AI Model Cost Benchmarks
Cost efficiency rankings for 141 active and preview models across 17 providers. Last updated:
Budget Tier
72 models
Under $0.50/M input tokens
Mid Tier
57 models
$0.50 – $3.00/M input tokens
Premium Tier
12 models
$3.00+/M input tokens
Cost Ranking: Cheapest to Most Expensive
| # | Model | Provider | Input $/1M | Cached $/1M | Output $/1M | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | novita | $0.02 | — | $0.05 | Budget |
| 2 | Qwen3.5 4B | castform | $0.03 | — | $0.15 | Budget |
| 3 | DeepSeek-OCR 2 | novita | $0.03 | — | $0.03 | Budget |
| 4 | AutoGLM-Phone-9B-Multilingual | novita | $0.04 | — | $0.14 | Budget |
| 5 | Command R7B | cohere | $0.04 | — | $0.15 | Budget |
| 6 | Mistral NeMo | novita | $0.04 | — | $0.17 | Budget |
| 7 | Llama 3.1 8B Instant | groq | $0.05 | — | $0.08 | Budget |
| 8 | GPT-OSS 20B | together | $0.05 | — | $0.20 | Budget |
| 9 | Gemma 3n E4B Instruct | together | $0.06 | — | $0.12 | Budget |
| 10 | Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | novita | $0.07 | — | $0.27 | Budget |
| 11 | GLM-4.7-Flash | novita | $0.07 | $0.010 | $0.40 | Budget |
| 12 | GPT-OSS Safeguard 20B Preview | groq | $0.07 | — | $0.30 | Budget |
| 13 | GPT-OSS 20B | groq | $0.07 | $0.037 | $0.30 | Budget |
| 14 | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | novita | $0.09 | — | $0.58 | Budget |
| 15 | Embed v3 English | cohere | $0.10 | — | $0.00 | Budget |
| 16 | Embed v3 Multilingual | cohere | $0.10 | — | $0.00 | Budget |
| 17 | Ministral 3B | mistral | $0.10 | — | $0.10 | Budget |
| 18 | GPT-4.1 nano | openai | $0.10 | $0.025 | $0.40 | Budget |
| 19 | Llama 4 Scout | together | $0.10 | — | $0.30 | Budget |
| 20 | GLM-4.5 Air | novita | $0.13 | $0.025 | $0.85 | Budget |
| 21 | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | novita | $0.14 | — | $0.40 | Budget |
| 22 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | deepseek | $0.14 | $0.003 | $0.28 | Budget |
| 23 | Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite | together | $0.14 | — | $0.14 | Budget |
| 24 | DeepSeek V4 Flash | novita | $0.14 | $0.028 | $0.28 | Budget |
| 25 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | novita | $0.14 | $0.028 | $0.28 | Budget |
| 26 | GPT-OSS 120B | groq | $0.15 | $0.075 | $0.60 | Budget |
| 27 | Ministral 8B | mistral | $0.15 | — | $0.15 | Budget |
| 28 | Mistral Small 4 | mistral | $0.15 | — | $0.60 | Budget |
| 29 | GPT-4o mini | openai | $0.15 | $0.075 | $0.60 | Budget |
| 30 | GPT-OSS 120B | together | $0.15 | — | $0.60 | Budget |
| 31 | Llama 4 Maverick | together | $0.15 | — | $0.60 | Budget |
| 32 | RNJ-1 Instruct | together | $0.15 | — | $0.15 | Budget |
| 33 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | novita | $0.15 | — | $1.50 | Budget |
| 34 | Qwen3.5 9B | together | $0.17 | — | $0.25 | Budget |
| 35 | Llama 4 Scout Instruct | novita | $0.18 | — | $0.59 | Budget |
| 36 | GPT-5.4 nano | openai | $0.20 | $0.020 | $1.25 | Budget |
| 37 | GPT-5.6 Luna | openai | $0.20 | $0.020 | $1.20 | Budget |
| 38 | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | together | $0.20 | — | $0.60 | Budget |
| 39 | Qwen3 Coder Next | novita | $0.20 | — | $1.50 | Budget |
| 40 | Qwen3 235B A22B | novita | $0.20 | — | $0.80 | Budget |
| 41 | Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | novita | $0.20 | — | $0.70 | Budget |
| 42 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | novita | $0.25 | — | $1.49 | Budget |
| 43 | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview | $0.25 | $0.025 | $1.50 | Budget | |
| 44 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | novita | $0.25 | — | $2.00 | Budget |
