Which is cheaper for input tokens: TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 or Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct?
Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct is cheaper on input token cost by $0.01 per 1M tokens.
Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.
Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
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| Metric | TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 | Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | thedrummer | mistralai |
| Context Window | 32,768 | 32,768 |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.5500 | $0.5400 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.8000 | $0.5400 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $114 | $97 |
| Vision | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Tool Calling | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Structured Output | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Reasoning | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| MMLU Score | N/A | 38.7 |
| GPQA | N/A | 29.2 |
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.5500
Current Output / 1M
$0.8000
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.5400
Current Output / 1M
$0.5400
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TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2
$114
per month
Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
$97
per month
Lower costLive Recommendation
Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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Common questions for TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 vs Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct pricing decisions.
Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct is cheaper on input token cost by $0.01 per 1M tokens.
Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct is cheaper on output token cost by $0.26 per 1M tokens.
$17 difference for the default scenario (120M input + 60M output tokens/month).
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