Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct✓ Catalog verified
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, and reasoning - large context length (64k) - fluency in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish See benchmarks on the launch announcement here. #moe
Overview
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, and reasoning - large context length (64k) - fluency in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish See benchmarks on the launch announcement here. #moe
Access: available through the official Mistral AI API. Context window: 66K.
Specifications
| API identifier | mistralai/mixtral-8x22b-instruct |
| Provider | Mistral AI |
| Model type | Text LLM |
| Context window | 66K catalog |
| Input modalities | text |
| Output modalities | text |
| Released | Apr 17, 2024 |
| Tokenizer | Mistral |
| Instruction format | mistral |
| Moderated | No |
| Architecture modality | text->text |
API defaults
{
"temperature": 0.3
}Pricing
Live pricing components for mistralai/mixtral-8x22b-instruct as published in the catalog.
| Pricing component | Raw unit price | Normalized | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt tokens | $0.000002 | $2.00 / 1M | Per input token |
| Completion tokens | $0.000006 | $6.00 / 1M | Per output token |
| Request fee | N/A | N/A | Per request |
| Image fee | N/A | N/A | Per image unit |
| Web search fee | N/A | N/A | Per search request |
Cost calculator
Estimate monthly spend from your own token volumes.
Estimated Total Cost
$2.2Calculated from current list pricing in the ModelsAtlas catalog.Capabilities
| Capability | Status | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Understanding | Not advertised | Image and document analysis support |
| Audio Processing | Not advertised | Speech and voice aligned flows |
| Tool Calling | ✓ Supported | Supports tools / function calling |
| Self-Hosting | ✓ Supported | Deploy outside managed APIs |
Capability signals
Directional signals derived from model metadata and capability tags — not official benchmark submissions.
Quick start
Call Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct through an OpenAI-compatible client.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="mistralai/mixtral-8x22b-instruct",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum physics."}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Alternatives
Closest models by context window from a different provider.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input /1M | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Think | Allenai | 66K | $0.15 | View → |
| AllenAI: Olmo 3 7B Instruct | Allenai | 66K | $0.10 | View → |
Sources & attribution
Pricing and metadata are maintained in the ModelsAtlas catalog.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct cost?
$2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens on the official Mistral AI API.
What is the context window of Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?
Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct supports up to 66K tokens of context.
Does Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct support tool / function calling?
Yes, Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct supports tool / function calling — you can register tools and the model will emit structured tool calls.
How do I access Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?
Use the official Mistral AI API with the model id `mistralai/mixtral-8x22b-instruct`. See the Quick start section above for code examples.