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Open-weight LLM prices plummet as Kimi, Qwen, Mistral, and GPT models see steep drops · 4 sources tracked

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Several open-weight large language models have seen significant price reductions in their output token costs over the past 30 days. Kimi K2.6 experienced a 54% drop, falling from $4 to $1.83 per 1 million tokens. Similarly, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 decreased by 36%, and Mistral Large 3 2512 (batch) saw a 50% reduction. GPT OSS 20B also dropped 45%, from $0.2 to $0.11 per 1 million output tokens, highlighting a trend of rapidly decreasing costs for open-weight models. AI

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RANK_REASON Multiple price drops for open-weight LLMs across different models and providers.

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Open-weight LLM prices plummet as Kimi, Qwen, Mistral, and GPT models see steep drops · 4 sources tracked

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COVERAGE [4]

  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📉 Price drop: Kimi K2.6 $4 → $1.83 per 1M output tokens (-54% in 30 days) Open weights. https:// olud.ai/model/kimi-k2-6.html # AI # LLM # Pricing

    📉 Price drop: Kimi K2.6 $4 → $1.83 per 1M output tokens (-54% in 30 days) Open weights. https:// olud.ai/model/kimi-k2-6.html # AI # LLM # Pricing

    LINKS olud.ai/…/kimi-k2-6.html
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · opensourceaitech ·

    Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 dropped 36% in 30 days: $0.55 to $0.35 per 1M output tokens. Open-weights models keep getting cheaper—fast. https:// olud.ai/model

    Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 dropped 36% in 30 days: $0.55 to $0.35 per 1M output tokens. Open-weights models keep getting cheaper—fast. https:// olud.ai/model/qwen3-235b-a22b- instruct-2507.html # AI # LLM # Pricing

    LINKS olud.ai/…/qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507.h…
  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · opensourceaitech ·

    I'll go with: "📉 Mistral Large 3 2512 (batch) output tokens dropped 50 https:// olud.ai/model/mistral-large-3- 2512-batch.html # AI # LLM # Pricing

    I'll go with: "📉 Mistral Large 3 2512 (batch) output tokens dropped 50 https:// olud.ai/model/mistral-large-3- 2512-batch.html # AI # LLM # Pricing

    LINKS olud.ai/…/mistral-large-3-2512-batch.html
  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · opensourceaitech ·

    📉 Price drop: gpt-oss-20b (batch) $0.2 → $0.11 per 1M output tokens (-45% in 30 days) Open weights. https:// olud.ai/model/gpt-oss-20b-batc h.html # AI # LLM #

    📉 Price drop: gpt-oss-20b (batch) $0.2 → $0.11 per 1M output tokens (-45% in 30 days) Open weights. https:// olud.ai/model/gpt-oss-20b-batc h.html # AI # LLM # Pricing

    LINKS olud.ai/…/gpt-oss-20b-batch.html

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