Ling 3.0 Flash VL vs Ternary Bonsai 2 9B
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Ling 3.0 Flash VL and Ternary Bonsai 2 9B split the 5 rounds this table counts: the maker's two prices, the cheapest price, the maker's blended price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
Ling 3.0 Flash VL
131k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
$0.09/M tokensOpenRouter's own price · 4.7¢ per 1,000 pages
Ternary Bonsai 2 9B
262k context · tool calling · reads images
$0.09/M tokensOpenRouter's own price · 5.6¢ per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.06/M
$0.08/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.18/M
$0.13/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
none below the maker
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.09/M
$0.09/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
4.7¢
5.6¢
Context
131k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
yes
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
10 Sept 2026
16 Oct 2026
Providers selling it
11
5
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 4
NanoGPT$0.09 / $0.07
Kilo Gateway$0.09 / $0.09
Nous Portal$0.09 / $0.09
OpenRouter$0.09 / $0.09
Ling 3.0 Flash VL, then Ternary Bonsai 2 9B, per million tokens.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Ling 3.0 Flash VL or Ternary Bonsai 2 9B?
- Ling 3.0 Flash VL, at $0.09 per million tokens against $0.09 for Ternary Bonsai 2 9B, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Ling 3.0 Flash VL: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $0.09 is the number to beat. Ternary Bonsai 2 9B: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $0.09 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
- Which holds more context?
- Ternary Bonsai 2 9B, at 262k tokens against 131k.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 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.