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-------55.841.345.0----------1386.11447.7--------------------------------------------------------------------92.388.427.591.583.087.6--------------------------------$0.39262KFeb 262mo ago
2DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3.2 Speciale🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen95.2-------0.037.929.4--------------------------------------------------------------------------------96.086.728.691.780.985.5--------------------------------$0.40164KDec 255mo ago
3stepfun logoStep 3.5 Flash🇨🇳 stepfunOpen89.5-------52.031.637.8-----------1391.4--------------------------------------------------------------------95.783.721.693.283.983.5--------------------------------$0.10262KJan 263mo ago
4Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.6 Plus🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen88.7-------61.742.950.0----------------------------------------------55.078.269.958.375.083.770.875.8----------------------------------------------------------------$0.331.0MApr 261mo ago
5xiaomi logoMiMo-V2-Flash🇨🇳 xiaomiOpen81.7-------48.833.541.5----------1336.51392.1--------------------------------------------------------------------92.982.120.589.571.883.1--------------------------------$0.09262KDec 255mo ago
6Meta logoLlama 3.3 70B Instruct🇺🇸 MetaOpen75.959.4--------------56.6-----1318.0-----------10.5--------------90.0------------------48.3--48.1-----------------15.6---------------------------------------$0.10131KDec 241y ago
7nousresearch logoHermes 3 70B Instruct🇺🇸 nousresearchOpen73.3---------------53.8-----------------14.9--------------76.6------------------21.0--41.4-----------------23.4---------------------------------------$0.30131KAug 241y ago
8minimax logoMiniMax M2🇨🇳 minimaxOpen72.4--------------------1303.31346.6--------------------------------------------------------------------79.178.713.490.274.081.6--------------------------------$0.26197KOct 256mo ago
9z-ai logoGLM 4.5🇨🇳 z-aiOpen72.3---------------------1410.9--------------------------------------------------------------------85.879.516.985.465.082.7--------------------------------$0.60131KJul 259mo ago
10Alibaba Qwen logoQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen71.371.416.4--60.7----------52.3-----1269.9-----------13.2--91.1-77.3---------72.7------------------49.5-72.137.9-----------------13.7--------------------------------------61.6$0.6633KNov 241y ago
11minimax logoMiniMax M2.7🇨🇳 minimaxOpen70.1-------61.541.949.6----------1427.71403.0----------------------------------50.054.956.361.166.880.563.574.8----------------------------------------------------------------$0.30197KMar 261mo ago
12z-ai logoGLM 5🇨🇳 z-aiOpen69.5-----44.74.9-------------1441.01455.610.0-------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 263mo ago
13Google DeepMind logoGemma 4 31B🇺🇸 Google DeepMindOpen68.2--------------------------------------------------------40.060.358.867.671.373.961.659.4----------------------------------------------------------------$0.13262KApr 261mo ago
14OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex-Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI67.4--------------------------------------------------------40.069.949.759.063.076.360.464.7----------------------------------------------------------------$0.25400KNov 256mo ago
15Mistral AI logoMixtral 8x7B Instruct🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen66.8--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
16Alibaba Qwen logoQwen2.5 72B Instruct🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen65.865.4---92.7--------16.273.161.9-----1302.3-85.7--------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----64.6$0.3633KSep 241y ago
17Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen63.5------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------86.870.111.789.759.479.5--------------------------------$0.08131KAug 258mo ago
18OpenAI logoGPT-5 Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI62.8-----54.34.4---------------------69.4-27.26.3--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 259mo ago
19minimax logoMiniMax M2.5🇨🇳 minimaxOpen61.7---6.2-63.74.9-------------1396.31404.4----------------------------------51.770.749.657.255.177.460.159.3--------------------------86.284.622.291.173.681.7---9.5-----------------42.2----------$0.15197KFeb 263mo ago
20Microsoft logoWizardLM-2 8x22B🇺🇸 MicrosoftOpen61.744.4--------------48.6-----------------17.6--------------52.7------------------25.0--40.0-----------------14.5---------------------------------------$0.6266KApr 242y ago
21moonshotai logoKimi K2 Thinking🇨🇳 moonshotaiOpen61.0---4.0------------------20.0-------21.40.1--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 256mo ago
22Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 Max🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen60.8----------------------4.0-----66.7-----63.5--------------------87.1----------97.1------------------------------73.3-7.4-------67.5--------------------$0.78262KSep 257mo ago
