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This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.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

Together.AI

This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.

Intelligence Score 85/100

Context Window 131K tokens

Pricing Model Free / Open

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 86/100 vs 85/100, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct outperforms Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker (Free) by 1 point.

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

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Mixtral 8x7B Instruct	Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker (Free)
Context Window	32K	131K tokens
Architecture	Mixture of Experts (MoE)	Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~80-84%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Paid / Commercial	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	60 RPM	Subject to availability
Daily Limit	Credit-based	Unlimited (Research Preview)
Capabilities	Multilingual	Reasoning Multimodal
Performance Tier	A-Tier (Excellent)	A-Tier (Excellent)
Speed Estimate	⚡ Very Fast	Medium
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	General Purpose
Model Size	7B	15B
Limitations	$10 credit is one-time trial Billing required after credits Limited model selection	Limited to specific free models Research preview availability
Key Strengths	Optimized inference engine (FriendliEngine) OpenAI-compatible API endpoints Enterprise-grade uptime	Host of specific free research models Open-weight model hosting Access to ServiceNow Apriel models