Aion-1.0 is a multi-model system designed for high performance across various tasks, including reasoning and coding. It is built on DeepSeek-R1, augmented with additional models and techniques such as Tree of Thoughts (ToT) and Mixture of E…
Model details →AionLabs: Aion-1.0 vs Sakana: Fugu Max
Sakana: Fugu Max wins on 5 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Fugu Max is the cost-performance model in Sakana AI's Fugu family. Rather than a single monolithic model, Fugu is a learned multi-agent orchestration system: a language model trained to route...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | AionLabs: Aion-1.0 | Sakana: Fugu Max | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 131K | 1M | 🏆 Sakana: Fugu Max |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $4.00 | $2.00 | 🏆 Sakana: Fugu Max |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $8.00 | $6.00 | 🏆 Sakana: Fugu Max |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | Yes | 🏆 Sakana: Fugu Max |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Sakana: Fugu Max |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is AionLabs: Aion-1.0 better than Sakana: Fugu Max?
Sakana: Fugu Max wins on 5 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between AionLabs: Aion-1.0 and Sakana: Fugu Max?
Input: $4.00 vs $2.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $8.00 vs $6.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do AionLabs: Aion-1.0 and Sakana: Fugu Max support?
AionLabs: Aion-1.0 supports up to 131K tokens. Sakana: Fugu Max supports up to 1M tokens.
Do both AionLabs: Aion-1.0 and Sakana: Fugu Max support tool calling?
AionLabs: Aion-1.0: not advertised. Sakana: Fugu Max: yes.