Battle of the Models

Compare specific LLM models, context windows, and capabilities.

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct

A-TIER

Friendli AI

Intelligence Score 86/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 32K

Pricing Model Commercial / Paid

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S-TIER

Grok (xAI)

Intelligence Score 96/100

Context Window 2M

Pricing Model Commercial / Paid

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 96/100 vs 86/100, Grok 4.1 Fast outperforms Mixtral 8x7B Instruct by 10 points.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Mixtral 8x7B Instruct	Grok 4.1 Fast
Context Window	32K	2M
Architecture	Mixture of Experts (MoE)	Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~92-95%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Paid / Commercial	Paid / Commercial
Rate Limit (RPM)	60 RPM	Varies (low for free tier)
Daily Limit	Credit-based	Credit-based
Capabilities	Multilingual	No specific data
Performance Tier	A-Tier (Excellent)	S-Tier (Elite)
Speed Estimate	⚡ Very Fast	Medium
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	General Purpose
Model Size	7B	Undisclosed
Limitations	$10 credit is one-time trial Billing required after credits Limited model selection	$25/month credit cap (generous but finite) Lower rate limits on free tier Vision models have smaller context
Key Strengths	Optimized inference engine (FriendliEngine) OpenAI-compatible API endpoints Enterprise-grade uptime	Monthly renewing $25 free credits OpenAI-compatible API (drop-in replacement) Real-time knowledge from X/Twitter data