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LLM API Pricing Comparison and Cost Calculator

Compare current LLM API pricing for 137 paid models across 25 providers. All prices are per million tokens. The Score/$column uses the public overall score per dollar of output — higher means better value.

Last updated: August 15, 2026. Prices reflect official API rates. Open-weight model costs depend on your infrastructure. How does LLM token pricing work?

The cheapest LLM API right now is Qwen3.7 Flash at $0.03/$0.13 per million input/output tokens. The cheapest production-grade model (score 70+) is Grok 4.5 at $2.00/$6.00. The cheapest frontier-tier model (score 80+) is Kimi K3 at $3.00/$15.00.

LLM API pricing calculator

Pick a starting workload or enter your own token counts. The result applies the current input, output, and published cache-hit rates from the pricing table below.

ModelPer requestPer monthInput shareOutput shareCache treatment
Grok 4.6xAI$0.0088$8.80$4.00$4.80Published: $0.5/1M
Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle$0.010$10.20$3.00$7.20Published: $0.15/1M
Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic$0.012$12.00$4.00$8.00Published: $0.2/1M
GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI$0.014$13.60$4.00$9.60Published: $0.2/1M

Estimate only. It excludes batch discounts, long-context surcharges, taxes, tools, images, and provider minimums. A cache share is applied only when the selected model has a published cache-hit rate. Pricing registry updated August 15, 2026.

Model a deliverable-based workflow

How to compare LLM API pricing

Start with the token mix your application actually sends. Monthly cost equals standard input, cached input, and output token charges across every request. A low input rate can still lose when the model produces long answers, misses the cache, or needs more retries to pass the same acceptance test.

Separate input from output

Output tokens usually cost more. Compare the ratio instead of averaging the two advertised rates.

Apply cache rates exactly

Use a cache discount only when the provider publishes one for that model and your prompts can reuse it.

Test cost against quality

Score/$ builds a shortlist. Your accepted result per dollar is the production number that matters.

Cheapest LLM APIs in 2026

The lowest token rate, the strongest score per output dollar, and the highest-scoring paid model answer different questions. Use the first for raw volume, the second for a shortlist, and the third when quality matters more than list price.

Cheapest API

Ministral 3 3B

$0.1 in / $0.1 out per 1M tokens

Best Value (Score/$)

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

Score/$ ratio: 398.6

Highest Scored (Paid)

Claude Mythos 5

Public score: 83.21 — $10 in / $50 out

Model the full break-even →

LLM pricing comparison

Filter by provider, family, or model name, then sort the current API rates by input price, output price, context window, benchmark score, or score per output dollar. Cache rates remain blank unless the exact model row has a published cache-hit price.

