
Jamba 1.5 Mini: Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Analysis of AI21 Labs's Jamba 1.5 Mini and comparison to other AI models across key metrics including quality, price, performance (tokens per second & time to first token), context window & more. Click on any model to compare API providers for that model. For more details including relating to our methodology, see our FAQs.
AI21 Labs has launched a newer model, Jamba 1.6 Mini. We suggest considering this model instead of Jamba 1.5 Mini. See the following pages for a comparison of Jamba 1.6 Mini to other models and Jamba 1.6 Mini API provider benchmarks.
Comparison Summary
Intelligence:
Jamba 1.5 Mini is of lower quality compared to average, with a MMLU score of 0.371 and a Intelligence Index across evaluations of 18.
Price:Jamba 1.5 Mini is cheaper compared to average with a price of $0.25 per 1M Tokens (blended 3:1).
Jamba 1.5 Mini Input token price: $0.20, Output token price: $0.40 per 1M Tokens.
Speed:Latency:Context Window:Jamba 1.5 Mini Input token price: $0.20, Output token price: $0.40 per 1M Tokens.
Jamba 1.5 Mini has a smaller context windows than average, with a context window of 260k tokens.
Highlights
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index; Higher is better
Speed
Output Tokens per Second; Higher is better
Price
USD per 1M Tokens; Lower is better
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Jamba 1.5 Mini Model Details
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