Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
Mistral Mixtral 8x22B Instruct — pricing, 66k context window, API cost calculator and alternatives.
By Mistral
Specs
- Provider
- Mistral
- Slug
- mistralai/mixtral-8x22b-instruct
- Capabilities
- tools, json_mode
Pricing freshness
- Tier
- standard
- Currency
- USD
- As of
- 2026-05-08 17:08 UTC
Pricing history
Tracking Mixtral 8x22B Instruct pricing since 2026-05-08. We'll plot the chart here once it changes.
Quickstart — call Mixtral 8x22B Instruct from your app
curl https://api.mistral.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $MISTRAL_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "mixtral-8x22b-instruct",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
}'Official docs: https://docs.mistral.ai/api/
# pip install openai
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.mistral.ai/v1",
api_key=os.environ["MISTRAL_API_KEY"],
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="mixtral-8x22b-instruct",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)Official docs: https://docs.mistral.ai/api/
// npm install openai
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://api.mistral.ai/v1",
apiKey: process.env.MISTRAL_API_KEY,
});
const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "mixtral-8x22b-instruct",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);Official docs: https://docs.mistral.ai/api/
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Frequently asked questions
What is Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct is a large language model API from Mistral with a 66k-token context window. It costs $2 per 1M input tokens and $6 per 1M output tokens.
How much does Mixtral 8x22B Instruct cost?
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct is priced at $2 per 1M input tokens and $6 per 1M output tokens via the Mistral API. A 50/50 input/output workload of 1M total tokens costs about $4.
What is the context window of Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct supports up to 66k tokens of context per request — roughly 131 pages of English text or 8192 lines of code at a typical density.
Does Mixtral 8x22B Instruct support vision, tool use, or JSON mode?
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct supports tool/function calling and structured JSON mode. It does not support image input (vision).
Who makes Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct is built and operated by Mistral. Pricing, context window, and capabilities on this page are refreshed nightly from Mistral's public catalog.
Can I self-host Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct is API-only — its weights are not publicly distributed by Mistral, so it cannot be self-hosted today.