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Mistral Mistral 7b Instruct 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.
Same context window size for both models.
Mistral Mistral 7b Instruct and Mistral Mixtral 8x7b Instruct have identical context windows (32K tokens). Mistral Mistral 7b Instruct is 66% cheaper on input.
Quick verdicts
Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.
RAG / high-volume retrieval
Use Mistral Mistral 7b Instruct. Input tokens are 66% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.
Full specs
Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.
| Spec | Mistral Mistral 7b Instruct | Mistral Mixtral 8x7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 32,000 tokens (32K) | 32,000 tokens (32K) |
| Max output tokens | 8,191 tokens (8K) | 8,191 tokens (8K) |
| Speed tier | Fast | Fast |
| Vision | No | No |
| Function calling | No | 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 | Mistral Mistral 7b Instruct in | Mistral Mistral 7b Instruct out | Mistral Mixtral 8x7b Instruct in | Mistral Mixtral 8x7b Instruct out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aws Bedrock | $0.200/M | $0.260/M | $0.590/M | $0.910/M |
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