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Beam
Beam is an everyday open-weight model from Reflection, released 16 October 2026. At Nebius Group N.V. it costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens, with a 1M-token context window.
- Made by
- Reflection
- Released
- 2026-10-16
- Status
- Generally available, new
- Tier
- Everyday
- Weights
- Open
- Context window
- 1,048,576 tokens
- Input
- text
- API id
reflection/beam
Beam price at Nebius Group N.V.
US dollars per million tokens. Blended is 3 input tokens for every output token, one number to compare on.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Blended | Batch | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebius Group N.V. | $0.25 | $1.00 | – | $0.438 | – | 2026-10-16 |
- Nebius Group N.V.: Open weights (501B total, 23B active) under Apache 2.0. us-north1. No cached-input or batch price published.
Beam benchmarks
| Benchmark | Score | What it measures | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.5% | graduate-level science questions answered correctly | Reflection |
Scores reported by a model's maker aren't independently checked.
Models like Beam
Other everyday models closest in price, at each maker's own price or the cheapest provider.
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Weights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beam | $0.25 | $1.00 | 1M | Open |
| MiniMax M3 MiniMax | $0.30 | $1.20 | 1M | Open |
| Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba | $0.40 | $1.60 | 1M | Closed |
| Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI | $0.50 | $1.50 | 256K | Open |
| NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra NVIDIA | $0.50 | $2.20 | 256K | Open |
| Step 5 Preview StepFun | $1.00 | $2.70 | 1M | Closed |
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Beam on dbggr
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- OpenAI starts watermarking ChatGPT text in the EU and lets API users opt in Daily, 2026-10-05
Beam FAQ
How much does Beam cost?
Beam costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens at Nebius Group N.V.. Prices are list prices in US dollars, last checked 16 October 2026.
What is Beam's context window?
Beam takes up to 1,048,576 tokens in one request.
Is Beam open weight?
Yes. Reflection publishes the weights, so you can run Beam yourself or at any host that serves it.
Where can I use Beam?
Beam is available from Nebius Group N.V.. At Nebius Group N.V., call it as reflection/beam.