AWS Bedrock exposes Mixtral 8x7B through model ID mixtral-8x7b. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.
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Quick Start
- 1
- 2Use the AWS Bedrock SDK or REST API to call
mixtral-8x7b— see the documentation for request format. - 3
Code Examples
pip install boto3AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDmixtral-8x7bUse Amazon Bedrock model IDs, e.g. "anthropic.claude-3-opus-20240229-v1:0" for on-demand, or cross-region inference profile IDs like "us.anthropic.claude-opus-4-7-20251101-v1:0". These differ from the public model slug.
import boto3
# Reads AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_DEFAULT_REGION from env
client = boto3.client("bedrock-runtime", region_name="us-east-1")
response = client.converse(
modelId="mixtral-8x7b",
messages=[{
"role": "user",
"content": [{"text": "Hello"}]
}]
)
print(response["output"]["message"]["content"][0]["text"])Pricing on AWS Bedrock
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.45 |
| Output tokens | $0.70 |
Capabilities
No model capability flags are currently sourced.
About Mixtral 8x7B
Mixtral 8x7B, developed by Mistral AI, features a cutting-edge Mixture of Experts (MoE) architecture, utilizing eight experts with seven billion parameters each, yielding a total of 46.7 billion parameters. This architecture activates only two experts per token, allowing for efficient processing and a 6x faster inference rate compared to Llama 2 70B. The model excels in performance, surpassing Llama 2 70B and competing with GPT-3.5 on numerous benchmarks. It supports multiple languages and can handle context up to 32,000 tokens, enhancing understanding of lengthy text.