Model / providerInput · output
Claude Mythos 5Anthropic · 1MScore 83.21 · 1.7 score/$Cache $1.00/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$10.00·$50.00
Claude Opus 5Anthropic · 1MScore 83.07 · 3.3 score/$Cache $0.50/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$5.00·$25.00
Claude Fable 5Anthropic · 1MScore 82.96 · 1.7 score/$Cache $1.00/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$10.00·$50.00
GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI · 1.05MScore 82 · 2.7 score/$Cache $0.50/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$5.00·$30.00
Kimi K3Moonshot AI · 1.05MScore 80.5 · 5.4 score/$Cache $0.30/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$3.00·$15.00
Qwen3.8 MaxAlibaba · 1MScore 79.91Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic · 1MScore 76.58 · 3.1 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$5.00·$25.00
Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle · 1MScore 75.54 · 10.1 score/$Cache $0.15/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$1.50·$7.50
Grok 4.5xAI · 500KScore 75.42 · 12.6 score/$Cache $0.30/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$2.00·$6.00
GPT-5.5OpenAI · 1MScore ~73.37 · 2.5 score/$Cache $0.50/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$5.00·$30.00
GPT-5.4OpenAI · 1.05MScore 73.36 · 4.9 score/$Cache $0.25/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$2.50·$15.00
GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI · 1.05MScore ~72.91 · 6.1 score/$Cache $0.20/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$2.00·$12.00
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Anthropic · 1MScore ~72.13 · 2.9 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$5.00·$25.00
Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic · 1MScore 71.87 · 2.9 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$5.00·$25.00
Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba · 1MScore 71.6Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
MiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomi · 1MScore 69.21Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
MiniMax M3MiniMax · 1MScore 68.74 · 57.3 score/$Cache $0.06/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.30·$1.20
Hy3Tencent · 256KScore 68.02Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic · 1MScore 67.98 · 2.7 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$5.00·$25.00
Gemini 3 ProGoogle · 2MScore 67.37 · 5.6 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$2.00·$12.00
GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI · 1.05MScore ~67.29 · 56.1 score/$Cache $0.02/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.20·$1.20
InklingThinking Machines Lab · 1MScore 67.04 · 14.3 score/$Cache $0.37/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$1.87·$4.68
GLM-5.1Z.AI · 203KScore 66.91 · 15.2 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.40·$4.40
GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI · 400KScore 66.87 · 0.5 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$25.00·$150.00
GPT-5.4 nanoOpenAI · 400KScore 66.59 · 53.3 score/$Cache $0.02/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.20·$1.25
GLM-5-TurboZ.AI · 200KScore 66.08 · 16.5 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.20·$4.00
GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI · 400KScore 65.93 · 4.7 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.75·$14.00
GLM-5Z.AI · 200KScore 65.61 · 20.5 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.00·$3.20
Inkling-SmallThinking Machines Lab · 1MScore 65.54 · 45.5 score/$Cache $0.12/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.58·$1.44
Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteGoogle · 1MScore 65.29 · 26.1 score/$Cache $0.03/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.30·$2.50
Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba · 1MScore 64.79Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic · 1MScore ~64.78 · 6.5 score/$Cache $0.20/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$2.00·$10.00
Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle · 1MScore ~64.67 · 7.2 score/$Cache $0.15/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$1.50·$9.00
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic · 200KScore 64.53 · 4.3 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$3.00·$15.00
GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI · 1MScore ~64.17 · 0.4 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$30.00·$180.00
Grok 4.3xAI · 1MScore 63.95 · 25.6 score/$Cache $0.20/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$1.25·$2.50
Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic · 200KScore 63.63 · 2.5 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$5.00·$25.00
Grok 4.6xAI · 500KScore ~63.41 · 10.6 score/$Cache $0.50/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$2.00·$6.00
GLM-5.2Z.AI · 1MScore ~63.34 · 14.4 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.40·$4.40
MiniMax M2.7MiniMax · 200KScore 63.06 · 52.5 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.30·$1.20
GLM-5V-TurboZ.AI · 200KScore 62.28 · 15.6 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.20·$4.00
Gemini 3 Pro Deep ThinkGoogle · 2MScore ~61.79Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Muse Spark 1.2Meta · 1MScore ~61.67 · 14.5 score/$Cache $0.15/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$1.25·$4.25
Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle · 1MScore ~61.36 · 16.4 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.75·$3.75
GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI · 1.05MScore ~61.26 · 0.3 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$30.00·$180.00
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek · 1MScore ~61.16 · 70.3 score/$Cache $0.00/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.43·$0.87
GLM-4.7Z.AI · 200KScore 60.66Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Grok 4.1xAI · 1MScore ~60.43Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
GLM-5 (Reasoning)Z.AI · 200KScore ~60.25 · 18.8 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.00·$3.20
Kimi 2.6Moonshot AI · 256KScore ~60.21 · 15.1 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.95·$4.00
Gemma 4 31BGoogle · 256KScore 60.15Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Qwen3.5 397B (Reasoning)Alibaba · 128KScore ~59.96 · 16.7 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.60·$3.60
Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba · 262KScore 59.82Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)Moonshot AI · 256KScore ~59.81 · 19.9 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.60·$3.00
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle · 1MScore 59.74 · 19.9 score/$Cache $0.05/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.50·$3.00
Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba · 262KScore 59.64Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Grok 4xAI · 128KScore 59.61Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
GPT-5.2 InstantOpenAI · 128KScore ~59.47 · 9.9 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.50·$6.00
GPT-5.3 InstantOpenAI · 128KScore ~59.36 · 4.2 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.75·$14.00
MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi · 1MScore ~59.16Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
GPT-5 (high)OpenAI · 400KScore ~59.08 · 5.9 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.25·$10.00
Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI · 256KScore 58.89 · 19.6 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.60·$3.00
MiniMax M2.5MiniMax · 128KScore 58.68 · 48.9 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.30·$1.20
DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)DeepSeek · 128KScore ~58.59 · 26.8 score/$Cache $0.14/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.55·$2.19
Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)Alibaba · 128KScore ~58.47Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
GPT-5.2OpenAI · 400KScore ~58.24 · 4.2 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.75·$14.00
GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI · 400KScore 58.19 · 4.2 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.75·$14.00
GLM-4.5Z.AI · 128KScore ~58.02 · 26.4 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.60·$2.20
Qwen3.5 397BAlibaba · 128KScore ~57.46 · 16.0 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.60·$3.60
GPT-5.3-Codex-SparkOpenAI · 256KScore ~57.36Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle · 256KScore 57.16Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic · 200KScore ~57.06 · 11.4 score/$Cache $0.10/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$1.00·$5.00
GPT-5.4 miniOpenAI · 400KScore ~56.86 · 12.6 score/$Cache $0.07/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.75·$4.50
Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle · 1MScore 56.63 · 5.7 score/$Cache $0.13/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$1.25·$10.00
Qwen3 235B 2507Alibaba · 128KScore ~56.45Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Trinity-Large-PreviewArcee AI · 512KScore ~56.39 · 56.4 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.25·$1.00
Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba · 262KScore 56.15Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle · 1MScore ~55.98 · 4.7 score/$Cache $0.20/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$2.00·$12.00
Grok 4.20xAI · 2MScore ~55.19 · 9.2 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$2.00·$6.00
DeepSeek LLM 2.0DeepSeek · 128KScore ~54.95Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI · 400KScore ~54.9 · 5.5 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.25·$10.00
DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek · 128KScore 54.67 · 130.2 score/$Cache $0.03/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.28·$0.42
Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI · 256KScore ~54.34 · 13.6 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.95·$4.00
GPT-5 (medium)OpenAI · 128KScore 54.29Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Step 3.5 FlashStepFun · 256KScore 54.29 · 181.0 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.10·$0.30
Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic · 200KScore ~54.16 · 3.6 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$3.00·$15.00
Ling 3.0 FlashInclusionAI · 262KScore ~53.78Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Qwen3.6-27BAlibaba · 262KScore ~53.73Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
GPT-5.1OpenAI · 400KScore ~53.54 · 5.3 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.25·$10.00
Nemotron 3 Nano 30BNVIDIA · 32KScore ~53.36Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
MiMo-V2-FlashXiaomi · 256KScore 53.3Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeek · 128KScore 52.9Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)DeepSeek · 128KScore 52.72Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Qwen2.5-72BAlibaba · 128KScore ~52.56Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Muse Glimmer 30BMeta · 131KScore ~52.5Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Llama 3.1 405BMeta · 128KScore ~52.11Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12BNVIDIA · 256KScore ~51.37Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Llama 3 70BMeta · 128KScore ~51.22Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
DeepSeek R1DeepSeek · 128KScore 50.95 · 23.3 score/$Cache $0.14/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.55·$2.19
Step 3.7 FlashStepFun · 256KScore ~50.91 · 44.3 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.20·$1.15
GPT-4.1OpenAI · 1MScore 50.84 · 6.4 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$2.00·$8.00
DeepSeek Coder 2.0DeepSeek · 128KScore ~50.67Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Seed 1.6ByteDance · 256KScore ~50.62Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Grok 4.1 FastxAI · 2MScore 50.57 · 101.1 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.20·$0.50
Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteGoogle · 1MScore 50.51 · 33.7 score/$Cache $0.03/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.25·$1.50
Nemotron 3 Super 100BNVIDIA · 1MScore ~50.47Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
GLM-4.7-FlashZ.AI · 200KScore 50.46Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
o4-mini (high)OpenAI · 200KScore ~50.37Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
DeepSeekMath V2DeepSeek · 128KScore ~50.27Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Qwen2.5-1MAlibaba · 1MScore ~50.27Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance · 256KScore ~50.22Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)Mistral · 256KScore ~49.73 · 248.7 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.20·$0.20
