SambaNova API pricing and models

SambaNova publishes per-token prices for 6 text models, as of October 20, 2026. The lowest output rate is $0.59 per million tokens, on GPT-OSS 120B, and the highest-scoring model it serves is MiniMax M3, in preview, at 65 on our 100-point score.

Models priced

6 we score

Lowest output

$0.59

per 1M, GPT-OSS 120B

Top score served

MiniMax M3

SambaNova Cloud serves open-weight models on SambaNova’s own RDU chips and sells them per token.

Every model SambaNova prices, with its score

Prices are US dollars per million tokens, read from SambaCloud pricing page on the date above. The score is our 100-point rating of the model, the same on every host. “vs maker” compares this host’s output rate with the model maker’s own API.

SambaNova prices for the models we score.
Model	Score	Input /1M	Output /1M	Cached /1M	Context	vs maker
MiniMax M3PreviewMiniMax-M3	65	$0.60	$2.40	$0.06	1M	+100%
Llama 3.3 70B InstructMeta-Llama-3.3-70B-InstructServed build of Llama 3.3 70B	61	$0.60	$1.20	—	128K	—
DeepSeek V3.2PreviewDeepSeek-V3.2	61	$3.00	$4.50	—	32K	+971%
Gemma 4 31B ITPreviewgemma-4-31B-itServed build of Gemma 4 31B	56	$0.38	$1.15	—	128K	—
GPT-OSS 120Bgpt-oss-120b	55	$0.22	$0.59	—	128K	—
DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeek-V3.1	53	$3.00	$4.50	—	128K	—

Models marked preview run with limited capacity, according to SambaNova’s model docs.

Hosts that sell the same models

Each row counts the scored models both hosts price, and how many of those cost less per output token there than on SambaNova.

DeepInfra6 shared, 6 cheaperDeepSeek V3.2: $0.38 vs $4.50 output OpenRouter6 shared, 5 cheaperDeepSeek V3.2: $0.41 vs $4.50 output Novita AI4 shared, 4 cheaperLlama 3.3 70B: $0.40 vs $1.20 output Together AI4 shared, 3 cheaperMiniMax M3: $1.20 vs $2.40 output Fireworks AI2 shared, 1 cheaperMiniMax M3: $1.20 vs $2.40 output Nebius Token Factory2 shared, 1 cheaperMiniMax M3: $1.20 vs $2.40 output

Questions

How much does the SambaNova API cost?

SambaNova bills per million tokens, with separate input and output rates for each model. On October 20, 2026 its output rates ran from $0.59 on GPT-OSS 120B to $4.50 across 6 paid models. Input is usually cheaper than output, so a long prompt with a short reply costs less than the output rate suggests.

Which models can you run on SambaNova?

6 text models are listed, and 6 of them match a model we score. The highest-scoring is MiniMax M3 at 65. The table on this page has every model with its input, output and cached-input rate, the context window, and the date we read the price.

What are the alternatives to SambaNova?

DeepInfra lists 6 of the same models and charges less output per token on 6 of them. OpenRouter and Novita AI also overlap. Price is only part of the choice: speed, rate limits and which model snapshot a host serves differ too.