Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
Analysis Summary
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct is a mixture-of-experts model from Mistral AI, released in April 2024. It supports tool use and function calling with file input, and its benchmark profile is comparable to Mistral Large, sitting in the lower tier of the current landscape.
For businesses, it can handle structured text tasks, function-calling pipelines, and general content generation. The 65K context window is adequate for many document tasks, though not competitive with models offering 128K or larger windows. Reasoning and coding performance are limited compared to current mid-range alternatives.
At $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens, the price-to-performance ratio is poor relative to newer models. Teams specifically requiring a Mistral-family mixture-of-experts architecture may have reasons to use it, but for most business applications, more capable and cost-effective options are available.
Assessed June 17, 2026
Editorial notes
Mixtral 8x22B from Mistral supports tool use and function calling with a 65K context window, but its reasoning benchmarks are low and pricing is high relative to the capability it delivers.
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Performance Profile
How Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct compares
Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct ranks #320 of 380 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Its 66K-token context window is larger than 34% of the models we list. At $2.00 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 16% of comparable models.
About Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
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 |
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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 |
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Frequently asked questions about Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
How much does Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct cost?
Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?
Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct has a context window of 65,536 tokens (66K).
What can Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct do?
Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct supports tool use and function calling.
Who created Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?
Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct is developed by Mistral and was released on April 17, 2024.
