Deep CogitoOpen weightsNovember 18, 2025

Cogito v2.1

Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis

Source:Artificial Analysis scrapeType:Open weights
Speed
90.5

output tokens/sec

Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) generates output at 90.5 tokens per second (based on the median across …

Latency
0.85s

TTFT

Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) has a time to first token (TTFT) of 0. …

Input Price#82/93
$1.25

/ 1M tokens

Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) costs $1.25 per 1M input tokens (at the higher end, median: $0.59) and $1. …

Output Price#46/93
$1.25

/ 1M tokens

Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) costs $1.25 per 1M input tokens (at the higher end, median: $0.59) and $1. …

Intelligence
not provided

This profile does not provide this metric.

Decision Overview

Ethen's intelligence-driven routing assessment for this model

Overall verdict

General purpose assistant

Route complex or high-value tasks here when the extra capability justifies the cost.

Best for

  • Interactive turn-taking
  • High-value tasks where quality outweighs cost

Weak or unsuitable

  • Routine high-volume generation
  • Simple extraction or labeling

Routing recommendation

1

Cheaper routes for predictable extraction, labeling, or summarization

2

Cache-backed reuse for repeated prompts

Cost pressure

Premium pricing — $1.25 / M input, $1.25 / M output. Use cheaper routes for repetitive or low-risk work.

Model-fit matrix

Use this model where capability pays for itself; route away where volume, latency, or budget dominate.

Use caseFitReasonRouting note
Latency-sensitive applicationsExcellentTTFT 0.85s — among the lowest latencies, suitable for interactive latency-critical use cases.Good first choice for real-time applications.
Cost-sensitive pipelinesStrongOutput pricing at $1.25 is reasonable for moderate volume.Suitable for production; review costs as volume grows.

Cost pressure

High

Pricing is premium — input $1.25, output $1.25. This model is expensive for high-volume or output-heavy workloads.

Cheaper substitutes

  • Lower-cost models for repetitive or high-volume work
  • Cache-backed reuse for repeated prompts

Route away when

  • Output-heavy tasks
  • High-frequency chat at scale
  • Simple queries that cheaper models handle well

Highlights

Key benchmark results at a glance.

Intelligence

Intelligence position

Open section

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) generates output at 90.5 tokens per second (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is above average compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 64.8 t/s). Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) costs $1.25 per 1M input tokens (at the higher end, median: $0.59) and $1.25 per 1M output tokens (better than average, median: $2.20), based on the median across providers serving the model.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)gpt-oss-120b (high): 2424AIgpt-oss-120b (high)

Speed

Speed position

Open section

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) generates output at 90.5 tokens per second (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is above average compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 64.8 t/s).

0113225338450Step 3.7 Flash: 410410?Step 3.7 Flashgpt-oss-120b (high): 316316AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 248248NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 216216?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashCommand A+: 191191?Command A+Grok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Ring-2.6-1T: 136136?Ring-2.6-1TGLM-4.7: 131131?GLM-4.7DeepSeek V4 Flash (max): 113113DDeepSeek V4 Flash (max)MiniMax-M3: 9595?MiniMax-M3Nex-N2-Pro: 9292?Nex-N2-ProCogito v2.1: 9090?Cogito v2.1

Context, Cost & Pricing

Price/value position

Open section

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Pricing is premium — input $1.25, output $1.25. This model is expensive for high-volume or output-heavy workloads.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraKimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6GLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Intelligence & Quality

Benchmark scores and quality indices measuring model capability.

