# Best Value LLM Overall in 2026 — Cost-Adjusted Rankings

> Top AI models ranked by overall benchmark performance per dollar. Find the most cost-effective all-around LLM across all categories.

This ranking answers the simplest question: which model gives you the most benchmark performance per dollar? It divides each model's overall weighted score (across all 8 categories) by its output token price. A very cheap model with a modest overall score can rank high here, so read the score column next to the value column before you shortlist one for mixed workloads.

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

Last updated: October 1, 2026

## Rankings

| Rank | Model | Creator | Type | Context | Score/$ | Score | Output $/1M |
|------|-------|---------|------|---------|---------|-------|-------------|
| 1 | [Qwen3.7 Flash](/models/qwen3-7-flash) | Alibaba | Proprietary | 1M | 377.31 | 49.1 | $0.13 |
| 2 | [MiMo-V2.6-Flash](/models/mimo-v2-6-flash) | Xiaomi | Open Weight | 1M | 237 | 66.4 | $0.28 |
| 3 | [Mercury 2.5](/models/mercury-2-5) | Inception | Proprietary | 260K | 234.53 | 35.2 | $0.15 |
| 4 | [Ministral 3 3B](/models/ministral-3-3b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | 192.7 | 19.3 | $0.1 |
| 5 | [Step 3.5 Flash](/models/step-3-5-flash) | StepFun | Open Weight | 256K | 142.2 | 42.7 | $0.3 |
| 6 | [Ministral 3 8B](/models/ministral-3-8b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | 136.4 | 20.5 | $0.15 |
| 7 | [GPT-6 Luna](/models/gpt-6-luna) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 129.9 | 65 | $0.5 |
| 8 | [Ministral 3 14B](/models/ministral-3-14b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | 126.95 | 25.4 | $0.2 |
| 9 | [DeepSeek V3.2](/models/deepseek-v3-2) | DeepSeek | Open Weight | 128K | 121.26 | 50.9 | $0.42 |
| 10 | [Qwen3.5 Flash](/models/qwen3-5-flash) | Alibaba | Proprietary | 1M | 112.68 | 45.1 | $0.4 |
| 11 | [GPT-5 nano](/models/gpt-5-nano) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 400K | 92.7 | 37.1 | $0.4 |
| 12 | [Grok 3 Mini](/models/grok-3-mini) | xAI | Proprietary | 128K | 88.26 | 44.1 | $0.5 |
| 13 | [MiMo-V2.6-Pro](/models/mimo-v2-6-pro) | Xiaomi | Open Weight | 1M | 86.77 | 75.5 | $0.87 |
| 14 | [Grok 4.1 Fast](/models/grok-4-1-fast) | xAI | Proprietary | 1M | 73.38 | 36.7 | $0.5 |
| 15 | [GPT-4.1 nano](/models/gpt-4-1-nano) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1M | 66.05 | 26.4 | $0.4 |
| 16 | [Mistral Small 4](/models/mistral-small-4) | Mistral | Open Weight | 256K | 58.47 | 35.1 | $0.6 |
| 17 | [GPT-5.6 Luna](/models/gpt-5-6-luna) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 55.17 | 66.2 | $1.2 |
| 18 | [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash](/models/deepseek-v4-1-flash) | DeepSeek | Open Weight | 1M | 53.86 | 64.6 | $1.2 |
| 19 | [Solar Pro 3](/models/solar-pro-3) | Upstage | Proprietary | 128K | 50.63 | 30.4 | $0.6 |
| 20 | [Mercury 2](/models/mercury-2) | Inception | Proprietary | 128K | 47.76 | 35.8 | $0.75 |
| 21 | [MiniMax M3](/models/minimax-m3) | MiniMax | Open Weight | 1M | 45.97 | 55.2 | $1.2 |
| 22 | [GPT-4o mini](/models/gpt-4o-mini) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 128K | 45.95 | 27.6 | $0.6 |
| 23 | [MiniMax M2.5](/models/minimax-m2-5) | MiniMax | Proprietary | 128K | 41.98 | 50.4 | $1.2 |
| 24 | [Celeris-1](/models/celeris-1) | Celeris | Proprietary | 128K | 41.29 | 28.9 | $0.7 |
| 25 | [GPT-5.4 nano](/models/gpt-5-4-nano) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 400K | 41.15 | 51.4 | $1.25 |
