How much does Hy-MT2-1.8B cost per million tokens?

Hy-MT2-1.8B costs $0.044 per million input tokens and $0.177 per million output tokens at list price.

What is the context window of Hy-MT2-1.8B?

Hy-MT2-1.8B accepts up to 8,192 tokens of context and returns up to 4,096 output tokens.

How much do 1,000 chat messages cost with Hy-MT2-1.8B?

About $0.13, assuming 1,000 input + 500 output tokens per message.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Hy-MT2-1.8B?

In the same price range, Qwen Qwen3.7 Flash ($0.03 / $0.13), DeepSeek DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 ($0.042 / $0.084), OpenAI gpt-oss-120b ($0.037 / $0.17) cost less per token. Quality differs: test on your own prompts.

Where can I buy Tencent API credits for less?

Discount credit books resell OpenRouter usage below face value within their depth, OpenRouter adds a 5.5% card fee, and Tencent sells its own credits at face value. The live table on this page ranks them for $100 of usage.

Tencent · live price

Hy-MT2-1.8B API pricing

Hy-MT2-1.8B is a compact 1.8B-parameter translation model from Tencent. It supports 33 language pairs and five Chinese dialect and minority-language pairs, with workflows for structured, delimiter-based, contextual, glossary-based, and style-guided...

Small and cheap (under $1 per 1M)

Input: $0.044; per 1M tokens
Output: $0.177; per 1M tokens
Cached input: –; per 1M tokens
Context: 8K; 4K max output

List price from OpenRouter, which passes Tencent's price through without markup. Refreshed hourly. Released August 20, 2026. Model id tencent/hy-mt2-1.8b.

What Hy-MT2-1.8B costs in practice

At list price, before any batch or caching discount.

1,000 chat messages

$0.13

1,000 input + 500 output tokens each

1,000 RAG questions

$0.44

8,000 input + 500 output tokens each

100 coding-agent steps

$0.17

30,000 input + 2,000 output tokens each, no caching

Hy-MT2-1.8B price history

No price change since we started tracking on 2026-10-01. We record prices daily; changes will show here.

Hy-MT2-1.8B price by host

One host serves this model through OpenRouter.

Tencent$0.044 in · $0.177 out · 8K ctx · 100.0% uptime 24h

Where to buy Tencent credits for less

Hy-MT2-1.8B costs the same per token everywhere it's sold through OpenRouter. What changes is the price of the credits. Live quotes for $100 of usage:

#	Where you buy	You payYou pay for $100.00 of usage	vs list price	Price source
1	OrbioCardCheapest right now Credits from a discount book, plus a 5% platform fee and card processing, both included in the quote.	$85.10 incl. $2.60 card processing	-14.9%	live quote
2	smaaartCard Credits from a discount book, plus a 5% platform fee on face value. Card processing and taxes shown at checkout.	$95.00 + card processing and tax at checkout (not in this number)	-5.0%	live quote
3	Direct from the labCard Prepaid credits at face value (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google…). Taxes may apply.	$100.00 no top-up fee	list price	face value
4	OpenRouterCrypto 5% on crypto purchases. No markup on model prices.	$105.00 fees included	+5.0%	published fee
5	OpenRouterCard 5.5% on card purchases, $0.80 minimum. No markup on model prices.	$105.50 fees included	+5.5%	published fee

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Hy-MT2-1.8B cost calculator

Enter your monthly tokens to price your own usage.

Model$0.044 in / $0.177 out per 1M tokens · list price, liveInput tokens / month (millions)Output tokens / month (millions)

Usage at list price$3.97/ month(quotes below are for $5.00: purchases run from $5.00 to $10,000.00)

Cheaper alternatives to Hy-MT2-1.8B

Other labs' models in the same price range or the one below, cheaper per token.

Model	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Blended 3:1	Context
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash	$0.03	$0.13	$0.055	1M
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423	$0.042	$0.084	$0.052	1.0M
OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b	$0.037	$0.17	$0.07	131K
OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b	$0.018	$0.09	$0.036	131K
Google: Gemma 3 4B	$0.05	$0.1	$0.063	131K
Google: Gemma 3 12B	$0.05	$0.15	$0.075	131K

Other Tencent models

Model	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Blended 3:1	Context
Hy-MT2-30B-A3B	$0.074	$0.295	$0.129	8K
Hy-MT2-7B	$0.074	$0.295	$0.129	8K
Hy4 preview	$0.834	$2.50	$1.25	1.0M
Hy3	$0.132	$0.528	$0.231	262K
Hy3 preview	$0.18	$0.6	$0.285	262K
Hunyuan A13B Instruct	$0.14	$0.57	$0.248	131K

All Tencent API prices