Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3
Analysis Summary
Prime Intellect's INTELLECT-3 is a text model with tool use, function calling, and a 131,072-token context window. The supplied intelligence result is limited, and no detailed coding, instruction-following, or long-context measurements are available to establish broader reliability.
Those integration features make it a candidate for constrained extraction, routing, and workflow actions with clearly bounded outputs. It is not a preferred choice for complex reasoning, autonomous agents, or polished client-facing content without extensive task-level testing. Input pricing is moderate, while output pricing is comparatively expensive for a model with limited measured capability. Consider it only where its tool interface fits an existing workflow and the task can be tightly supervised.
Assessed August 9, 2026
Editorial notes
INTELLECT-3 includes tool use and function calling with a 131K context window, but its measured reasoning capability is limited and output pricing is relatively high. It is better suited to narrow integrations than demanding client workflows.
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DFO Verdict
INTELLECT-3 includes tool use and function calling with a 131K context window, but its measured reasoning capability is limited and output pricing is relatively high. It is better suited to narrow integrations than demanding client workflows.
How Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 compares
Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 ranks #207 of 428 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Its 131K-token context window is larger than 50% of the models we list. At $0.20 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 57% 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 | $0.20 | $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.