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WizardLM-2 8x22B

WizardLM-2 8x22B is a budget-priced text-first model from microsoft with partial runtime data, standard context posture, and the clearest fit around long-context research.

Best for: Long-context researchN/A latencyStandard contextBudget pricing
Intelligence
N/A

Benchmark blend

Coding
N/A

Dev workflow signal

Context
66K Tokens

Standard

Input Price
$0.62

Budget tier

Decision snapshot
75

WizardLM-2 8x22B currently reads as a budget text-first option with standard context and a partially published runtime profile.

Overall profile
Strong all-rounder
Best for
Long-context research
Latency tier
N/A
Price tier
Budget
Source coverage
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Decision Strip

Decision rail before the raw tables

Core buy-side signals stay in one pass. The rest of the page expands only after intelligence, speed, context, and price are clear.

Intelligence
N/A
N/A

General reasoning and benchmark headroom.

Unavailable
Speed
N/A
N/A

Latency data is partial.

Unavailable
Context
66K Tokens
64

How much prompt and task state can stay in view.

Competitive
Price
$0.62
86

$0.62 output / 1M

Efficient

Editorial Profile

WizardLM-2 8x22B in one narrative

Positioning, tradeoffs, and fit are consolidated into one read instead of repeating the same story across separate cards.

Strong all-rounderCoding score N/AMath score N/A

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...

Identity

microsoft text-first profile

Positioning

Long-context research with standard context and partially published runtime.

Cost posture

Efficient spend profile. More comfortable for sustained prompt volume if the capability fit is right.

Strengths

  • The available source data suggests a balanced profile rather than one dominant edge.

Tradeoffs

  • Budget-friendly input pricing is a strength, but raw capability may vary by workload.

  • Latency data is incomplete, so interactive responsiveness is harder to rank confidently.

  • Current metadata points to a text-first profile rather than a broad multimodal one.

  • Context window is more comfortable for focused tasks than extremely long sessions.

Best fit

  • Focused chat, retrieval-augmented flows, and narrower production tasks.

Benchmarks

Grouped by job-to-be-done

Only benchmark categories with actual signal are shown. Secondary values stay as simple definitions instead of nested micro-cards.

No benchmark data is available for this model yet.

Specs & Pricing

Technical snapshot and cost posture

Specs stay neutral, pricing gets emphasis through values rather than extra containers. Raw provider internals remain in metadata at the end.

Technical snapshot
Context Window
66K Tokens
Vision
Text-first
Modalities
text
Tokenizer
Mistral
Max Completion
8000
Moderation
No
Supported Parameters
frequency_penaltymax_tokenspresence_penaltyrepetition_penaltyseedstoptemperaturetop_ktop_p
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text
Price architecture
Input
per 1M input tokens
$0.62
Output
per 1M output tokens
$0.62
Blended
AA 3:1 mix
N/A

This model is relatively efficient on price. It is the easier fit when sustained prompt volume matters.

Metadata

Raw source tables at the end

Verification details remain available, but the page no longer forces them ahead of the editorial read.