AA-Omniscience Index

AA-Omniscience Index (higher is better) measures knowledge reliability and hallucination. It rewards correct answers, penalizes hallucinations, and has no penalty for refusing to answer. Scores range from -100 to 100, where 0 means as many correct as incorrect answers, and negative scores mean more incorrect than correct. · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

-40-200204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4040AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Gemini 3.5 Flash: 2323GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 2020AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Grok 4.3 (high): 1818xGrok 4.3 (high)Kimi K2.6: 6.46.4KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4.14.1?Muse SparkGLM-5.2 (max): 44?GLM-5.2 (max)MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 3.63.6?MiMo-V2.5-ProGLM-5.1: 1.91.9?GLM-5.1MiniMax-M3: 1.41.4?MiniMax-M3Cogito v2.1: -25-25?Cogito v2.1

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkMiMo-V2.5-Pro: 4242?MiMo-V2.5-ProKimi K2.7 Code: 4242KKimi K2.7 Code

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkMiMo-V2.5-Pro: 4242?MiMo-V2.5-ProKimi K2.7 Code: 4242KKimi K2.7 Code

Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Score

Openness Index assesses model openness on a 0 to 100 normalized scale (higher is more open) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

050100Nemotron 3 Ultra: 8383NNemotron 3 UltraMiMo-V2-Flash: 5353?MiMo-V2-FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 5050DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)DeepSeek V4 Flash (max): 5050DDeepSeek V4 Flash (max)GLM-5.2 (max): 4444?GLM-5.2 (max)GLM-5.1: 4444?GLM-5.1GLM-4.7: 4444?GLM-4.7GLM-4.6: 4444?GLM-4.6Qwen3 235B A22B 2507: 4444QQwen3 235B A22B 2507Cogito v2.1: 3939?Cogito v2.1

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)

Speed & Throughput

Output tokens per second and generation throughput.

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0113225338450Step 3.7 Flash: 410410?Step 3.7 Flashgpt-oss-120b (high): 316316AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 248248NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 216216?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashCommand A+: 191191?Command A+Grok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Ring-2.6-1T: 136136?Ring-2.6-1TGLM-4.7: 131131?GLM-4.7DeepSeek V4 Flash (max): 113113DDeepSeek V4 Flash (max)Cogito v2.1: 9090?Cogito v2.1

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 316316AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 248248NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 216216?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 9595?MiniMax-M3Cogito v2.1: 9090?Cogito v2.1GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Latency & Response Time

Time to first token and end-to-end response latency.

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, including reasoning model 'thinking' time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0s15s30s45s60sGLM-4.6: 10s10s?GLM-4.6MiniMax-M2.7: 9.8s9.8s?MiniMax-M2.7Kimi K2.7 Code: 9.6s9.6sKKimi K2.7 CodeMiMo-V2.5-Pro: 9.5s9.5s?MiMo-V2.5-ProQwen3 235B A22B 2507: 8.4s8.4sQQwen3 235B A22B 2507Kimi K2.6: 6.6s6.6sKKimi K2.6GLM-5.1: 6.3s6.3s?GLM-5.1Cogito v2.1: 5.5s5.5s?Cogito v2.1Nex-N2-Pro: 5.4s5.4s?Nex-N2-ProMiniMax-M3: 5.2s5.2s?MiniMax-M3

Latency: Time To First Answer Token

Seconds to first answer token received · Accounts for reasoning model 'thinking' time · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0s15s30s45s60sKimi K2.6: 58s58sKKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Flash (max): 50s50sDDeepSeek V4 Flash (max)MiniMax-M2.7: 48s48s?MiniMax-M2.7GLM-5.1: 48s48s?GLM-5.1Kimi K2.7 Code: 43s43sKKimi K2.7 CodeGLM-4.6: 41s41s?GLM-4.6MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 38s38s?MiMo-V2.5-ProQwen3 235B A22B 2507: 33s33sQQwen3 235B A22B 2507Cogito v2.1: 22s22s?Cogito v2.1Nex-N2-Pro: 22s22s?Nex-N2-Pro

Context, Cost & Pricing

Context window size, cost per task, and token pricing.

