Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4.6 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
30.10
Total cost
$4925
MistralMixtral 8x7B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
5.10
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Sonnet 4.6 (Max)Mixtral 8x7B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)30.15.1−83.1% Mixtral 8x7B Instruct is 83.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$4,924.80Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)78.98s20.76s−73.7% Mixtral 8x7B Instruct is 73.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$3.00 / $15.0$0.45 / $0.70
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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