# Best Value Agentic AI Model in 2026 — Cost-Adjusted Rankings

> Top AI models ranked by agentic benchmark performance per dollar. Find the most cost-effective model for AI agents, tool use, and multi-step workflows.

Agentic workloads are token-intensive — agents loop, retry, and chain multiple calls. That makes cost-per-token a critical factor alongside raw capability. This ranking divides each model's weighted agentic score (Terminal-Bench 2.0, BrowseComp, OSWorld-Verified) by its output token price. The result shows which models give you the most agent capability per dollar. If you're building production AI agents with budget constraints, this is where you start.

Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/best/best-value-agentic

Last updated: October 1, 2026

## Rankings

| Rank | Model | Creator | Type | Context | Score/$ | Score | Output $/1M |
|------|-------|---------|------|---------|---------|-------|-------------|
| 1 | [MiMo-V2.6-Flash](/models/mimo-v2-6-flash) | Xiaomi | Open Weight | 1M | 195.29 | 54.7 | $0.28 |
| 2 | [GPT-6 Luna](/models/gpt-6-luna) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 106.06 | 53 | $0.5 |
| 3 | [MiMo-V2.6-Pro](/models/mimo-v2-6-pro) | Xiaomi | Open Weight | 1M | 76.37 | 66.4 | $0.87 |
| 4 | [Mercury 2.5](/models/mercury-2-5) | Inception | Proprietary | 260K | 75.13 | 11.3 | $0.15 |
| 5 | [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash](/models/deepseek-v4-1-flash) | DeepSeek | Open Weight | 1M | 50.89 | 61.1 | $1.2 |
| 6 | [Ministral 3 3B](/models/ministral-3-3b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | 47.9 | 4.8 | $0.1 |
| 7 | [GPT-5.6 Luna](/models/gpt-5-6-luna) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 45.88 | 55.1 | $1.2 |
| 8 | [Ministral 3 8B](/models/ministral-3-8b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | 36.53 | 5.5 | $0.15 |
| 9 | [MiniMax M3](/models/minimax-m3) | MiniMax | Open Weight | 1M | 33.23 | 39.9 | $1.2 |
| 10 | [Ministral 3 14B](/models/ministral-3-14b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | 31.2 | 6.2 | $0.2 |
| 11 | [Step 3.7 Flash](/models/step-3-7-flash) | StepFun | Open Weight | 256K | 31.14 | 35.8 | $1.15 |
| 12 | [GPT-5.4 nano](/models/gpt-5-4-nano) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 400K | 25.45 | 31.8 | $1.25 |
| 13 | [Inkling-Small](/models/inkling-small) | Thinking Machines Lab | Open Weight | 1M | 24.53 | 35.3 | $1.44 |
| 14 | [MiniMax M2.7](/models/minimax-m2-7) | MiniMax | Open Weight | 200K | 24.29 | 29.2 | $1.2 |
| 15 | [MiniMax M2.5](/models/minimax-m2-5) | MiniMax | Proprietary | 128K | 23.81 | 28.6 | $1.2 |
| 16 | [Step 5 Preview](/models/step-5-preview) | StepFun | Pending | 1M | 23.51 | 63.5 | $2.7 |
| 17 | [Mistral Small 4](/models/mistral-small-4) | Mistral | Open Weight | 256K | 22.12 | 13.3 | $0.6 |
| 18 | [Quasar 438B](/models/quasar-438b) | Multiverse Computing | Proprietary | 1M | 21.62 | 38.9 | $1.8 |
| 19 | [Mercury 2](/models/mercury-2) | Inception | Proprietary | 128K | 19.8 | 14.9 | $0.75 |
| 20 | [Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite](/models/gemini-3-1-flash-lite) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 18.48 | 27.7 | $1.5 |
| 21 | [Gemini 3.8 Flash](/models/gemini-3-8-flash) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 17.41 | 65.3 | $3.75 |
