Hy-MT2-1.8B
$0.044 per 1M input tokens and $0.177 per 1M output tokens · 8K context · open weights.
Prices checked Oct 21, 2026 · tracked by LLM Cost Index since Oct 21, 2026
$0.044
input / 1M tokens
$0.177
output / 1M tokens
8K
context window
4K
max output
What Hy-MT2-1.8B costs per month
Estimated monthly bill for typical workloads. Try your own numbers in the cost calculator.
| Workload | Per month |
|---|---|
| Customer chatbot 1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each | $30.71 |
| Document Q&A (RAG) 500 questions a day over retrieved documents | $5.29 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 200 tasks a day, long tool-heavy contexts | $20.09 |
| Content generation 30 long articles a day | $0.517 |
| Classification / extraction 100,000 short items a day | $47.56 |
Price history
We started tracking Hy-MT2-1.8B on Oct 21, 2026; the chart appears as soon as there is a second data point. See all recent price changes.
Cheaper alternatives to Hy-MT2-1.8B
Models with the same key capabilities for at least 20% less (3:1 input/output mix), most capable first.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLM 5.3 Flash Z.ai | $0.041 | $0.12 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| Ling 3.0 Flash inclusionAI | $0.021 | $0.063 | 262K | toolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| gpt-oss-20b OpenAI | $0.018 | $0.09 | 131K | toolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Meta Llama | $0.05 | $0.08 | 131K | toolsJSONopen weights |
| Mistral Small 3 Mistral AI | $0.05 | $0.08 | 33K | JSONopen weights |
How to pay less for Hy-MT2-1.8B
For a customer chatbot (1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each) that costs $30.71 a month at list price without caching:
| Option | Per month | You save |
|---|---|---|
| Move to GLM 5.3 Flash (similar capabilities) | $16.82 | $13.89 (45%) |
Other workloads: cut-your-bill tool for Hy-MT2-1.8B.
Specifications
| Model ID | tencent/hy-mt2-1.8b |
| Input | text |
| Output | text |
| Tool calling | No |
| Structured output | No |
| Reasoning mode | No |
| Open weights | Yes — tencent/Hy-MT2-1.8B |
| Released | Aug 20, 2026 |
FAQ
- How much does Hy-MT2-1.8B cost?
- $0.044 per million input tokens and $0.177 per million output tokens. Prices as of Oct 21, 2026.
- What is the context window of Hy-MT2-1.8B?
- 8K tokens, with up to 4K output tokens per response.
- Does Hy-MT2-1.8B support images, tools and structured output?
- Images as input: no. Tool calling: no. Structured (JSON) output: no. Reasoning mode: no.
- What are cheaper alternatives to Hy-MT2-1.8B?
- Models with the same key capabilities for at least 20% less include GLM 5.3 Flash ($0.041 / $0.12), Ling 3.0 Flash ($0.021 / $0.063), gpt-oss-20b ($0.018 / $0.09).
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