Battle of the Models

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This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.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

Intelligence Score 65/100

Context Window 128K tokens

Pricing Model Free / Open

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 86/100 vs 65/100, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct outperforms Phi-3.5 Mini by 21 points.

Clear Winner: Significant performance advantage for Mixtral 8x7B Instruct.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Mixtral 8x7B Instruct	Phi-3.5 Mini
Context Window	32K	128K tokens
Architecture	Mixture of Experts (MoE)	Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~60-64%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Paid / Commercial	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	60 RPM	Hardware limited
Daily Limit	Credit-based	Unlimited
Capabilities	Multilingual	Reasoning
Performance Tier	A-Tier (Excellent)	C-Tier (Good)
Speed Estimate	⚡ Very Fast	⚡ Very Fast
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	⚡ Fast Chat & Apps
Model Size	7B	Undisclosed
Limitations	$10 credit is one-time trial Billing required after credits Limited model selection	Depends on your RAM/GPU Laptop fans will spin up Large models (70B+) need heavy hardware
Key Strengths	Optimized inference engine (FriendliEngine) OpenAI-compatible API endpoints Enterprise-grade uptime	Local Inference: Data never leaves your device Modelfiles: Script your own system prompts API: Local REST API for app integration