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
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76
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1OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex-Max🇺🇸 OpenAI91.2--------------------------------------------------------56.781.454.967.175.483.772.084.6----------------------------------------------------------------$1.25400KDec 255mo 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 262mo ago
3OpenAI logoGPT-5 Chat🇺🇸 OpenAI89.0-88.0-------------------1426.0-----------------79.187.586.364.785.7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.25128KAug 259mo ago
4z-ai logoGLM 5.1🇨🇳 z-aiOpen87.0-------67.043.451.4-----------1467.4----------------------------------55.075.463.268.571.884.970.272.5----------------------------------------------------------------$1.05203KApr 261mo ago
5OpenAI logoGPT-5.2-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI85.4--------------------------------------------------------51.783.678.266.573.788.874.377.7--------------------------------------------------41.0-------------$1.75400KJan 264mo ago
6OpenAI 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 262mo ago
7OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI82.8--------------------------------------------------------53.371.860.863.469.579.668.682.0----------------------------------------------------------------$1.25400KNov 256mo ago
8OpenAI logoGPT-5.3-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI80.3---31.7---62.253.154.0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17.8--------32.6------74.8-77.3--------79.3-$1.75400KFeb 262mo ago
9OpenAI logoGPT-5.2🇺🇸 OpenAI76.4---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 255mo ago
10Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05🇺🇸 Google DeepMind73.5-83.1---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10.1------55.6--54.6----$1.251.0MJun 2511mo ago
11xAI logoGrok 3 Beta🇺🇸 xAI67.9-53.3-------------------------------------65.088.478.846.484.9------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$3.00131KApr 251y ago
12Google 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 2511mo ago
13OpenAI 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 259mo ago
14xiaomi logoMiMo-V2-Pro🇨🇳 xiaomi62.9-------62.841.449.2----------1433.41445.0----------------------------------30.068.849.243.269.177.058.169.7----------------------------------------------------------------$1.001.0MMar 261mo ago
15xAI 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 2510mo ago
16OpenAI 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
17OpenAI 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
18OpenAI 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 256mo ago
19OpenAI 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
20Anthropic 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 262mo ago
21anthracite-org logoMagnum v4 72B anthracite-orgOpen51.2---------------35.5-----------------10.4--------------56.3------------------20.0--31.4-----------------13.4---------------------------------------$3.0016KOct 241y ago
22Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4.5🇺🇸 Anthropic50.7-----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 257mo ago
23Anthropic 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
24z-ai logoGLM 5V Turbo🇨🇳 z-ai47.8-------61.136.242.9----------------------------------------------3.373.954.127.262.370.449.656.1----------------------------------------------------------------$1.20203KApr 261mo ago
25Anthropic 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 2511mo ago
26OpenAI 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
27xAI 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 2511mo ago
28OpenAI 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
29Anthropic logoClaude Haiku 4.5🇺🇸 Anthropic39.2-----47.74.0-----------------------5.92.1--61.6-------------------------------96.4------------------------------66.6---------5.9---------35.5--------45.4-$1.00200KOct 257mo ago
30OpenAI 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
31OpenAI 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
32Mistral 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
33Mistral 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
34Mistral 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
35Mistral AI logoMixtral 8x22B Instruct🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen24.6-------------------------7.5--------12.1-------------------------------24.2--70.4--------------------------------------------------------3.2-$2.0066KApr 242y 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.