Using Mixtral 8x7B on NVIDIA NIM

Implementation guide · Mixtral · MistralAI

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NVIDIA NIM 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. 1
    Create an account at NVIDIA NIM and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the NVIDIA NIM SDK or REST API to call mixtral-8x7b — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed . See full pricing.

Code Examples

See NVIDIA NIM documentation for integration details.

Pricing on NVIDIA NIM

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.

Model Specs

Released2023-12-11
Parameters8x7B
Context32k
ArchitectureMixture of Experts
Knowledge cutoff2023-12

Provider

NVIDIA NIM

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States