Nex N2.6 vs Ternary Bonsai 2 27B
Prices checked
Ternary Bonsai 2 27B takes 2 of 5 rounds against Nex N2.6. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.18 per million tokens against $0.19.
Nex N2.6
262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
$0.19/M tokensNex AGI's own price · 9.6¢ per 1,000 pages
Ternary Bonsai 2 27B
262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
$0.18/M tokensOpenRouter's own price · 7.5¢ per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.12/M
$0.07/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.40/M
$0.50/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
none below the maker
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.19/M
$0.18/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
9.6¢
7.5¢
Context
262k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
10 Nov 2026
18 Sept 2026
Providers selling it
5
6
Price we measure against
the maker's own
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 4
NanoGPT$0.12 / $0.18
Nous Portal$0.19 / $0.18
OpenRouter$0.19 / $0.18
Kilo Gateway$0.24 / $0.18
Nex N2.6, then Ternary Bonsai 2 27B, per million tokens.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Nex N2.6 or Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B, at $0.18 per million tokens against $0.19 for Nex N2.6, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 10 Nov 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Nex N2.6: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $0.19 is the number to beat. Ternary Bonsai 2 27B: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $0.18 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: NanoGPT, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Kilo Gateway. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
- Which holds more context?
- Both hold 262k tokens in one call.
Prices exclude tax, read 10 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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