Author's Description
Pony is a cutting-edge foundation model with strong performance in coding, agentic workflows, reasoning, and roleplay, making it well suited for hands-on coding and real-world use. **Note:** All prompts and completions for this model are logged by the provider and may be used to improve the model.
Key Specifications
Supported Parameters
This model supports the following parameters:
Features
This model supports the following features:
Performance Summary
Pony Alpha, provided by openrouter, demonstrates exceptional speed, consistently ranking among the fastest models with an Infinityth percentile across six benchmarks. Price competitiveness cannot be assessed due to the absence of cost data, suggesting potential free tier usage. Reliability data is not provided, so no specific comments can be made on this aspect. In terms of benchmark performance, Pony Alpha exhibits a mixed profile. It shows a notable strength in Email Classification, achieving 92.0% accuracy, although this places it in the 20th percentile. Its ability to handle uncertainty is fair, with an 85.7% accuracy in Hallucinations (31st percentile), indicating it often correctly identifies fictional concepts. However, the model struggles significantly in several critical areas, scoring 0.0% accuracy in General Knowledge, Reasoning, and Ethics. Instruction Following also presents a weakness, with only 50.0% accuracy (45th percentile). The duration metrics for most benchmarks are quite low, suggesting rapid processing even for incorrect responses. Overall, Pony Alpha's key strengths lie in its speed and decent email classification, while its primary weaknesses are its inability to perform in general knowledge, complex reasoning, and ethical scenarios.
Model Pricing
Current Pricing
| Feature | Price (per 1M tokens) |
|---|---|
| Prompt | $0 |
| Completion | $0 |
Price History
Available Endpoints
| Provider | Endpoint Name | Context Length | Pricing (Input) | Pricing (Output) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Stealth
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Stealth | openrouter/pony-alpha | 200K | $0 / 1M tokens | $0 / 1M tokens |
Benchmark Results
| Benchmark | Category | Reasoning | Strategy | Free | Executions | Accuracy | Cost | Duration |
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