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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Mixtral 8x7B vs Nova Pro

Nova Pro comes out ahead, 48 to 37 on our weighted score, though Mixtral 8x7B is 2× cheaper per token.

  1. Mistral AI

    Mixtral 8x7B

    Released Dec 11, 2023

    37/100
    • ECI118.5
    • Price$0.70 / $0.70
    • Context32K
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  2. Our pick

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    Nova Pro

    Released Dec 3, 2024

    48/100
    • ECI123.8
    • Price$0.80 / $3.20
    • Context300K
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01 — Verdict

Nova Pro is our pick

Nova Pro is the better all-round choice, scoring 48/100 against Mixtral 8x7B (37). It leads on capability, inputs & features and context window. Mixtral 8x7B wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityNova ProCapabilities Index (ECI): Nova Pro 123.8 · Mixtral 8x7B 118.5
  • Lowest priceMixtral 8x7BMixtral 8x7B $0.70 · Nova Pro $1.40 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextNova ProNova Pro 300,000 · Mixtral 8x7B 32,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsNova ProMixtral 8x7B: Text · Nova Pro: Text, Images, PDFs, Video
  • Self-hostingMixtral 8x7BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightMixtral 8x7BNova Pro
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%3845
Price25%5743
Inputs & features15%2570
Context window10%039
Overall100%37/10048/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Mixtral 8x7B vs Nova Pro specifications side by side
SpecificationMixtral 8x7BMistral AINova ProAmazon
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)118.5123.8 (best)
ECI rank#142 of 148#137 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions30.6%—
Price per million tokens
Input$0.70 (best)$0.80
Output$0.70 (best)$3.20
Cached input—$0.20
Blended (3:1)$0.70 (best)$1.40
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Mistral APIOfficial Amazon Bedrock API
Limits
Context window32,000 tokens300,000 tokens (best)
Max output32,000 tokens (best)10,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoYes
PDFsNoYes
AudioNoNo
VideoNoYes
ReasoningNoNo
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietary
API model IDopen-mixtral-8x7bamazon.nova-pro-v1:0
API providers13 (best)
ReleasedDec 11, 2023Dec 3, 2024
Knowledge cutoffJan 2024Oct 2024
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Mixtral 8x7B$8.40
  • Nova Pro$14.40
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Mixtral 8x7B or Nova Pro?

Nova Pro is the better all-round choice, scoring 48/100 against Mixtral 8x7B (37). It leads on capability, inputs & features and context window. Mixtral 8x7B wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Mixtral 8x7B or Nova Pro?

Mixtral 8x7B is cheaper at $0.70 input / $0.70 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). Nova Pro costs $0.80 input / $3.20 output per million tokens (official Amazon Bedrock API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.70 per million tokens for Mixtral 8x7B versus $1.40 for Nova Pro (2× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Nova Pro scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Nova Pro 123.8 (#137 of 148) and Mixtral 8x7B 118.5 (#142 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (108.8–126.6 vs 111.3–121.3), so treat the gap as small.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Mixtral 8x7B and Nova Pro yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Nova Pro leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nova Pro has the largest context window at 300,000 tokens, against 32,000 for Mixtral 8x7B. Maximum output per response: Mixtral 8x7B up to 32,000, Nova Pro up to 10,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Mixtral 8x7B accepts text; Nova Pro accepts text, images, PDFs and video. Nova Pro handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Mixtral 8x7B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Nova Pro is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Nova Pro is the newest, released Dec 3, 2024. Mixtral 8x7B came out Dec 11, 2023. Knowledge cutoff: Mixtral 8x7B Jan 2024, Nova Pro Oct 2024.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

05 — Keep comparing

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