Fugu Ultra v2 vs Palmyra X5 compared — price per token, context window, multimodality, openness and which to choose. Full 2026 breakdown.
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| Spec | Fugu Ultra v2 | Palmyra X5 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maker | Sakana AI | Writer | – |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary | – |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens | WRPalmyra X5 |
| Input price | $5/M | $0.6/M | WRPalmyra X5 |
| Output price | $30/M | $6/M | WRPalmyra X5 |
| Vision / multimodal | Yes | No | SAFugu Ultra v2 |
| Tool / function calling | Yes | No | SAFugu Ultra v2 |
| Self-hostable | No (API only) | No (API only) | – |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary | – |
Palmyra X5 is ~5.0× cheaper than Fugu Ultra v2 on output tokens ($6 vs $30 per M tokens).
| Capability | Fugu Ultra v2 | Palmyra X5 |
|---|---|---|
| Open weights (downloadable) | ✗ | ✗ |
| Self-hostable | ✗ | ✗ |
| Runs fully offline | ✗ | ✗ |
| Vision / multimodal | ✓ | ✗ |
| Tool / function calling | ✓ | ✗ |
| 1M+ context window | ✓ | ✓ |
| Criterion | Fugu Ultra v2 | Palmyra X5 |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-efficiency | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Context window | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Openness | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Self-hosting | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Multimodality | 5.0 | 2.0 |
Scores come from live data — output price (cost), context length, open vs closed weights (openness & self-hosting) and vision/tool support (multimodality). Raw task quality isn't scored here; it depends on your benchmark — see the verdict.
Fugu Ultra v2 is the higher-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...
Palmyra X5 is Writer's most advanced model, purpose-built for building and scaling AI agents across the enterprise. It delivers industry-leading speed and efficiency on context windows up to 1 million...
Palmyra X5 is cheaper on output ($6/M vs $30/M).
Palmyra X5 offers the larger context window (1M tokens).
Choose Palmyra X5 for the lower output price ($6/M vs $30/M). It also gives you the larger 1M context window.
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