| 22 | [Gemini 3.7 Flash](/models/gemini-3-7-flash) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 15.47 | 58 | $3.75 |
| 23 | [Trinity-Large-Thinking](/models/trinity-large-thinking) | Arcee AI | Open Weight | 512K | 14.09 | 12.7 | $0.9 |
| 24 | [Muse Spark 1.2](/models/muse-spark-1-2) | Meta | Proprietary | 1M | 13.96 | 59.4 | $4.25 |
| 25 | [Grok Build 0.1](/models/grok-build-0-1) | xAI | Proprietary | 256K | 13.93 | 27.9 | $2 |
| 26 | [GPT-5 mini](/models/gpt-5-mini) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 128K | 13.85 | 27.7 | $2 |
| 27 | [Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite](/models/gemini-3-5-flash-lite) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 13.65 | 34.1 | $2.5 |
| 28 | [DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813](/models/deepseek-v4-pro-0813) | DeepSeek | Open Weight | 1M | 13.38 | 53 | $3.96 |
| 29 | [GLM-5.2](/models/glm-5-2) | Z.AI | Open Weight | 1M | 12.75 | 56.1 | $4.4 |
| 30 | [Kimi K2.5](/models/kimi-k2-5) | Moonshot AI | Open Weight | 256K | 12.65 | 38 | $3 |
| 31 | [GLM-5](/models/glm-5) | Z.AI | Open Weight | 200K | 12.13 | 38.8 | $3.2 |
| 32 | [Gemini 3.6 Flash](/models/gemini-3-6-flash) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 11.99 | 45 | $3.75 |
| 33 | [Grok 4.6](/models/grok-4-6) | xAI | Proprietary | 500K | 11.35 | 68.1 | $6 |
| 34 | [Kimi K2.6](/models/kimi-2-6) | Moonshot AI | Open Weight | 256K | 10.84 | 43.4 | $4 |
| 35 | [Gemini 3 Flash](/models/gemini-3-flash) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 10.57 | 31.7 | $3 |
| 36 | [Grok 4.3](/models/grok-4-3) | xAI | Proprietary | 1M | 10.4 | 26 | $2.5 |
| 37 | [GLM-5.1](/models/glm-5-1) | Z.AI | Open Weight | 203K | 9.61 | 42.3 | $4.4 |
| 38 | [Grok 4.20](/models/grok-4-20-beta) | xAI | Proprietary | 2M | 9.6 | 24 | $2.5 |
| 39 | [Grok 4.5](/models/grok-4-5) | xAI | Proprietary | 500K | 9.42 | 56.5 | $6 |
| 40 | [Kimi K2.7 Code](/models/kimi-k2-7-code) | Moonshot AI | Open Weight | 256K | 9.4 | 37.6 | $4 |
| 41 | [DeepSeek V3](/models/deepseek-v3) | DeepSeek | Open Weight | 128K | 9.38 | 10.3 | $1.1 |
| 42 | [Celeris-1](/models/celeris-1) | Celeris | Proprietary | 128K | 9.24 | 6.5 | $0.7 |
| 43 | [Inkling](/models/inkling) | Thinking Machines Lab | Open Weight | 1M | 7.73 | 36.2 | $4.68 |
| 44 | [GPT-5.4 mini](/models/gpt-5-4-mini) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 400K | 7.57 | 34.1 | $4.5 |
| 45 | [Gemini 4 Argon](/models/gemini-4-argon) | Google | Proprietary | null | 7.42 | 74.2 | $10 |
| 46 | [Mistral Large 3](/models/mistral-large-3) | Mistral | Proprietary | 128K | 6.95 | 10.4 | $1.5 |
| 47 | [Claude Sonnet 5.5](/models/claude-sonnet-5-5) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 6.8 | 68 | $10 |
| 48 | [GPT-6.1 Sol](/models/gpt-6-1-sol) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 6.78 | 67.8 | $10 |
| 49 | [Claude Sonnet 5](/models/claude-sonnet-5) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 6.46 | 64.6 | $10 |
| 50 | [GPT-6 Sol](/models/gpt-6-sol) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 5.91 | 59.1 | $10 |
| 51 | [Gemini 3.5 Flash](/models/gemini-3-5-flash) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 5.6 | 50.4 | $9 |
| 52 | [GPT-5.6 Terra](/models/gpt-5-6-terra) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 4.94 | 59.2 | $12 |
