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 DeepSeek R1t ChimeraDeepSeek | $0.02/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.02/1M | $0.02/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek ReasonerDeepSeekPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $0.28/1Mvia Requesty | 1.05M | $0.14/1M | $0.28/1M | — | Jan 20, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek TNG R1T2 ChimeraDeepSeek | $1.20/1Mvia Helicone | — | $0.30/1M | $1.20/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek V2 ChatDeepSeekOpen weights · with terms | $0.32/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.16/1M | $0.32/1M | — | Apr 22, 2024 | |
| DeepSeek V2p5DeepSeekOpen weights · with terms | $0.32/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.16/1M | $0.32/1M | — | Sep 5, 2024 | |
| DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeekMITPrompt caching+2 | $1.14/1Mvia OpenRouter | 164K | $0.29/1M | $1.14/1M | — | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeekMITTool calling | $0.822/1Mvia APIMart | 128K | $0.206/1M | $0.822/1M | — | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeekMITJSON+2 | $0.95/1Mvia Hugging Face | 164K | $0.27/1M | $0.95/1M | — | Sep 22, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 (Thinking)DeepSeekPrompt cachingJSON+1 | $0.51/1Mvia Ofox | 1M | $0.19/1M | $0.51/1M | — | Apr 23 | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0424DeepSeekReasoningTool calling | $0.20/1Mvia Requesty | 1.05M | $0.10/1M | $0.20/1M | — | Apr 24 | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeekPrompt cachingJSON | $1.32/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 1M | $0.44/1M | $1.32/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeekMITPrompt caching+4 | $0.48/1Mvia CometAPI | 1.05M | $0.12/1M | $0.48/1M | — | Aug 31 | |
| DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeekMITPrompt caching+3 | $1.58/1Mvia CometAPI | 1M | $0.66/1M | $1.98/1M | — | Apr 22 | |
| DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeekPrompt cachingJSON | $4.80/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 1M | $2.40/1M | $4.80/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeekPrompt cachingJSON | $3.30/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 1M | $1.65/1M | $3.30/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeekPrompt cachingJSON | $4.80/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 1M | $2.40/1M | $4.80/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeekPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $2.60/1Mvia Requesty | 1.05M | $1.30/1M | $2.60/1M | — | Apr 23 | |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Economy 261017DeepSeek | $0.48/1Mvia BytePlus | — | $0.12/1M | $0.48/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek Vl2DeepSeekOpen weights · with terms | $0.16/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.16/1M | $0.16/1M | — | Dec 13, 2024 | |
| DeepSeek-OCRDeepSeekMITVision | $0.02/1Mvia AIHubMix | 8K | $0.02/1M | $0.02/1M | — | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek-V3.1DeepSeekMITPrompt caching+3 | $0.798/1Mvia Poe | 164K | $0.212/1M | $0.798/1M | — | Aug 21, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpDeepSeekMITJSON+2 | $0.308/1Mvia APIMart | 164K | $0.206/1M | $0.308/1M | — | Sep 29, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeDeepSeekMIT | $1.68/1Mvia Impossibl | — | $0.58/1M | $1.68/1M | — | Nov 28, 2025 | |
 DeplotGoogleApache 2.0 | Free/1Mvia Nvidia | — | Free/1M | Free/1M | — | Apr 3, 2023 | |
 Devstral-2-123B-Instruct-2512-int4-AutoRoundMistralPrompt cachingJSON+1 | $2/1Mvia Amazon Bedrock | 262K | $0.40/1M | $2/1M | — | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| DiffusionGemmaGoogleApache 2.0 | Free/1Mvia Nvidia | — | Free/1M | Free/1M | — | Jun 9 | |
 Doubao 1.5 Pro 32kByteDance | $0.335/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.134/1M | $0.335/1M | — | — | |
| Doubao 1.5 Thinking ProByteDance | $2.48/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.62/1M | $2.48/1M | — | — | |
| Doubao 1.5 Thinking Vision Pro 250428ByteDance | $2/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $2/1M | $2/1M | — | — | |
| Doubao 1.5 Vision Pro 32KByteDance | $1.38/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.46/1M | $1.38/1M | — | — | |
| Doubao Lite 128KByteDance | $0.28/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.14/1M | $0.28/1M | — | — | |
| Doubao Lite 32KByteDance | $0.12/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.06/1M | $0.12/1M | — | — | |
| Doubao Lite 4KByteDance | $0.12/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.06/1M | $0.12/1M | — | — | |
| Doubao Pro 128KByteDance | $1.44/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.80/1M | $1.44/1M | — | — | |
| Doubao Pro 256KByteDance | $1.44/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.80/1M | $1.44/1M | — | — | |
| Doubao Pro 32KByteDance | $0.35/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.14/1M | $0.35/1M | — | — | |
| Doubao Pro 4KByteDance | $0.35/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.14/1M | $0.35/1M | — | — | |
| Doubao Seed 1.6 LiteByteDancePrompt cachingJSON+3 | $0.656/1Mvia AIHubMix | 256K | $0.082/1M | $0.656/1M | — | — | |
| Doubao Seed 2.0 Code PreviewByteDancePrompt cachingReasoning+2 | $2.24/1Mvia ZenMux | 256K | $0.50/1M | $3/1M | — | Feb 14 | |
| Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite 260428ByteDanceJSONReasoning+2 | $0.51/1Mvia ZenMux | 256K | $0.25/1M | $2/1M | — | Feb 14 | |
| Doubao Seed 2.0 Mini 260428ByteDanceJSONReasoning+2 | $0.10/1Mvia Fal | 256K | $0.10/1M | $0.40/1M | — | Feb 14 | |
| Doubao Seed 2.0 ProByteDancePrompt cachingJSON+3 | $2/1Mvia CometAPI | 256K | $0.50/1M | $3/1M | — | Feb 14 | |
| Doubao Seed 2.1 ProByteDancePrompt cachingJSON+3 | $3.33/1Mvia CometAPI | 256K | $0.667/1M | $3.33/1M | — | Jun 23 | |
| Doubao Seed CharacterByteDancePrompt cachingJSON+3 | $0.295/1Mvia ZenMux | 256K | $0.118/1M | $0.295/1M | — | Jun 23 | |
| Doubao-Seed-1.8ByteDancePrompt cachingReasoning+2 | $0.28/1Mvia ZenMux | 256K | $0.11/1M | $0.28/1M | — | Sep 1, 2025 | |
| Dreamactor 2ByteDance | $0.05/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.05/run | — | — | |
 EchoMimic V3antgroup | $0.20/secvia Fal | — | — | $0.20/sec | — | — | |
 Eden Live 14B Videovast | $0.01/secvia Fal | — | — | $0.01/sec | — | — | |
| Doubao Embedding Large TextByteDance | $0.10/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.10/1M | $0.10/1M | — | — | |
| Doubao Embedding TextByteDance | $0.70/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.70/1M | $0.70/1M | — | — |
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Every ranked LLM plotted by its LMArena score against its lowest price per 1M tokens. Models on the line give the most quality for the money.
Scores: LMArena Text leaderboard (CC BY 4.0). Prices: AIModelFind.
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- Gemma 3 4B IT1291$0.05
- Gemma 3 12B IT1334$0.10
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Qwen3.5 Flash1397$0.26- Qwen3.7 Plus1455$0.30
- Gemini 3 Flash1466$2.40
ERNIE 5.11468$2.54- Gemini Pro Latest1480$6.90
Scores: LMArena Text leaderboard (CC BY 4.0). Prices: AIModelFind.
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