| 45 | Qwen MT Plus | novita | $0.25 | — | $0.75 | Budget |
| 46 | DeepSeek V3.2 | novita | $0.27 | $0.135 | $0.40 | Budget |
| 47 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | novita | $0.27 | — | $0.41 | Budget |
| 48 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | novita | $0.27 | $0.135 | $1.00 | Budget |
| 49 | DeepSeek V3.1 | novita | $0.27 | $0.135 | $1.00 | Budget |
| 50 | DeepSeek V3 0324 | novita | $0.27 | $0.135 | $1.12 | Budget |
| 51 | Llama 4 Maverick Instruct | novita | $0.27 | — | $0.85 | Budget |
| 52 | Gemma 4 31B IT Pearl | together | $0.28 | — | $0.86 | Budget |
| 53 | MiniMax M3 | minimax | $0.30 | — | $1.20 | Budget |
| 54 | MiniMax M2.7 | together | $0.30 | $0.060 | $1.20 | Budget |
| 55 | MiniMax M3 | together | $0.30 | $0.060 | $1.20 | Budget |
| 56 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Turbo | together | $0.30 | — | $0.30 | Budget |
| 57 | Qwen3.5-27B | novita | $0.30 | — | $2.40 | Budget |
| 58 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | novita | $0.30 | — | $1.50 | Budget |
| 59 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | novita | $0.30 | — | $3.00 | Budget |
| 60 | GLM-4.6V | novita | $0.30 | $0.055 | $0.90 | Budget |
| 61 | MiniMax M2.7 | novita | $0.30 | $0.060 | $1.20 | Budget |
| 62 | MiniMax M2.5 | novita | $0.30 | $0.030 | $1.20 | Budget |
| 63 | MiniMax M2.1 | novita | $0.30 | $0.030 | $1.20 | Budget |
| 64 | MiniMax M2 | novita | $0.30 | $0.030 | $1.20 | Budget |
| 65 | Qwen3.7-Plus | alibaba | $0.32 | — | $1.28 | Budget |
| 66 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct | novita | $0.38 | — | $1.55 | Budget |
| 67 | Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct | novita | $0.38 | — | $0.40 | Budget |
| 68 | Gemma 4 31B IT | together | $0.39 | — | $0.97 | Budget |
| 69 | GPT-4.1 mini | openai | $0.40 | $0.100 | $1.60 | Budget |
| 70 | DeepSeek V3 (Turbo) | novita | $0.40 | — | $1.30 | Budget |
| 71 | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | novita | $0.40 | — | $3.20 | Budget |
| 72 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | deepseek | $0.43 | $0.004 | $0.87 | Budget |
| 73 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | $0.50 | $0.050 | $3.00 | Mid | |
| 74 | GLM-4.6 | novita | $0.55 | $0.110 | $2.20 | Mid |
| 75 | MiniMax M1 | novita | $0.55 | — | $2.20 | Mid |
| 76 | Kimi K2 Instruct | novita | $0.57 | — | $2.30 | Mid |
| 77 | Llama 3.3 70B Versatile | groq | $0.59 | — | $0.79 | Mid |
| 78 | Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B | together | $0.60 | $0.200 | $3.60 | Mid |
| 79 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | together | $0.60 | $0.350 | $3.60 | Mid |
| 80 | Qwen3.6-27B | novita | $0.60 | — | $3.60 | Mid |
| 81 | Qwen3.5-397B-A17B | novita | $0.60 | — | $3.60 | Mid |
| 82 | GLM-4.7 | novita | $0.60 | $0.110 | $2.20 | Mid |
| 83 | GLM-4.5V | novita | $0.60 | $0.110 | $1.80 | Mid |
| 84 | Kimi K2.5 | novita | $0.60 | $0.100 | $3.00 | Mid |
| 85 | Kimi K2 Thinking | novita | $0.60 | $0.150 | $2.50 | Mid |
| 86 | Kimi K2 0905 | novita | $0.60 | — | $2.50 | Mid |
| 87 | MiniMax M2.5 Highspeed | novita | $0.60 | $0.030 | $2.40 | Mid |
| 88 | DeepSeek R1 0528 | novita | $0.70 | $0.350 | $2.50 | Mid |
| 89 | DeepSeek R1 (Turbo) | novita | $0.70 | — | $2.50 | Mid |
| 90 | GPT-5.4 mini | openai | $0.75 | $0.075 | $4.50 | Mid |
| 91 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | $0.75 | $0.075 | $3.75 | Mid | |
| 92 | DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B | novita | $0.80 | — | $0.80 | Mid |
| 93 | Kimi K2.6 | novita | $0.80 | $0.160 | $3.40 | Mid |
| 94 | Kimi K2.7 Code | together | $0.95 | $0.190 | $4.00 | Mid |
