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DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
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Winner summary
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) wins on 5/6 benchmarks
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) wins 5 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge.
Category leads
knowledge·DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)
#8 by perf·no signal
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
#52 by perf·no signal
Best value
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)
—
no price
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
107.0 pts/$
$0.54/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Mistral AI
$14.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
ARC AI2
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) leads by +6.5
AI2 Reasoning Challenge · tests grade-school level science knowledge with multiple-choice questions requiring reasoning beyond simple retrieval.
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)
89.6
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
83.1
HellaSwag
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) leads by +0.5
HellaSwag · tests commonsense reasoning by asking models to predict the most plausible continuation of everyday scenarios.
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)
82.8
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
82.3
MMLU
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) leads by +10.4
Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge.
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)
71.2
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
60.8
PIQA
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) leads by +0.6
PIQA (Physical Interaction QA) · tests intuitive physical reasoning by asking models to select the correct approach for everyday physical tasks.
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)
67.8
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
67.2
TriviaQA
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct leads by +2.2
TriviaQA · reading comprehension benchmark with trivia questions, requiring models to find and reason over evidence from provided documents.
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)
80.0
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
82.2
Winogrande
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) leads by +18.2
WinoGrande · large-scale commonsense reasoning benchmark where models must resolve ambiguous pronouns in carefully constructed sentence pairs.
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)
72.6
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
54.4
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Mixtral 8x7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
ARC AI2 AI2 Reasoning Challenge · tests grade-school level science knowledge with multiple-choice questions requiring reasoning beyond simple retrieval. | 89.6 | 83.1 |
HellaSwag HellaSwag · tests commonsense reasoning by asking models to predict the most plausible continuation of everyday scenarios. | 82.8 | 82.3 |
MMLU Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge. | 71.2 | 60.8 |
PIQA PIQA (Physical Interaction QA) · tests intuitive physical reasoning by asking models to select the correct approach for everyday physical tasks. | 67.8 | 67.2 |
TriviaQA TriviaQA · reading comprehension benchmark with trivia questions, requiring models to find and reason over evidence from provided documents. | 80.0 | 82.2 |
Winogrande WinoGrande · large-scale commonsense reasoning benchmark where models must resolve ambiguous pronouns in carefully constructed sentence pairs. | 72.6 | 54.4 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | — | — | — | — |
| Mixtral 8x7B Instruct | $0.54 | $0.54 | 33K tokens (~16 books) | $5.40 |
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