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This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.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

Intelligence Score 71/100

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 71/100, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct outperforms Qwen3 8B by 15 points.

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

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Mixtral 8x7B Instruct	Qwen3 8B
Context Window	32K	128K Context
Architecture	Mixture of Experts (MoE)	Transformer (Open Weight)
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~65-69%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Paid / Commercial	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	60 RPM	Fixed limits for free models — exact figures require login, verify on cloud.siliconflow.cn/models
Daily Limit	Credit-based	Not fully published — verify on docs.siliconflow.cn
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	8B
Limitations	$10 credit is one-time trial Billing required after credits Limited model selection	Free model list not published without logging in — verify exact models/limits in your dashboard before relying on this provider Requires identity verification, not just email signup Reportedly unavailable in EU/UK/Switzerland
Key Strengths	Optimized inference engine (FriendliEngine) OpenAI-compatible API endpoints Enterprise-grade uptime	OpenAI-compatible endpoint Mix of always-free and pay-per-token models Some models free ($0) after identity verification