23moonshotai logoKimi K2.5🇨🇳 moonshotaiOpen59.6---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-$0.44262KJan 263mo ago
24Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen59.4---------------------1399.812.0-----75.0-8.50.1--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-$0.15131KJul 259mo ago
25Google DeepMind logoGemini 3 Flash Preview🇺🇸 Google DeepMind59.1---24.0-21.533.649.742.646.4---48.1------1436.41473.938.0-------35.64.288.0-77.6--9.8------------------------------57.4----------------------------92.8-------22.253.367.4-------75.4-64.3-------58.961.6-$0.501.0MDec 254mo ago
26DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3.2🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen58.7-74.2---57.04.052.936.741.7----------1326.91424.414.0-------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----------$0.25131KDec 255mo ago
27DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3.2 Exp🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen58.7-74.2------------------1285.51422.8------83.3---------------------------36.773.244.319.365.664.449.945.5------------------------------------------------------42.9-------39.5-$0.27164KSep 257mo ago
28Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen58.5-59.6-------------------1374.4------67.7-----60.9--------------------83.0----------68.9---------------------------------------17.2-------------------37.3-$0.46131KApr 251y ago
29moonshotai logoKimi K2 0711🇨🇳 moonshotaiOpen58.4-59.1--------------------------61.1--------4.9-65.285.081.965.486.2-----------86.9--------------------------------------------------11.6----------27.8--------39.4-$0.57131KJul 2510mo ago
30DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen58.3-48.4--93.7---------83.3------1358.2------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$0.32164KDec 241y ago
31Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen57.5---------------------1369.0-----------------63.081.078.646.780.7------------8.360.753.641.556.374.350.458.2--------------------------89.077.013.589.566.382.0--------------------------------$0.10131KSep 258mo ago
32Alibaba Qwen logoQwen2.5 7B Instruct🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen57.4---------------34.9-----------------5.5--------------75.8------------------50.0--36.5-----------------8.4---------------------------------------$0.0433KOct 241y ago
33writer logoPalmyra X5🇺🇸 writer57.0---------------------------------------66.182.380.441.578.0------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$0.601.0MJan 263mo ago
34z-ai logoGLM 4.7🇨🇳 z-aiOpen56.6---3.1----------------1439.21442.76.0-------2.40.1--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----------$0.38203KDec 254mo ago
35DeepSeek logoR1 0528🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen56.4-71.4---21.21.120.824.027.1-----------1421.7----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 2511mo ago
36Alibaba Qwen logoQwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen56.057.9---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
37z-ai logoGLM 4.6🇨🇳 z-aiOpen54.4---3.0----------------1353.71425.8--------3.82.1------------------------35.071.052.026.259.081.155.262.1--------------------------90.380.419.388.778.283.0---------------------24.5----------$0.39205KSep 257mo ago
38Microsoft logoPhi 4🇺🇸 MicrosoftOpen54.2-------0.011.210.4---11.6-55.3-----1255.4-----------11.541.4-------------68.8------62.6----------64.950.0-79.748.6-----------------10.1--------13.7------------------------------$0.0716KJan 251y ago
39Meta logoLlama 3.1 70B Instruct🇺🇸 MetaOpen53.858.6------------27.9-55.9-----1292.8-64.4---------14.225.6-------------86.7-----------------36.738.1-73.547.9-----------------17.7--------3.5--------------------6.9-------9.0-$0.40131KJul 241y ago
40DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3.1🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen53.4---------------------1417.9------52.8--------------------------85.2--------------------------------------------------28.0-------------------38.4-$0.1533KAug 258mo ago
41meituan logoLongCat Flash Chat🇨🇳 meituanOpen53.4---------------------1401.1--------------------------------------------------------------------61.070.18.590.248.281.0--------------------------------$0.20131KSep 258mo ago
42xAI logoGrok 3 Mini Beta🇺🇸 xAI53.1-49.3-------------------1357.4-----------------67.595.179.931.865.1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$0.30131KApr 251y ago
43Google DeepMind logoGemma 2 27B🇺🇸 Google DeepMindOpen51.7---------------49.3-----1287.6-----------16.715.3-------------79.8-----------------27.923.9-67.638.4-----------------9.1--------1.3------------------------------$0.658KJul 241y ago
44Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 32B🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen51.7-40.0-------------------1347.0--------------------------------------------------------------------70.367.38.586.057.678.0--------------------------------$0.0841KApr 251y ago
45xAI logoGrok 4 Fast🇺🇸 xAI51.6-----48.55.3------------------30.0--94.4--------------------------81.1----------------------------------------------------------------------42.9-$0.202.0MSep 257mo ago
