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This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.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

Requesty

Intelligence Score 93/100

Context Window 200K

Pricing Model Commercial / Paid

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 93/100 vs 86/100, Claude 3.5 Sonnet (via routing) outperforms Mixtral 8x7B Instruct by 7 points.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Mixtral 8x7B Instruct	Claude 3.5 Sonnet (via routing)
Context Window	32K	200K
Architecture	Mixture of Experts (MoE)	Transformer (Proprietary)
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~88-91%
Release Date	2024	Jun-Oct 2024
Pricing Model	Paid / Commercial	Paid / Commercial
Rate Limit (RPM)	60 RPM	60 RPM
Daily Limit	Credit-based	200 requests/day (free models)
Capabilities	Multilingual	Reasoning
Performance Tier	A-Tier (Excellent)	S-Tier (Elite)
Speed Estimate	⚡ Very Fast	Medium
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	General Purpose
Model Size	7B	Unknown
Limitations	$10 credit is one-time trial Billing required after credits Limited model selection	Requires underlying provider API keys Free credit amount is limited Routing adds minimal latency
Key Strengths	Optimized inference engine (FriendliEngine) OpenAI-compatible API endpoints Enterprise-grade uptime	AI Router: automatic provider failover Prompt caching for cost savings Multi-provider load balancing