Perceptron Mk1 vs Qwen-Plus

Perceptron Mk1 at $0.172 in and $1.73 out and Qwen-Plus at $0.299 in and $0.897 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Perceptron Mk1

Perceptron

0.22¢

for a client proposal

$0.172 in · $1.73 out / 1M

33K context · released 3 months ago

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Qwen-Plus

Qwen

0.22¢

for a client proposal

$0.299 in · $0.897 out / 1M

1M context · released February 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.45¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Perceptron Mk1 at $0.172 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Qwen-Plus at $0.897 per million tokens.
Largest context: Qwen-Plus at 1M tokens — about 1,400 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Perceptron Mk1

0.12¢

Qwen-Plus

0.1¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Perceptron Mk1

0.22¢

Qwen-Plus

0.22¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Perceptron Mk1

needs 155K ctx

Qwen-Plus

5¢

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Perceptron Mk1

needs 35K ctx

Qwen-Plus

1.1¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Perceptron Mk1

needs 250K ctx

Qwen-Plus

$0.08

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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Perceptron Mk1

Qwen-Plus

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Pricing

Perceptron Mk1

Qwen-Plus

Input / 1M tokens

$0.172

$0.299

Output / 1M tokens

$1.73

$0.897

Cached input / 1M

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$0.060

Specs

Perceptron Mk1

Qwen-Plus

Provider

Perceptron

Qwen

Released

3 months ago

February 2025

Context window

33K

Max output

33K

Input

Text, Images, and Video

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

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2025-03-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Perceptron Mk1

Perceptron

0.12¢

for this task

29% input · 71% output

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Qwen-Plus

Qwen

0.1¢

for this task

57% input · 43% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.23¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 2,218 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Qwen-Plus has the largest context window here — 1M tokens.

On price, Qwen-Plus is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.22¢.

For images or files, Perceptron Mk1 can read them directly; Qwen-Plus is text-only.

If you want to watch the model think, Perceptron Mk1 shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Perceptron Mk1 or Qwen-Plus?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Qwen-Plus at 0.22¢; Perceptron Mk1 at 0.22¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Qwen-Plus — 1M tokens, about 1,400 pages.

Can I run Perceptron Mk1 and Qwen-Plus side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.45¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.45¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.