Hunyuan-T1
Tencent's reasoning flagship, built for deliberate multi-step thinking at an aggressively low price for its class.
At a glance
Released
Apr 2, 2026
Provider
Tencent
Context window
256,000 tokens
Max output
32,000 tokens
Modalities
Text → text
Knowledge cutoff
December 2025
API model ID
hunyuan-t1License
Proprietary (API-only)
Pricing
Standard
Input$0.14 / 1M
Output$0.55 / 1M
* Rates are from a third-party aggregator — verify before relying on them. A typical 1,500-token prompt with a 650-token answer costs ≈ $0.0006 on the standard tier. Run your own prompt through the calculator →
Best use cases
Complex reasoning
Works through math, logic, and planning tasks with extended deliberation.
Analytical agents
Backs agents that need careful, auditable step-by-step reasoning.
Technical Q&A
Answers hard technical questions where depth matters more than speed.
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- Strong reasoning for the price
- Long context
- Cost-efficient
Limitations
- API-only
- Slower than the fast-tier siblings
How to test it
- No-code: open hunyuan.tencent.com and pick Hunyuan-T1 from the model switcher — no API key needed.
- Playground: sign in to Tencent Cloud (the Hunyuan API) and run prompts in the workbench, then copy the generated code.
- API: create a key in Tencent Cloud (the Hunyuan API) and call the API (example below).
curl https://api.hunyuan.cloud.tencent.com/v1/chat/completions \
# OpenAI-compatible endpoint
-H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "hunyuan-t1",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Explain tokenization in one paragraph."}]
}'Where to get access
Direct API
Pay-as-you-go access via Tencent Cloud (the Hunyuan API).
Tencent Cloud (the Hunyuan API) ↗Developer docs
API reference, SDKs and quickstarts for Tencent.
cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1729 ↗