Mixtral 8x7B Instruct is a pretrained generative Sparse Mixture of Experts, by Mistral AI, for chat and instruction use. Incorporates 8 experts (feed-forward networks) for a total of 47 billion parameters. Instruct model fine-tuned by Mist…
Model details →Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct vs Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
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Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct | Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 33K | 1M | 🏆 Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.54 | $2.00 | 🏆 Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.54 | $10.00 | 🏆 Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct better than Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest?
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct and Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest?
Input: $0.54 vs $2.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.54 vs $10.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct and Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest support?
Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct supports up to 33K tokens. Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest supports up to 1M tokens.
Do both Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct and Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest support tool calling?
Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct: yes. Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest: yes.
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