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Llama4 Maverick vs Mistral Mixtral 8x7b Instruct
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
Mistral Mixtral 8x7b Instruct
Context window
32K
32,000 tokens · ~24K 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.
Llama4 Maverick has about 4× the context window of the other in this pair.
Llama4 Maverick has 300% more context capacity (128K vs 32K tokens). Llama4 Maverick is 59% cheaper on input.
Quick verdicts
Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.
Long document processing
Use Llama4 Maverick. Its 128K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 32K).
RAG / high-volume retrieval
Use Llama4 Maverick. Input tokens are 59% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.
Long output (reports, code files)
Use Llama4 Maverick. Its 16K 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 | Llama4 Maverick | Mistral Mixtral 8x7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128,000 tokens (128K) | 32,000 tokens (32K) |
| Max output tokens | 16,384 tokens (16K) | 8,191 tokens (8K) |
| Speed tier | Balanced | Fast |
| Vision | No | No |
| Function calling | Yes | No |
| Extended thinking | No | No |
| Prompt caching | No | 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 | Llama4 Maverick in | Llama4 Maverick out | Mistral Mixtral 8x7b Instruct in | Mistral Mixtral 8x7b Instruct out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aws Bedrock | — | — | $0.590/M | $0.910/M |
| Snowflake | $0.240/M | $0.970/M | — | — |
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