46Google DeepMind logoGemma 2 9B🇺🇸 Google DeepMindOpen50.3---------------42.1-----1265.0-----------14.83.3-84.9-----------74.4-----------------21.019.5-62.831.9-----------------9.7--------0.567.4-----------------------------$0.038KJun 241y ago
47Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen50.0-------14.215.320.1-----------1401.6----------------------------------10.068.249.819.266.370.248.454.8--------------------------69.274.18.087.654.881.3--------------------------------$0.09262KSep 258mo ago
48DeepSeek logoR1🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen48.0-56.9---15.81.3------34.9-------1397.5----35.1-69.4-----62.3--------------------83.0----------93.0------------------------------53.3--------17.127.4------------------36.5-$0.7064KJan 251y ago
49DeepSeek logoR1 Distill Llama 70B🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen47.6--------11.415.9-----35.8-----------------2.0--------------43.4------------------30.7--41.6-----------------13.3---------------------------------------$0.70131KJan 251y ago
50xAI logoGrok 3 Mini🇺🇸 xAI46.0-49.3---16.50.4---------------------66.7-5.9---68.3--------------------73.5----------90.9------------------------------77.8---------21.1------------------42.6-$0.30131KJun 2511mo ago
51Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen45.7-59.6---11.01.3--------------1422.6------52.9---------------------------13.369.644.721.766.168.048.858.4--------------------------69.575.512.388.343.079.2------------------------------38.7-$0.07262KJul 259mo ago
52Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.0 Flash Lite🇺🇸 Google DeepMind45.3---------------------------------------50.082.472.037.479.0------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$0.071.0MFeb 251y ago
53Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.0 Flash🇺🇸 Google DeepMind44.7-38.2----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
54OpenAI logogpt-oss-20b🇺🇸 OpenAIOpen44.4---------------------1317.7-----------------59.473.274.056.573.7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$0.03131KAug 259mo ago
55OpenAI logoGPT-5 Nano🇺🇸 OpenAI44.2-----20.72.6---------------------44.4-8.32.1--59.3----67.993.277.854.780.6------------28.367.444.352.047.764.748.635.5--95.2------------------------------81.1---------12.2--------34.811.5-------5.838.1-$0.05400KAug 259mo ago
56OpenAI logogpt-oss-120b🇺🇸 OpenAIOpen43.7-41.8-4.7-----------------1353.820.0-----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 259mo ago
57OpenAI logoGPT-4.1 Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI43.1-32.4---3.50.1----------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
58DeepSeek logoR1 Distill Qwen 32B🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen42.2---------------17.1-----------------4.6--------------41.9------------------17.1--41.0-----------------16.1---------------------------------------$0.2933KJan 251y ago
59Meta logoLlama 3 8B Instruct🇺🇸 MetaOpen41.7--36.0-77.1----------18.4-----1222.2-----------2.11.4-------------24.0-----------------6.13.9-58.417.8-----------------19.976.8-------0.7---------------------67.7-------51.4$0.038KApr 242y ago
60Mistral AI logoMistral Medium 3🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen41.1------------------------------0.3---46.0-------------------------------81.6------------------------------32.1------------------------------$0.40131KMay 251y ago
61Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 8B🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen40.6------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------66.259.75.585.650.172.1--------------------------------$0.0541KApr 251y ago
62Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen40.1---------------------1383.1--------------------------------------------------------------------63.863.67.783.938.773.9--------------------------------$0.09262KJul 259mo ago
63baidu logoERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking🇨🇳 baiduOpen39.8------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------76.260.26.581.247.070.8--------------------------------$0.07131KOct 257mo ago
64nousresearch logoHermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B🇺🇸 nousresearchOpen38.2---------------30.7-----------------5.7--------------53.6------------------8.4--22.8-----------------11.3---------------------------------------$0.148KMay 241y ago
65Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Flash🇺🇸 Google DeepMind38.1-47.1---32.32.5---40.0-40.033.5-------1411.0----29.2-47.2-4.84.273.0------39.089.863.938.481.77.7----------76.5-----------------------------------------73.0--------29.4----------17.141.1------7.041.0-$0.301.0MJun 2511mo ago
66z-ai logoGLM 4 32B 🇨🇳 z-ai37.8---------------35.8-----------------8.8--------------14.3------------------0.0--34.9-----------------14.2---------------------------------------$0.10128KJul 259mo ago
67OpenAI logoGPT-4o-mini🇺🇸 OpenAI37.555.63.6----0.1------17.4------------------64.0-17.0-91.3------------------67.2----------52.6--75.7---------------------------6.877.4-----------------------53.1--1.011.8-$0.15128KJul 241y ago
