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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1z-ai logoGLM 5.2🇨🇳 z-aiOpen92.7-------43.168.851.1----------1593.31471.0------------------------------------73.379.773.762.376.289.876.278.6----------------------------------------------------------------$1.001.0MJun 261mo ago
2OpenAI logoGPT-5 Chat🇺🇸 OpenAI89.0-88.0-------------------1426.6-------------------79.187.586.364.785.7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.25128KAug 251y ago
3OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex-Max🇺🇸 OpenAI85.6----------------------------------------------------------56.781.454.967.175.483.772.084.6----------------------------------------------------------------$1.25400KDec 258mo ago
4OpenAI logoGPT-5.2-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI80.7----------------------------------------------------------51.783.678.266.573.788.874.377.7--------------------------------------------------41.0-------------$1.75400KJan 267mo ago
5Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.7 Max🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen79.8-------30.666.046.0------------22.0---------34.164.6--88.8---------------------51.774.271.874.079.785.374.383.3---------------------------------95.0--------64.558.5--------------------$1.251.0MMay 262mo ago
6Google DeepMind logoGemini 3.1 Pro Preview🇺🇸 Google DeepMind79.4---33.5-98.077.121.468.846.5---57.0------1447.01486.455.0----19.8--36.916.726.859.6--92.1--22.6------43.7-----------------------------------------71.464.7---------95.6-21.6------75.577.3-------75.6-80.2------29.0-72.1-$2.001.0MFeb 265mo ago
7Google DeepMind logoGemini 3.5 Flash🇺🇸 Google DeepMind78.5---49.6-92.572.137.570.150.2----------1505.51476.350.0-------39.014.626.862.8--90.4--------------------------------------------------------------95.5--------72.068.4-------79.3----------62.6-$1.501.0MMay 262mo ago
8OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI77.7----------------------------------------------------------53.371.860.863.469.579.668.682.0----------------------------------------------------------------$1.25400KNov 259mo ago
9xAI logoGrok Build 0.1🇺🇸 xAI77.1----------------------------------------------------------53.365.470.865.272.578.468.976.4----------------------------------------------------------------$1.00256KMay 262mo ago
10OpenAI logoGPT-5.4🇺🇸 OpenAI77.0---35.9-93.774.069.457.357.2----------1411.11467.744.0-------47.627.149.078.6--91.1--31.4------33.0----------------------------------------------------95.3-20.2-------44.8-------76.9-81.8--------77.7-$2.501.1MMar 265mo ago
11xAI logoGrok 4.3🇺🇸 xAI74.6-------24.142.337.6----------1364.01444.0------------------------------------50.069.955.862.873.684.366.770.8----------------------------------------------------------------$1.251.0MApr 263mo ago
12Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05🇺🇸 Google DeepMind73.5-83.1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10.1------55.6--54.6----$1.251.0MJun 251y ago
13xAI logoGrok 4.20🇺🇸 xAI70.8-----89.565.1----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------57.3--------52.3-$1.252.0MMar 264mo ago
14OpenAI logoGPT-5.2🇺🇸 OpenAI68.7---34.3-86.252.9-------------1405.01434.649.0-------40.718.831.767.4--88.5--27.4------24.2----------------------------------------------------96.1-21.4------35.038.9-------73.871.864.9-------76.072.2-$1.75400KDec 258mo ago
15OpenAI logoGPT-5.3-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI68.1---31.7---62.253.144.3-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17.8--------32.6------74.8-78.4--------79.3-$1.75400KFeb 265mo ago
16xAI logoGrok 3 Beta🇺🇸 xAI67.9-53.3---------------------------------------65.088.478.846.484.9------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$3.00131KApr 251y ago
17OpenAI logoGPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)🇺🇸 OpenAI62.250.4-37.1-83.2---------48.8---------14.0-----------2.9-57.8-----------------------------11.6--56.4-------------------81.3-----------------------------85.8------3.563.2$1.004KJan 242y ago
18OpenAI logoGPT-5🇺🇸 OpenAI62.1-88.0-18.3-65.79.9------32.8--------37.0---55.1-97.2-32.412.521.955.481.0-81.6--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 251y ago
19Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Pro🇺🇸 Google DeepMind61.8-83.1-6.6-41.04.932.731.927.046.9-46.943.3---64.0--1204.31445.720.0---49.7-91.7-14.14.20.024.681.0-80.4--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 251y ago
20Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.6 Max Preview🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen59.7--------------------1482.81460.717.0-------23.14.2----85.4--------------------------------------------------------------91.1--------55.656.9-------76.7------------$1.04262KApr 263mo ago
21xiaomi logoMiMo-V2-Pro🇨🇳 xiaomi59.6-------62.841.449.2----------1433.41445.0------------------------------------30.068.849.243.269.177.058.169.7----------------------------------------------------------------$1.001.0MMar 264mo ago
22OpenAI logoo3🇺🇸 OpenAI56.9-81.3-17.2-60.86.536.138.430.4-------74.0--------46.613.188.9-18.72.1--74.0-75.8--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
23OpenAI logoGPT-5.1🇺🇸 OpenAI55.1---17.5-72.817.6-------------1339.61438.832.0-------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 259mo ago
24OpenAI logoo4 Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI53.8-72.0---58.76.1----------62.0----26.0-----77.8-24.86.34.936.164.0-72.8--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
25Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4.6🇺🇸 Anthropic52.0---23.7-86.560.440.863.047.2----------1521.01471.713.0-------32.48.3----83.2-------------------------------------------------------------72.185.8-16.4-------29.031.231.8-----75.2-53.4--------66.1-$3.001.0MFeb 265mo ago
26anthracite-org logoMagnum v4 72B anthracite-orgOpen51.2---------------35.5-------------------10.4--------------56.3------------------20.0--31.4-----------------13.4---------------------------------------$3.0033KOct 241y ago
27z-ai logoGLM 5V Turbo🇨🇳 z-ai46.6-------61.136.242.9------------------------------------------------3.373.954.127.262.370.449.656.1----------------------------------------------------------------$1.20203KApr 264mo ago
28Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4.5🇺🇸 Anthropic45.5-----63.713.6---------------12.0--60.052.6---15.24.22.423.9--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 2510mo ago
29Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4🇺🇸 Anthropic42.3-61.3-9.3-40.05.9------------------35.047.8-46.9-4.10.0--37.0-72.3--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 251y ago
30OpenAI logoGPT-4.1🇺🇸 OpenAI40.9-52.4---5.50.4----------42.0--------29.3-63.9-5.50.0--72.0-55.9----65.983.881.147.185.40.6---------------------83.0------------------------------38.3--------12.4--------48.539.6---------39.0-$2.001.0MApr 251y ago
31OpenAI logoGPT-4o (2024-08-06)🇺🇸 OpenAI39.571.423.1---------------26.0---1335.0--------0.3-----32.3-------------------------------53.3--79.1---------------------------6.3--------1.4---------------62.5-----$2.50128KAug 242y ago
32Anthropic logoClaude Haiku 4.5🇺🇸 Anthropic36.2---8.9-47.74.0------31.2----------------5.92.1----61.6-------------------------------96.4------------------------------66.6---------5.9---------35.5--------45.4-$1.00200KOct 2510mo ago
33Mistral 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
34Mistral AI logoMistral Large 2407🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen34.8---------------------1313.9--------------32.0--------------------69.0----------44.8--73.3---------------------------8.4--------7.0---------------------$2.00131KNov 241y ago
35OpenAI logoGPT-4o (2024-11-20)🇺🇸 OpenAI34.571.423.1-1.1-4.50.0------32.3---26.0-------12.5----0.3---71.0-32.3--0.0-52.081.771.329.382.8-----------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
36OpenAI logoo3 Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI33.6-60.4---34.53.0----------54.0---1347.717.0--22.5--50.0-12.44.20.018.6--69.4--1.3-----------------61.7----------96.5------------------------------76.9--------7.4-------------------43.7-$1.10200KJan 251y ago
37Mistral 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
38Mistral AI logoMixtral 8x22B Instruct🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen24.6-------------------------7.5----------12.1-------------------------------24.2--70.4--------------------------------------------------------3.2-$2.0066KApr 242y 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.