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This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.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

SambaNova Cloud

Intelligence Score 94/100

Context Window Long context

Pricing Model Free / Open

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 94/100 vs 86/100, DeepSeek V3.2 (preview) outperforms Mixtral 8x7B Instruct by 8 points.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Mixtral 8x7B Instruct	DeepSeek V3.2 (preview)
Context Window	32K	Long context
Architecture	Mixture of Experts (MoE)	Dense Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~88-91%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Paid / Commercial	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	60 RPM	Varies by model
Daily Limit	Credit-based	Dependent on credits
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	Free credits are one-time for new users Context window varies by model (8k - 128k) Rate limits apply to free tier
Key Strengths	Optimized inference engine (FriendliEngine) OpenAI-compatible API endpoints Enterprise-grade uptime	SambaNova SN40L RDU Chip Dataflow Architecture Record-Breaking Speed