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Aion Labs · Released May 14, 2026

Aion-3.0-Mini

Efficient model for low-latency assistance, extraction, and routine automation.

  • Proprietary
  • Reasoning
  • Tool calling
Capability
—No ECI score yet
Input
$0.70per 1M tokens
Output
$1.40per 1M tokens
Context
131K33K max output
Pricing

What it costs

Input
$0.70per million tokens
Output
$1.40per million tokens
Blended (3:1)
$0.875pricier than 53% of priced models

Typical monthly bills

Monthly usageEstimated cost
Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens$2.10
Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens$24.50
Production app250M input + 50M output tokens$245.00

Median of 4 paid API providers on models.dev.

Capability

Independent benchmarks

Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Aion-3.0-Mini yet.

Specifications

The details

Lab
Aion Labs
Released
May 14, 2026
Context window
131,072 tokens
Max output
32,768 tokens
Inputs
Text
Output
Text
Reasoning
Always on
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
No
Weights
Proprietary
Availability
4 API providerslisted on models.dev
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Questions

About Aion-3.0-Mini

How much does Aion-3.0-Mini cost?

Aion-3.0-Mini costs $0.70 input / $1.40 output per million tokens (median across 4 API providers). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.875 per million tokens, more expensive than 53% of the 445 priced models we track.

What is the context window of Aion-3.0-Mini?

Aion-3.0-Mini accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request and can write up to 32,768 tokens in one response.

How good is Aion-3.0-Mini?

Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Aion-3.0-Mini yet.

Is Aion-3.0-Mini open source?

No. Aion-3.0-Mini is proprietary; you use it through an API or partner platforms.

What inputs does Aion-3.0-Mini support?

Aion-3.0-Mini accepts text and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling.

When was Aion-3.0-Mini released?

Aion Labs released Aion-3.0-Mini on May 14, 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Aion-3.0-Mini?

The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Seed 2.1 Turbo (ByteDance Seed, $0.445 / $2.23), Nex-N2-Pro (Nex AGI, $0.50 / $2.50), Motif 3 (Motif Technologies, $0.50 / $2.00) and Qwen3.5 27B (Alibaba (Qwen), $0.30 / $2.40).