What is the difference between Empirio Labs and Prime Intellect?

Empirio Labs and Prime Intellect are both cloud GPU providers offering different pricing models, features, and GPU availability. Use our comparison tool to see real-time pricing and feature differences.

Which is cheaper: Empirio Labs or Prime Intellect?

Pricing varies by GPU model and usage requirements. Check our real-time comparison table to find the best deals for your specific needs.

Can I switch between Empirio Labs and Prime Intellect?

Yes, both providers offer flexible cloud GPU services. However, consider factors like data transfer costs, setup time, and specific features when switching between providers.

Empirio Labs vs Prime Intellect

Compare LLM inference API pricing between Empirio Labs and Prime Intellect. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

Empirio Labs

Provider 1

Models Available

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Prime Intellect

Provider 2

106

Models Available

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Comparison Overview

121

Total LLM Models

Empirio Labs Models

106

Prime Intellect Models

Direct Comparisons

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 121Both available: 14Empirio Labs: 29Prime Intellect: 106

Showing 15 of 121 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 10/23/2026, 11:49:47 PM

Model ↑	Empirio Labs	Prime Intellect	Input Diff ↕
Claude Fable 5 Anthropic	Not available	$10.00 in $50.00 out	—
Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic	Not available	$10.00 in $50.00 out	—
Claude Haiku 4.5 Anthropic	Not available	$1.00 in $5.00 out	—
Claude Opus 4.1 Anthropic	Not available	$15.00 in $75.00 out	—
Claude Opus 4.5 Anthropic	Not available	$5.00 in $25.00 out	—
Claude Opus 4.6 Anthropic	Not available	$5.00 in $25.00 out	—
Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic	Not available	$5.00 in $25.00 out	—
Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic	Not available	$5.00 in $25.00 out	—
Claude Opus 5 Anthropic	Not available	$5.00 in $25.00 out	—
Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic	Not available	$4.00 in $20.00 out	—
Claude Sonnet 4.5 Anthropic	Not available	$3.00 in $15.00 out	—
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic	Not available	$3.00 in $15.00 out	—
Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic	Not available	$2.00 in $10.00 out	—
Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic	Not available	$2.00 in $10.00 out	—
DeepSeek V3.1 DeepSeek	Not available	$0.600 in $1.70 out	—

Features Comparison

Empirio Labs

Multi-format API
Requests can use the OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses, Anthropic Messages or Google Gemini format with one set of credentials.
Large model catalog
The docs list 200+ language, image, video, audio and multimodal models from dozens of authors behind a single API.
GPU Cloud
Managed GPU instances for model serving, notebooks, ComfyUI or custom CUDA Docker images, billed by the second against the credit balance.
Hosted Agents
Private OpenClaw or Hermes agent runtimes that run on EmpirioLabs models and connect to chat channels and tools.
MCP server
Models and platform features are available to MCP clients such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.

Prime Intellect

Multi-provider GPU access
On-demand access to 1 to 256 GPUs sourced from many clouds, managed from one dashboard, CLI, and API
Reserved clusters
Large-cluster requests sent to 50+ data centers for parallel quotes, from H100 and H200 to B200, B300, and GB300 NVL72
Prime Intellect Inference
OpenAI-compatible API for hosted open-weight models and gateway access to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, and other model families, billed per token
Hosted RL training
Lab runs reinforcement-learning post-training against environments from the Environments Hub, with LoRA adapters deployable for inference
Orchestration and networking
SLURM and Kubernetes orchestration, InfiniBand networking, and Grafana monitoring for clusters
Spot resale
Idle reserved nodes can be put on Prime Intellect's spot market

Pros & Cons

Empirio Labs

Advantages

One API key reaches language, image, video, audio and 3D generation models
Compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini request formats
Pay-as-you-go prepaid credits with optional Lite, Pro and Max plans
Account usage API reports balance, request history and costs

Considerations

Default limits are 50 requests and 2,000,000 tokens per minute; higher limits are by request
Prepaid credits bought on or after 23 July 2026 expire after 12 months
Many catalog models are proprietary endpoints routed from other developers rather than self-hosted

Prime Intellect

Advantages

One account for GPUs across many underlying providers
Per-token inference rates are published through a public models endpoint
Inference, training, and GPU rental on the same platform
Publishes open-source models, datasets, and RL tooling

Considerations

GPU rates are only available after sign-in through the availability API, so they are not tracked here
As an aggregator, hardware, networking, and support depend on the underlying provider
Gateway models are routed to other inference providers rather than served on Prime Intellect's own hardware

Compute Services

Empirio Labs

Prime Intellect

Pricing Options

Empirio Labs

Prime Intellect

On-demand GPUs

Hourly rates set per underlying provider, with community and spot tiers where available

Reserved clusters

Quoted per request from participating data centers

Per token

Inference billed per 1M input and output tokens, with cached-input rates on hosted models

Getting Started

Empirio Labs

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up on the EmpirioLabs platform and open the dashboard.
2
Add credits
Top up the prepaid balance from the Billing page, or choose an optional plan.
3
Create an API key
Generate a key with the sk-empiriolabs- prefix and keep it server-side.
4
Send a request
Call the API using the OpenAI, Anthropic or Gemini request format with the key as a bearer token.

Prime Intellect

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up at app.primeintellect.ai
2
Rent GPUs
Pick a GPU type, count, and provider from the availability list, then provision from the dashboard or the prime CLI
3
Call the inference API
Create an API key and point an OpenAI-compatible client at api.pinference.ai

Support & Global Availability

Empirio Labs

Global Regions

Global

Support

Email support@empiriolabs.ai; documentation at docs.empiriolabs.ai

Prime Intellect

Support

Documentation, plus direct assistance from the research and infrastructure engineering team and a dedicated solutions engineer for reserved-cluster customers