Analysis Summary
Virtuoso Large from Arcee AI is a text-only model with a 131,072-token context window, tool use, and function calling. The supplied record contains no intelligence, coding, agentic, or content benchmark results for this variant. That leaves its reasoning quality, instruction following, and reliability uncertain despite a product shape that is relevant to business automation.
The listed capabilities could support structured content operations, document-oriented workflows, and controlled tool calls, particularly where outputs are checked before publication. The long context is useful for briefs and reference material, but no evidence confirms dependable synthesis across that window. It should not be selected for autonomous agents, complex coding, or high-stakes client copy without a task-specific evaluation.
Pricing is $0.75 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens. Run a focused pilot before considering broader workflow adoption.
Assessed August 9, 2026
Editorial notes
Virtuoso Large offers a 131K context with tool use and function calling at moderate pricing, but this variant has no benchmark evidence supplied, so its suitability for demanding client workflows remains unverified.
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DFO Verdict
Virtuoso Large offers a 131K context with tool use and function calling at moderate pricing, but this variant has no benchmark evidence supplied, so its suitability for demanding client workflows remains unverified.
How Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large compares
Its 131K-token context window is larger than 49% of the models we list. At $0.75 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 31% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.75 | $0.000750 |
| Output | $1.20 | $0.001200 |
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Frequently asked questions about Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large
How much does Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large cost?
Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large?
Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K).
What can Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large do?
Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large supports tool use and function calling.
Who created Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large?
Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large is developed by Arcee AI and was released on May 5, 2025.
Data sourced from the OpenRouter API, Artificial Analysis, the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard and our own internal testing. Scores are editorially curated by our team.
Last updated: September 2, 2026 11:59 am