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This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.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

Intelligence Score 65/100

Context Window Long context

Pricing Model Free / Open

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 86/100 vs 65/100, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct outperforms Poolside Laguna M.1 by 21 points.

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

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Mixtral 8x7B Instruct	Poolside Laguna M.1
Context Window	32K	Long context
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	60 RPM
Daily Limit	Credit-based	50 requests/day (new orgs) / 200 requests/day (paying orgs), shared across all free models
Capabilities	Multilingual	No specific data
Performance Tier	A-Tier (Excellent)	C-Tier (Good)
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	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