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Mixtral 8x22B

Retired

Open-weight MoE. Deprecated 2024-11-30, retired 2025-03-30, replacement Mistral Small 4. Context 64k commonly cited but not confirmed on the legacy table; treat as approximate. Release date refined from '2024-04' 2026-08-07 from Mistral's typed docs schema (`releaseDate`, https://github.com/mistralai/platform-docs-public/tree/main/src/schema/models/models).

Mixtral 8x22B by Mistral is tracked live in our LLM catalog, with a 64K (64.000-token) context window. It has been retired (shut down 30 Mar 2025); the recommended migration is Mistral Small 4. Its weights are publicly downloadable, so it can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure.

Last verified: 26 Sep 2026 · sourced from official provider documentation

Retired on 30 Mar 2025 · deprecated since 30 Nov 2024

Lifecycle warning

This model has been retired. Recommended migration: Mistral Small 4.

Read the Mixtral 8x22B migration guide → replacement & cheapest alternatives

Provider
Mistral
Status
Retired
Input price
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Output price
—
Cached input
—
Blended price
—
Context window
64.000 tokens (64K)
Max output
—
Modality
text
Open weights
Yes — self-hostable
Knowledge cutoff
—
Released
17 Apr 2024
API string
open-mixtral-8x22b

Source: Mistral official documentation ↗

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FAQ

Mixtral 8x22B — questions & answers

What is the context window of Mixtral 8x22B?

Mixtral 8x22B has a 64.000-token context window (64K).

Is Mixtral 8x22B still available?

Mixtral 8x22B has been retired and is no longer available. Its scheduled shutdown date is 30 Mar 2025. The recommended migration is Mistral Small 4.

Does Mixtral 8x22B support image or vision input?

Our catalog lists Mixtral 8x22B's modalities as text; image/vision input is not among them.

Can I self-host Mixtral 8x22B?

Yes — Mixtral 8x22B is an open-weight model: its weights are publicly downloadable, so you can run it on your own infrastructure (subject to its license) instead of only calling Mistral's API.

What is the API model string for Mixtral 8x22B?

The API model identifier for Mixtral 8x22B is "open-mixtral-8x22b" when calling Mistral's API.