| 26 | [MiniMax M2.7](/models/minimax-m2-7) | MiniMax | Open Weight | 200K | 40.46 | 48.6 | $1.2 |
| 27 | [Step 3.7 Flash](/models/step-3-7-flash) | StepFun | Open Weight | 256K | 38.99 | 44.8 | $1.15 |
| 28 | [Trinity-Large-Thinking](/models/trinity-large-thinking) | Arcee AI | Open Weight | 512K | 38.73 | 34.9 | $0.9 |
| 29 | [Inkling-Small](/models/inkling-small) | Thinking Machines Lab | Open Weight | 1M | 38.26 | 55.1 | $1.44 |
| 30 | [Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite](/models/gemini-3-1-flash-lite) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 32.99 | 49.5 | $1.5 |
| 31 | [GLM-4.5-Air](/models/glm-4-5-air) | Z.AI | Proprietary | 128K | 32.09 | 35.3 | $1.1 |
| 32 | [DeepSeek V3](/models/deepseek-v3) | DeepSeek | Open Weight | 128K | 29.62 | 32.6 | $1.1 |
| 33 | [Quasar 438B](/models/quasar-438b) | Multiverse Computing | Proprietary | 1M | 27.68 | 49.8 | $1.8 |
| 34 | [Step 5 Preview](/models/step-5-preview) | StepFun | Pending | 1M | 26.06 | 70.4 | $2.7 |
| 35 | [Grok 4.20](/models/grok-4-20-beta) | xAI | Proprietary | 2M | 23.67 | 59.2 | $2.5 |
| 36 | [Grok Code Fast 1](/models/grok-code-fast-1) | xAI | Proprietary | 256K | 23.05 | 34.6 | $1.5 |
| 37 | [Mistral Large 3](/models/mistral-large-3) | Mistral | Proprietary | 128K | 22.42 | 33.6 | $1.5 |
| 38 | [GPT-5 mini](/models/gpt-5-mini) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 128K | 22.38 | 44.8 | $2 |
| 39 | [Grok 4.3](/models/grok-4-3) | xAI | Proprietary | 1M | 22.13 | 55.3 | $2.5 |
| 40 | [Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite](/models/gemini-3-5-flash-lite) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 20.61 | 51.5 | $2.5 |
| 41 | [Qwen3.5 Plus](/models/qwen3-5-plus) | Alibaba | Proprietary | 1M | 20.6 | 49.4 | $2.4 |
| 42 | [DeepSeek-R1](/models/deepseek-r1) | DeepSeek | Open Weight | 128K | 19.79 | 43.3 | $2.19 |
| 43 | [Gemini 3.8 Flash](/models/gemini-3-8-flash) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 19.71 | 73.9 | $3.75 |
| 44 | [GPT-4.1 mini](/models/gpt-4-1-mini) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1M | 19.45 | 31.1 | $1.6 |
| 45 | [Gemini 3 Flash](/models/gemini-3-flash) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 18.76 | 56.3 | $3 |
| 46 | [Gemini 3.7 Flash](/models/gemini-3-7-flash) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 18.12 | 67.9 | $3.75 |
| 47 | [Kimi K2.5](/models/kimi-k2-5) | Moonshot AI | Open Weight | 256K | 17.88 | 53.7 | $3 |
| 48 | [Gemini 2.5 Flash](/models/gemini-2-5-flash) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 17.49 | 43.7 | $2.5 |
| 49 | [Gemini 3.6 Flash](/models/gemini-3-6-flash) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 17.37 | 65.2 | $3.75 |
| 50 | [GLM-5](/models/glm-5) | Z.AI | Open Weight | 200K | 17.2 | 55 | $3.2 |
| 51 | [DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813](/models/deepseek-v4-pro-0813) | DeepSeek | Open Weight | 1M | 16.4 | 65 | $3.96 |
| 52 | [Muse Spark 1.2](/models/muse-spark-1-2) | Meta | Proprietary | 1M | 15.46 | 65.7 | $4.25 |
| 53 | [Mistral Medium 3](/models/mistral-medium-3) | Mistral | Proprietary | 128K | 15.06 | 30.1 | $2 |
| 54 | [Kimi K2.6](/models/kimi-2-6) | Moonshot AI | Open Weight | 256K | 15.04 | 60.2 | $4 |
| 55 | [GLM-5.2](/models/glm-5-2) | Z.AI | Open Weight | 1M | 14.35 | 63.2 | $4.4 |
| 56 | [GLM-5-Turbo](/models/glm-5-turbo) | Z.AI | Proprietary | 200K | 13.66 | 54.7 | $4 |
| 57 | [Kimi K2.7 Code](/models/kimi-k2-7-code) | Moonshot AI | Open Weight | 256K | 13.65 | 54.6 | $4 |
