Mixtral 8x22B Instruct Behavioral Fingerprint
How Mistral's Mixtral 8x22B Instruct answers one-word probe questions at temperature 1.0 — random numbers, colors, animals, coin flips — measured over 449 valid samples in the open dataset of "One Token Is Enough" (arXiv:2607.10252).
Vendor
Mistral
Data generated
2026-07-08
Probe cells
15
Valid samples
449
Randomness score
44 / 100
Mean normalized entropy across cells, 0–100. 100 would be a uniform-random baseline; real models score far lower.
Signature answers
Favorite random number (1–100)
42
19 / 30 answers
Favorite color
blue
10 / 30 answers
Coin flip: heads
75%
Share of heads across coin-flip cells.
Answer distributions by probe cell
Empirical distributions of normalized one-word answers, per task and language. H is the Shannon entropy in bits; the uniform baseline is log2 of the answer-domain size.
Coin flip · English
n = 30 · H = 0.92 bit · uniform baseline 1.00 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| heads | 20 | 66.7% |
| tails | 10 | 33.3% |
Coin flip · Chinese
n = 29 · H = 0.66 bit · uniform baseline 1.00 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| heads | 24 | 82.8% |
| tails | 5 | 17.2% |
Favorite number · English
n = 30 · H = 0.84 bit · uniform baseline 13.29 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | 22 | 73.3% |
| 7 | 8 | 26.7% |
Favorite number · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 0.77 bit · uniform baseline 13.29 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 26 | 86.7% |
| 42 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 3 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 4 | 1 | 3.3% |
Random animal · English
n = 30 · H = 2.02 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| giraffe | 19 | 63.3% |
| lion | 2 | 6.7% |
| sloth | 2 | 6.7% |
| tiger | 2 | 6.7% |
| octopus | 1 | 3.3% |
| kangaroo | 1 | 3.3% |
| zebra | 1 | 3.3% |
| elephant | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 1 more answers
Random animal · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 3.19 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 老虎 | 9 | 30.0% |
| 袋鼠 | 5 | 16.7% |
| 长颈鹿 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 斑马 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 狗 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 企鹅 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 兔子 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 狮子 | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 5 more answers
Random city · English
n = 30 · H = 1.50 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| tokyo | 22 | 73.3% |
| paris | 2 | 6.7% |
| toronto | 2 | 6.7% |
| oslo | 1 | 3.3% |
| miami | 1 | 3.3% |
| lisbon | 1 | 3.3% |
| topeka | 1 | 3.3% |
Random city · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 3.15 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 北京 | 10 | 33.3% |
| 上海 | 5 | 16.7% |
| 东京 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 深圳 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 德里 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 大阪 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 新德里 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 温哥华 | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 5 more answers
Random color · English
n = 30 · H = 3.00 bit · uniform baseline 4.91 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| blue | 10 | 33.3% |
| red | 4 | 13.3% |
| green | 4 | 13.3% |
| yellow | 2 | 6.7% |
| turquoise | 2 | 6.7% |
| cyan | 2 | 6.7% |
| purple | 2 | 6.7% |
| orange | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 3 more answers
Random color · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 2.60 bit · uniform baseline 4.91 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 蓝 | 10 | 33.3% |
| 紫 | 7 | 23.3% |
| 绿 | 5 | 16.7% |
| 青 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 紫罗兰 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 青碧 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 品蓝 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 蓝紫 | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 1 more answers
Random letter · English
n = 30 · H = 3.11 bit · uniform baseline 4.70 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| z | 7 | 23.3% |
| q | 6 | 20.0% |
| m | 4 | 13.3% |
| k | 3 | 10.0% |
| c | 2 | 6.7% |
| s | 2 | 6.7% |
| a | 2 | 6.7% |
| v | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 3 more answers
Random number 1-10 · English
n = 30 · H = 0.88 bit · uniform baseline 3.32 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 25 | 83.3% |
| 5 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 3 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 4 | 1 | 3.3% |
Random number 1-10 · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 1.38 bit · uniform baseline 3.32 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 20 | 66.7% |
| 5 | 6 | 20.0% |
| 3 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 8 | 2 | 6.7% |
Random number 1-100 · English
n = 30 · H = 1.26 bit · uniform baseline 6.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | 19 | 63.3% |
| 47 | 8 | 26.7% |
| 73 | 3 | 10.0% |
Random number 1-100 · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 2.88 bit · uniform baseline 6.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | 10 | 33.3% |
| 37 | 6 | 20.0% |
| 47 | 4 | 13.3% |
| 23 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 73 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 7 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 52 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 57 | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 3 more answers
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Distributions: Tomáš Bruckner, "One Token Is Enough" (arXiv:2607.10252), official dataset Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21278557, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Collected via OpenRouter at temperature 1.0 under the paper's fixed minimal one-word system prompt; answer keys are re-normalized with the checker's pipeline (color aliases, number words, coin h/t) so live probes are directly comparable.