Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
Analysis Summary
Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct sits in the Emerging tier on our leaderboard, ranked #290 of 544 published models on overall intelligence. At $2.00 input and $6.00 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a mid-sized context window and supports tool use and function calling.
Editorial notes
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct scores a low intelligence index of 9.8 with tool use and a 65K context, but $2/$6 pricing undercuts its value against stronger models available at similar cost.
Assessed May 5, 2026
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Performance Profile
Mistral's official instruct fine-tuned version of Mixtral 8x22B. It uses 39B active parameters out of 141B, offering unparalleled cost efficiency for its size. Its strengths include: - strong math, coding,..
Capabilities
Architecture Detail
| Instruct Type | mistral |
Benchmark Scores
Intelligence
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
mistralai/mixtral-8x22b-instruct
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| Provider | mistralai |
| Release Date | April 17, 2024 |
| Context Length | 65,536 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $2.00 | $0.002000 |
| Output | $6.00 | $0.006000 |
Live Performance
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