Mixtral Groq Base: pricing, context window and benchmarks
Mixtral Groq Base is a open-weight model from Groq. It offers a 32,768-token context window, costs $2.66 per million input tokens and $11.35 per million output tokens, and averages 68.4 across the index's benchmark suite.
Pricing
Mixtral Groq Base costs $2.66 per million input tokens and $11.35 per million output tokens. A blended 3:1 input-to-output mix works out to about $4.83 per million tokens. Cached input is listed at $0.40 per million tokens.
| Item | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $2.66 | per 1M tokens |
| Output | $11.35 | per 1M tokens |
| Cached input | $0.40 | per 1M tokens |
| Blended 3:1 | $4.83 | estimate per 1M tokens |
| 1M in + 1M out | $14.01 | estimate |
Benchmarks
Scores below are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale. Use them to compare relative position, not as official vendor results.
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 71.0 | 389 | 35th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 64.4 | 374 | 38th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 54.9 | 386 | 36th | |
| HumanEval | 71.8 | 381 | 37th | |
| MATH-500 | 70.9 | 381 | 37th | |
| AIME 2025 | 64.5 | 349 | 42th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 58.8 | 380 | 37th | |
| IFEval | 76.3 | 385 | 36th | |
| TruthfulQA | 74.9 | 332 | 45th | |
| HellaSwag | 81.1 | 368 | 39th | |
| MMMU | 64.0 | 390 | 35th | |
| Arena Elo | 1335.6 | 381 | 37th |
What Mixtral Groq Base is good for
Mixtral Groq Base is an open-weight model, so it can be self-hosted or run through a third-party inference provider. That matters for data residency, fine-tuning and long-run cost control. At $2.66 per million input tokens (hosted list price) and a 32,768-token context window, it is a practical option for teams that want more control than a closed API allows.
Strengths
- Input price of $2.66 per million tokens is at or below the index median.
- Open weights make self-hosting, fine-tuning and data-residency review possible.
- Accepts more than text, including image input where the provider supports it.
Trade-offs
- Average benchmark score is below the index median; test it on your own task.
How it compares
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 Nano | Anthropic | 8192 | $6.47 | 68.7 |
| Firesearch | Fireworks AI | 32768 | $7.03 | 68.5 |
| Molmo | Allen Institute for AI | 32768 | $2.49 | 68.5 |
| Mixtral Groq Base | Groq | 32768 | $2.66 | 68.4 |
| Hunyuan-Turbo Mini | Tencent | 8192 | $6.59 | 68.3 |
| Molmo Instruct | Allen Institute for AI | 32768 | $2.53 | 68.3 |
FAQ
How much does Mixtral Groq Base cost?
Mixtral Groq Base is listed at $2.66 per million input tokens and $11.35 per million output tokens. Cached input is $0.40 per million tokens. A blended 3:1 input-to-output mix is about $4.83 per million tokens.
What is the context window of Mixtral Groq Base?
Mixtral Groq Base has a context window of 32,768 tokens and can emit up to 32,768 output tokens per request in this index.
Is Mixtral Groq Base open weights?
Yes. Mixtral Groq Base is listed as an open-weight model under a open weights licence.
How does Mixtral Groq Base score on benchmarks?
Mixtral Groq Base averages 68.4 across the scored benchmarks in this index, ranking #380 of 600 models. Its strongest relative result is Arena Elo at 1335.6.
What is Mixtral Groq Base best for?
Mixtral Groq Base is an open-weight model, so it can be self-hosted or run through a third-party inference provider. That matters for data residency, fine-tuning and long-run cost control. At $2.66 per million input tokens (hosted list price) and a 32,768-token context window, it is a practical option for teams that want more control than a closed API allows.