The honest, $0-markup cost to run Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 (Mistral AI, 7.2B) and Qwen3-8B (Alibaba, 8.2B), side by side — free on your own machine, on your own rented GPU at the vendor's price, or via your own API key.
| Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 | Qwen3-8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 7.2B | 8.2B |
| Context window | 32.8K | ✓ 41K |
| License | Commercial OK | Commercial OK |
| VRAM to run | ✓ ~8.0 GB (Q4_K_M) | ~9.0 GB (Q4_K_M) |
| Rent a GPU | $0.06/hr | $0.06/hr |
| Your API key | ✓ $0.20/1M (last-known) | $0.29/1M |
VRAM, size, context and license are facts from the catalog and the shared cost engine; API prices are real where we have them (labeled "est." otherwise). We don't rank model quality or quote benchmarks here.
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