Model comparison
Command R+ (04-2024) vs Mixtral 8x7B
- Input
- $3.00
- Output
- $15.00
- Context
- 128K
- Released
- 2024-04-04
- Input
- $0.70 / 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.70 / 1M tokens
- Context
- 32K tokens
- Released
- 2023-12-09
Command R+ (04-2024) scores higher on 4 of the 5 benchmarks both models report (the other leads on 1); Mixtral 8x7B is cheaper on input tokens ($0.7 vs $3 per 1M, 4.3×); Command R+ (04-2024) has the larger context window (128K vs 32K).
Specs and pricing side by side
| Spec | Command R+ (04-2024) | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Released | 2024-04-04 | 2023-12-09 |
| Context window | 128K | 32K tokens |
| Max output | 4K tokens | Not officially specified; bounded by the… |
| Input price | $3.00 | $0.70 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $15.00 | $0.70 / 1M tokens |
| Parameters | 104B (dense) | 46.7B total parameters, 12.9B active per token (8 experts, 2 routed per token) |
| License | Proprietary (API); open weights under CC-BY-NC on Hugging Face | Apache 2.0 |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weightssame |
| Modalities | Text | Textsame |
| Knowledge cutoff | February 2023 | Not officially published by Mistral AI |
Benchmarks both models report
| Benchmark | Command R+ (04-2024) | Mixtral 8x7B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 75.7% | 70.6% |
| HellaSwag | 88.6% | 84.4% |
| ARC Challenge | 70.99% | 59.7% |
| Winogrande | 85.4% | 77.2% |
| GSM8K | 70.7% | 74.4% |
Scores are as published by each maker or its cited source; harness, reasoning effort and date can differ between rows, so treat small gaps as ties. Sources are listed on each model page.
Which one should you pick?
Pick Command R+ (04-2024) if…
- You care about MMLU, HellaSwag, ARC Challenge (it scores higher on 4 shared benchmarks).
- You need the longer context (128K vs 32K).
- Your use case is: enterprise retrieval-augmented generation with citations.
Pick Mixtral 8x7B if…
- You care about GSM8K (it scores higher on 1 shared benchmark).
- Cost matters: input tokens cost 4.3× less ($0.7 vs $3 per 1M).
- Your use case is: self-hosted chat assistants and RAG backends where Apache 2.0 licensing matters.
FAQ
Which is better, Command R+ (04-2024) or Mixtral 8x7B?
Command R+ (04-2024) scores higher on 4 of the 5 benchmarks both models report (the other leads on 1); Mixtral 8x7B is cheaper on input tokens ($0.7 vs $3 per 1M, 4.3×); Command R+ (04-2024) has the larger context window (128K vs 32K). The better pick depends on whether you value benchmark scores, price per token, context length or openness for your workload.
How much cheaper is Mixtral 8x7B?
Command R+ (04-2024): $3.00 input, $15.00 output. Mixtral 8x7B: $0.70 / 1M tokens input, $0.70 / 1M tokens output (list API prices as published by each maker).
What are the context windows of Command R+ (04-2024) and Mixtral 8x7B?
Command R+ (04-2024) offers 128K with up to 4K tokens output; Mixtral 8x7B offers 32K tokens with up to Not officially specified; bounded by the 32K-token context window output.
Is Command R+ (04-2024) newer than Mixtral 8x7B?
Command R+ (04-2024) was released 2024-04-04; Mixtral 8x7B was released 2023-12-09.