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granite 3.3 8b instruct vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct

granite 3.3 8b instruct (IBM Granite) and Mixtral 8x22B Instruct (Mistral AI) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 17 September 2026

As of 17 September 2026, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#202 vs #203).

Which should you choose?

Choose granite 3.3 8b instruct if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — granite 3.3 8b instruct was listed 9 April 2025, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct 17 April 2024.

Choose Mixtral 8x22B Instruct if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #202 against #203 (9.2 vs 8.4 points).
  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.

granite 3.3 8b instruct vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of granite 3.3 8b instruct and Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
Fieldgranite 3.3 8b instructIBM GraniteMixtral 8x22B InstructMistral AI
ModelCap Index position#203#202
Index score8.49.2
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$2.00
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$6.00
Context window— tokens66K tokens
Max output tokens—52K
API providers listed01
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText, File
First listed9 April 202517 April 2024
PublisherIBM GraniteMistral AI

Evidence: publisher-corpus-prior over 197 held-out anchors (8%); opens above measured predecessor ibm-granite/granite-3.1-8b-instruct on same-family ordering evidence (30%); launch card against 4 resolved peers on 5 rows (62%); exceeds every named peer on 2 of 5 rows; optimism haircut 1.61 from cross-lab-probe; shrunk 1.4 up toward the measured corpus · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: granite 3.3 8b instruct vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where granite 3.3 8b instruct or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct has a published result
Boardgranite 3.3 8b instructMixtral 8x22B InstructLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—12781269–1286Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis10.5%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)":reasoning=false—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis4.2%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)":reasoning=false—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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granite 3.3 8b instruct vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct: common questions

Is granite 3.3 8b instruct better than Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 September 2026: #202 against #203. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is granite 3.3 8b instruct cheaper than Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, granite 3.3 8b instruct or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, granite 3.3 8b instruct or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are granite 3.3 8b instruct and Mixtral 8x22B Instruct open-weight models?

granite 3.3 8b instruct: Open weights. Mixtral 8x22B Instruct: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run granite 3.3 8b instruct and Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for granite 3.3 8b instruct and 1 for Mixtral 8x22B Instruct, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this granite 3.3 8b instruct vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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