# Mixtral-8x7B Instruct v0.1 vs Nous Hermes 2 Mixtral 8X7B Dpo

On provider list prices, Mixtral-8x7B Instruct v0.1 costs $0.60 per million input tokens against $0.60 for Nous Hermes 2 Mixtral 8X7B Dpo: effectively level. Output is $0.60 against $0.60. On Allocate both bill at list plus the 7% transaction fee.

## Specifications

| | Mixtral-8x7B Instruct v0.1 | Nous Hermes 2 Mixtral 8X7B Dpo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lab | mistralai | Nousresearch |
| Access | Open weights | Open weights |
| Context window | 32K tokens | 32K tokens |
| List price, input | $0.60 / M tokens | $0.60 / M tokens |
| List price, output | $0.60 / M tokens | $0.60 / M tokens |
| Cached input | n/a | n/a |
| License | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Fine-tunable | Yes | Yes |

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-08. Billed price is list plus the 7% transaction fee.

## What the numbers say

Take 1,000,000 requests a month at 1,200 input and 350 output tokens each. That workload costs $930 a month on Mixtral-8x7B Instruct v0.1 and $930 on Nous Hermes 2 Mixtral 8X7B Dpo at list: a gap of $0.

## Choose Mixtral-8x7B Instruct v0.1 for

- Fine-tuning under a permissive license (Apache 2.0)

## Choose Nous Hermes 2 Mixtral 8X7B Dpo for

- Fine-tuning under a permissive license (Apache 2.0)

## Common questions

### Which is cheaper, Mixtral-8x7B Instruct v0.1 or Nous Hermes 2 Mixtral 8X7B Dpo?

Mixtral-8x7B Instruct v0.1, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $0.60/$0.60 per million tokens in and out against $0.60/$0.60 for Nous Hermes 2 Mixtral 8X7B Dpo. Billed on Allocate: $0.64/$0.64 against $0.64/$0.64, list plus 7%.

### Which has the bigger context window?

They match: both read 32,768 tokens (32K) per request.

### Can I fine-tune Mixtral-8x7B Instruct v0.1 or Nous Hermes 2 Mixtral 8X7B Dpo?

Both publish open weights (Mixtral-8x7B Instruct v0.1: Apache 2.0; Nous Hermes 2 Mixtral 8X7B Dpo: Apache 2.0), so both can be fine-tuned. On Allocate the trained weights stay inside your boundary and belong to you.

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