Mixtral 8x7B
LegacyOriginal Mixtral MoE model — the efficiency breakthrough. First widely used sparse MoE model, competitive with much larger dense models. Superseded by Mistral Small and Mixtral 8x22B.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Mixtral 8x7B▼
Who created Mixtral 8x7B?
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Mixtral 8x7B was created by Mistral.
Is Mixtral 8x7B a reasoning model?
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No, Mixtral 8x7B is not a reasoning model. It responds directly without an extended internal thinking step. For tasks requiring deep chain-of-thought reasoning, consider models like Claude, o-series from OpenAI, or Gemini Thinking.
Does Mixtral 8x7B support image or vision input?
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No, Mixtral 8x7B does not currently support image or vision input. It is a text-only model.
Does Mixtral 8x7B support audio?
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No, Mixtral 8x7B does not support audio input.
Is Mixtral 8x7B open source?
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Mixtral 8x7B is a proprietary model developed by Mistral. The model weights and training data are not publicly available.
Where can I use Mixtral 8x7B?
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You can chat with Mixtral 8x7B on idapt.app — no separate API key required. idapt is an AI workspace with 200+ models, agents, computers, and tasks. You can also access Mixtral 8x7B through Mistral's own API or platform.