Context Window

Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 1M1MGGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 1M1MAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GLM-5.2 (max): 1M1M?GLM-5.2 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Grok 4.3 (high): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 1M1M?MiniMax-M3MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 1M1M?MiMo-V2.5-ProDeepSeek V4 Flash (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Flash (max)GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 922k922kAIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 262k262kNNemotron 3 Ultra

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

00.51Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 0.40.4AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 0.10.1GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.1: 00?GLM-5.1GLM-5.2 (max): 00?GLM-5.2 (max)Ring-2.6-1T: 00?Ring-2.6-1TQwen3.5 397B A17B: 00QQwen3.5 397B A17BKimi K2.6: 00KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: 00NNemotron 3 UltraKimi K2.7 Code: 00KKimi K2.7 Code

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0200400600Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 508508AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 132132AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 114114GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.1: 4040?GLM-5.1Nemotron 3 Ultra: 3434NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 3333?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 2525KKimi K2.6Qwen3.5 397B A17B: 2525QQwen3.5 397B A17BKimi K2.7 Code: 2424KKimi K2.7 CodeRing-2.6-1T: 2424?Ring-2.6-1T

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MGLM-5.2 (max): 6.16.1?GLM-5.2 (max)GLM-5.1: 6.16.1?GLM-5.1Kimi K2.6: 5.15.1KKimi K2.6Kimi K2.7 Code: 5.15.1KKimi K2.7 CodeQwen3.5 397B A17B: 4.24.2QQwen3.5 397B A17BGrok 4.3 (high): 44xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 3.63.6NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-4.7: 3.33.3?GLM-4.7Nex-N2-Pro: 3.33.3?Nex-N2-ProRing-2.6-1T: 2.82.8?Ring-2.6-1TCogito v2.1: 2.52.5?Cogito v2.1cache Hitinputoutput

Time per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average decode time (minutes) per task; excludes TTFT and overhead time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0246GLM-4.6: 5.95.9?GLM-4.6DeepSeek V4 Flash (max): 5.85.8DDeepSeek V4 Flash (max)MiniMax-M2.7: 5.55.5?MiniMax-M2.7Qwen3.5 397B A17B: 5.15.1QQwen3.5 397B A17BGLM-5.1: 5.15.1?GLM-5.1Kimi K2.7 Code: 55KKimi K2.7 CodeNex-N2-Pro: 4.84.8?Nex-N2-ProClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4.84.8AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Qwen3 235B A22B 2507: 4.44.4QQwen3 235B A22B 2507MiniMax-M3: 44?MiniMax-M3

Architecture & Scale

Model size, parameters, and architectural details.

Model Size: Total and Active Parameters

Comparison between total model parameters and parameters active during inference · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1.6k1.6kDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 1k1k?MiMo-V2.5-ProKimi K2.6: 1k1kKKimi K2.6Kimi K2.7 Code: 1k1kKKimi K2.7 CodeRing-2.6-1T: 1k1k?Ring-2.6-1TGLM-5.2 (max): 753753?GLM-5.2 (max)GLM-5.1: 744744?GLM-5.1DeepSeek R1 (Jan): 685685DDeepSeek R1 (Jan)Cogito v2.1: 671671?Cogito v2.1Nemotron 3 Ultra: 550550NNemotron 3 Ultrapassive Paramsactive Params

Specifications

Technical Specifications

Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) generates output at 90.5 tokens per second (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is above average compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 64.8 t/s). Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) costs $1.25 per 1M input tokens (at the higher end, median: $0.59) and $1.25 per 1M output tokens (better than average, median: $2.20), based on the median across providers serving the model.

Cogito v2.1

Model type
Open weights
Reasoning
Yes
Input modalities
Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) supports text input.
Output modalities
Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) supports text output.
Context window
130k tokens
Open weights / source
Yes, Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
Parameters
Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) has 671 billion parameters (37 billion active).
Active parameters
Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) is a Mixture of Experts (MoE) model with 671 billion total parameters, but only 37 billion active parameters are used during inference.
License
Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) is released under the MIT license. This license allows commercial use.
API availability
Yes, Cogito v2.1 (Reasoning) is available via API through 1 provider.

Methodology & Provenance

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