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This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.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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Qwen (Alibaba)

Intelligence Score 78/100

Context Window 32K tokens

Pricing Model Commercial / Paid

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 86/100 vs 78/100, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct outperforms Qwen-Turbo by 8 points.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Mixtral 8x7B Instruct	Qwen-Turbo
Context Window	32K	32K tokens
Architecture	Mixture of Experts (MoE)	Transformer (Open Weight)
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~70-74%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Paid / Commercial	Paid / Commercial
Rate Limit (RPM)	60 RPM	60 RPM
Daily Limit	Credit-based	Credit-based
Capabilities	Multilingual	No specific data
Performance Tier	A-Tier (Excellent)	B-Tier (Strong)
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 Alibaba Cloud account (Payment method) Dashboard can be complex Region selection matters
Key Strengths	Optimized inference engine (FriendliEngine) OpenAI-compatible API endpoints Enterprise-grade uptime	Qwen Family: Top tier open weights Multimodal capabilities (VL models) Search Plugin integration