Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3
Analysis Summary
INTELLECT-3 is Prime Intellect's tool-enabled model, offering function calling and a 131K context window, but its reasoning and agentic benchmark scores are modest compared to contemporary alternatives.
It may suit basic automation or scripted tool-calling tasks where budget is a priority, but is unlikely to hold up for complex multi-step reasoning or client-facing content.
At $0.2 input and $1.1 output per million tokens, it is moderately priced but competes against stronger, similarly priced options.
Assessed July 25, 2026
Editorial notes
INTELLECT-3 from Prime Intellect supports tool use and function calling but shows limited reasoning and agentic performance compared to established models.
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DFO Verdict
INTELLECT-3 from Prime Intellect supports tool use and function calling but shows limited reasoning and agentic performance compared to established models.
How Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 compares
Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 ranks #179 of 395 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #193 of 302 for agentic tasks. Its 131K-token context window is larger than 56% of the models we list. At $0.20 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 55% 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 intelligence 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 | $0.20 | $0.000200 |
| Output | $1.10 | $0.001100 |
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Talk to our teamAbout Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3
INTELLECT-3 is a 106B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model (12B active) post-trained from GLM-4.5-Air-Base using supervised fine-tuning (SFT) followed by large-scale reinforcement learning (RL). It offers state-of-the-art performance for its size across math,..
Frequently asked questions about Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3
How much does Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 cost?
Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 costs $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.10 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3?
Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K).
What can Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 do?
Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 supports tool use and function calling.
Who created Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3?
Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 is developed by Prime Intellect and was released on November 27, 2025.
