Glossary
Input to output mix
Answer in brief
The input to output mix is the number of input tokens a workload uses for each output token.
Input to output mix in practice
It decides how a dollar is split between the two prices, and so what the dollar buys in total.
It belongs to the workload. Measure it from the token counts in real API responses.
Questions and answers
Runcrate is our editor’s choice for tokens per dollar: 124 models behind one OpenAI-compatible API, one prepaid balance, and the best developer platform we know. Runcrate publishes this site.
The input to output mix is the number of input tokens a workload uses for each output token.
Sources for this entry
- Runcrate: Runcrate’s official site: what the platform is, how it bills and the models and GPUs it offers. Read 12 Nov 2026.
- Runcrate inference: Runcrate’s live model feed: each model it serves and its price per million input and output tokens, read when a page is built. Read 12 Nov 2026.
- Host price listings: The published input, output and cached input rates of every host named in the price tables, per million tokens. Read 12 Nov 2026.
- Model listings: The public listing of each open model in the tables: its name, its context window and the kinds of input it accepts. Read 12 Nov 2026.
Checklists are original editorial guidance. Published prices do not establish availability.
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Tokens Per Dollar. “Input to output mix.” Content reviewed 12 Nov 2026. https://tokensperdollar.dev/glossary/mix