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| GPT-5 Chat LatestOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $10/1Mvia Helicone | — | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | — | — | |
| GPT-5 CodexOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $8/1Mvia APIMart | 400K | $1/1M | $8/1M | — | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| GPT-5 ProOpenAIJSONReasoning+2 | $96/1Mvia APIMart | 400K | $15/1M | $120/1M | — | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| GPT-5 Search APIOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $8/1Mvia APIMart | — | $1/1M | $8/1M | — | — | |
| GPT-5 StructuredOpenAI | $0.40/1Mvia Replicate | — | $0.05/1M | $0.40/1M | — | — | |
| GPT-5.1OpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $8/1Mvia APIMart | 400K | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | — | Nov 12, 2025 | |
| GPT-5.1 CodexOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $8/1Mvia APIMart | 400K | $1/1M | $8/1M | — | Nov 12, 2025 | |
| GPT-5.1 Codex MaxOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $8/1Mvia APIMart | 400K | $1/1M | $8/1M | — | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| GPT-5.1 Codex miniOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $1.60/1Mvia APIMart | 400K | $0.20/1M | $1.60/1M | — | Nov 12, 2025 | |
| GPT-5.1-InstantOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $10/1Mvia Helicone | — | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | — | — | |
| GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $3.50/1Mvia Kie.ai | 128K | $0.44/1M | $3.50/1M | — | Dec 10, 2025 | |
| GPT-5.2 CodexOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $11.20/1Mvia APIMart | 400K | $1.40/1M | $11.20/1M | — | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| GPT-5.3-Codex-SparkOpenAI | $14/1Mvia OpenCode | — | $1.75/1M | $14/1M | — | — | |
| GPT-5.5 CyberOpenAI | $75/1Mvia OpenAI | — | $12.50/1M | $75/1M | — | — | |
| GPT-5.5 ProOpenAIJSONReasoning+2 | $144/1Mvia CometAPI | 1.05M | $30/1M | $180/1M | — | Apr 24 | |
| GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $9.60/1Mvia APIMart | 1.05M | $2/1M | $12/1M | — | Jul 9 | |
| GPT-6 Astra (Fast)OpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $100/1Mvia Vercel AI Gateway | 1.05M | $20/1M | $100/1M | — | Sep 4 | |
| GPT-6 Astra Pro ($$$$)OpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $50/1Mvia OpenRouter | 1.05M | $10/1M | $50/1M | — | Sep 4 | |
| GPT-6 Luna DecisionsOpenAI | Free/1Mvia CrossModel | 1.05M | $0.10/1M | Free/1M | — | Oct 6 | |
| GPT-6 Luna ProOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $0.50/1Mvia OpenRouter | 1.05M | $0.10/1M | $0.50/1M | — | Sep 22 | |
| GPT-6 Sol ProOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $10/1Mvia OpenRouter | 1.05M | $2/1M | $10/1M | — | Sep 22 | |
| GPT-6.1 Sol ProOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $10/1Mvia OpenRouter | 1.05M | $2/1M | $10/1M | — | Sep 29 | |
| GPT-AudioOpenAIJSONTool calling | $10/1Mvia OpenRouter | 128K | $2.50/1M | $10/1M | — | Jan 19 | |
| GPT-Audio MiniOpenAIJSONTool calling | $2.40/1Mvia OpenRouter | 128K | $0.60/1M | $2.40/1M | — | Jan 19 | |
| Granite 3.0 3B A800m InstructIBMApache 2.0 | Free/1Mvia Nvidia | — | Free/1M | Free/1M | — | Oct 3, 2024 | |
| Granite 3.0 8B InstructIBMApache 2.0 | $0.25/1Mvia Replicate | — | $0.05/1M | $0.25/1M | — | Oct 2, 2024 | |
| Granite 34B Code InstructIBM | Free/1Mvia Nvidia | — | Free/1M | Free/1M | — | — | |
| Granite 4.0 H MicroIBMApache 2.0JSON | $0.112/1Mvia Cloudflare Workers AI | 131K | $0.017/1M | $0.112/1M | — | Sep 16, 2025 | |
| Granite 4.2 3BIBMApache 2.0 | $0.12/1Mvia Hugging Face | — | $0.03/1M | $0.12/1M | — | Aug 7 | |
| Granite 4.2 8BIBMApache 2.0Prompt caching+3 | $0.25/1Mvia Deep Infra | 131K | $0.06/1M | $0.25/1M | — | Aug 7 | |
| Granite 8B Code InstructIBM | Free/1Mvia Nvidia | — | Free/1M | Free/1M | — | — | |
| Granite-4.0-H-SmallIBMApache 2.0 | $0.25/1Mvia Replicate | — | $0.06/1M | $0.25/1M | — | Sep 16, 2025 | |
| Grok 2xAIOpen weights | $9/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $1.80/1M | $9/1M | — | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| Grok 2 VisionxAIVision | $9/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $1.80/1M | $9/1M | — | — | |
| Grok 3 FastxAI | $27.50/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $5.50/1M | $27.50/1M | — | — | |
| Grok 3 MinixAIPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $0.50/1Mvia Helicone | 131K | $0.30/1M | $0.50/1M | — | Feb 19, 2025 | |
| Grok 3 Mini FastxAI | $2.20/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.33/1M | $2.20/1M | — | — | |
| Grok 4 Fast Non ReasoningxAIPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $0.50/1Mvia Helicone | 2M | $0.20/1M | $0.50/1M | — | Sep 19, 2025 | |
| Grok 4 Fast ReasoningxAI | $0.50/1Mvia Helicone | — | $0.20/1M | $0.50/1M | — | — | |
| Grok 4.1 FastxAIPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $0.475/1Mvia Jiekou.AI | 2M | $0.19/1M | $0.475/1M | — | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)xAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $0.475/1Mvia Jiekou.AI | 2M | $0.19/1M | $0.475/1M | — | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| GPT-5 ImageOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $10/1Mvia OpenRouter | 400K | $10/1M | $10/1M | — | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| GPT-5 Image MiniOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $2/1Mvia OpenRouter | 400K | $2.50/1M | $2/1M | — | Oct 16, 2025 | |
| GPT-5.4 Image 2OpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $15/1Mvia OpenRouter | 272K | $8/1M | $15/1M | — | Apr 21 | |
| GPT-Image-1-MiniOpenAIPrompt caching | $8/1Mvia APIYI | 128K | $2/1M | $8/1M | — | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| Grok 2 ImagexAI | $0.07/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.07/run | — | — | |
| GPT-Live-TranscribeOpenAI | $0.017/minvia AIHubMix | — | — | $0.017/min | — | — | |
| GPT-Realtime miniOpenAIPrompt cachingTool calling | $2.40/1Mvia FastRouter | 32K | $0.60/1M | $2.40/1M | — | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| GPT-Realtime-1.5OpenAIPrompt cachingTool calling | $12.80/1Mvia CometAPI | 32K | $3.20/1M | $12.80/1M | — | Feb 23 | |
| GPT-Realtime-2.1OpenAIPrompt cachingReasoning+2 | $19.20/1Mvia CometAPI | 128K | $3.20/1M | $19.20/1M | — | Jul 9 |
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AI model comparison: quality vs price
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.
Gemma 2 9B It1207$0.03- Gemma 3 4B IT1291$0.05
- Gemma 3 12B IT1334$0.10
- GPT OSS 120B1366$0.14
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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