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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Mixtral 8x7B vs Qwen Plus

Qwen Plus comes out ahead, 53 to 36 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Mistral AI

    Mixtral 8x7B

    Released Dec 11, 2023

    36/100
    • ECI118.5
    • Price$0.70 / $0.70
    • Context32K
    Full specs Remove Mixtral 8x7B
  2. Our pick

    Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen Plus

    Released Jan 25, 2024

    53/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.40 / $1.20
    • Context1M
    Full specs Remove Qwen Plus

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01 — Verdict

Qwen Plus is our pick

Qwen Plus is the better all-round choice, scoring 53/100 against Mixtral 8x7B (36). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceQwen PlusQwen Plus $0.60 · Mixtral 8x7B $0.70 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextQwen PlusQwen Plus 1,000,000 · Mixtral 8x7B 32,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsMixtral 8x7B: Text · Qwen Plus: Text
  • Self-hostingMixtral 8x7BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightMixtral 8x7BQwen Plus
Price50%5760
Inputs & features30%2535
Context window20%060
Overall100%36/10053/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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

Mixtral 8x7B vs Qwen Plus specifications side by side
SpecificationMixtral 8x7BMistral AIQwen PlusAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)118.5—
ECI rank#142 of 148—
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions30.6%—
Price per million tokens
Input$0.70$0.40 (best)
Output$0.70 (best)$1.20
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$0.70$0.60 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Mistral APIOfficial Alibaba API
Limits
Context window32,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens (best)
Max output32,000 tokens32,768 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoNo
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietary
API model IDopen-mixtral-8x7bqwen-plus
API providers19 (best)
ReleasedDec 11, 2023Jan 25, 2024
Knowledge cutoffJan 2024Apr 2024
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Mixtral 8x7B$8.40
  • Qwen Plus$6.40
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Mixtral 8x7B or Qwen Plus?

Qwen Plus is the better all-round choice, scoring 53/100 against Mixtral 8x7B (36). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Mixtral 8x7B or Qwen Plus?

Qwen Plus is cheaper at $0.40 input / $1.20 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). Mixtral 8x7B costs $0.70 input / $0.70 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.60 per million tokens for Qwen Plus versus $0.70 for Mixtral 8x7B (1.2× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Mixtral 8x7B has an ECI of 118.5 and Qwen Plus has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Mixtral 8x7B and Qwen Plus yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen Plus has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 32,000 for Mixtral 8x7B. Maximum output per response: Mixtral 8x7B up to 32,000, Qwen Plus up to 32,768 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Mixtral 8x7B accepts text; Qwen Plus accepts text. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

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

Which is newer?

Qwen Plus is the newest, released Jan 25, 2024. Mixtral 8x7B came out Dec 11, 2023. Knowledge cutoff: Mixtral 8x7B Jan 2024, Qwen Plus Apr 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.

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