WizardLM-2 8x22B
by Microsoft · microsoft/wizardlm-2-8x22b · #140 cheapest of 325 paid models
Prices updated Jul 22, 2026, 2:48 AM UTC · refreshed hourly
WizardLM-2 8x22B is Microsoft AI's most advanced Wizard model. It demonstrates highly competitive performance compared to leading proprietary models, and it consistently outperforms all existing state-of-the-art opensource models. It is...
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Pricing
Input
$0.62
per 1M tokens
Output
$0.62
per 1M tokens
Blended (3:1)
$0.62
3 input : 1 output
Cache read
—
per 1M cached tokens
Cache write
—
per 1M tokens
Cache & batch economics
Effective prices for WizardLM-2 8x22B (no cache-read rate published — hits billed as normal input).
| Cache hit rate | Effective blended $/1M | Example request* | vs no cache |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | $0.62 | $0.0639 | — |
| 50% | $0.62 | $0.0639 | −0% |
| 90% | $0.62 | $0.0639 | −0% |
*Example: 100K sticky context + 2K new input + 1K output. Batch discount is an approximate 50% off list rates (available for OpenAI / Anthropic / Google — not flagged for this creator). Confirm on the vendor’s pricing page.
What a request costs
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Cost / request | Cost / 1K requests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat message | 500 | 300 | $0.000496 | $0.496 |
| Document summary | 8,000 | 1,000 | $0.00558 | $5.58 |
| Codebase question (RAG) | 30,000 | 2,000 | $0.0198 | $19.84 |
| Long-context analysis | 150,000 | 5,000 | $0.0961 | $96.10 |
Specs
Context window
66K
tokens
Max output
8K
tokens
Input modalities
text
Tokenizer
Mistral