AI Models Under $1/1M Tokens

Cheapest AI models ranked by score. All models with input pricing under $1 per million tokens, sorted by benchmark performance.

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1Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.5 397B A17B🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen96.3-------19.948.233.7----------1394.51443.7----------------------------------------------------------------------92.388.427.591.583.087.6--------------------------------$0.39256KFeb 265mo ago
2DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3.2 Speciale🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen95.2-------0.037.929.4----------------------------------------------------------------------------------96.086.728.691.780.985.5--------------------------------$0.40164KDec 258mo ago
3stepfun logoStep 3.5 Flash🇨🇳 stepfunOpen89.5-------52.031.637.8-----------1395.2----------------------------------------------------------------------95.783.721.693.283.983.5--------------------------------$0.10262KJan 266mo ago
4DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4 Pro🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen86.5-------36.459.444.3-----------1455.9------------------------------------56.770.074.562.478.190.773.682.7----------------------------------------------------------------$0.431.0MApr 263mo ago
5xiaomi logoMiMo-V2-Flash🇨🇳 xiaomiOpen81.7-------48.833.541.5----------1336.51392.1----------------------------------------------------------------------92.982.120.589.571.883.1--------------------------------$0.09262KDec 258mo ago
6minimax logoMiniMax M3🇨🇳 minimaxOpen79.7-------35.458.644.4----------1504.91448.2------------------------------------60.068.276.257.576.877.070.074.5----------------------------------------------------------------$0.301.0MMay 262mo ago
7Meta logoLlama 3.3 70B Instruct🇺🇸 MetaOpen75.959.4--------------56.6-----1318.1-------------10.5--------------90.0------------------48.3--48.1-----------------15.6---------------------------------------$0.10131KDec 241y ago
8DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen75.2-------31.156.240.3-----------1433.8------------------------------------50.069.268.063.170.179.767.370.6----------------------------------------------------------------$0.081.0MApr 263mo ago
9nousresearch logoHermes 3 70B Instruct🇺🇸 nousresearchOpen73.3---------------53.8-------------------14.9--------------76.6------------------21.0--41.4-----------------23.4---------------------------------------$0.70131KAug 241y ago
10Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.6 27B🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen72.6-------27.053.737.0------------------------------------------------50.071.870.453.263.379.965.670.3----------------------------------------------------------------$0.28262KApr 263mo ago
11minimax logoMiniMax M2🇨🇳 minimaxOpen72.4--------------------1304.71346.0----------------------------------------------------------------------79.178.713.490.274.081.6--------------------------------$0.26205KOct 259mo ago
12z-ai logoGLM 4.5🇨🇳 z-aiOpen72.3---------------------1410.9----------------------------------------------------------------------85.879.516.985.465.082.7--------------------------------$0.60131KJul 251y ago
13moonshotai logoKimi K2.7 Code🇨🇳 moonshotaiOpen71.7-------29.660.842.0------------21.0---------12.254.0--86.0---------------------70.074.062.756.377.979.671.982.8---------------------------------96.4---------39.2--------------------$0.61262KJun 262mo ago
14Alibaba Qwen logoQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen71.671.416.4--60.7----------52.3-----1270.3-------------13.2--91.1-77.3---------72.7------------------49.5-72.137.9-----------------13.7--------------------------------------61.6$0.66128KNov 241y ago
15z-ai logoGLM 5.1🇨🇳 z-aiOpen70.4-------29.955.840.2----------1529.21475.318.0-------33.512.5----80.6---------------------55.075.463.268.571.884.970.272.5---------------------------------92.2--------50.437.3-------74.2----------57.1-$0.97203KApr 264mo ago
16Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.6 Plus🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen69.8-------27.654.539.6----------1461.91444.216.2-------26.28.3----83.2---------------------55.078.269.958.375.083.770.875.8---------------------------------90.5---------49.1-------57.9------------$0.331.0MApr 264mo ago
17Mistral AI logoMixtral 8x7B Instruct🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen68.2--32.8-83.1-------------------------------7.5-74.4-82.3---------------------------9.9--60.8-------------------81.1--------67.2--------------------82.2-------54.4$0.5433KDec 232y ago
18minimax logoMiniMax M2.7🇨🇳 minimaxOpen65.3-------25.652.638.1----------1395.11416.6------------------------------------50.054.956.361.166.880.563.574.8----------------------------------------------------------------$0.24205KMar 264mo ago
19z-ai logoGLM 5🇨🇳 z-aiOpen65.2---17.2-44.74.9-------------1434.51457.310.0-------16.42.1----83.8---------------------55.073.667.955.377.583.568.869.1--------------------------95.885.328.193.286.285.2-80.0-13.9------43.8--------72.1-52.4--------48.2-$0.60203KFeb 266mo ago
20Alibaba Qwen logoQwen2.5 72B Instruct🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen64.265.4---92.7--------16.273.161.9-----1302.8-85.7----------62.016.732.2---79.7---------86.4-----------------63.259.8-80.451.4-----------------11.7-------5.08.065.2-------------------5.771.9--64.7---16.064.6$0.36131KSep 241y ago
21Google DeepMind logoGemma 4 31B🇺🇸 Google DeepMindOpen63.9----------------------------------------------------------40.060.358.867.671.373.961.659.4----------------------------------------------------------------$0.12262KApr 264mo ago
22Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen63.5--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------86.870.111.789.759.479.5--------------------------------$0.13131KAug 2511mo ago
23OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex-Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI63.3----------------------------------------------------------40.069.949.759.063.076.360.464.7----------------------------------------------------------------$0.25400KNov 259mo ago
24moonshotai logoKimi K2.6🇨🇳 moonshotaiOpen61.7-------30.356.042.8----------1513.51460.226.0-------39.014.625.657.2--87.7--------------------------------------------------------------96.1---------38.7-------76.7----------55.9-$0.66262KApr 263mo ago
25Microsoft logoWizardLM-2 8x22B🇺🇸 MicrosoftOpen61.744.4--------------48.6-------------------17.6--------------52.7------------------25.0--40.0-----------------14.5---------------------------------------$0.6266KApr 242y ago
26Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 Max🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen60.4----------------------4.0-----66.7-------63.5--------------------87.1----------97.1------------------------------73.3-7.4-------67.5--------------------$0.78262KSep 2510mo ago
27moonshotai logoKimi K2 Thinking🇨🇳 moonshotaiOpen59.1---4.0------------------20.0-------21.40.0----79.0---------------------38.367.452.362.066.581.161.663.5--------------------------94.182.721.392.477.184.3-83.0-7.3-------31.6--------63.435.7--------42.8-$0.60262KNov 259mo ago
28OpenAI logoGPT-5 Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI59.0-----54.34.4---------------------69.4-27.26.312.246.7--66.7----75.692.783.572.285.515.4-----------35.076.149.664.269.274.461.058.6--97.8------------------------------86.7---------21.0-------64.759.834.8-------10.352.7-$0.25400KAug 251y ago
29minimax logoMiniMax M2.5🇨🇳 minimaxOpen59.0---6.2-63.74.9-------------1382.01390.6------------------------------------51.770.749.657.255.177.460.159.3--------------------------86.284.622.291.173.681.7---9.5-----------------42.7----------$0.15205KFeb 266mo ago
30DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen58.4-48.4--93.7---------83.3------1358.5------50.0-1.7-----42.0---85.253.883.272.340.383.1-----------77.0----------64.8--82.9---------------------------15.869.4-------2.7------------82.9------36.170.4$0.20131KDec 241y ago
31Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen58.4---------------------1399.212.0-----75.0-8.50.0----73.4--------------------85.06.769.052.240.669.573.453.059.4--------------------------90.979.818.587.870.683.5-86.7---------50.1------------------41.0-$0.15262KJul 251y ago