| 58 | [GLM-5.1](/models/glm-5-1) | Z.AI | Open Weight | 203K | 13.12 | 57.7 | $4.4 |
| 59 | [GLM-5V-Turbo](/models/glm-5v-turbo) | Z.AI | Proprietary | 200K | 12.62 | 50.5 | $4 |
| 60 | [Claude 3 Haiku](/models/claude-3-haiku) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 200K | 12.49 | 15.6 | $1.25 |
| 61 | [GPT-5.4 mini](/models/gpt-5-4-mini) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 400K | 12.36 | 55.6 | $4.5 |
| 62 | [Kimi K2](/models/kimi-k2) | Moonshot AI | Proprietary | 128K | 11.86 | 29.6 | $2.5 |
| 63 | [Inkling](/models/inkling) | Thinking Machines Lab | Open Weight | 1M | 11.71 | 54.8 | $4.68 |
| 64 | [Grok 4.6](/models/grok-4-6) | xAI | Proprietary | 500K | 11.56 | 69.4 | $6 |
| 65 | [Grok 4.5](/models/grok-4-5) | xAI | Proprietary | 500K | 10.94 | 65.6 | $6 |
| 66 | [o3-mini](/models/o3-mini) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 200K | 9.28 | 40.8 | $4.4 |
| 67 | [Claude Haiku 4.5](/models/claude-haiku-4-5) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 200K | 8.48 | 42.4 | $5 |
| 68 | [Claude Sonnet 5.5](/models/claude-sonnet-5-5) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 8.33 | 83.3 | $10 |
| 69 | [GPT-6 Sol](/models/gpt-6-sol) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 7.92 | 79.2 | $10 |
| 70 | [GPT-6.1 Sol](/models/gpt-6-1-sol) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 7.76 | 77.6 | $10 |
| 71 | [Gemini 4 Argon](/models/gemini-4-argon) | Google | Proprietary | null | 7.72 | 77.2 | $10 |
| 72 | [Gemini 3.5 Flash](/models/gemini-3-5-flash) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 7.1 | 63.9 | $9 |
| 73 | [Claude Sonnet 5](/models/claude-sonnet-5) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 6.74 | 67.4 | $10 |
| 74 | [GPT-5.6 Terra](/models/gpt-5-6-terra) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 6.1 | 73.2 | $12 |
| 75 | [o3](/models/o3) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 200K | 5.97 | 47.7 | $8 |
| 76 | [GPT-5.1](/models/gpt-5-1) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 200K | 5.9 | 59 | $10 |
| 77 | [Gemini 1.5 Pro](/models/gemini-1-5-pro) | Google | Proprietary | 2M | 5.63 | 28.2 | $5 |
| 78 | [Gemini 3.1 Pro](/models/gemini-3-1-pro) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 5.42 | 65.1 | $12 |
| 79 | [Gemini 3 Pro](/models/gemini-3-pro) | Google | Proprietary | 2M | 5.13 | 61.6 | $12 |
| 80 | [GPT-5.1-Codex](/models/gpt-5-1-codex) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 400K | 5.1 | 51 | $10 |
| 81 | [Gemini 2.5 Pro](/models/gemini-2-5-pro) | Google | Proprietary | 1M | 5.1 | 51 | $10 |
| 82 | [GPT-4.1](/models/gpt-4-1) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1M | 4.91 | 39.3 | $8 |
| 83 | [Mistral Medium 3.5 128B](/models/mistral-medium-3-5-128b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 256K | 4.82 | 36.2 | $7.5 |
| 84 | [Kimi K3](/models/kimi-k3) | Moonshot AI | Pending | 1.05M | 4.81 | 72.1 | $15 |
| 85 | [GPT-5.4](/models/gpt-5-4) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 4.59 | 68.9 | $15 |
| 86 | [GPT-5.3 Codex](/models/gpt-5-3-codex) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 400K | 4.46 | 62.5 | $14 |
| 87 | [GPT-5.2](/models/gpt-5-2) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 400K | 4.42 | 61.9 | $14 |
| 88 | [Claude Opus 5.5](/models/claude-opus-5-5) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 4.38 | 87.7 | $20 |
