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Mixtral 8x7B Instruct vs GPT-5.2 Pro

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5.2 Pro wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
GPT-5.2 Pro

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricMixtral 8x7B InstructGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.54$21.00 Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.54$168.00 Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct is 99% cheaper overall.

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct Providers

Mistral $0.14 (Cheapest)
Fireworks $0.50
DeepInfra $0.54
Together $0.60

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

OpenAI $21.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Mixtral 8x7B Instruct Wins
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkMixtral 8x7B InstructGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
7.751.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-48.7-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-99.0-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
38.787.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
29.290.3
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
6.688.9
AIME
Competition math
0.0--
GPT-5.2 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
32,768
tokens
Max output: 16,384 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 92% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricMixtral 8x7B InstructGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/s98.3 tok/s
Time to First Token0.00s46.57s
GPT-5.2 Pro responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureMixtral 8x7B InstructGPT-5.2 Pro
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyMixtral 8x7B InstructGPT-5.2 Pro
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorMistral AIOpenAI
ReleasedDec 2023Dec 2025

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.54/M tokens. Mixtral 8x7B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.54/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to Mixtral 8x7B Instruct's score of N/A.
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct has a 32,768 token context window, while GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window.
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct does not support vision. GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision.