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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1Anthropic logoClaude Opus 5.5🇺🇸 Anthropic96.8---73.5-97.592.5--57.631.767.3-61.4-84.787.766.9----------------------98.271.4----54.6--95.091.262.376.2---87.5------------------------------80.3-----77.4--------------------68.0---------100.0----100.0------72.2---------------------$4.001.0MSep 2613d ago
2Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 5.5🇺🇸 Anthropic89.2---75.5-----56.031.467.0-55.0-82.7-61.0----------------------------52.1--80.588.861.964.3---94.1---------------------------------------------------------61.5---------100.0----100.0------46.5---------------------$2.001.0MSep 267d ago
3OpenAI logoGPT-5 Chat🇺🇸 OpenAI89.0-88.0-----------------------------1426.6-----------------------------79.187.586.364.785.7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.25128KAug 251y ago
4OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex-Max🇺🇸 OpenAI85.6------------------------------------------------------------------------------56.781.454.967.175.483.772.084.6------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.25400KDec 2510mo ago
5OpenAI logoGPT-5.6 Sol🇺🇸 OpenAI80.9---51.4-97.592.5----------------60.0--------62.1------72.793.344.8----47.5--82.989.132.238.1---91.3------------------------------69.7-----20.0--------------------53.7--------27.3100.0-36.2--83.0-----66.069.793.1------------------89.4-$2.001.1MJul 262mo ago
6OpenAI logoGPT-5.2-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI80.7------------------------------------------------------------------------------51.783.678.266.573.788.874.377.7----------------------------------------------------------41.0-------------$1.75400KJan 268mo ago
7OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI77.7------------------------------------------------------------------------------53.371.860.863.469.579.668.682.0------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.25400KNov 2510mo ago
8xAI logoGrok Build 0.1🇺🇸 xAI77.1------------------------------------------------------------------------------53.365.470.865.272.578.468.976.4------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.00256KMay 264mo ago
9OpenAI logoGPT-5.6 Terra🇺🇸 OpenAI76.5---58.2-96.583.9--42.130.047.792.542.971.283.080.755.086.357.6---53.2--------51.6------69.688.9-----41.3--70.786.0-34.5---91.1------------------------------64.7--------------------------28.4---------99.7----74.0-----38.743.283.8------------------78.3-$2.001.1MJul 262mo ago
10Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05🇺🇸 Google DeepMind73.5-83.1---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10.1------55.6--54.6----$1.251.0MJun 251y ago
11Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.7 Max🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen69.8-------30.666.046.0----------------------14.8-------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------------$1.251.0MMay 264mo ago
12OpenAI logoGPT-5.3-Codex🇺🇸 OpenAI68.1---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
13xAI logoGrok 3 Beta🇺🇸 xAI67.9-53.3-----------------------------------------------------------65.088.478.846.484.9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$3.00131KApr 251y ago
14Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 5🇺🇸 Anthropic66.3---54.5----------------------------31.6------53.987.5-----42.7--29.365.6-----87.4--37.3---------------------------58.9--------------------------28.4---------94.7----77.0-----52.733.760.0------------------68.8-$2.001.0MJun 263mo ago
15xAI logoGrok 4.6🇺🇸 xAI66.2---65.3-87.567.1-------------------------36.9------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 261mo ago
16OpenAI logoGPT-5.4🇺🇸 OpenAI66.0---52.4-93.774.069.457.357.2--------------------1395.01464.841.127.921.7---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
17Google DeepMind logoGemini 3.1 Pro Preview🇺🇸 Google DeepMind65.0---35.3-98.077.121.468.829.717.713.894.147.077.182.082.458.795.653.8---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 267mo ago
18z-ai logoGLM 5.2🇨🇳 z-aiOpen64.7-----77.022.843.168.851.1--------------------1593.31471.016.9------43.889.39.5----24.5--29.359.2-----89.1---------------------73.379.773.762.376.289.876.278.6-53.9--------------------------10.8---------86.4-31.7--35.0-----50.634.255.6-------78.7----------70.1-$1.001.0MJun 263mo ago
19z-ai logoGLM 5.3🇨🇳 z-ai63.1---56.6-----44.819.157.891.742.3-79.7-59.0--------------16.9------69.079.5-----40.1--29.368.830.2----87.9------------------------------65.3--------------------------26.2---------91.1----49.0------41.0-------------------75.4-$1.401.0MAug 261mo ago
20xAI logoGrok 4.5🇺🇸 xAI62.4---56.2-87.252.6-----------------------1551.81465.832.7------53.894.2-----42.4--24.457.2-0.0---91.3------------------------------53.2------------------------------------97.8-23.4--31.0-----64.048.374.4------------------46.4-$2.00500KJul 262mo ago
21xAI logoGrok 4.3🇺🇸 xAI61.7-------24.142.337.6--------------------1356.61441.421.1-------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
