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| Specifications | ||
ParametersThe learned values that shape how a model responds. B means billion and T means trillion. For mixture-of-experts models, the total count is larger than the number active for each token. Parameter count alone does not measure quality. | 141B | 16B |
Context windowHow much information the model can work with in one request, measured in tokens — pieces of words or other data. This includes your question, attachments, conversation and reply. Limits can vary by model variant and provider. | 64k | 128k |
| API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins | ||
Cheapest inputLowest input rate across every provider on OpenRouter, the lab included. The cheapest endpoint may run a quantised build or a shorter context — see "Available from" on the model page. | $2.00Mistral | — |
Cheapest outputLowest output rate across every provider on OpenRouter, the lab included. May come from a different provider than the cheapest input. | $6.00Mistral | — |
| $700Mistral · zdr | — | |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Mistral | Moonshot AI |
| Release date | Apr 10 2024 | Apr 10 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Model details | View model | View model |
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Mixtral 8×22B and Kimi-VL don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mixtral 8×22B shipped 365 days before Kimi-VL, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Mixtral 8×22B has 141B parameters, while Kimi-VL has 16B. Context windows are 64k (Mixtral 8×22B) vs 128k (Kimi-VL).
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Mixtral 8×22B and Kimi-VL don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.