Based on the "Large Model Token Service Performance Monitoring Report (2026)" jointly issued by the Artificial Intelligence Institute of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, following a two-year span of intense price competition, both domestic and international prices for large model services experienced a notable surge in 2026. In the domestic market, prices escalated from a normalized average of 6.8 yuan in the latter half of 2025 to 13.46 yuan in 2026, marking an almost twofold increase. Meanwhile, international prices continued to outpace domestic ones, with the average normalized price of typical models launched in 2026 hovering around 117.8 yuan.