32moonshotai logoKimi K2.5🇨🇳 moonshotaiOpen58.2---14.4-65.311.858.939.546.8------------12.0-----86.1-27.94.2----83.5---------20.6---------------------------------------------91.988.128.693.980.686.263.392.2-10.3------36.233.9-------73.8-43.2--54.6-----45.6-$0.38262KJan 266mo ago
33Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen57.7-59.6-------------------1374.8------67.7-------60.9--------------------83.0----------68.9---------------------------------------17.2-------------------37.3-$0.46131KApr 251y ago
34Alibaba Qwen logoQwen2.5 7B Instruct🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen57.4---------------34.9-------------------5.5--------------75.8------------------50.0--36.5-----------------8.4---------------------------------------$0.04131KOct 241y ago
35Google DeepMind logoGemma 2 27B🇺🇸 Google DeepMindOpen57.2---------------49.3-----1288.7-------------16.715.3-84.9-----------79.8-----------------27.923.9-67.638.4-----------------9.1--------1.367.4-----------------------------$0.658KJul 242y ago
36moonshotai logoKimi K2 0711🇨🇳 moonshotaiOpen57.0-59.1--------------------------61.1----------4.9-65.285.081.965.486.2-----------86.9--------------------------------------------------11.6----------27.8--------39.4-$0.57131KJul 251y ago
37writer logoPalmyra X5🇺🇸 writer57.0-----------------------------------------66.182.380.441.578.0------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$0.601.0MJan 266mo ago
38Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen56.8---------------------1369.5-------------------63.081.078.646.780.7------------8.360.753.641.556.374.350.458.2--------------------------89.077.013.589.566.382.0--------------------------------$0.10262KSep 2511mo ago
39Alibaba Qwen logoQwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen56.657.9---47.9----------28.9-------------------5.6--86.7-69.1---------61.0------------------37.2-57.326.1-----------------9.5--------------------------------------45.8$0.0333KApr 251y ago
40DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3.2 Exp🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen56.4-74.2------------------1287.31423.1------83.3-----------------------------36.773.244.319.365.664.449.945.5------------------------------------------------------42.9-------39.5-$0.27164KSep 2510mo ago
41DeepSeek logoR1 0528🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen56.0-71.4---21.21.120.824.027.1-----------1422.2----35.1---------68.4----66.678.479.342.482.8----------------------96.6-----------------------89.080.614.480.061.083.5-66.4--------29.027.4------------------41.6-$0.50164KMay 251y ago
42DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3.2🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen55.3-74.2-7.0-57.04.052.936.741.7----------1331.91425.014.0-------22.12.1----77.9---------------------46.775.745.023.164.264.051.844.3--------------------------93.084.623.289.775.485.8-87.8---------27.5---------39.6----------$0.21131KDec 258mo ago
43z-ai logoGLM 4.7🇨🇳 z-aiOpen54.9---3.1----------------1440.01442.66.0-------2.40.0----77.8---------------------41.773.155.235.765.276.058.159.7--------------------------95.486.925.490.283.884.0-83.3-7.5------37.231.5---------33.4----------$0.40203KDec 257mo ago
44Microsoft logoPhi 4🇺🇸 MicrosoftOpen54.2-------0.011.24.9---11.6-55.3-----1256.0-------------11.541.4-------------68.8------62.6----------64.950.0-79.748.6-----------------10.1--------13.7------------------------------$0.0716KJan 251y ago
45Google DeepMind logoGemini 3 Flash Preview🇺🇸 Google DeepMind53.7---24.0-21.533.649.742.646.4---48.1------1437.11473.238.0-------35.64.217.151.288.0-77.6--9.8------------------------------57.4----------------------------92.8-------22.253.367.4-------75.4-64.3-------58.961.6-$0.501.0MDec 257mo ago
46meituan logoLongCat Flash Chat🇨🇳 meituanOpen53.4---------------------1401.1----------------------------------------------------------------------61.070.18.590.248.281.0--------------------------------$0.20131KSep 2511mo ago
