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Granite 3 3 8b vs Mistral 7b Instruct V0 1

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Ibm

Model

Granite 3 3 8b

Tool calling

Context window

8K

8,192 tokens · ~6K words

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Mistral

Model

Mistral 7b Instruct V0 1

Tool calling

Context window

16K

16,384 tokens · ~12K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Granite 3 3 8b8K
Mistral 7b Instruct V0 116K

Mistral 7b Instruct V0 1 has about 2× the context window of the other in this pair.

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Mistral 7b Instruct V0 1 has 100% more context capacity (16K vs 8K tokens). Mistral 7b Instruct V0 1 is 25% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Mistral 7b Instruct V0 1. Its 16K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 8K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Mistral 7b Instruct V0 1. Input tokens are 25% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecGranite 3 3 8bMistral 7b Instruct V0 1
Context window8,192 tokens (8K)16,384 tokens (16K)
Max output tokensN/A16,384 tokens (16K)
Speed tierFastFast
VisionNoNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateN/AN/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderGranite 3 3 8b inGranite 3 3 8b outMistral 7b Instruct V0 1 inMistral 7b Instruct V0 1 out
Anyscale——$0.150/M$0.150/M
Cloudflare——$1.92/M$1.92/M
Ibm Watsonx$0.200/M$0.200/M——
Replicate$0.030/M$0.250/M——
Together Ai————

Frequently asked questions

Mistral 7b Instruct V0 1 has a larger context window: 16K tokens vs 8K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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