WizardLM-2 8x22B alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
See also: WizardLM-2 8x22B model details · Microsoft provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeepSeek: R1 | DeepSeek | similar price tier · similar context window | 64K Short/standard context | $0.70 Budget | vs → |
| 2 | Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | similar price tier · similar context window | 66K Short/standard context | $0.50 Budget | vs → | |
| 3 | Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | similar price tier · similar context window | 66K Short/standard context | $2.00 Standard | vs → | |
| 4 | Meta: Llama 3.1 405B (base) | Meta | similar price tier · similar context window | 33K Short/standard context | $4.00 Standard | vs → |
| 5 | Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Mistral AI | similar price tier · similar context window | 66K Short/standard context | $2.00 Standard | vs → |
| 6 | Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct | Mistral AI | similar price tier · similar context window | 33K Short/standard context | $0.54 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | Qwen: Qwen-Max | Qwen | similar price tier · similar context window | 33K Short/standard context | $1.04 Standard | vs → |
| 8 | Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct | Qwen | similar price tier · similar context window | 33K Short/standard context | $0.80 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Qwen | similar price tier · similar context window | 33K Short/standard context | $0.66 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | AionLabs: Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) | Aion Labs | similar price tier · similar context window | 33K Short/standard context | $0.80 Budget | vs → |
| 11 | Arcee AI: Coder Large | Arcee Ai | similar price tier · similar context window | 33K Short/standard context | $0.50 Budget | vs → |
| 12 | Morph: Morph V3 Fast | Morph | similar price tier · similar context window | 82K Short/standard context | $0.80 Budget | vs → |
| 13 | Perplexity: Sonar | Perplexity | similar price tier · similar context window | 127K Short/standard context | $1.00 Standard | vs → |
| 14 | TheDrummer: Skyfall 36B V2 | Thedrummer | similar price tier · similar context window | 33K Short/standard context | $0.55 Budget | vs → |
| 15 | Z.ai: GLM 4.5V | Z Ai | similar price tier · similar context window | 66K Short/standard context | $0.60 Budget | vs → |