47xAI logoGrok 3 Mini Beta🇺🇸 xAI53.1-49.3-------------------1357.4-------------------67.595.179.931.865.1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$0.30131KApr 251y ago
48Meta logoLlama 3.1 70B Instruct🇺🇸 MetaOpen53.158.6------------27.9-55.9-----1293.1-64.4-----------14.225.6-------------86.7-----------------36.738.1-73.547.9-----------------17.7--------3.5--------------------6.9-------9.0-$0.40131KJul 242y ago
49z-ai logoGLM 4.6🇨🇳 z-aiOpen52.9---3.0----------------1355.41425.3--------3.82.1--------------------------35.071.052.026.259.081.155.262.1--------------------------90.380.419.388.778.283.0---------------------24.5----------$0.43203KSep 2510mo ago
50Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.6 Flash🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen52.4----------------------17.2-------10.30.0----79.2---------------------46.764.958.847.263.178.960.462.9---------------------------------86.1---------21.2--------------------$0.191.0MApr 263mo ago
51DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3.1🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen51.9---------------------1417.4------52.8----------------------------85.2--------------------------------------------------28.0-------------------38.4-$0.21164KAug 2511mo ago
52Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 32B🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen51.7-40.0-------------------1347.3----------------------------------------------------------------------70.367.38.586.057.678.0--------------------------------$0.08131KApr 251y ago
53Google DeepMind logoGemma 2 9B🇺🇸 Google DeepMindOpen51.2---------------42.1-----1265.0-------------14.83.3-84.9-----------74.4-----------------21.019.5-62.831.9-----------------9.7--------0.567.4-----------------------------$0.038KJun 242y ago
54Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen49.2-------14.215.313.7-----------1401.6------------------------------------10.068.249.819.266.370.248.454.8--------------------------69.274.18.087.654.881.3--------------------------------$0.09262KSep 2511mo ago
55Microsoft logoPhi 4 Mini Instruct🇺🇸 MicrosoftOpen48.9---------3.0-----38.7-------------------7.9--------------73.8------------------17.0--32.6-----------------6.5---------------------------------------$0.08131KOct 259mo ago
56NVIDIA logoNemotron 3 Ultra🇺🇸 NVIDIAOpen48.1-------27.449.337.8------------------------------------------------46.771.342.058.252.254.551.837.5----------------------------------------------------------------$0.501.0MJun 262mo ago
57DeepSeek logoR1 Distill Llama 70B🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen47.6--------11.415.9-----35.8-------------------2.0--------------43.4------------------30.7--41.6-----------------13.3---------------------------------------$0.80128KJan 251y ago
58DeepSeek logoR1🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen46.4-56.9---15.81.3------34.9-------1398.1----35.1-69.4-------62.3--------------------83.0----------93.0------------------------------53.3--------17.127.4------------------36.5-$0.70164KJan 251y ago
59Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.0 Flash Lite🇺🇸 Google DeepMind45.3-----------------------------------------50.082.472.037.479.0------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$0.071.0MFeb 251y ago
60Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen44.8-59.6---11.01.3--------------1423.2------52.9-----------------------------13.369.644.721.766.168.048.858.4--------------------------69.575.512.388.343.079.2------------------------------38.7-$0.09262KJul 251y ago
61Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.0 Flash🇺🇸 Google DeepMind44.5-38.2----1.3----------30.0---1360.0------61.1-1.7---77.0-52.2----55.684.173.745.980.0-----------71.5----------82.2--72.9---------------------------31.0--------17.3-----------11.4-------25.8-$0.101.0MFeb 251y ago
62OpenAI logogpt-oss-20b🇺🇸 OpenAIOpen44.4---------------------1317.6-------------------59.473.274.056.573.7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$0.03131KAug 251y ago
63OpenAI logoGPT-4.1 Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI42.7-32.4---3.50.0----------16.0----------44.4-4.5-----54.5----61.490.478.349.183.8----------------------87.3------------------------------44.7------------------23.9---------37.6-$0.401.0MApr 251y ago
