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Substitutes · GPT-510 alternatives · within 10% performance · lower price

Cheaper alternatives to GPT-5

Drop-in substitutes within 10% of GPT-5's average benchmark, priced lower, sorted by price. Target price $1.25/M · target score 54.4.

Price
Free
Score
68.7
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131K
Save 100%·126% of GPT-5
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Price
Free
Score
66.4
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131K
Save 100%·122% of GPT-5
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Price
$0.030
Score
67.4
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131K
Save 98%·124% of GPT-5
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Price
$0.050
Score
56.5
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41K
Save 96%·104% of GPT-5
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Price
$0.070
Score
57.0
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131K
Save 94%·105% of GPT-5
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Price
$0.075
Score
64.2
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1.0M
Save 94%·118% of GPT-5
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Price
$0.080
Score
66.2
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131K
Save 94%·122% of GPT-5
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Price
$0.080
Score
58.2
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41K
Save 94%·107% of GPT-5
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Price
$0.090
Score
73.3
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262K
Save 93%·135% of GPT-5
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Price
$0.090
Score
54.4
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262K
Save 93%·100% of GPT-5
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The cheapest drop-in alternative is gpt-oss-120b (free) at Free/M input · 100% cheaper than GPT-5 with 126% of the benchmark score.