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WizardLM-2 8x22B vs GPT-5.6 Sol

Side-by-side API pricing and Artificial Analysis performance for WizardLM-2 8x22B (Microsoft) and GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI). Green cells mark the better value in each row.

Prices updated Jul 22, 2026, 3:50 AM UTC · refreshed hourly

WizardLM-2 8x22B

Microsoft

GPT-5.6 Sol

OpenAI

Pricing
Input $/1M$0.62$5.00
Output $/1M$0.62$30.00
Blended $/1M (3:1)$0.62$11.25
RAG example (30K in / 2K out)$0.0198$0.21
Quality & speed
Intelligence Index58.9
Coding Index77.4
Agentic Index54
Output speed (tok/s)70
Time to first token112.90s
Specs
Context window66K1.05M
Input modalitiestextfile, image, text

FAQ

Which is cheaper, WizardLM-2 8x22B or GPT-5.6 Sol?

WizardLM-2 8x22B has the lower blended API price at $0.62 per 1M tokens (3:1 input:output mix), versus $11.25 for the other model. Prices are live from OpenRouter and refresh about hourly.

Which is better for RAG workloads?

For a typical RAG request (30K input / 2K output tokens), WizardLM-2 8x22B costs about $0.0198 per request versus $0.21. Also compare context windows: WizardLM-2 8x22B offers 66K and GPT-5.6 Sol offers 1.05M.

Which scores higher on Artificial Analysis benchmarks?

GPT-5.6 Sol leads on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (58.9 vs —). Check coding and agentic indices on this page for workload-specific tradeoffs.