Beam 1.0 501B A23B vs GPT-5.4 nano
Prices checked
GPT-5.4 nano takes 3 of 5 rounds against Beam 1.0 501B A23B. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.42 per million tokens against $0.44.
Beam 1.0 501B A23B
1M context · tool calling · open weights
$0.44/M tokensCheapest price, at Kilo Gateway · $0.21 per 1,000 pages
OpenAIWins 3 roundsGPT-5.4 nano
400k context · tool calling · reads images
$0.42/M tokensCheapest price, at Poe · $0.18 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.30/M
$0.20/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$1/M
$1.25/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.44/M at Kilo Gateway
$0.42/M at Poe
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.47/M
$0.46/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.21
$0.18
Context
1M tokens
400k tokens
Open weights
yes
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
no
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
5 Oct 2026
17 Mar 2026
Providers selling it
13
36
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
not published
Providers selling both · 6
Kilo Gateway$0.44 / $0.46
Nous Portal$0.47 / $0.46
OpenRouter$0.47 / $0.46
TrustedRouter$0.57 / $0.49
Eden AI$0.60 / $0.46
FastRouter$0.60 / $0.46
Beam 1.0 501B A23B, then GPT-5.4 nano, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
io.net Intelligence · 3% dearer · $0.35 / $1.12 $0.34 / $1.10- TrustedRouter · 3% dearer · $0.37 / $1.18 $0.36 / $1.16
- $0.30 / $1 $0.25 / $1
- Nous Portal · 9% dearer · $0.30 / $1 $0.25 / $1
- OpenRouter · 9% dearer · $0.30 / $1 $0.25 / $1
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Beam 1.0 501B A23B or GPT-5.4 nano?
- GPT-5.4 nano, at $0.42 per million tokens against $0.44 for Beam 1.0 501B A23B, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 13 Nov 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Beam 1.0 501B A23B: $0.44 at Kilo Gateway. GPT-5.4 nano: $0.42 at Poe.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 6 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, TrustedRouter, Eden AI, FastRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- Beam 1.0 501B A23B, at 1M tokens against 400k.
Prices exclude tax, read 13 Nov 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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