64OpenAI logogpt-oss-120b🇺🇸 OpenAIOpen42.4-41.8-4.7-----------------1352.720.0-----44.48.2------67.7----68.483.679.568.884.5-----------77.316.760.238.850.348.668.946.139.2---------------------------------88.9--------6.513.9--------26.018.7--------48.2-$0.04131KAug 251y ago
65DeepSeek logoR1 Distill Qwen 32B🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen42.2---------------17.1-------------------4.6--------------41.9------------------17.1--41.0-----------------16.1---------------------------------------$0.2933KJan 251y ago
66Meta logoLlama 3 8B Instruct🇺🇸 MetaOpen41.8--36.0-77.1----------18.4-----1222.8-------------2.11.4-------------24.0-----------------6.13.9-58.417.8-----------------19.976.8-------0.7---------------------67.7-------51.4$0.148KApr 242y ago
67Mistral AI logoMistral Medium 3🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen40.8------------------------------0.3-----46.0-------------------------------81.6------------------------------32.1------------------------------$0.40131KMay 251y ago
68OpenAI logoGPT-5 Nano🇺🇸 OpenAI40.6-----20.72.6---------------------44.4-8.32.12.420.0--59.3----67.993.277.854.780.6------------28.367.444.352.047.764.748.635.5--95.2------------------------------81.1---------12.2--------34.821.8-------5.838.1-$0.05400KAug 251y ago
69Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 8B🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen40.6--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------66.259.75.585.650.172.1--------------------------------$0.12131KApr 251y ago
70Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen40.1---------------------1383.3----------------------------------------------------------------------63.863.67.783.938.773.9--------------------------------$0.05131KJul 251y ago
71baidu logoERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking🇨🇳 baiduOpen39.8--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------76.260.26.581.247.070.8--------------------------------$0.07131KOct 2510mo ago
72Mistral AI logoMistral Nemo🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen39.0-------------17.6----------------------6.5-84.2-----------------------------10.8-------------------------------67.0-----------------------------$0.02131KJul 242y ago
73Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.5-Flash🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen38.3--------------------1237.81397.020.0-------6.20.0----78.5--------------------------------------------------------------85.5---------19.8--------------------$0.071.0MFeb 265mo ago
74nousresearch logoHermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B🇺🇸 nousresearchOpen38.2---------------30.7-------------------5.7--------------53.6------------------8.4--22.8-----------------11.3---------------------------------------$0.148KMay 242y ago
75z-ai logoGLM 4 32B 🇨🇳 z-ai37.8---------------35.8-------------------8.8--------------14.3------------------0.0--34.9-----------------14.2---------------------------------------$0.10128KJul 251y ago
76OpenAI logoGPT-5.4 Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI37.3---24.6-63.718.930.256.140.0------------18.0-------28.32.19.851.2--78.1---------------------17.074.747.418.941.837.037.021.9---------------------------------87.2---------28.6------------------60.3-$0.75400KMar 264mo ago
77OpenAI logoGPT-4o-mini🇺🇸 OpenAI37.255.63.6----0.0------17.4--------------------64.0-17.0-91.3------------------67.2----------52.6--75.7---------------------------6.877.4-----------------------53.1--1.011.8-$0.15128KJul 242y ago
78Meta logoLlama 3.2 3B Instruct🇺🇸 MetaOpen35.9---------------24.1-----1166.1-------------3.8--------------73.9------------------17.7--24.4-----------------1.4---------------------------------------$0.05131KSep 241y ago
79Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Flash🇺🇸 Google DeepMind35.4-47.1-1.8-32.32.5---40.0-40.033.5-------1410.4----29.2-47.2-4.84.2--73.0------39.089.863.938.481.77.7----------76.5-----------------------------------------73.0--------29.4----------17.141.1------7.041.0-$0.301.0MJun 251y ago
