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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1OpenAI logoGPT-6.1 Sol🇺🇸 OpenAI93.5---60.0-98.594.2--51.831.754.7-52.9-83.086.054.2--------------66.3--------54.3----50.2--100.093.7-71.4---93.9---------------------------------------------------------78.0---------100.0----99.0------73.924.7---------------------$2.001.1MSep 2618d ago
2Anthropic logoClaude Opus 5.5🇺🇸 Anthropic91.9---73.5-98.593.3--57.631.768.3-61.4-84.787.766.9--------------65.3-------98.271.4----54.6--95.091.262.376.2---87.5------------------------------80.3-----77.4--------------------68.0---------100.0----100.0-21.3----72.23.3---------------------$4.001.0MSep 2625d ago
3OpenAI logoGPT-5 Chat🇺🇸 OpenAI89.0-88.0-----------------------------1426.6-----------------------------79.187.586.364.785.7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.25128KAug 251y ago
4Google DeepMind logoGemini 4 Argon🇺🇸 Google DeepMind88.6---82.4-----52.627.156.2-57.1-79.7-61.8--------------56.9-------------47.5--78.086.055.060.7---95.2---------------------------------------------------------60.3---------100.0----99.0------76.0----------------------$2.001.0MOct 264d ago
5OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex-Max🇺🇸 OpenAI85.6------------------------------------------------------------------------------56.781.454.967.175.483.772.084.6-------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.25400KDec 2510mo ago
6OpenAI logoGPT-5.6 Sol🇺🇸 OpenAI80.9---51.4-97.592.5----------------60.0--------66.3------72.793.344.8----47.5--82.989.132.238.1---91.3--76.5---------------------------69.7-----20.0--------------------53.7--------27.3100.0-36.2--83.0-----66.069.7-93.1------------------89.4-$2.001.1MJul 263mo ago
7OpenAI logoGPT-5.2-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI80.7------------------------------------------------------------------------------51.783.678.266.573.788.874.377.7-----------------------------------------------------------41.0-------------$1.75400KJan 269mo ago
8Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 5.5🇺🇸 Anthropic80.7---75.5-----56.031.466.9-55.0-82.7-61.0--------------56.9-------------52.1--80.588.861.964.3---94.1---------43.4-----------------------------------------------61.5---------100.0----100.0------46.51.3---------------------$2.001.0MSep 2619d ago
9OpenAI logoGPT-6 Sol🇺🇸 OpenAI80.0---54.3-95.589.6-------------------------53.7-------95.553.3----49.3--90.089.8-40.5---92.4------------------------------69.5--------------------------51.5---------100.0----83.0------60.77.5---------------------$2.001.1MSep 2625d ago
10OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI77.7------------------------------------------------------------------------------53.371.860.863.469.579.668.682.0-------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.25400KNov 2511mo ago
11xAI logoGrok Build 0.1🇺🇸 xAI77.1------------------------------------------------------------------------------53.365.470.865.272.578.468.976.4-------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.00256KMay 265mo ago
12OpenAI logoGPT-5.6 Terra🇺🇸 OpenAI75.4---58.2-96.583.9--42.130.047.692.542.971.283.080.755.086.357.6---53.2--------44.2------69.688.9-----41.3--70.786.0-34.5---91.1------------------------------64.7--------------------------28.4---------99.7----74.0-----38.743.2-83.8------------------78.3-$2.001.1MJul 263mo 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
14Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.7 Max🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen70.2-------30.666.046.0----------------------22.1-------87.19.5-------34.164.6-----87.9---------------------51.774.271.874.079.785.374.383.3-51.8--------------------------25.1---------95.5----26.0-----64.555.8---------77.3------------$1.481.0MMay 264mo ago
