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Grok 3 Fast Latest vs Mixtral 8x7b 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.
Model
Mixtral 8x7b Instruct V0 1
Context window
16K
16,384 tokens · ~12K words
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.
Grok 3 Fast Latest has about 8× the context window of the other in this pair.
Grok 3 Fast Latest has 700% more context capacity (131K vs 16K tokens). Mixtral 8x7b Instruct V0 1 is 97% cheaper on input.
Quick verdicts
Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.
Long document processing
Use Grok 3 Fast Latest. Its 131K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 16K).
RAG / high-volume retrieval
Use Mixtral 8x7b Instruct V0 1. Input tokens are 97% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.
Long output (reports, code files)
Use Grok 3 Fast Latest. Its 131K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.
Full specs
Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.
| Spec | Grok 3 Fast Latest | Mixtral 8x7b Instruct V0 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 131,072 tokens (131K) | 16,384 tokens (16K) |
| Max output tokens | 131,072 tokens (131K) | 16,384 tokens (16K) |
| Speed tier | Balanced | Fast |
| Vision | No | No |
| Function calling | Yes | Yes |
| Extended thinking | No | No |
| Prompt caching | Yes | No |
| Batch API | No | No |
| Release date | N/A | N/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.
| Provider | Grok 3 Fast Latest in | Grok 3 Fast Latest out | Mixtral 8x7b Instruct V0 1 in | Mixtral 8x7b Instruct V0 1 out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anyscale | — | — | $0.150/M | $0.150/M |
| Deepinfra | — | — | $0.400/M | $0.400/M |
| Ovhcloud | — | — | $0.630/M | $0.630/M |
| Replicate | — | — | $0.300/M | $1.00/M |
| Together Ai | — | — | $0.600/M | $0.600/M |
| Xai | $5.00/M | $25.00/M | — | — |
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