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Claude Sonnet 4 vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Claude Sonnet 4 vs. Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
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Overview

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct was released 1 year before Claude Sonnet 4.
Claude Sonnet 4Claude Sonnet 4
Mixtral 8x7B InstructMixtral 8x7B Instruct
Model Provider
The organization behind this AI's development
Anthropic logoAnthropic
Mistral logoMistral
Input Context Window
Maximum input tokens this model can process at once
200K
tokens
32.8K
tokens
Output Token Limit
Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once
64K
tokens
16.4K
tokens
Release Date
When this model first became publicly available
May 22nd, 2025
December 10th, 2023

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities
Claude Sonnet 4
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
Input Types
Supported input formats
🖼️Image📝Text📁File
📝Text
Output Types
Supported output formats
📝Text
📝Text
Tokenizer
Text encoding system
ClaudeMistral
Key Features
Advanced capabilities
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Open Source
Model availability
ProprietaryAvailable on HuggingFace →

Pricing

Claude Sonnet 4 is roughly 37.5x more expensive compared to Mixtral 8x7B Instruct for input tokens and roughly 62.5x more expensive for output tokens.
Claude Sonnet 4Claude Sonnet 4
Mixtral 8x7B InstructMixtral 8x7B Instruct
Input Token Cost
Cost per million input tokens
$3.00
per million tokens
$0.08
per million tokens
Output Token Cost
Cost per million outut tokens
$15.00
per million tokens
$0.24
per million tokens

Benchmarks

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Claude Sonnet 4Claude Sonnet 4
Mixtral 8x7B InstructMixtral 8x7B Instruct
MMLU
Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science
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MMMU
Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains
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HellaSwag
Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations
Benchmark not available.
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At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes Claude Sonnet 4 and Mixtral 8x7B Instruct unique.
Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4 by Anthropic understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning. It can handle standard conversations with its 200K token context window. Premium pricing at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output tokens. Released May 22nd, 2025.
Mistral logoMixtral 8x7B Instruct by Mistral can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 32.8K token context window. Very affordable at $0.08/M input and $0.24/M output tokens. Released December 10th, 2023.

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