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Mixtral 8x22B Instruct vs GPT-5 Codex

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5 Codex wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5 Codex
Context Window
GPT-5 Codex
Speed
GPT-5 Codex

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricMixtral 8x22B InstructGPT-5 CodexWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.00$1.25 GPT-5 Codex
Output (per 1M tokens)$6.00$10.00 Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$125000.00 GPT-5 Codex
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct is 13% cheaper overall.

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct Providers

Vercel $1.20 (Cheapest)
Fireworks $1.20 (Cheapest)
Mistral $2.00

GPT-5 Codex Providers

OpenAI $1.25 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Mixtral 8x22B Instruct Wins
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GPT-5 Codex Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkMixtral 8x22B InstructGPT-5 CodexWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
9.844.5
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-38.9-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-98.7-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
53.786.5
GPQA
Graduate-level science
33.283.7
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
14.884.0
AIME
Competition math
0.0--
GPT-5 Codex significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
65,536
tokens
GPT-5 Codex
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5 Codex has a 84% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricMixtral 8x22B InstructGPT-5 CodexWinner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/s314.7 tok/s
Time to First Token0.00s10.95s
GPT-5 Codex responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureMixtral 8x22B InstructGPT-5 Codex
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyMixtral 8x22B InstructGPT-5 Codex
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorMistral AIOpenAI
ReleasedApr 2024Sep 2025

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

GPT-5 Codex Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5 Codex has cheaper input pricing at $1.25/M tokens. Mixtral 8x22B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $6.00/M tokens.
GPT-5 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 38.9, compared to Mixtral 8x22B Instruct's score of N/A.
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct has a 65,536 token context window, while GPT-5 Codex has a 400,000 token context window.
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct does not support vision. GPT-5 Codex supports vision.