Perceptron Mk1
Multimodal reasoning model for visual analysis, planning, and tool use.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $0.15per 1M tokens
- Output
- $1.50per 1M tokens
- Context
- 33K8K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.15per million tokens
- Output
- $1.50per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.487cheaper than 60% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $1.05 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $11.25 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $112.50 |
Median of 3 paid API providers on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Perceptron Mk1 yet.
The details
- Lab
- Perceptron
- Released
- May 12, 2026
- Context window
- 32,768 tokens
- Max output
- 8,192 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images, Video
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Always on
- Tool calling
- No
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Availability
- 3 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Perceptron Mk1
How much does Perceptron Mk1 cost?
Perceptron Mk1 costs $0.15 input / $1.50 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.487 per million tokens, cheaper than 60% of the 445 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Perceptron Mk1?
Perceptron Mk1 accepts up to 32,768 tokens per request and can write up to 8,192 tokens in one response.
How good is Perceptron Mk1?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Perceptron Mk1 yet.
Is Perceptron Mk1 open source?
No. Perceptron Mk1 is proprietary; you use it through an API or partner platforms.
What inputs does Perceptron Mk1 support?
Perceptron Mk1 accepts text, images and video and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, does not support tool calling.
When was Perceptron Mk1 released?
Perceptron released Perceptron Mk1 on May 12, 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Perceptron Mk1?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are CoBuddy (Baidu, $0.28 / $1.13), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (Google, $0.25 / $1.50), Step 3.7 Flash (StepFun, $0.20 / $1.15) and LongCat-2.0 (Meituan (LongCat), $0.30 / $1.20).