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This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.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

Intelligence Score 65/100

Context Window 128K 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 Qwen 3.8 27B by 21 points.

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

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Mixtral 8x7B Instruct	Qwen 3.8 27B
Context Window	32K	128K Context
Architecture	Mixture of Experts (MoE)	Transformer (Open Weight)
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~60-64%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Paid / Commercial	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	60 RPM	5 RPM, 30K uncached / 90K total TPM, 1M tokens per hour and per day (Free Trial)
Daily Limit	Credit-based	1M tokens/day
Capabilities	Multilingual	No specific data
Performance Tier	A-Tier (Excellent)	C-Tier (Good)
Speed Estimate	⚡ Very Fast	⚡ Very Fast
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	General Purpose
Model Size	7B	27B
Limitations	$10 credit is one-time trial Billing required after credits Limited model selection	Rate limited on free tier (30 RPM) Daily token cap of 1M tokens
Key Strengths	Optimized inference engine (FriendliEngine) OpenAI-compatible API endpoints Enterprise-grade uptime	Instant Token Generation Wafer-Scale Engine Speed OpenAI API Compatibility