80Meta logoLlama 3.1 8B Instruct🇺🇸 MetaOpen35.237.6------------15.1-29.2-----1211.0-------------9.51.3-82.4-----------50.6-----------------22.915.5-41.530.9-----------------8.5--------2.462.4---------------------------1.7-$0.02131KJul 242y ago
81Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Flash Lite🇺🇸 Google DeepMind33.2-------11.718.121.6-------------------------------30.981.053.748.081.8------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$0.101.0MJul 251y ago
82OpenAI logoGPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)🇺🇸 OpenAI33.1-3.6----0.1------17.4-------1317.7------------64.0-17.0-91.3--36.878.260.328.079.1-----------67.2----------52.6--75.7---------------------------6.877.4-----------------------53.1--1.011.8-$0.15128KJul 242y ago
83Meta logoLlama 3 70B Instruct🇺🇸 MetaOpen30.5---------------------1275.1-36.9-5.0----------20.8-------------------------------22.6--72.4-------------------30.1-------4.2-----------------------------67.0$0.518KApr 242y ago
84Anthropic logoClaude 3 Haiku🇺🇸 Anthropic29.9-----------------12.0------------------15.1-------------------------------14.9--65.1---------------------------1.7------62.7---------------------9.848.4$0.25200KMar 242y ago
85OpenAI logoGPT-5.4 Nano🇺🇸 OpenAI29.4---16.9-51.55.727.556.138.2------------30.0-------25.96.312.244.9--71.3---------------------27.161.939.116.528.736.032.417.4---------------------------------87.8---------12.0------------------49.2-$0.20400KMar 264mo ago
86tencent logoHunyuan A13B Instruct🇨🇳 tencentOpen29.3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------65.764.16.060.343.973.8--------------------------------$0.14131KJul 251y ago
87Mistral AI logoDevstral 2 2512🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen28.8----------------------------------------------------------43.366.839.113.545.752.541.227.7----------------------------------------------------------------$0.40262KDec 258mo ago
88z-ai logoGLM 4.6V🇨🇳 z-aiOpen27.7---------------------1377.2------------------------------------3.364.246.417.149.762.540.137.2----------------------------------------------------------------$0.30131KDec 258mo ago
89OpenAI logoGPT-4.1 Nano🇺🇸 OpenAI25.6-8.9---0.00.0---------------------25.0-1.0-----31.9----50.784.355.036.781.1----------------------70.0------------------------------28.8----------------------------19.0-$0.101.0MApr 251y ago
90Google DeepMind logoGemma 3 27B🇺🇸 Google DeepMindOpen25.0-4.9-------------------1365.8------33.3-----52.0-31.8--------------------79.9----------74.0-----------------------22.446.34.281.030.867.8-19.6------------------------------$0.08131KMar 251y ago
91Mistral AI logoMistral Small 3.1 24B🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen22.9-----------------------------------------39.275.061.024.878.8------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$0.35128KMar 251y ago
92Meta logoLlama 4 Maverick🇺🇸 MetaOpen21.7-15.6---4.40.01.316.314.3------------------46.2-0.7---52.0-56.0---------0.9----------63.7----------73.0------------------------------20.5--------13.2---------21.0---------24.5-$0.151.0MApr 251y ago
93Meta logoLlama 3.2 1B Instruct🇺🇸 MetaOpen19.9---------------8.3-----1110.5-------------2.4--------------58.1------------------8.2--8.2-----------------1.9---------------------------------------$0.03131KSep 241y ago
94Alibaba Qwen logoQwQ 32B🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen19.6-20.9-------------2.9-----1335.7-------------1.3--------------39.8------------------16.1--2.2-----------------11.1---------------------------------------$0.15131KMar 251y ago
95Mistral AI logoMistral 7B Instruct v0.1🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen18.4---------------7.7-------------------0.0--------------44.9------------------2.3--15.7-----------------6.1---------------------------------------$0.113KSep 232y ago
96Meta logoLlama 4 Scout🇺🇸 MetaOpen15.3-----0.50.01.18.210.0------------------36.0-0.0-----35.8-------------------------------62.3------------------------------7.7------------------9.1-----------$0.1010.0MApr 251y ago
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