15xAI logoGrok 3 Beta🇺🇸 xAI67.9-53.3-----------------------------------------------------------65.088.478.846.484.9---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$3.00131KApr 251y ago
16OpenAI logoGPT-5.3-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI67.6---31.7---62.253.132.516.9-91.542.575.483.378.5-86.053.0------------------------------------------------------------------------74.5---------------------------------17.8------------32.6------74.8-77.3--------79.3-$1.75400KFeb 267mo ago
17DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813🇨🇳 DeepSeek66.1---47.3-90.561.3--20.40.027.9-10.6-50.7-39.9--------------43.2-------89.8-----28.6--26.864.6-----88.9------------------------------53.5--------------------------37.2---------98.6----50.0------52.9--------------------66.2-$1.321.0MAug 262mo ago
18xAI logoGrok 4.6🇺🇸 xAI65.1---65.3-87.567.1-------------------------29.5------67.595.530.5----48.0--31.766.025.314.3---92.0------------------------------57.0--------------------------27.3---------99.2----51.0-----71.149.3--------------------67.3-$2.00500KAug 262mo ago
19OpenAI logoGPT-5.4🇺🇸 OpenAI64.8---52.4-93.774.069.457.357.2--------------------1395.01464.845.327.921.7---35.151.890.725.4-----47.627.149.078.6-10.7---91.1--31.4------33.0--------------------61.1----74.315.6--------------------30.6---------97.8-20.2--56.0------45.1---------76.9-81.8--------57.4-$2.501.1MMar 267mo ago
20Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 5🇺🇸 Anthropic64.4---54.5----------------------------42.1------53.987.5-----42.7--29.365.6-----87.4--37.3---------------------------58.9--------------------------28.4---------94.7----77.0-----52.733.7-60.0------------------68.8-$2.001.0MJun 263mo ago
21Google DeepMind logoGemini 3.1 Pro Preview🇺🇸 Google DeepMind64.1---35.3-98.077.121.468.829.717.714.694.147.077.182.082.458.795.653.8---57.0------1446.21487.052.620.816.9---47.811.795.114.319.826.1---36.916.726.859.6-0.0---92.6--22.6------43.7--------------------63.3----77.08.9-----------------71.464.7-27.3---------95.6-22.0--26.0-----75.573.5---------75.6-80.2------29.0-72.1-$2.001.0MFeb 268mo ago
22z-ai logoGLM 5🇨🇳 z-aiOpen64.0---17.2-44.74.9-----------------------1434.01457.610.018.7-------------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-$1.00205KFeb 268mo ago
23xAI logoGrok 4.5🇺🇸 xAI61.8---56.2-87.252.6-----------------------1551.81465.831.6------53.894.2-----42.4--24.457.2-0.0---91.3------------------------------53.2------------------------------------97.8-23.4--31.0-----64.048.3-74.4------------------46.4-$2.00500KJul 263mo ago
24xAI logoGrok 4.3🇺🇸 xAI61.0-------24.142.337.6--------------------1356.61441.413.7-------84.5--------14.642.8-----85.1---------------------50.069.955.862.873.684.366.770.8-45.1------------------------------------93.3----11.0------33.2--------------------49.9-$1.251.0MApr 265mo ago
25Google DeepMind logoGemini 3.5 Flash🇺🇸 Google DeepMind60.7---27.5-92.572.137.570.150.2--------------------1505.51476.342.1------37.491.14.8-----39.014.626.862.8-----90.4------------------------------55.5--------------------------25.1---------95.5----31.0-----72.066.2-58.1-------79.3----------62.6-$1.501.0MMay 265mo ago
26OpenAI logoGPT-5🇺🇸 OpenAI60.1-88.0-18.3-65.79.9----------------32.8--------37.0-----55.1-84.512.7--97.2--32.412.521.955.4--34.881.0-81.6--6.9-79.187.586.364.785.721.6----------86.0---------47.0-98.1--69.6---------------------15.2---------91.4--51.349.018.0-1.7---48.050.6---------73.565.049.6-------49.060.7-$1.25400KAug 251y ago
27Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.8 Max (0902)🇨🇳 Alibaba Qwen59.7---63.3-----45.417.758.392.843.1-80.382.852.1------------1671.21481.643.2------57.586.7--------46.374.715.80.0---90.2------------------------------54.4--------------------------31.7---------99.4----58.0------45.8----------------------$2.001.0MSep 261mo ago
