32.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | 23.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| AA Coding Index | 20.2 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 58.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 48.3% | 14.8% | GPT-4.1 Mini |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 7.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| WeirdML | 37.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1367 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1360 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 Mini | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 10.2 | 5.7 | GPT-4.1 Mini |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 134.9 | 122.0 | GPT-4.1 Mini |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 Mini | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 52.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 Mini | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 67.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 70.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 66.4% | 33.2% | GPT-4.1 Mini |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 5.0% | 4.0% | GPT-4.1 Mini |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 65.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| ARC-AGI | 3.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Chess puzzles | 1.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 7.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1349 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1338 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1362 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1182 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1214 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 Mini | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 49.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 88.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 87.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| AA Math Index | 46.3 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 46.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 44.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 6.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| MATH level 5 | 87.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1343 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1347 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 Mini | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 77.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 78.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 57.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 71.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 65.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 84.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 78.1% | 53.7% | GPT-4.1 Mini |
| SimpleQA Verified | 12.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1328 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1324 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1343 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1322 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 Mini | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 997 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 961 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1071 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1034 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 837 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 994 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 Mini | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 38.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 44.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| DTBench | 68.8% | 55.1% | GPT-4.1 Mini |
| LMCA | 21.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 44.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text | 1341 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1333 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1299 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1181 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1356 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1318 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1329 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1350 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1290 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1298 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1358 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1319 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1324 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1326 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1354 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1344 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1319 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1300 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1191 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1186 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1188 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1182 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1174 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1187 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1182 | Not measured | Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 Mini | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
GPT-4.1 Mini costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GPT-4.1 Mini costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GPT-4.1 Mini costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | OpenAI GPT-4.1 Mini | Mistral Mixtral 8x22B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Mistral AI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | April 14, 2025 | April 17, 2024 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 66K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.40 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.60 | $6.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $1.818 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-4.1 Mini better than Mixtral 8x22B Instruct for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. GPT-4.1 Mini has the edge where output tokens cost 3.8x less, and where the context window is larger, 1.05M against 66K tokens.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 Mini or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?
GPT-4.1 Mini costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; Mixtral 8x22B Instruct costs $2.00 and $6.00. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-4.1 Mini only.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-4.1 Mini or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?
GPT-4.1 Mini, with 1.05M tokens against 66K.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-4.1 Mini vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct comparison based on?
7 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-4.1 Mini's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Mixtral 8x22B Instruct's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.