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AI Models Under $5/1M Tokens

AI models under $5 per million tokens ranked by benchmark score. The sweet spot of price and performance.

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1OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex-Max🇺🇸 OpenAI91.2--------------------------------------------------------56.781.454.967.175.483.772.084.6----------------------------------------------------------------$1.25400KDec 254mo ago
2Google DeepMind logoGemini 3.1 Pro Preview🇺🇸 Google DeepMind90.0---33.5-98.077.159.155.557.2----------1455.71492.655.0----19.8--36.916.7--92.1---------------------------------------------------71.464.7---------95.6-21.6------75.577.3-------75.6-78.4------29.0-72.1-$2.001.0MFeb 261mo ago
3OpenAI logoGPT-5 Chat🇺🇸 OpenAI89.0-88.0-------------------1426.0-----------------79.187.586.364.785.7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.25128KAug 258mo ago
4OpenAI logoGPT-5.2-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI85.4--------------------------------------------------------51.783.678.266.573.788.874.377.7--------------------------------------------------41.0-------------$1.75400KJan 263mo ago
5OpenAI logoGPT-5.4🇺🇸 OpenAI83.4---35.9-93.774.069.457.357.2-----------1465.844.0-------47.627.1--91.1--------------------------------------------------------------95.3-20.2-------44.8-------76.9----------57.4-$2.501.1MMar 261mo ago
6OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI82.8--------------------------------------------------------53.371.860.863.469.579.668.682.0----------------------------------------------------------------$1.25400KNov 255mo ago
7OpenAI logoGPT-5.3-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI80.5---31.7---62.253.154.0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17.8--------32.6------74.8-77.3--------79.3-$1.75400KFeb 261mo ago
8OpenAI logoGPT-5.2🇺🇸 OpenAI76.5---34.3-86.252.9-------------1403.11439.549.0-------40.718.8--88.5--27.4------24.2----------------------------------------------------96.1-21.4------35.038.9-------73.871.864.9-------76.072.2-$1.75400KDec 254mo ago
9Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05🇺🇸 Google DeepMind73.5-83.1---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10.1------55.6--54.6----$1.251.0MJun 2510mo ago
10xAI logoGrok 3 Beta🇺🇸 xAI67.9-53.3-------------------------------------65.088.478.846.484.9------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$3.00131KApr 251y ago
11Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Pro🇺🇸 Google DeepMind67.2-83.1---41.04.932.731.934.646.9-46.943.3---64.0--1202.01448.220.0---49.7-91.7-14.14.281.0-80.4--3.9-74.984.086.341.685.717.7----------86.0----------95.6-----------------------88.784.721.190.071.385.8-84.7--------54.956.0-------57.6-32.630.3------19.654.0-$1.251.0MJun 2510mo ago
12OpenAI logoGPT-5🇺🇸 OpenAI65.7-88.0-18.3-65.79.9------32.8--------37.0---55.1-97.2-32.412.581.0-81.6--6.9------21.6----------87.2----------98.1------------------------------91.4--51.349.0----48.050.6-------73.565.049.6-------49.060.7-$1.25400KAug 258mo ago
13xiaomi logoMiMo-V2-Pro🇨🇳 xiaomi62.9-------62.841.449.2----------1433.41445.0----------------------------------30.068.849.243.269.177.058.169.7----------------------------------------------------------------$1.001.0MMar 2629d ago
14xAI logoGrok 4🇺🇸 xAI62.2-79.6-15.2-66.716.0------43.6--------28.0--43.047.9-94.4-19.72.145.0-82.7----72.694.985.160.379.7-----------80.7-----------------------------------------84.0--------52.647.9---------27.2--------45.7-$3.00256KJul 259mo ago
15OpenAI logoGPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)🇺🇸 OpenAI62.050.4-37.1-83.2---------48.8---------14.0---------2.9-57.8-----------------------------11.6--56.4-------------------81.3-----------------------------85.8------3.563.2$1.004KJan 242y ago
16OpenAI logoo3🇺🇸 OpenAI58.3-81.3---60.86.536.138.438.4-------74.0--------46.613.188.9-18.72.174.0-75.8--8.8-75.386.985.971.486.116.3----------83.9----------97.8-----------------------------23.083.9--47.748.6----43.753.0-------62.358.4--------28.052.4-$2.00200KApr 251y ago
17OpenAI logoGPT-5.1🇺🇸 OpenAI57.0---17.5-72.817.6-------------1338.81438.532.0-------31.012.5--83.5--13.7-44.293.557.946.486.319.8----------------------------------------------------88.6--------43.848.9-------68.066.047.6-------38.060.8-$1.25400KNov 255mo ago
18OpenAI logoo4 Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI57.0-72.0---58.76.1----------62.0----26.0-----77.8-24.86.364.0-72.8--3.6-73.592.982.072.085.413.9----------75.0----------97.8------------------------------81.7--------26.423.9--------45.0------51.8-36.352.6-$1.10200KApr 251y ago
19Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4.6🇺🇸 Anthropic52.6-----86.560.463.050.951.7----------1521.01462.213.0-------32.48.3--83.2--------------------------------------------------------------85.8-16.4-------29.031.231.8-----75.2----------66.1-$3.001.0MFeb 261mo ago
20anthracite-org logoMagnum v4 72B anthracite-orgOpen51.2---------------35.5-----------------10.4--------------56.3------------------20.0--31.4-----------------13.4---------------------------------------$3.0016KOct 241y ago
21Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4.5🇺🇸 Anthropic50.8-----63.713.6---------------12.0--60.052.6---15.24.2--76.4--14.7------9.4---------------------97.7-----------------------------62.977.8-9.9------45.223.6-------71.370.646.5-------9.747.7-$3.001.0MSep 256mo ago
22Anthropic logoClaude 3.7 Sonnet🇺🇸 Anthropic48.9-64.9---28.60.9----------54.0-------20.043.6-83.3-4.1-68.0-73.0--3.8-60.883.478.433.081.43.4----------81.1----------91.2-----------------------------35.857.7--------35.7--------61.052.8-30.9------8.5--$3.00200KFeb 251y ago
23z-ai logoGLM 5V Turbo🇨🇳 z-ai47.8-------61.136.242.9----------------------------------------------3.373.954.127.262.370.449.656.1----------------------------------------------------------------$1.20203KApr 2615d ago
24Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4🇺🇸 Anthropic43.7-61.3---40.05.9------------------35.047.8-46.9-4.10.137.0-72.3--4.9------3.1--------------------95.384.4-----------------------68.774.68.788.347.583.043.971.1--------34.6---------64.9-33.1------1.046.1-$3.001.0MMay 2510mo ago
25OpenAI logoGPT-4.1🇺🇸 OpenAI41.2-52.4---5.50.4----------42.0--------29.3-63.9-5.50.172.0-55.9----65.983.881.147.185.40.6---------------------83.0------------------------------38.3--------12.4--------48.539.6---------39.0-$2.001.0MApr 251y ago
26xAI logoGrok 3🇺🇸 xAI39.9-53.3---5.50.1------29.5--------------58.3-3.80.1--67.7--------------------76.4----------88.8------------------------------55.5--------23.3-------------------37.2-$3.00131KJun 2510mo ago
27OpenAI logoGPT-4o (2024-08-06)🇺🇸 OpenAI39.571.423.1---------------26.0---1334.3--------0.3---32.3-------------------------------53.3--79.1---------------------------6.3--------1.4---------------62.5-----$2.50128KAug 241y ago
28Anthropic logoClaude Haiku 4.5🇺🇸 Anthropic39.3-----47.74.0-----------------------5.92.1--61.6-------------------------------96.4------------------------------66.6---------5.9---------35.5--------45.4-$1.00200KOct 256mo ago
29OpenAI logoo3 Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI37.8-60.4---34.53.0----------54.0---1347.517.0--22.5--50.0-12.44.2--69.4--1.3-----------------61.7----------96.5------------------------------76.9--------7.4-------------------43.7-$1.10200KJan 251y ago
30OpenAI logoGPT-4o (2024-11-20)🇺🇸 OpenAI36.371.423.1---4.50.1------32.3---26.0-------12.5----0.3-71.0-32.3--0.1-52.081.771.329.382.8-----------81.8----------53.3--79.1---------------------------6.3------84.7-1.4--------31.021.6-8.6---62.5--10.025.1-$2.50128KNov 241y ago
31Mistral AI logoMistral Large 2411🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen35.765.4--------------------1304.7--------0.3---35.1----43.587.659.928.180.1----------------------50.3------------------------------7.7------------------------------$2.00131KNov 241y ago
32Mistral AI logoMistral Large 2407🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen34.9---------------------1313.3------------32.0--------------------69.0----------44.8--73.3---------------------------8.4--------7.0---------------------$2.00131KNov 241y ago
33Mistral AI logoMistral Large🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen26.860.2-----------------------------0.3---18.4--------------------69.0----------24.5--58.4---------------------------1.9--------7.0---------------------$2.00128KFeb 242y ago
34Mistral AI logoMixtral 8x22B Instruct🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen24.6-------------------------7.5--------12.1-------------------------------24.2--70.4--------------------------------------------------------3.2-$2.0066KApr 241y ago
90+ Gold 80-89 70-79 60-69 <60Scores in % unless noted. Avg = unweighted mean across tested benchmarks.

All AI models priced under $5 per million input tokens, ranked by benchmark score. This price range offers the best balance between capability and cost for most production workloads.

What AI models offer the best value?

Models in the $1 to $5 per million token range often provide the best balance of performance and cost. The leaderboard above ranks them all by benchmark score.

Is there a big quality gap between budget and premium models?

The gap has shrunk dramatically. Many models in this price range score within 5 to 10 points of flagship models on major benchmarks.