Tencent · Released May 21, 2026Hy-MT2-1.8B
Tencent Hy reasoning model for coding, instruction following, and agent tasks.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $0.044per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.177per 1M tokens
- Context
- 8K4K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.044per million tokens
- Output
- $0.177per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.077cheaper than 92% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $0.176 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $1.98 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $19.85 |
Median of 3 paid API providers on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Hy-MT2-1.8B yet.
The details
- Lab
- Tencent
- Released
- May 21, 2026
- Context window
- 8,192 tokens
- Max output
- 4,096 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- No
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- Availability
- 3 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Hy-MT2-1.8B
How much does Hy-MT2-1.8B cost?
Hy-MT2-1.8B costs $0.044 input / $0.177 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.077 per million tokens, cheaper than 92% of the 445 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Hy-MT2-1.8B?
Hy-MT2-1.8B accepts up to 8,192 tokens per request and can write up to 4,096 tokens in one response.
How good is Hy-MT2-1.8B?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Hy-MT2-1.8B yet.
Is Hy-MT2-1.8B open source?
Yes. Tencent publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Hy-MT2-1.8B support?
Hy-MT2-1.8B accepts text and replies in text. It is not a dedicated reasoning model, does not support tool calling.
When was Hy-MT2-1.8B released?
Tencent released Hy-MT2-1.8B on May 21, 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Hy-MT2-1.8B?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are DiffusionGemma 26B A4B IT (Google, $0.05 / $0.15), Schematron V2 Small (Inference.net, $0.05 / $0.23), Ling 3.0 Flash (inclusionAI, $0.06 / $0.18) and Granite 4.2 8B (IBM, $0.06 / $0.15).