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Baichuan4 Turbo API Pricing

Baichuan4 Turbo is Baichuan's faster mainstream 4-series API row. The official table lists a $2.11/M unified token rate, converted from 0.015 yuan per 1K tokens at 7.10 CNY/USD, with the same price applied to both input and output. No separate cache-hit discount is listed. Pulled directly from platform.baichuan-ai.com daily.

Input - per 1M tokens
$2.11/M
Source Baichuan flat
Output - per 1M tokens
$2.11/M
Unified same as input flat
Cached input - no separate discount
$2.11/M
Cache not listed 0%
Effective - agentic blend
$2.11/M
92/8 split - no cache discount
§ 01 / TERMINAL

Run the numbers.

Live calculator pre-loaded with current Baichuan4 Turbo rates. Tweak spend or workload shape, then share the URL to share the estimate.

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§ 02 / SCENARIOS

Real-world presets.

CODING AGENT

Repo implementation

$0.053/task
25,000 total tokens~1,894 tasks/$100
RAG

Knowledge-base answer

$0.021/query
10,000 total tokens~4,739 queries/$100
CHATBOT

Customer conversation

$0.008/turn
3,700 total tokens~12,821 turns/$100
SUMMARY

Long report summary

$0.190/report
90,000 total tokens~526 reports/$100
§ 03 / TAPE

Price history.

Baichuan4 Turbo has held at $2.11/M for both input and output across our verified live snapshots.

Input · $2.1/M
Output · $2.1/M
Cached · $2.1/M
MAY 18 First AI//COST verified snapshot stored the $2.11/M unified rateMAY 23 Live verification kept the same $2.11/M unified rate
§ 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
Baichuan4 Turbo Current $2.11 cache $2.11 $2.11 $2.11 agentic 92/8 32K Balanced Baichuan production traffic
Baichuan4 Air $0.14 cache $0.14 $0.14 $0.14 cheaper 32K Lowest-cost Baichuan API traffic
Baichuan4 $14.09 cache $14.09 $14.09 $14.09 pricier 32K Premium Baichuan 4-series quality
Baichuan-M3-Plus $0.70 cache $0.70 $1.27 $0.75 cheaper 32K Medical copilots with lower hallucination risk
Baichuan-M3 $1.41 cache $1.41 $4.22 $1.63 cheaper 32K Higher-depth medical reasoning
GLM-5 $1.00 cache $0.20 $3.20 $0.57 cheaper 200K Chinese coding and agent tasks
Gemini 2.5 Flash $0.30 cache $0.03 $2.50 $0.27 cheaper 1M Global multimodal budget workloads

Frequently asked.

Practical pricing questions for Baichuan4 Turbo, separated from workload assumptions and shelf comparisons.

Q · 01 What is Baichuan4 Turbo priced at? +
Baichuan's official pricing page lists Baichuan4 Turbo at $2.11/M on a unified basis. That USD number comes from 0.015 yuan per 1K tokens converted at 7.10 CNY/USD, and the same rate applies to both input and output.
Q · 02 Does Baichuan4 Turbo have prompt-cache pricing? +
No separate cache-hit row is listed for Baichuan4 Turbo on the official pricing page. AI//COST therefore sets cached input equal to the normal token rate instead of inventing a discount.
Q · 03 How does it compare with Baichuan4 Air? +
Baichuan4 Air is materially cheaper at about $0.138/M unified, while Baichuan4 Turbo sits at $2.11/M. Turbo is the middle ground between the budget Air tier and the much pricier Baichuan4 flagship.
Q · 04 Is there a separate batch discount? +
Baichuan's public pricing page does not list a separate batch-discount table for Baichuan4 Turbo. Until Baichuan publishes one, the quote board should be treated as standard list pricing only.
Q · 05 Are regional prices different? +
Baichuan publishes its API list price in CNY on the official pricing page. This page stores the USD baseline converted at 7.10 CNY/USD, but the original source row is still the Baichuan CNY price.
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 comes from Baichuan's API usage counters 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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