Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the cheaper option on input by 25%; Mixtral 8x22B Instruct is cheaper on output by 20%. Figures below are per million tokens, from vendor pricing cited in our reporting.
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Input per 1M tokens | $1.50 | $2 |
| Output per 1M tokens | $7.50 | $6 |
| Cached input per 1M | — | $0.20 |
| Context window | 262K tokens | 66K tokens |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Licence | open weights | |
| Benchmark | — | — |
| Vendor | Mistral | Mistral |
| Released | — | — |
What the numbers say
- Input price gap: 25% ($1.50 vs $2).
- Blended three-to-one input/output rate: $12.00 for Mistral Medium 3.5, $12.00 for Mixtral 8x22B Instruct.
- Context: 262K tokens against 66K tokens.
- Licence: Mistral Medium 3.5 is ; Mixtral 8x22B Instruct is open weights.
Sources
Mistral Medium 3.5 specs · Mixtral 8x22B Instruct specs · Full price index