22Google DeepMind logoGemini 3.5 Flash🇺🇸 Google DeepMind61.3---27.5-92.572.137.570.150.2--------------------1505.51476.347.4------37.491.14.8-----39.014.626.862.8-----90.4------------------------------55.5--------------------------25.1---------95.5----31.0-----72.066.258.1-------79.3----------62.6-$1.501.0MMay 264mo ago
23OpenAI logoGPT-5🇺🇸 OpenAI60.4-88.0-18.3-65.79.9----------------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
24xiaomi logoMiMo-V2-Pro🇨🇳 xiaomi59.6-------62.841.449.2--------------------1433.41445.0----------------------------------------------30.068.849.243.269.177.058.169.7------------------------------------------------------------------------$1.001.0MMar 266mo ago
25Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Pro🇺🇸 Google DeepMind58.7-83.1-6.6-41.04.932.731.927.0----------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
26OpenAI logoGPT-5.2🇺🇸 OpenAI58.4---34.3-86.252.9-----------------------1415.51435.646.318.2----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 259mo ago
27Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.6 Max Preview🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen58.4------------------------------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
28Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.8 Max (0902)🇨🇳 Alibaba Qwen56.8---------45.417.758.692.843.1-80.382.852.1------------1671.21481.625.3------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
29xAI logoGrok 4.20🇺🇸 xAI56.5-----89.565.1-------------------------20.022.211.9-----83.5--------17.144.9-----85.8------------------------------45.5------------------------------------92.2----14.0------30.2----------57.3--------52.3-$1.252.0MMar 266mo ago
30OpenAI logoo3🇺🇸 OpenAI55.1-81.3-17.2-60.86.536.138.420.21.1-82.720.171.474.770.1-80.737.1-------74.0----34.817.8----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
31OpenAI logoGPT-5.1🇺🇸 OpenAI55.0---17.5-72.817.6-----------------------1341.01438.528.423.717.3---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 2510mo ago
32Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4.6🇺🇸 Anthropic52.5---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 267mo ago
33OpenAI logoo4 Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI51.4-72.0---58.76.1--------------------62.0----22.1-------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
34anthracite-org logoMagnum v4 72B anthracite-orgOpen50.9-------------------------35.5-----------------------------10.4--------------56.3-------------------20.0----31.4-----------------13.4--------------------------------------------$3.0033KOct 241y ago
35z-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
36Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4.5🇺🇸 Anthropic44.6-----63.713.6-------------------------7.4----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
37Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4🇺🇸 Anthropic44.5-61.3-9.3-40.05.9------------------------------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
38OpenAI logoGPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)🇺🇸 OpenAI43.850.4-37.1-83.2-------------------48.8-------0.0---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
39OpenAI 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
40OpenAI logoGPT-4.1🇺🇸 OpenAI37.9-52.4---5.50.4--------------------42.0----1.1-----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
41Anthropic logoClaude Haiku 4.5🇺🇸 Anthropic35.9---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 2511mo ago
42Mistral 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
43Mistral AI logoMistral Large 2407🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen35.1-------------------------------1314.4------------------------32.0--------------------69.0-----------44.8----73.3-----------------------------8.4----------7.0----------------------$2.00131KNov 241y ago
44Mistral 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
45OpenAI logoo3 Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI31.2-60.4---34.53.0--------------------54.0---1348.112.7----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
46OpenAI logoGPT-4o (2024-11-20)🇺🇸 OpenAI30.071.423.1-1.1-4.50.0----------------32.3---26.0----8.5----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--33.8-84.1-----------------------------6.2--------84.7-1.426.0--------31.021.6-8.6---62.5--10.025.1-$2.50128KNov 241y ago
47Mistral AI logoMistral Medium 3.5🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen25.0-------19.046.914.20.012.474.813.868.869.364.940.294.233.3----------1262.91426.9--------59.1-----8.0----------------------------------------30.7-----------------------------------------9.0-------26.9------------------43.7-$1.50262KApr 265mo ago
48Mistral AI logoMixtral 8x22B Instruct🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen24.3-------------------------------------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.