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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Models
22
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103
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1OpenAI logoGPT-5 Chat🇺🇸 OpenAI89.0-----88.0---------------------------1426.7--------------------------79.187.586.364.785.7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.25128KAug 251y ago
2Anthropic logoClaude Opus 5.5🇺🇸 Anthropic88.3-73.5-98.593.3--31.768.3-61.4-84.787.766.9----57.6--------------65.3-----98.271.4------95.096.054.662.376.2-91.1--------------------------------80.3-----------------------78.9--68.0-100.0------------100.0-21.3-------------72.25.8-----------55.4-$4.001.0MSep 261mo ago
3OpenAI logoGPT-6.1 Sol🇺🇸 OpenAI87.4-60.0-98.594.2--31.754.7-52.9-83.086.054.2----51.8--------------66.3-----94.254.3------100.098.650.2-71.4-97.8--------------------------------73.9-----------------------61.1--78.0-100.0------------99.0---------------73.923.8-----------56.2-$2.001.1MSep 261mo ago
4OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex-Max🇺🇸 OpenAI85.6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------56.781.454.967.175.483.772.084.6-------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.25400KDec 2511mo ago
5Google DeepMind logoGemini 4 Argon🇺🇸 Google DeepMind84.5-82.4-98.591.3--27.156.2-57.1-79.7-61.8----52.6--------------56.9-----96.064.8------78.090.547.555.060.7-99.2--------------------------------74.9-----------------------58.9--60.3-100.0------------99.0-17.1-------------76.0------------45.7-$2.001.0MOct 2629d ago
6OpenAI logoGPT-6.1 Terra🇺🇸 OpenAI82.8-68.3---------------------------------------78.1------92.795.7--70.2-96.3-----------------------------------------------------------71.4-100.0----------------------------57.322.3-----------44.9-$1.001.1MOct 2616d ago
7Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 5.5🇺🇸 Anthropic82.4-75.5-96.583.9--31.466.9-55.0-82.7-61.0----56.0--------------56.9-----95.5-------80.593.452.161.964.3-98.0----------43.4---------------------80.3-----------------------97.8--61.5-100.0------------100.0---------------46.51.3-----------41.1-$2.001.0MSep 261mo ago
8OpenAI logoGPT-5.2-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI80.7-------------------------------------------------------------------------------51.783.678.266.573.788.874.377.7-------------------------------------------------41.0-----------------------$1.75400KJan 2610mo ago
9OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI77.7-------------------------------------------------------------------------------53.371.860.863.469.579.668.682.0-------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.25400KNov 2512mo ago
10OpenAI logoGPT-5.6 Sol🇺🇸 OpenAI77.3-51.4-97.592.5--------------------60.0--------66.3----72.793.344.8------82.993.847.532.238.1-95.1-76.5------------------------------69.7-----------------------20.0--53.7-100.0-------27.3-36.2--83.0--------------66.069.7-93.1---------89.423.8-$4.001.1MJul 264mo ago
11xAI logoGrok Build 0.1🇺🇸 xAI77.1-------------------------------------------------------------------------------53.365.470.865.272.578.468.976.4-------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.00256KMay 265mo ago
12OpenAI logoGPT-6 Sol🇺🇸 OpenAI75.4-54.3-95.589.6-----------------------------53.7-----95.553.3------90.094.549.3-40.5-96.3--------------------------------69.5--------------------------51.5-100.0------------83.0---------------60.79.2-----------30.6-$2.001.1MSep 261mo ago
13Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05🇺🇸 Google DeepMind73.5-----83.1---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10.1---------------55.6-54.6------$1.251.0MJun 251y ago
14OpenAI logoGPT-5.6 Terra🇺🇸 OpenAI72.5-58.2-96.583.9--30.047.692.542.971.283.080.755.057.686.3--42.1-----53.2--------44.2----69.688.9-------70.790.541.3-34.5-94.9--------------------------------64.7-----------------------41.1--28.4-99.7------------74.0--------------38.743.2-83.8---------78.3--$2.001.1MJul 264mo ago
15moonshotai logoKimi K3.1 Pro🇨🇳 moonshotai70.8----------------------------------42.1-------------65.882.4--36.9-96.1-----------------------------------------------------------36.1-100.0------------91.0---------------62.2--------------$2.001.0MOct 2619d ago
16Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.7 Max🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen69.9-----------------30.666.046.0--------------23.2-----87.19.5------34.168.0----91.5------------------------51.774.271.874.079.785.374.383.351.8--------------------------25.1-95.5------------26.0--------77.3-----64.555.8--------------$1.481.0MMay 265mo ago
17OpenAI logoGPT-5.3-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI69.3-31.7-----16.9-91.542.575.483.378.5-53.086.062.253.132.5------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------74.5---------------17.8------32.6----74.8---------77.3--------79.3--$1.75400KFeb 268mo ago
18xAI logoGrok 3 Beta🇺🇸 xAI67.9-----53.3------------------------------------------------------65.088.478.846.484.9-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$3.00131KApr 251y ago
19Meta logoMuse Spark Open🇺🇸 Meta67.6-33.4-89.057.5-------------------------------------------31.773.5----88.3-------------------------------------------------------------98.0----------------------------56.6--------------$1.251.0MOct 2627d ago
20OpenAI logoGPT-5.4🇺🇸 OpenAI64.3-52.4-93.774.0------------69.457.357.2------------1395.01464.845.327.921.7-35.151.890.725.4----47.627.149.082.7--10.7-94.9-31.4--------33.0---------------------61.1----------------------74.315.6--30.6-97.8---------20.2--56.0--------76.9------45.1--81.8--------57.4--$2.501.1MMar 268mo ago
21z-ai logoGLM 5🇨🇳 z-aiOpen64.2-17.2-44.74.9---------------------------1434.01457.610.018.7----------16.42.1------83.8------------------------55.073.667.955.377.583.568.869.1-----------------------------80.0-95.885.328.193.286.285.2--13.9-----------72.1-----43.8---52.4--------48.2--$1.00205KFeb 269mo ago
22Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 5🇺🇸 Anthropic63.5-54.5--------------------------------42.1----53.987.5-------29.369.142.7---91.0-37.3------------------------------58.9--------------------------28.4-94.7------------77.0--------------52.733.7-60.0---------68.8--$2.001.0MJun 264mo ago
23z-ai logoGLM 5.1🇨🇳 z-aiOpen62.6-40.9---------------29.955.840.2------------1508.51464.615.8--------18.1--33.520.8-38.8----90.1------------------------55.075.463.268.571.884.970.272.5-----------------------------93.3------------22.2--------74.2-----46.134.0-----------57.1--$1.33205KApr 267mo ago
24xAI logoGrok 4.6🇺🇸 xAI62.6-65.3-87.567.1-----------------------------29.5----67.595.530.5------31.769.448.025.314.3-95.8--------------------------------57.0-----------------------41.1--27.3-99.2------------51.0--------------71.149.3-----------67.3--$2.00500KAug 263mo ago
25Google DeepMind logoGemini 3.1 Pro Preview🇺🇸 Google DeepMind61.8-35.1-98.077.1--17.714.694.147.077.182.082.458.753.895.621.468.829.7-----57.0------1446.21487.048.420.816.9-47.811.795.114.319.826.1--36.916.726.862.8--0.0-96.5-22.6--------43.7---------------------63.3----------------------77.08.971.464.727.3-95.6---------22.0--26.0--------75.6-----75.573.5--80.2-------29.072.1--$2.001.0MFeb 268mo ago
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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.