Battle of the Models

Compare specific LLM models, context windows, and capabilities.

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct

A-TIER

DeepInfra

Intelligence Score 89/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 64K

Pricing Model Commercial / Paid

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A-TIER

Z.AI (GLM)

Intelligence Score 83/100

Context Window 128K

Pricing Model Free / Open

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 89/100 vs 83/100, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct outperforms GLM-4.5-Flash by 6 points.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Mixtral 8x22B Instruct	GLM-4.5-Flash
Context Window	64K	128K
Architecture	Mixture of Experts (MoE)	Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~75-79%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Paid / Commercial	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	60 RPM (varies by model)	~1 request/second (Flash models)
Daily Limit	Credit-based (no daily cap)	~1,000 requests/day (Flash tier)
Capabilities	Reasoning Multilingual	No specific data
Performance Tier	A-Tier (Excellent)	B-Tier (Strong)
Speed Estimate	Medium	⚡ Very Fast
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	⚡ Fast Chat & Apps
Model Size	22B	Undisclosed
Limitations	$5 credit is one-time only Credits expire after 90 days Rate limits vary by model	Free Flash tier capped near 1 request/second Flagship GLM-5.2 model requires a paid plan Free-tier limits have changed more than once in the past year — verify on docs.z.ai
Key Strengths	OpenAI-compatible API (drop-in replacement) 40+ open-source models hosted Fast inference with optimized serving	GLM-4.5-Flash & GLM-4.7-Flash Free Access Strong Coding Benchmarks OpenAI-Compatible Endpoint