Granite 4.2 8B vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct

Granite 4.2 8B 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.

IBMGranite 4.2 8BOff the frontier
Intelligence
11.10
Total cost
$53.1
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.

MetricGranite 4.2 8BMixtral 8x7B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)11.15.1−54.1% Mixtral 8x7B Instruct is 54.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$53.07Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)41.16s20.77s−49.5% Mixtral 8x7B Instruct is 49.5% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.06 / $0.25$0.45 / $0.70
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