Mistral Large 3Mistral · 256KScore 49.54 · 33.0 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.50·$1.50
GPT-OSS 120BOpenAI · 128KScore 49.23Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Aion-2.0Aion Labs · 128KScore ~49.04 · 30.6 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.80·$1.60
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1Mistral · 64KScore ~48.94Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
o1-previewOpenAI · 200KScore 48.42 · 0.8 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$15.00·$60.00
o1OpenAI · 200KScore ~48.17 · 0.8 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$15.00·$60.00
Mercury 2Inception · 128KScore 48.14 · 64.2 score/$Cache $0.03/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.25·$0.75
Claude 3.5 SonnetAnthropic · 200KScore ~48.11 · 3.2 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$3.00·$15.00
Trinity-Large-ThinkingArcee AI · 512KScore 47.71 · 53.0 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.25·$0.90
Command A+Cohere · 128KScore ~47.56 · 4.8 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$2.50·$10.00
Qwen3.5 PlusAlibaba · 1MScore ~47.47 · 19.8 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.40·$2.40
Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle · 1MScore 47.45 · 19.0 score/$Cache $0.03/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.30·$2.50
o3-proOpenAI · 200KScore 47.43 · 0.6 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$20.00·$80.00
Qwen3.5 FlashAlibaba · 1MScore 47.27 · 118.2 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.10·$0.40
o3OpenAI · 200KScore 47.01 · 5.9 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$2.00·$8.00
GLM-4.5-AirZ.AI · 128KScore 46.99 · 42.7 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.20·$1.10
o3-miniOpenAI · 200KScore 46.68 · 10.6 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.10·$4.40
Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA · 1MScore ~46.67Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
GPT-5 nanoOpenAI · 400KScore ~46.49 · 116.2 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.05·$0.40
Mistral Small 4Mistral · 256KScore ~46.31 · 77.2 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.15·$0.60
o1-proOpenAI · 200KScore ~46.07 · 0.1 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$150.00·$600.00
Z-1Z · 128KScore ~45.49Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Nemotron-4 15BNVIDIA · 32KScore ~45.44Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance · 256KScore ~45.44Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Mistral 8x7BMistral · 32KScore ~45.34Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Moonshot v1Moonshot AI · 128KScore ~45.15Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Claude 4.1 OpusAnthropic · 200KScore 44.99 · 0.6 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$15.00·$75.00
Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance · 256KScore ~44.95Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Nemotron Ultra 253BNVIDIA · 32KScore ~44.76Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BNVIDIA · 256KScore ~44.4Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
DeepSeek V3DeepSeek · 128KScore 44.28 · 40.3 score/$Cache $0.07/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.27·$1.10
GPT-4.1 miniOpenAI · 1MScore ~44.14 · 27.6 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.40·$1.60
Ling 2.6 FlashInclusionAI · 262KScore ~44.08Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Hy3 PreviewTencent · 256KScore ~43.96Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Mistral Medium 3Mistral · 128KScore ~43.37 · 21.7 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.40·$2.00
Gemma 4 E4BGoogle · 128KScore ~43.25Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Sarvam 105BSarvam · 128KScore ~43.14Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
GPT-5 miniOpenAI · 128KScore 43.08 · 21.5 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.25·$2.00
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BDeepSeek · 128KScore ~42.76Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
GPT-4.1 nanoOpenAI · 1MScore ~42.2 · 105.5 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.10·$0.40
GPT-OSS 20BOpenAI · 128KScore 42.2Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Gemma 4 E2BGoogle · 128KScore ~42.18Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Claude 4 SonnetAnthropic · 200KScore 41.97 · 2.8 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$3.00·$15.00
Mistral Large 2Mistral · 128KScore ~41.96Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
LFM2.5-8B-A1BLiquidAI · 128KScore ~41.62Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Gemma 3 27BGoogle · 32KScore 41.04Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Sarvam 30BSarvam · 64KScore ~40.91Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
GPT-4oOpenAI · 128KScore 40.81 · 4.1 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$2.50·$10.00
Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)Mistral · 256KScore ~40.72 · 271.5 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.15·$0.15
Claude 3 OpusAnthropic · 200KScore 40.43 · 0.5 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$15.00·$75.00
Mistral 7B v0.3Mistral · 32KScore ~40.24Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Qwen2.5-VL-32BAlibaba · 32KScore ~40.19Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Llama 4 BehemothMeta · 32KScore ~40.15Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Grok 3 [Beta]xAI · 128KScore 40.04Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)Mistral · 256KScore ~39.86 · 398.6 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.10·$0.10
Mistral 8x7B v0.2Mistral · 32KScore ~39.47Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Llama 4 ScoutMeta · 10MScore 39.39Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Granite-4.0-350MIBM · 32KScore ~38.76Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Granite-4.0-H-350MIBM · 32KScore ~38.76Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Grok Code Fast 1xAI · 256KScore 37.79 · 25.2 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.20·$1.50
GPT-4o miniOpenAI · 128KScore 37.22 · 62.0 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.15·$0.60
