Capabilities
7-day heat trend
+3.6%Pricing breakdown
Typical 3:1 output-to-input mix, per 1M tokens
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Market position
- Cheaper than 43% of tracked models
- Faster than 26% of tracked models
- Efficiency rank: #905 of 1105
Best suited for
General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.
About sonic-3-2026-01-12
Sonic 3 2026-01-12 is Cartesia's stable Sonic 3 snapshot for production pinning.
sonic-3-2026-01-12 is a Text model from Cartesia (US). HotON.ai tracks it at $0.00 per 1M input tokens and $0.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 1K-token context window, ~135 tokens/sec throughput and 98.3% availability. Its composite efficiency score is 88/100 at an estimated $0.000 per successful task.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does sonic-3-2026-01-12 cost per 1M tokens?+
sonic-3-2026-01-12 is tracked at $0.00 per 1M input tokens and $0.00 per 1M output tokens. A typical 3:1 output-to-input workload blends to roughly $0.00 per 1M tokens. Figures are illustrative demo data.
What is sonic-3-2026-01-12 best for?+
General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.
How fast is sonic-3-2026-01-12?+
sonic-3-2026-01-12 delivers about 135 tokens/sec with 98.3% tracked availability, suitable for latency-sensitive, real-time applications.
Is sonic-3-2026-01-12 cheaper than other AI models?+
Within the HotON.ai tracked set, sonic-3-2026-01-12 is cheaper than 43% of models on input price and ranks #905 of 1105 by overall efficiency.
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Pricing is real (via the TestKey catalog, updated daily). Quality (Arena Elo) is real where the model is ranked on LMArena. Speed, availability and efficiency are modeled estimates.