28xiaomi logoMiMo-V2-Pro🇨🇳 xiaomi59.6-------62.841.449.2--------------------1433.41445.0----------------------------------------------30.068.849.243.269.177.058.169.7-------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.001.0MMar 267mo ago
29xAI logoGrok 4.7🇺🇸 xAI59.4---54.6-90.261.4--46.517.760.6-43.1-76.7-57.4--------------37.9-------93.3-----47.6--17.153.029.50.0---90.3------------------------------58.1--------------------------21.8---------98.0----34.0------56.0----------------------$2.00500KSep 2626d ago
30Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Pro🇺🇸 Google DeepMind58.6-83.1-6.6-41.04.932.731.927.0----------46.9-46.943.3---64.0--1227.01445.615.8-----42.8-70.7---91.7--14.14.20.024.6--23.381.0-80.4--3.9-74.984.086.341.685.717.7----------83.8---------40.9-95.6--55.4-----------------------88.784.721.190.071.385.8--84.7------0.8---54.956.0---------57.6-32.630.3------19.654.0-$1.251.0MJun 251y ago
31Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.6 Max Preview🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen58.2------------------------------1481.51460.315.8-------78.7------40.56.9-------83.2------------------------------50.0--------------------------10.8---------91.1----------55.652.0---------76.7------------$1.03262KApr 265mo ago
32OpenAI logoGPT-5.2🇺🇸 OpenAI57.2---34.3-86.252.9-----------------------1415.51435.645.318.2----41.1-84.923.0-----40.718.831.767.4-11.949.7--88.5--27.4------24.2--------------------51.7----75.3---------------------15.2---------96.1-21.4--15.0-2.5---35.038.9---------73.871.864.9-------76.072.2-$1.75400KDec 2510mo ago
33xAI logoGrok 4.20🇺🇸 xAI56.8-----89.565.1-------------------------25.322.211.9-----83.5--------17.144.9-----85.8------------------------------45.5------------------------------------92.2----14.0------30.2-----------57.3--------52.3-$1.252.0MMar 266mo ago
34OpenAI logoGPT-5.1🇺🇸 OpenAI54.8---17.5-72.817.6-----------------------1341.01438.539.023.717.3---42.8-83.5------31.012.5-------83.5--13.7-44.293.557.946.486.319.8--------------------51.6--------------------------10.8---------88.6----------43.848.0---------68.066.047.6-------38.060.8-$1.25400KNov 2511mo ago
35OpenAI logoo3🇺🇸 OpenAI54.7-81.3-17.2-60.86.536.138.420.21.1-82.720.171.474.770.1-80.737.1-------74.0----33.717.8----45.2-74.7-13.1-88.9--18.73.5-33.3--30.874.0-75.8--8.8-75.386.985.971.486.116.3----------83.9---------46.7-97.8--65.4---------------------21.8-------23.0-84.4--47.748.6------43.753.0---------62.358.4--------28.052.4-$2.00200KApr 251y ago
36Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4.6🇺🇸 Anthropic52.3---43.0-86.560.440.863.047.2--------------------1521.41472.213.0-----54.929.983.1--23.6--24.332.413.8-------83.2------------------------------54.7--------------------------7.5-------72.19.385.8-16.4--45.0------35.5--31.231.8-----75.2-53.4--------66.1-$3.001.0MFeb 268mo ago
37OpenAI logoo4 Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI51.0-72.0---58.76.1--------------------62.0----17.9-------62.7---77.8--24.86.34.936.1--25.364.0-72.8--3.6-73.592.982.072.085.413.9----------75.0---------31.2-97.8--63.9---------------------0.0---------81.7----------26.423.9----------45.0------51.8-36.352.6-$1.10200KApr 251y ago
38anthracite-org logoMagnum v4 72B anthracite-orgOpen50.9-------------------------35.5-----------------------------10.4--------------56.3-------------------20.0----31.4-----------------13.4---------------------------------------------$2.5033KOct 241y ago
39z-ai logoGLM 5V Turbo🇨🇳 z-ai46.6-------61.136.242.9--------------------1399.81433.5----------------------------------------------3.373.954.127.262.370.449.656.1-------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.20203KApr 266mo ago
40Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4🇺🇸 Anthropic44.3-61.3-9.3-40.05.9------------------------------35.047.8-61.8---46.9--7.30.0-----37.0-72.3--4.9------3.1----------81.4---------34.195.384.4--62.0-----------------------68.774.68.788.347.583.043.9-71.1----------34.6-----------64.9-33.1------1.046.1-$3.00200KMay 251y ago
41Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4.5🇺🇸 Anthropic44.0-----63.713.6-------------------------5.3----60.052.6-72.02.4-----15.24.22.423.9--42.5--76.4--14.7------9.4--------------------45.6-97.7--67.4---------------------8.6-------62.9-77.8-9.9--19.0-2.1---45.230.7---------71.370.646.5-------9.747.7-$3.001.0MSep 251y ago
42OpenAI logoGPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)🇺🇸 OpenAI43.850.4-37.1-83.2-------------------48.8------24.80.0---14.0---14.2---------0.0-----2.9-57.8----------------------------11.3-11.6----56.4-------------------0.081.3--------2.1-------------------------85.8------3.563.2$1.004KJan 242y ago
43OpenAI logoGPT-4o (2024-08-06)🇺🇸 OpenAI39.671.423.1-------------------------26.0---1335.5---------------0.3--------32.3--------------------------------53.3----79.1-----------------------------6.3----------1.4-----------------62.5-----$2.50128KAug 242y ago
44OpenAI logoGPT-4.1🇺🇸 OpenAI37.8-52.4---5.50.4--------------------42.0----0.0-----29.3-47.1---63.9--5.50.1-6.0---72.0-55.9----65.983.881.147.185.40.6--------------------30.1-83.0----------------------------------38.3----------12.431.1---------48.539.6---------39.0-$2.001.0MApr 251y ago
45Mistral AI logoMistral Large 2411🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen35.865.4------------------------------1304.7---------------0.3--------35.1----43.587.659.928.180.1-----------------------50.3----------------------------------7.7----------------------------------$2.00131KNov 241y ago
46Anthropic logoClaude Haiku 4.5🇺🇸 Anthropic35.8---8.9-47.74.0----------------31.2--------3.2-----45.5-56.0--13.7---10.42.1-------61.6------------------------------36.4-96.4----------------------------------66.6-----------5.9-----------35.5--------45.4-$1.00200KOct 251y ago
47Mistral AI logoMistral Large 2407🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen35.1-------------------------------70.4------------------------32.0--------------------69.0-----------44.8----73.3-----------------------------8.4----------7.0-----------------------$2.00131KNov 241y ago
48Mistral AI logoMistral Large🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen31.365.4---------------------------------------26.5------0.6--------18.4----43.587.659.928.180.1-----------69.0-----------24.5----58.4-----------------------------1.9----------7.0-----------------------$2.00128KFeb 242y ago
49OpenAI logoo3 Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI31.0-60.4---34.53.0--------------------54.0---1348.110.6----22.5--48.0---50.0--12.44.20.018.6-----69.4--1.3-----------------61.7---------22.3-96.5------------------------0.0---------76.9----------7.415.3--------------------43.7-$1.10200KJan 251y ago
50OpenAI logoGPT-4o (2024-11-20)🇺🇸 OpenAI30.171.423.1-1.1-4.50.0----------------32.3---26.0----1.1----12.5--40.9------0.3--0.3--9.971.0-30.5--0.0-52.081.771.329.382.80.0----------81.8---------19.5-49.8--40.8-84.1-----------------------------6.2--------84.7-1.426.0---------31.021.6-8.6---62.5--10.025.1-$2.50128KNov 241y ago
51Mistral AI logoMistral Medium 3.5🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen25.0-------19.046.914.20.013.074.813.868.869.364.940.294.233.3----------1262.91426.9--------59.1-----8.0----------------------------------------30.7-----------------------------------------9.0--------26.9------------------43.7-$1.50262KApr 265mo ago
52Mistral AI logoMixtral 8x22B Instruct🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen24.2-------------------------------------7.5--25.2---------------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.