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Mixtral 8x22B Instruct vs Qwen2 5 14b

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Mistral

Model

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct

Tool calling

Context window

66K

65,536 tokens · ~49K words

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Alibaba

Model

Qwen2 5 14b

Context window

33K

32,768 tokens · ~25K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct66K
Qwen2 5 14b33K

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct has about 2× the context window of the other in this pair.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct has 100% more context capacity (65K vs 32K tokens). Qwen2 5 14b is 33% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Mixtral 8x22B Instruct. Its 65K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 32K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Qwen2 5 14b. Input tokens are 33% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecMixtral 8x22B InstructQwen2 5 14b
Context window65,536 tokens (65K)32,768 tokens (32K)
Max output tokens65,536 tokens (65K)N/A
Speed tierBalancedBalanced
VisionNoNo
Function callingYesNo
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingYesNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateApr 2024N/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderMixtral 8x22B Instruct inMixtral 8x22B Instruct outQwen2 5 14b inQwen2 5 14b out
Fireworks$1.20/M$1.20/M——
Together Ai——$0.800/M$0.800/M

Frequently asked questions

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct has a larger context window: 65K tokens vs 32K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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