Pricing · AlphaWeek of October 5, 2026 · computed from live data
AI Alpha · Week of October 5, 2026
What moved in AI over the last 7 days, computed from BenchGecko's live data: price drops, new models, new benchmark results and attention shifts.
Price drops · 10
- Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.076 → $0.068 -12%
- DeepSeek V4 Pro$0.26 → $0.21 -18%
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B$0.16 → $0.15 -8%
- DeepSeek V4 Flash$0.14 → $0.042 -70%
- gpt-oss-120b$0.15 → $0.037 -75%
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731$0.021 → $0.018 -14%
- Kimi K2.6$0.95 → $0.65 -32%
- DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp$0.44 → $0.22 -51%
New models · 7
- Switchyard2026-10-03
- GPT-6.1 Sol (batch)2026-09-30
- GPT-6.1 Sol2026-09-30
- GPT-6.1 Sol Pro (batch)2026-09-30
- GPT-6.1 Sol Pro2026-09-30
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 (batch)2026-09-29
- Claude Sonnet 5.52026-09-29
Attention movers · 7 days
- Fei-Fei Li+929 bps
- Yann LeCun+590 bps
- GLM+506 bps
- Gemini 4+420 bps
- Demis Hassabis+308 bps
Best value · score per $1/M input
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 073160.1 avg · $0.015 · 3,954 pts/$
- DeepSeek V4 Flash68.6 avg · $0.025 · 2,744 pts/$
- gpt-oss-20b45.0 avg · $0.018 · 2,500 pts/$
- Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct56.3 avg · $0.030 · 1,877 pts/$
- Mistral Nemo35.4 avg · $0.019 · 1,863 pts/$
Sources · OpenRouter list prices (changes that held a full day), model catalog, public benchmark leaderboards, Hacker News attention. Full changelog