Battle of the Models

Compare specific LLM models, context windows, and capabilities.

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct

DEPRECATED

Friendli AI

This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.

Intelligence Score 86/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 32K

Pricing Model Commercial / Paid

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A-TIER

Z.AI (GLM)

Intelligence Score 83/100

Context Window 128K

Pricing Model Free / Open

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 86/100 vs 83/100, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct outperforms GLM-4.5-Flash by 3 points.

Close Match: The difference is minimal. Consider other factors like pricing and features.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Mixtral 8x7B Instruct	GLM-4.5-Flash
Context Window	32K	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	~1 request/second (Flash models)
Daily Limit	Credit-based	~1,000 requests/day (Flash tier)
Capabilities	Multilingual	No specific data
Performance Tier	A-Tier (Excellent)	B-Tier (Strong)
Speed Estimate	⚡ Very Fast	⚡ Very Fast
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	⚡ Fast Chat & Apps
Model Size	7B	Undisclosed
Limitations	$10 credit is one-time trial Billing required after credits Limited model selection	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	Optimized inference engine (FriendliEngine) OpenAI-compatible API endpoints Enterprise-grade uptime	GLM-4.5-Flash & GLM-4.7-Flash Free Access Strong Coding Benchmarks OpenAI-Compatible Endpoint