Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
Mistral's Mixtral 8x22B Instruct uses a sparse mixture-of-experts architecture (8 experts, 22B params each, 39B active per token) to deliver near-70B-class performance at substantially lower inference cost than dense models of similar quality. Released April 2024, it's been remarkably durable in production deployments — particularly for European companies subject to EU AI Act sovereignty preferences, given Mistral's France-based provenance and Apache 2.0 license. Pricing in 2026 sits in the $0.60–$0.90 per 1M token range across providers. Context window is 64K — smaller than the Llama/Qwen 128K tier — which matters for long-document RAG but not for typical chat. Strong choice for cost-sensitive English/French/German workloads.
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Questions developers ask
How much does it cost to run Mixtral 8x22B Instruct for 100M tokens?▾
Running Mixtral 8x22B Instruct with 100M input and 10M output tokens per month costs approximately $66.00 on Hyperbolic, the cheapest available provider as of the latest pricing data. Costs vary significantly depending on your input/output ratio and whether you use prompt caching.
What is the cheapest provider for Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?▾
Hyperbolic currently offers Mixtral 8x22B Instruct at the lowest total cost for a standard workload. Prices change frequently — check the provider table above for the latest data.
What context window does Mixtral 8x22B Instruct support?▾
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct supports a context window of 65,536 tokens. Individual providers may cap this lower.
What's the cheapest way to run Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?▾
The cheapest way to run Mixtral 8x22B Instruct is via Hyperbolic, starting at $0.60 per million input tokens. If your workload is prompt-heavy, enabling prompt caching can reduce costs further.
Is there a free tier for Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?▾
Free tiers vary by provider and change frequently. Check each provider's current pricing page for trial credits or free-tier limits. The prices shown on this page reflect paid API access.
How much does Mixtral 8x22B Instruct cost for 1M tokens?▾
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct input pricing starts at $0.60 per million tokens on Hyperbolic. Output tokens are typically priced 2–4× higher than input tokens depending on the provider.
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Prices verified May 18, 2026 by scraping 5 providers. Methodology · Raw data