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Claude Instant vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
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Winner summary
Claude Instant wins on 2/4 benchmarks
Claude Instant wins 2 of 4 shared benchmarks. Leads in math.
Category leads
knowledge·Mixtral 8x7B Instructmath·Claude Instant
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Claude Instant
#5 by perf·#10 by attention
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
#52 by perf·no signal
Best value
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
Claude Instant
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no price
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
107.0 pts/$
$0.54/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Anthropic
$380.0B·Tier 1
Mistral AI
$14.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
4 benchmarks · 2 models
Claude InstantMixtral 8x7B Instruct
ARC AI2
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct leads by +1.3
AI2 Reasoning Challenge · tests grade-school level science knowledge with multiple-choice questions requiring reasoning beyond simple retrieval.
Claude Instant
81.7
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
83.1
GSM8K
Claude Instant leads by +12.3
Grade School Math 8K · 8,500 linguistically diverse grade-school math word problems that require multi-step reasoning to solve.
Claude Instant
86.7
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
74.4
MMLU
Claude Instant leads by +3.7
Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge.
Claude Instant
64.5
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
60.8
TriviaQA
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct leads by +3.3
TriviaQA · reading comprehension benchmark with trivia questions, requiring models to find and reason over evidence from provided documents.
Claude Instant
78.9
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
82.2
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Mixtral 8x7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
ARC AI2 AI2 Reasoning Challenge · tests grade-school level science knowledge with multiple-choice questions requiring reasoning beyond simple retrieval. | 81.7 | 83.1 |
GSM8K Grade School Math 8K · 8,500 linguistically diverse grade-school math word problems that require multi-step reasoning to solve. | 86.7 | 74.4 |
MMLU Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge. | 64.5 | 60.8 |
TriviaQA TriviaQA · reading comprehension benchmark with trivia questions, requiring models to find and reason over evidence from provided documents. | 78.9 | 82.2 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Instant | — | — | — | — |
| Mixtral 8x7B Instruct | $0.54 | $0.54 | 33K tokens (~16 books) | $5.40 |
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