Claude 4.1 Opus ThinkingAnthropic · 200KScore 35.58Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Gemini 1.5 ProGoogle · 1MScore 35 · 7.0 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.25·$5.00
Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructAlibaba · 128KScore 34.03Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Ministral 3 14BMistral · 256KScore 33.89 · 169.4 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.20·$0.20
ZAYA1-8BZyphra · 131KScore ~30.96Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4NVIDIA · 1MScore ~26.79Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
GPT-4 TurboOpenAI · 128KScore 26.71 · 0.9 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$10.00·$30.00
Kimi K2Moonshot AI · 128KScore 26.32 · 10.5 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.60·$2.50
MiniMax M1 80kMiniMax · 80KScore 24.27Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Llama 4 MaverickMeta · 1MScore 22.76Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Phi-4Microsoft · 16KScore 22.41Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Gemini 1.0 ProGoogle · 32KScore 21.08Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Claude 3 HaikuAnthropic · 200KScore 20.68 · 16.5 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.25·$1.25
Ministral 3 8BMistral · 256KScore 20.29 · 135.3 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.15·$0.15
Nova ProAmazon · 128KScore 19.56Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
LFM2-24B-A2BLiquidAI · 32KScore 18.14Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Ministral 3 3BMistral · 256KScore 17.82 · 178.2 score/$Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.10·$0.10
LFM2.5-1.2B-ThinkingLiquidAI · 32KScore 15.53Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
LFM2.5-1.2B-InstructLiquidAI · 32KScore 14.82Cache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
1-bit Bonsai 1.7BPrism ML · 32KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
1-bit Bonsai 4BPrism ML · 32KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
1-bit Bonsai 8BPrism ML · 64KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Amazon Nova 2 SonicAmazon · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Audio Flamingo 3 7BNVIDIA · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Baichuan-AudioBaichuan · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Baichuan-Omni 1.5Baichuan · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
BLSP 7BBLSP authors · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
BTL-4Bad Theory Labs · 262KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Cartesia Ink-WhisperCartesia · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Cartesia Sonic 3Cartesia · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Celeris-1Celeris · 128KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.20·$0.70
Claude Mythos PreviewAnthropic · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$25.00·$125.00
Cohere Transcribe 03-2026Cohere · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Composer 2Cursor · 200KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.50·$2.50
Composer 2.5Cursor · 200KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.50·$2.50
Cosmos3-EdgeNVIDIA · 256KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
DBRX InstructDatabricks · 32KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Deepgram Aura-2Deepgram · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Deepgram Nova-3Deepgram · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek · 1MScore not rankedCache $0.00/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.14·$0.28
DiVA Llama 3 8BDiVA authors · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
dots3-note PreviewDots Studio · 512KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Fugu CyberSakana AI · 1MScore not rankedCache $0.60/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$6.00·$36.00
Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio Preview (12-2025)Google · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGoogle · 1MScore not rankedCache $0.01/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.10·$0.40
Gemini 3.1 Flash Live PreviewGoogle · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Gemini 3.5 Flash CyberGoogle · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
GLM Realtime AirZhipu AI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
GLM Realtime FlashZhipu AI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
GLM-4-VoiceZhipu AI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
GLM-5.3Z.AI · 1MScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
GPT RealtimeOpenAI · 32KScore not rankedCache $0.40/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$4.00·$16.00
GPT Realtime 1.5OpenAI · 32KScore not rankedCache $0.40/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$4.00·$16.00
GPT Realtime 2OpenAI · 128KScore not rankedCache $0.40/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$4.00·$24.00
GPT Realtime miniOpenAI · 32KScore not rankedCache $0.06/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.60·$2.40
GPT-4o AudioOpenAI · 128KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$2.50·$10.00
GPT-4o mini AudioOpenAI · 128KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.15·$0.60
GPT-5.6 CyberOpenAI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Granite-4.0-1BIBM · 128KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Granite-4.0-H-1BIBM · 128KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Grok 3 MinixAI · 128KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.30·$0.50
Grok 4.20 Multi-agentxAI · 2MScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Grok Build 0.1xAI · 256KScore not rankedCache $0.20/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$1.00·$2.00
Grok RealtimexAI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Grok Voice Think Fast 1.0xAI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0xAI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Hark HandoffHark · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Holo3-122B-A10BH Company · 64KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.40·$3.00
Holo3-35B-A3BH Company · 64KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Holo3.1-0.8BH Company · 262KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Holo3.1-35B-A3BH Company · 64KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.25·$1.80
