Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct is a language model from Mistral released on Apr 17, 2024. It reads text and files and writes text, with a 66K token context window and up to 52K tokens per reply.
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It costs $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.20, 90% less than fresh input.
It supports tool calling, structured JSON output and prompt caching, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
3 providers serve it, including Kilo Gateway, Prime Inference and AI/ML API.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $2 / $6 per 1M
- Context
- 66K
- Max output
- 52K
- Released
- Apr 17, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- Jan 2024
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $2 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $6 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0.20 / 1M tokens | 90% off input |
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct providers
3 providers serve it, including Kilo Gateway, Prime Inference and AI/ML API. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilo Gateway | $2 | $6 | $0.20 | 66K | 52K |
| Prime Inference | $2.20 | $6.60 | – | 66K | 52K |
| AI/ML API | $2.75 | $8.25 | $0.2751 | 66K | 52K |
What Mixtral 8x22B Instruct costs per month
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Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call Mixtral 8x22B Instruct through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Structured outputs
structured_outputs - Temperature
temperature
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Mixtral 8x22B Instruct questions
How much does the Mixtral 8x22B Instruct API cost?
$2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.20. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?
65,536 tokens of input, and it can write up to 52,428 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?
3 providers serve it, including Kilo Gateway, Prime Inference and AI/ML API. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does Mixtral 8x22B Instruct support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions and can return JSON that matches a schema, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is Mixtral 8x22B Instruct open source?
Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.
When was Mixtral 8x22B Instruct released?
Apr 17, 2024, with training data up to Jan 2024.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?
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