Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
Summary
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct is an open-weight language model from Mistral AI, released on 17 Apr 2024. It accepts text and files and generates text, with a 66K-token context window and up to 52K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens (OpenRouter), across 1 provider we track.
Mistral's official instruct fine-tuned version of [Mixtral 8x22B](/models/mistralai/mixtral-8x22b). It uses 39B active parameters out of 141B, offering unparalleled cost efficiency for its size. Its strengths include: - strong math, coding,...
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Mistral AI |
|---|---|
| Release date | 17 Apr 2024 [OpenRouter] |
| Status | Generally available |
| Weights | Open weights [OpenRouter] |
| Context window | 66K (65,536 tokens) [OpenRouter] |
| Max output | 52K tokens [OpenRouter] |
| Knowledge cutoff | 31 Jan 2024 [OpenRouter] |
| Input | Text and files [OpenRouter] |
| Output | Text [OpenRouter] |
| Reasoning mode | No [OpenRouter] |
| Tool calling | Yes [OpenRouter] |
| Structured output | Yes [OpenRouter] |
| Hugging Face | mistralai/Mixtral-8x22B-Instruct-v0.1 |
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter mistralai/mixtral-8x22b-instruct | $2 | $6 | $0.20 | 66K | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct has a context window of 65,536 tokens (66K) and can generate up to 52,428 tokens in a single response, according to OpenRouter.
How much does the Mixtral 8x22B Instruct API cost?
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct is listed from $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens (OpenRouter). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
Is Mixtral 8x22B Instruct open source?
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as mistralai/Mixtral-8x22B-Instruct-v0.1. Check the license terms before commercial use.
When was Mixtral 8x22B Instruct released?
Mistral AI released Mixtral 8x22B Instruct on 17 Apr 2024, according to OpenRouter.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.