68Mistral AI logoMistral Nemo🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen37.4-------------17.6--------------------6.5-84.2-----------------------------10.8-------------------------------67.0-----------------------------$0.02131KJul 241y ago
69Meta logoLlama 3.2 3B Instruct🇺🇸 MetaOpen35.9---------------24.1-----1165.7-----------3.8--------------73.9------------------17.7--24.4-----------------1.4---------------------------------------$0.0580KSep 241y ago
70Meta logoLlama 3.1 8B Instruct🇺🇸 MetaOpen34.337.6------------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-$0.0216KJul 241y ago
71OpenAI logoGPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)🇺🇸 OpenAI33.4-3.6----0.1------17.4-------1317.2----------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 241y ago
72Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Flash Lite🇺🇸 Google DeepMind33.2-------11.718.121.6-----------------------------30.981.053.748.081.8------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$0.101.0MJul 259mo ago
73Mistral AI logoDevstral 2 2512🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen31.5--------------------------------------------------------43.366.839.113.545.752.541.227.7----------------------------------------------------------------$0.40262KDec 255mo ago
74Meta logoLlama 3 70B Instruct🇺🇸 MetaOpen29.9---------------------1275.1-36.9-5.0--------20.8-------------------------------22.6--72.4-------------------30.1-------4.2-----------------------------67.0$0.518KApr 242y ago
75Anthropic logoClaude 3 Haiku🇺🇸 Anthropic29.8-----------------12.0----------------15.1-------------------------------14.9--65.1---------------------------1.7------62.7---------------------9.848.4$0.25200KMar 242y ago
76tencent logoHunyuan A13B Instruct🇨🇳 tencentOpen29.3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------65.764.16.060.343.973.8--------------------------------$0.14131KJul 2510mo ago
77z-ai logoGLM 4.6V🇨🇳 z-aiOpen28.3---------------------1377.9----------------------------------3.364.246.417.149.762.540.137.2----------------------------------------------------------------$0.30131KDec 255mo ago
78OpenAI logoGPT-4.1 Nano🇺🇸 OpenAI25.8-8.9---0.10.1---------------------25.0-1.0---31.9----50.784.355.036.781.1----------------------70.0------------------------------28.8----------------------------19.0-$0.101.0MApr 251y ago
79Google DeepMind logoGemma 3 27B🇺🇸 Google DeepMindOpen25.1-4.9-------------------1365.1------33.3---52.0-31.8--------------------79.9----------74.0-----------------------22.446.34.281.030.867.8-19.6------------------------------$0.08131KMar 251y ago
80Anthropic logoClaude 3.5 Haiku🇺🇸 Anthropic24.8-28.0-----------19.3---32.0------------0.3-34.0-17.5----36.379.260.522.476.0-----------73.5----------46.4--65.7---------------------------4.2---------6.7------------------30.7-$0.80200KNov 241y ago
81OpenAI logoGPT-5.4 Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI24.7-------55.751.548.1----------------------------------------------17.074.747.418.941.837.037.021.9----------------------------------------------------------------$0.75400KMar 261mo ago
82Mistral AI logoMistral Small 3.1 24B🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen22.9---------------------------------------39.275.061.024.878.8------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$0.35128KMar 251y ago
83Meta logoLlama 4 Maverick🇺🇸 MetaOpen22.0-15.6---4.40.17.215.618.4------------------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
84Meta logoLlama 3.2 1B Instruct🇺🇸 MetaOpen19.9---------------8.3-----1110.2-----------2.4--------------58.1------------------8.2--8.2-----------------1.9---------------------------------------$0.0360KSep 241y ago
85Alibaba 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
86Mistral 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
87Meta logoLlama 4 Scout🇺🇸 MetaOpen15.3-----0.50.15.26.713.5------------------36.0-0.1---35.8-------------------------------62.3------------------------------7.7------------------9.1-----------$0.08328KApr 251y ago
88OpenAI logoGPT-5.4 Nano🇺🇸 OpenAI13.5-------49.343.944.4----------------------------------------------27.161.939.116.528.736.032.417.4----------------------------------------------------------------$0.20400KMar 261mo ago
89NVIDIA logoNemotron 3 Super🇺🇸 NVIDIAOpen11.6--------------------------------------------------------23.054.121.228.430.036.432.534.4----------------------------------------------------------------$0.09262KMar 262mo ago
90+ Gold 80-89 70-79 60-69 <60Scores in % unless noted. Avg = unweighted mean across tested benchmarks.

All AI models priced under $1 per million input tokens, ranked by benchmark score. These budget-friendly models offer strong performance at a fraction of flagship pricing.

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AI API pricing ranges from free to over $60/1M tokens. Models on this page cost less than $1/1M input tokens, making them suitable for high-volume applications.