Holo3.1-35B-A3B-FP8H Company · 262KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Holo3.1-35B-A3B-GGUFH Company · 262KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Holo3.1-35B-A3B-NVFP4H Company · 262KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Holo3.1-4BH Company · 262KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Holo3.1-9BH Company · 262KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
IchigoJan · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Interfaze BetaInterfaze · 1MScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.50·$3.50
Kimi-Audio 7BMoonshot AI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Kokoro 82Mhexgrad · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Laguna M.1Poolside · 256KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Laguna S 2.1Poolside · 1MScore not rankedCache $0.01/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.10·$0.20
Laguna XS.2Poolside · 256KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
LeanstralMistral · 256KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
LFG-1glenn2 · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
LFG-2glenn2 · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
LFG-3glenn2 · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
LFM2.5-2.6BLiquidAI · 128KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
LFM2.5-230MLiquidAI · 32KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
LFM2.5-350MLiquidAI · 32KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
LFM2.5-ColBERT-350MLiquidAI · 32KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
LFM2.5-Embedding-350MLiquidAI · 32KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
LFM2.5-VL-450MLiquidAI · 128KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8InclusionAI · 262KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
LLaMA-OmniICTNLP · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
LongCat-2.0Meituan · 1MScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Lyra BaseDVL Lab · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Lyra MiniDVL Lab · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
MacawBad Theory Labs · 128KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Mair-hub 0.5B OmniMair Hub · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Megrez-3B-OmniInfinigence AI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
MERaLiON-AudioLLMAI Singapore · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Mini-Omni 0.5Bgpt-omni · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Mini-Omni2gpt-omni · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
MiniCPM-o 2.6OpenBMB · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Mistral Medium 3.5 128BMistral · 256KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.50·$7.50
Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Mistral · 256KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.15·$0.60
Moshi 7BKyutai · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
NExT-GPT 7BNExT-GPT authors · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
o4-miniOpenAI · 200KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$1.10·$4.40
OlaOla-Omni · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Ornith-1.0-35BDeepReinforce AI · 256KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Ornith-1.0-397BDeepReinforce AI · 256KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Ornith-1.0-9BDeepReinforce AI · 256KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
PandaGPT 7BPandaGPT authors · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Parakeet CTC 1.1BNVIDIA · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Phi-4 Multimodal InstructMicrosoft · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Pokee-Isaac 28BPokee AI · 10MScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.15·$1.00
Qwen-Audio 7BAlibaba · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Qwen-Audio-Chat 7BAlibaba · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Qwen2-Audio 7B InstructAlibaba · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Qwen2.5-Omni 7BAlibaba · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba · 1MScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
$0.03·$0.13
Qwen3.8 Max PreviewAlibaba · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Qwen3.8-27BAlibaba · 262KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Sakana FuguSakana AI · 1MScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Sakana Fugu-UltraSakana AI · 1MScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Sakana Fugu-Ultra v1.1Sakana AI · 1MScore not rankedCache $0.50/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$5.00·$30.00
SALMONN 13BSALMONN authors · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
SALMONN 7BSALMONN authors · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Scribe v2.2 RealtimeElevenLabs · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
SLAM-OmniX-LANCE · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Soofi S 30B-A3BSoofi Project · 1MScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
SpeechGPT 7BOpenMOSS · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Step-AudioStepFun · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Step-Audio-Chat 130BStepFun · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Ternary Bonsai 1.7BPrism ML · 32KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Ternary Bonsai 4BPrism ML · 32KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Ternary Bonsai 8BPrism ML · 64KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*
Toast 1Mixedbread · 131KScore not rankedCache $0.04/1M · checked August 15, 2026
$0.30·$0.72
Ultravox GLM-4P6Fixie AI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Ultravox GLM-4P7Fixie AI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Ultravox v0.4.1 Llama 3.1 8BFixie AI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Ultravox v0.5 Llama 3.1 8BFixie AI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Ultravox v0.5 Llama 3.2 1BFixie AI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Ultravox v0.6 Llama 3.3 70BFixie AI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Ultravox v0.7Fixie AI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
VITA 1.0VITA-MLLM · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
VITA 1.5VITA-MLLM · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
Voxtral 4B TTS 2603Mistral AI · Context not listedScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Not listed
ZAYA1-74B-PreviewZyphra · 256KScore not rankedCache not published · checked August 15, 2026
Free*

