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This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.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

Mistral (La Plateforme)

Intelligence Score 86/100

Context Window 32k

Pricing Model Free / Open

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

Both models score 86/100 and have comparable capabilities.

🎯 Selection Guide:
Choose Mixtral 8x7B for free tier access.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Mixtral 8x7B Instruct	Mixtral 8x7B
Context Window	32K	32k
Architecture	Mixture of Experts (MoE)	Mixture of Experts (MoE)
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~80-84%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Paid / Commercial	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	60 RPM	1 request/second
Daily Limit	Credit-based	-
Capabilities	Multilingual	No specific data
Performance Tier	A-Tier (Excellent)	A-Tier (Excellent)
Speed Estimate	⚡ Very Fast	⚡ Very Fast
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	General Purpose
Model Size	7B	7B
Limitations	$10 credit is one-time trial Billing required after credits Limited model selection	Phone verification required Data training opt-in required 1 request/second rate limit
Key Strengths	Optimized inference engine (FriendliEngine) OpenAI-compatible API endpoints Enterprise-grade uptime	Access to Mistral's open-weight models OpenAI-compatible API endpoints Function calling support