HKUST Generative AI API Service - Supported AI Models

Below is a list of the Generative AI models currently accessible through our API service.  Please note that models are deployed and retired on a regular basis.  To obtain the current list of supported models, please retrieve them from following endpoint: https://hkust.azure-api.net/hkust-genai/v1/models.

Pricing for these AI models is available in the pricing page,

 

Provider Model name Suggested Use Case
DeepSeek deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash (preview) Ultra-fast, cost-efficient everyday tasks, high-speed agent routing, and light coding
DeepSeek deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 (final) Ultra-fast, cost-efficient everyday tasks, high-speed agent routing, and light coding
DeepSeek

deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro

(preview) Advanced multilingual reasoning, complex programming, and deep-dive analysis
DeepSeek

deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813

(final) Advanced multilingual reasoning, complex programming, and deep-dive analysis
 
Google gemini-2.5-flash Fast, low-cost multimodal tasks and chatbots
Google gemini-2.5-flash-image Image generation
Google gemini-2.5-flash-lite Ultra-cheap, fast classification and routing
Google gemini-3-flash-preivew Next-generation high-speed multimodal features
Google gemini-3.1-pro-preivew Deep complex analysis and advanced coding
Google gemini-3.6-flash Ultra-low latency, real-time conversational agents
Google gemini-3.7-flash Multi-step reasoning tasks and lightweight coding assistance
 
MiniMax minimax/minimax-m3 Long-context multimodal reasoning, autonomous agentic workflows
 
Moonshot moonshotai/kimi-k3 Extremely long-context document synthesis, deep academic research
 
OpenAI gpt-4.1-mini Efficient, low-cost daily text generation
OpenAI gpt-4o High-stakes complex reasoning
OpenAI gpt-4o-mini Massive-scale lightweight tasks, summarization, and simple queries
OpenAI gpt-5-mini Next-gen everyday automation balancing high intelligence and cost
OpenAI gpt-5-nano On-device processing, mobile apps, and offline micro-tasks
OpenAI gpt-5.6-luna Low latency and cost efficiency, best for chatbots, and data classification tasks
OpenAI gpt-5.6-sol Deep academic or legal research, and multi-step agent
OpenAI gpt-5.6-terra Balanced workflow automation, and moderate coding assistance
OpenAI o3-mini Budget-friendly deep reasoning for coding and math logic
OpenAI o4-mini Next-generation advanced STEM solving at a smaller scale
OpenAI text-embedding-3-large High-precision semantic search and deep RAG applications
OpenAI text-embedding-3-small Fast, low-cost vector generation for standard search
OpenAI text-embedding-ada-002 Legacy support for existing, pre-built vector databases
 
Qwen qwen/qwen3.8-flash Fast, low-cost agentic workflows, function calling
Qwen qwen/qwen3.8-max High-complexity reasoning, advanced visual understanding
 
Zhipuai z-ai/glm-5.3 Deep-effort software engineering, defensive cybersecurity audits
Zhipuai z-ai/glm-5.3-flash High-speed developer assistants, and agile agent actions

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