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Mixtral 8x7B

DEPRECATED

Mistral (La Plateforme)

This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.

Intelligence Score 86/100
Model Popularity 0 votes
Context Window 32k
Pricing Model Free / Open
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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

A-TIER

Cloudflare Workers AI

Intelligence Score 80/100
Context Window 128K
Pricing Model Free / Open
Model Popularity 0 votes
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FINAL VERDICT

Mixtral 8x7B Wins

With an intelligence score of 86/100 vs 80/100, Mixtral 8x7B outperforms Llama 3.1 8B Instruct by 6 points.

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Detailed Comparison

Feature
Mixtral 8x7B
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Context Window
32k 128K
Architecture
Mixture of Experts (MoE) Transformer (Open Weight)
Est. MMLU Score
~80-84% ~75-79%
Release Date
2024 Jul 2024
Pricing Model
Free Tier Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)
1 request/second Varies by model
Daily Limit
- 10,000 neurons/day
Capabilities
No specific data
Reasoning
Performance Tier
A-Tier (Excellent) B-Tier (Strong)
Speed Estimate
⚡ Very Fast ⚡ Very Fast
Primary Use Case
General Purpose General Purpose
Model Size
7B 8B
Limitations
  • Phone verification required
  • Data training opt-in required
  • 1 request/second rate limit
  • 10,000 neurons/day cap (varies per model)
  • Larger models consume more neurons per request
  • No fine-tuning support
Key Strengths
  • Access to Mistral's open-weight models
  • OpenAI-compatible API endpoints
  • Function calling support
  • Edge inference: runs closest to user
  • 50+ models: LLM, image gen, classification, speech
  • Workers integration for serverless apps

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