Side by side
GPT-5 Nano vs Hy-MT2-30B-A3B
Source: OpenRouter (live)
Live figures
The numbers
Best value in each row is highlighted. "Not declared" means the provider does not advertise the feature on its listing.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Input priceUSD per 1M tokens | $0.05 (best) | $0.07 |
| Output priceUSD per 1M tokens | $0.40 | $0.29 (best) |
| Blended price75% in / 25% out | $0.14 | $0.13 (best) |
| Vs. market median | 85% cheaper | 86% cheaper |
| Value rankcheapest = 1 | #62 | #56 (best) |
| Context windowtokens | 400K (best) | 8K |
| Max outputtokens | 128K (best) | 4K |
| Input modalities | text, image, file | text |
| Output modalities | text | text |
| Tool calling | Declared | Not declared |
| Reasoning | Declared | Not declared |
| Structured output | Declared | Declared |
| Listed on OpenRouter | 2025-08-07 | 2026-08-20 (best) |
Blended price assumes a 3:1 input-to-output token mix. Median is across all 429 priced models.
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| Model | Input | Output | Monthly | Yearly | vs cheapest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tencent: Hy-MT2-30B-A3B Tencent · $0.074 in / $0.295 out per M | $3.70 | $4.42 | $8.13 | $98 | Cheapest | |
| OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano OpenAI · $0.050 in / $0.400 out per M | $2.50 | $6.00 | $8.50 | $102 | +$0.375 (1.0×) |
Estimates use list prices per million tokens from live provider listings. Cached-input, batch and volume discounts are not included, so real bills are often lower.
Read-out
What the numbers say
- Tencent: Hy-MT2-30B-A3B is the cheapest here at $0.13/M blended; OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano costs 6% more.
- OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano offers the largest context window (400K tokens) versus 8K for Tencent: Hy-MT2-30B-A3B.
- Tool calling is declared for OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano only.
- Reasoning mode is declared for OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano only.
Models
Model pages
Full pricing history, capabilities and alternatives for each model in this comparison.
OpenAI
$0.137
/M blended
Tencent
$0.129
/M blended
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