* Score/$ = Overall benchmark score ÷ output price per million tokens. Higher is better. Free/open-weight models are excluded. “Price checked” is the registry observation date, not a claim that every provider changed its rate that day.

Pricing sources and field rules

Numeric rates come from provider-owned pricing pages, API documentation, or launch announcements for the exact model row. A missing cache field means the registry does not have an explicit cache-hit rate; it does not mean caching is unavailable or free. Tiered, reseller, and self-hosting rates stay separate.

LLM pricing updates and API price history

The live table is a current registry snapshot. Use the history view for dated model launches and price changes, or the token price index for a normalized view of how frontier inference cost moves over time.

LLM API pricing questions

How do I calculate LLM API cost?

LLM API cost equals input tokens multiplied by the input rate, plus output tokens multiplied by the output rate, divided by one million. Add cached input at the provider’s published cache rate. The calculator above applies that formula per request and per month across the models you select.

What is the cheapest LLM API in 2026?

As of August 15, 2026, Qwen3.7 Flash is the cheapest listed paid API at $0.03 input and $0.13 output per million tokens. The lowest list price is not automatically the lowest production cost: output volume, cache hits, retries, and task quality can change the result.

Which LLM has the best price-to-performance ratio?

On the current table, Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning) has the highest public benchmark score per dollar of output. Score/$ is a shortlist metric, not a workload guarantee: it ignores latency, input-heavy prompts, hidden reasoning tokens, tool charges, and quality differences inside your own acceptance tests.

How does cached input pricing change LLM cost?

Cached input pricing discounts prompt tokens that a provider can reuse, such as a repeated system prompt or stable document context. The calculator applies the discount only when the exact model has a published cache-hit rate. A blank cache field does not mean caching is free or unavailable.

Are open-weight LLMs free to run?

Open-weight models can be free to download, but inference still requires GPUs, electricity, hosting, and engineering time. Hosted APIs for open models also charge per token. Compare the API table with the self-host estimate, then use the dedicated break-even calculator for your hardware, utilization, and traffic assumptions.

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