| 95 | Kimi K2.7 Code | novita | $0.95 | $0.190 | $4.00 | Mid |
| 96 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | novita | $0.98 | — | $3.95 | Mid |
| 97 | Claude Haiku 4.5 | anthropic | $1.00 | $0.100 | $5.00 | Mid |
| 98 | Sonar | perplexity | $1.00 | — | $1.00 | Mid |
| 99 | Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $1.00 | $0.200 | $2.00 | Mid |
| 100 | GLM-5 | novita | $1.00 | $0.200 | $3.20 | Mid |
| 101 | Llama 3.3 70B | together | $1.04 | — | $1.04 | Mid |
| 102 | Kimi K2.6 | together | $1.20 | $0.200 | $4.50 | Mid |
| 103 | Qwen3.7-Max | alibaba | $1.25 | $0.130 | $3.75 | Mid |
| 104 | Cogito v2.1 671B | together | $1.25 | — | $1.25 | Mid |
| 105 | Grok 4.3 | xai | $1.25 | $0.200 | $2.50 | Mid |
| 106 | Grok 4.20 0309 Non-Reasoning | xai | $1.25 | $0.200 | $2.50 | Mid |
| 107 | Grok 4.20 0309 Reasoning | xai | $1.25 | $0.200 | $2.50 | Mid |
| 108 | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent 0309 | xai | $1.25 | $0.200 | $2.50 | Mid |
| 109 | Qwen3.7-Max | novita | $1.25 | $0.250 | $3.75 | Mid |
| 110 | GLM-5.1 | novita | $1.38 | $0.260 | $4.40 | Mid |
| 111 | GLM-5.1 | together | $1.40 | $0.260 | $4.40 | Mid |
| 112 | GLM-5.2 | together | $1.40 | $0.260 | $4.40 | Mid |
| 113 | GLM-5.2 | zai | $1.40 | $0.260 | $4.40 | Mid |
| 114 | GLM-5.2 | novita | $1.40 | $0.260 | $4.40 | Mid |
| 115 | DeepSeek V4 Pro | novita | $1.60 | $0.135 | $3.20 | Mid |
| 116 | DeepSeek V4 Pro | together | $1.74 | $0.200 | $3.48 | Mid |
| 117 | Claude Sonnet 5 | anthropic | $2.00 | $0.200 | $10.00 | Mid |
| 118 | Rerank v3 | cohere | $2.00 | — | $0.00 | Mid |
| 119 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | $2.00 | $0.200 | $12.00 | Mid | |
| 120 | GPT-4.1 | openai | $2.00 | $0.500 | $8.00 | Mid |
| 121 | GPT-5.6 Terra | openai | $2.00 | $0.200 | $12.00 | Mid |
| 122 | Sonar Deep Research | perplexity | $2.00 | — | $8.00 | Mid |
| 123 | Sonar Reasoning Pro | perplexity | $2.00 | — | $8.00 | Mid |
| 124 | Qwen3.8 Max | novita | $2.00 | $0.250 | $6.00 | Mid |
| 125 | Grok 4.6 | xai | $2.00 | $0.500 | $6.00 | Mid |
| 126 | Command A | cohere | $2.50 | — | $10.00 | Mid |
| 127 | GPT-4o | openai | $2.50 | $1.250 | $10.00 | Mid |
| 128 | GPT-5.4 | openai | $2.50 | $0.250 | $15.00 | Mid |
| 129 | Kimi K3 | telnyx | $2.70 | $0.270 | $13.50 | Mid |
| 130 | Kimi K3 | moonshot | $3.00 | $0.300 | $15.00 | Premium |
| 131 | Sonar Pro | perplexity | $3.00 | — | $15.00 | Premium |
| 132 | Kimi K3 | novita | $3.00 | $0.300 | $15.00 | Premium |
| 133 | Claude Opus 5 | anthropic | $5.00 | $0.500 | $25.00 | Premium |
| 134 | GPT-5.5 | openai | $5.00 | $0.500 | $30.00 | Premium |
| 135 | GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $5.00 | $0.500 | $30.00 | Premium |
| 136 | Claude Fable 5 | anthropic | $10.00 | $1.000 | $50.00 | Premium |
| 137 | Claude Mythos 5 Preview | anthropic | $10.00 | $1.000 | $50.00 | Premium |
| 138 | GPT-5.5 Cyber | openai | $12.50 | $1.250 | $75.00 | Premium |
| 139 | GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $12.50 | $1.250 | $75.00 | Premium |
| 140 | GPT-5.4 Pro | openai | $30.00 | — | $180.00 | Premium |
| 141 | GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $30.00 | — | $180.00 | Premium |
Models per Provider
alibaba
2 models
anthropic
14 models
castform
1 model
cohere
7 models
deepseek
2 models
14 models
groq
7 models
minimax
1 model
mistral
18 models
moonshot
1 model
novita
61 models
openai
26 models
perplexity
4 models
telnyx
1 model
together
33 models
xai
9 models
zai
1 model
Note: These are cost benchmarks based on per-token pricing. Performance benchmarks (speed, latency, quality scores) are coming soon. Pricing data is updated daily from official provider pages.