Mistral 7B Instruct: Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Analysis of Mistral's Mistral 7B Instruct 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.
Note: If hosted by the provider, we track the latest version of Mistral 7B Instruct i.e. v0.3.
Comparison Summary
Intelligence:
Mistral 7B is of lower intelligence compared to average, with Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index of 1.
Price:Mistral 7B is cheaper compared to average with a price of $0.25 per 1M Tokens (blended 3:1).
Mistral 7B Input token price: $0.25, Output token price: $0.25 per 1M Tokens.
Speed:Mistral 7B Input token price: $0.25, Output token price: $0.25 per 1M Tokens.
Mistral 7B is faster compared to average, with a output speed of 98.7 tokens per second.
Latency:Mistral 7B has a lower latency compared to average, taking 0.31s to receive the first token (TTFT).
Context Window:Mistral 7B has a smaller context windows than average, with a context window of 8.2k tokens.
Highlights
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index; Higher is better
Estimate (independent evaluation forthcoming)
Speed
Output Tokens per Second; Higher is better
Price
USD per 1M Tokens; Lower is better
Parallel Queries:
Prompt Length:
Note: Long prompts not supported as a context window of at least 10k tokens is required
Mistral 7B Instruct Model Details
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