| 53 | [Kimi K3](/models/kimi-k3) | Moonshot AI | Pending | 1.05M | 4.52 | 67.8 | $15 |
| 54 | [Claude Opus 5.5](/models/claude-opus-5-5) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 4.4 | 88.1 | $20 |
| 55 | [Claude Haiku 4.5](/models/claude-haiku-4-5) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 200K | 4.36 | 21.8 | $5 |
| 56 | [GPT-5.3 Codex](/models/gpt-5-3-codex) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 400K | 3.96 | 55.4 | $14 |
| 57 | [GPT-5.6 Sol](/models/gpt-5-6-sol) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 3.4 | 68 | $20 |
| 58 | [GPT-5.4](/models/gpt-5-4) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 3.3 | 49.6 | $15 |
| 59 | [Gemini 3.1 Pro](/models/gemini-3-1-pro) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 3.2 | 38.4 | $12 |
| 60 | [Claude Opus 5](/models/claude-opus-5) | Anthropic | Proprietary | null | 3.1 | 77.6 | $25 |
| 61 | [GPT-5.2](/models/gpt-5-2) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 400K | 3.06 | 42.8 | $14 |
| 62 | [Claude Sonnet 4.6](/models/claude-sonnet-4-6) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 200K | 2.9 | 43.4 | $15 |
| 63 | [GPT-5.2-Codex](/models/gpt-5-2-codex) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 400K | 2.88 | 40.3 | $14 |
| 64 | [Mistral Medium 3.5 128B](/models/mistral-medium-3-5-128b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 256K | 2.57 | 19.3 | $7.5 |
| 65 | [Claude Opus 4.8](/models/claude-opus-4-8) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 2.46 | 61.6 | $25 |
| 66 | [Gemini 2.5 Pro](/models/gemini-2-5-pro) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 2.44 | 24.4 | $10 |
| 67 | [Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)](/models/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 2.37 | 59.2 | $25 |
| 68 | [Claude Sonnet 4.5](/models/claude-sonnet-4-5) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 200K | 2.26 | 33.9 | $15 |
| 69 | [Claude Opus 4.7](/models/claude-opus-4-7) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 2.13 | 53.2 | $25 |
| 70 | [GPT-5.5](/models/gpt-5-5) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1M | 1.98 | 59.5 | $30 |
| 71 | [Claude Opus 4.6](/models/claude-opus-4-6) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 1.78 | 44.4 | $25 |
| 72 | [Command A+](/models/command-a-plus) | Cohere | Open Weight | 128K | 1.59 | 15.9 | $10 |
| 73 | [Claude Fable 5.1](/models/claude-fable-5-1) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 1.58 | 78.9 | $50 |
| 74 | [Claude Fable 5](/models/claude-fable) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M+ | 1.48 | 74 | $50 |
| 75 | [GPT-6 Astra](/models/gpt-6-astra) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 1.41 | 70.7 | $50 |
| 76 | [Claude Opus 4.5](/models/claude-opus-4-5) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 200K | 1.24 | 31.1 | $25 |

## Key Takeaways

- Top model: [MiMo-V2.6-Flash](/models/mimo-v2-6-flash) with a Score/$ of 195.29 (score 54.7, $0.28/1M output tokens)
- Best open-weight option: [MiMo-V2.6-Flash](/models/mimo-v2-6-flash) at #1
- Models included: 76

## Compare the Leaders

- [MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs GPT-6 Luna](/compare/gpt-6-luna-vs-mimo-v2-6-flash)