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Baichuan2-53B API Pricing

Baichuan2-53B is the last dense Baichuan2 row still listed publicly, with time-based pricing instead of one flat rate. The official table shows $1.41/M unified off-peak from 00:00-08:00 and $2.82/M unified peak from 08:00-24:00, converted from 0.01/0.02 yuan per 1K tokens at 7.10 CNY/USD. Pulled directly from platform.baichuan-ai.com daily.

Input - off-peak per 1M tokens
$1.41/M
Off-peak unified row 00:00-08:00
Output - peak per 1M tokens
$2.82/M
Peak unified row 08:00-24:00
Cached input - no separate discount
$1.41/M
Cache not listed 0%
Effective - agentic blend
$1.41/M
92/8 split - off-peak baseline
§ 01 / TERMINAL

Run the numbers.

Live calculator pre-loaded with the current Baichuan2-53B off-peak list rate. Use the history and FAQ to account for the 2x peak-time tariff before you budget always-on workloads.

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§ 02 / SCENARIOS

Real-world presets.

LEGACY CHAT

Legacy support turn

$0.028/turn
20,000 total tokens~3,546 turns/$100
SUMMARY

Batch note summary

$0.085/batch
60,000 total tokens~1,183 batches/$100
MIGRATION

Dense model audit

$0.169/audit
120,000 total tokens~591 audits/$100
OFF-PEAK

Night queue processing

$0.056/job
40,000 total tokens~1,775 jobs/$100
§ 03 / TAPE

Price history.

Baichuan2-53B still carries a 2x day-night spread - $1.41/M off-peak and $2.82/M during peak hours.

Input · $1.4/M
Output · $1.4/M
Cached · $1.4/M
MAY 18 First AI//COST snapshot stored the off-peak $1.41/M and peak $2.82/M ladderMAY 23 Live verification kept the same off-peak $1.41/M and peak $2.82/M ladder
§ 04 / TOKENIZER

Paste text. See tokens. See cost.

Estimate · baichuan-tokenizer-estimate · ≈3.85 chars/token Auto-counts as you type

This is a chars-per-token approximation, not a real tokenizer. Actual tokens vary by language, code density, and tool-call overhead — counts are typically ±10–20% off for English prose, more for code or non-Latin scripts. For exact billing, use the vendor's official tokenizer.

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§ 05 / SHELF

Up against the shelf.

All models →
Model Input /M Output /M Effective blended Context Best for
Baichuan2-53B Current $1.41 cache $1.41 $1.41 $1.41 off-peak baseline 32K Legacy dense Baichuan2 traffic
Baichuan2-Turbo $1.13 cache $1.13 $1.13 $1.13 cheaper legacy row 32K Legacy Baichuan2 integrations
Baichuan3-Turbo $1.69 cache $1.69 $1.69 $1.69 newer family 32K Balanced legacy production traffic
Baichuan4 Air $0.14 cache $0.14 $0.14 $0.14 much cheaper 32K Lowest-cost Baichuan API traffic
Gemini 2.5 Flash $0.30 cache $0.03 $2.50 $0.27 global budget peer 1M Global multimodal budget workloads
DeepSeek V4 Pro $0.43 cache $0.00 $0.87 $0.14 discount frontier peer 1M Low-cost reasoning workloads

Frequently asked.

Practical pricing questions for Baichuan2-53B, especially the off-peak versus peak billing spread.

Q · 01 What is Baichuan2-53B priced at today? +
Baichuan's official pricing page lists a time-based unified rate for Baichuan2-53B: 0.01 yuan per 1K tokens from 00:00-08:00 and 0.02 yuan per 1K tokens from 08:00-24:00. AI//COST stores that as about $1.41/M off-peak and $2.82/M peak at 7.10 CNY/USD.
Q · 02 Why does this page use the off-peak price in the calculator? +
Because the schema stores one active calculator baseline, and the public Baichuan table publishes the lower night rate first. The FAQ and history call out the peak-time doubling so you do not mistake the off-peak baseline for a full-day average.
Q · 03 Does Baichuan2-53B have a prompt-cache discount? +
No separate cache-hit discount is listed for Baichuan2-53B on the public pricing page. Cached input is therefore treated as the same as normal input instead of inventing an unpublished discount.
Q · 04 Is this still a good model for new deployments? +
Usually no. It is a legacy dense row with peak-time billing, while newer Baichuan families offer flatter pricing and much cheaper entry points such as Baichuan4 Air or Baichuan3-Turbo.
Q · 05 How does it compare with Baichuan2-Turbo? +
Baichuan2-Turbo is cheaper and simpler at roughly $1.13/M unified all day. Baichuan2-53B only beats that if you can keep traffic in the 00:00-08:00 off-peak window and are specifically tied to the dense model row.
Q · 06 How accurate is the tokenizer estimate? +
The browser widget uses a baichuan-tokenizer-estimate chars-per-token approximation for English text. Real billing is controlled by Baichuan's API token counter and can differ for Chinese, code, or mixed-language prompts.
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Reviewed by Yaroslav Vikhariev Founder - AI//COST - Pricing pulled daily from platform.baichuan-ai.com - Last verified May 23, 2026
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