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Mistral Mistral 7b Instruct vs Open Mixtral 8x7b

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.

Mistral

Model

Mistral Mistral 7b Instruct

Context window

32K

32,000 tokens · ~24K words

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Mistral

Model

Open Mixtral 8x7b

Tool calling

Context window

32K

32,000 tokens · ~24K 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.

Mistral Mistral 7b Instruct32K
Open Mixtral 8x7b32K

Same context window size for both models.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Mistral Mistral 7b Instruct and Open Mixtral 8x7b have identical context windows (32K tokens). Mistral Mistral 7b Instruct is 71% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Mistral Mistral 7b Instruct. Input tokens are 71% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

Full specs

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

SpecMistral Mistral 7b InstructOpen Mixtral 8x7b
Context window32,000 tokens (32K)32,000 tokens (32K)
Max output tokens8,191 tokens (8K)8,191 tokens (8K)
Speed tierFastFast
VisionNoNo
Function callingNoYes
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.

ProviderMistral Mistral 7b Instruct inMistral Mistral 7b Instruct outOpen Mixtral 8x7b inOpen Mixtral 8x7b out
Aws Bedrock$0.200/M$0.260/M——
Mistral——$0.700/M$0.700/M

Frequently asked questions

Open Mixtral 8x7b has a larger context window: 32K tokens vs 32K. 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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