Aion-2.0 vs R1 1776

Aion Labs vs Perplexity — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.

•R1 1776 is cheaper ($0.00 vs $0.80 per 1M input)

	Aion-2.0	R1 1776
Intelligence index	—	95.4
Developer	Aion Labs	Perplexity
Type	LLM	LLM
Access	API only	—
Context window	131,072 tokens	—
Input price	$0.80 / 1M	$0.00 / 1M
Output price	$1.60 / 1M	$0.00 / 1M
Speed	—	—
Released	February 23, 2026	February 18, 2025
Parameters	—	—
Input modalities	Text	—
Output modalities	Text	—

Aion-2.0 details R1 1776 details