Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3
Analysis Summary
INTELLECT-3 from Prime Intellect is a text model with a 131,072-token context window, tool use, and function calling. Its listed input and output prices are $0.20 and $1.10. The available record provides an intelligence index but no detailed coding, instruction-following, or task-specific agent benchmarks, which makes it difficult to judge how reliably it handles complex work.
Its tool support and context length give it a plausible role in bounded automation experiments and routine workflows where outputs can be checked. The evidence is not sufficient to recommend it as a default agent for client operations or as a substitute for a stronger reasoning model. Start with a controlled pilot that measures tool-call correctness, recovery from errors, and review effort. If it performs consistently on the team's own tasks, its pricing may support selective use at volume.
Assessed September 23, 2026
Editorial notes
INTELLECT-3 lists tool use and function calling with a 131K context window and affordable pricing; its limited intelligence result leaves demanding reasoning and production reliability unproven.
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DFO Verdict
INTELLECT-3 lists tool use and function calling with a 131K context window and affordable pricing; its limited intelligence result leaves demanding reasoning and production reliability unproven.
Benchmarks
Artificial Analysis data refreshed Oct 12, 2026. Arena ratings from the Oct 2, 2026 text leaderboard, with style control.
Artificial Analysis has not published coding or agentic results for Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 yet. Until it does, the model sits below tested models on the Coding and AI Agents lists.
How Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 compares
Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 ranks #213 of 436 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Its 131K-token context window is larger than 51% of the models we list. At $0.20 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 52% 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.
Pricing
| 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.