Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B pricing
Beam 1.0 is Reflection's open-weight reasoning model for coding and long-horizon agentic workflows. It uses a sparse mixture-of-experts architecture with 501B total and 23B active parameters per token, and… Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B from OpenRouter costs $0.300 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is $0.040 per 1M. Context window 1,048,576 tokens.
API id reflection/beam-1.0-501b-a23b · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-11-10 · general-purpose
$0.300
Input / 1M tokens
$1.00
Output / 1M tokens
$0.040
Cached input / 1M
1M
Context window
Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B specifications
- Provider
- OpenRouter
- API id
reflection/beam-1.0-501b-a23b- Model type
- general-purpose
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Max output
- 944K tokens
- Currency
- USD
- Price source
- Provider API
- Last checked
- 2026-11-10
What Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B costs in practice
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | 1,000 | 500 | $0.0008 |
| Document summary | 50,000 | 2,000 | $0.02 |
| 1M tokens in, 200K out | 1,000,000 | 200,000 | $0.50 |
Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.
Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B price history
| Recorded | Input /1M | Output /1M |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-06 | $0.300 | $1.00 |
| 2026-10-23 | $0.250 | $1.00 |
| 2026-10-20 | $0.300 | $1.00 |
| 2026-10-17 | $1.00 | $3.00 |
Common questions
- How much does Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B cost per 1M tokens?
- Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B costs $0.300 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier. Cached input is $0.040 per 1M.
- What is Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B's context window?
- Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B accepts up to 1,048,576 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 943,718 output tokens.
- Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B?
- Yes. Free Models Router is free per 1M input tokens versus $0.300 for Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B, with a 200,000 token context window.
- Where does this Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B price come from?
- From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.
Head-to-head comparisons
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