| 89 | [GPT-5.2-Codex](/models/gpt-5-2-codex) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 400K | 4.05 | 56.7 | $14 |
| 90 | [GPT-5.6 Sol](/models/gpt-5-6-sol) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 3.95 | 78.9 | $20 |
| 91 | [Claude Sonnet 4.6](/models/claude-sonnet-4-6) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 200K | 3.79 | 56.9 | $15 |
| 92 | [Command A+](/models/command-a-plus) | Cohere | Open Weight | 128K | 3.66 | 36.6 | $10 |
| 93 | [Claude Sonnet 4.5](/models/claude-sonnet-4-5) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 200K | 3.28 | 49.1 | $15 |
| 94 | [Claude Opus 5](/models/claude-opus-5) | Anthropic | Proprietary | null | 3.2 | 79.9 | $25 |
| 95 | [GPT-4o](/models/gpt-4o) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 128K | 3 | 30 | $10 |
| 96 | [Claude Opus 4.8](/models/claude-opus-4-8) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 2.83 | 70.8 | $25 |
| 97 | [Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)](/models/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 2.79 | 69.6 | $25 |
| 98 | [Claude Opus 4.7](/models/claude-opus-4-7) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 2.63 | 65.8 | $25 |
| 99 | [Claude Opus 4.6](/models/claude-opus-4-6) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 2.57 | 64.3 | $25 |
| 100 | [Claude 4 Sonnet](/models/claude-4-sonnet) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 200K | 2.57 | 38.6 | $15 |
| 101 | [GPT-5.5](/models/gpt-5-5) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1M | 2.31 | 69.4 | $30 |
| 102 | [Claude Opus 4.5](/models/claude-opus-4-5) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 200K | 2.23 | 55.6 | $25 |
| 103 | [Claude 3.5 Sonnet](/models/claude-3-5-sonnet) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 200K | 1.97 | 29.6 | $15 |
| 104 | [GPT-6 Astra](/models/gpt-6-astra) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 1.77 | 88.7 | $50 |
| 105 | [Claude Fable 5.1](/models/claude-fable-5-1) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M | 1.66 | 82.8 | $50 |
| 106 | [Claude Fable 5](/models/claude-fable) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 1M+ | 1.59 | 79.4 | $50 |
| 107 | [GPT-4 Turbo](/models/gpt-4-turbo) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 128K | 0.74 | 22.3 | $30 |
| 108 | [o1](/models/o1) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 200K | 0.67 | 40.1 | $60 |
| 109 | [o1-preview](/models/o1-preview) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 200K | 0.62 | 37 | $60 |
| 110 | [o3-pro](/models/o3-pro) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 200K | 0.6 | 47.9 | $80 |
| 111 | [Claude 4.1 Opus](/models/claude-4-1-opus) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 200K | 0.54 | 40.9 | $75 |
| 112 | [GPT-5.5 Pro](/models/gpt-5-5-pro) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1M | 0.41 | 74.6 | $180 |
| 113 | [GPT-5.2 Pro](/models/gpt-5-2-pro) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 400K | 0.41 | 68.2 | $168 |
| 114 | [GPT-5.4 Pro](/models/gpt-5-4-pro) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 1.05M | 0.39 | 70.7 | $180 |
| 115 | [Claude 3 Opus](/models/claude-3-opus) | Anthropic | Proprietary | 200K | 0.39 | 29.3 | $75 |
| 116 | [o1-pro](/models/o1-pro) | OpenAI | Proprietary | 200K | 0.06 | 36 | $600 |

## Key Takeaways

- Top model: [Qwen3.7 Flash](/models/qwen3-7-flash) with a Score/$ of 377.31 (score 49.1, $0.13/1M output tokens)
- Best open-weight option: [MiMo-V2.6-Flash](/models/mimo-v2-6-flash) at #2
- Models included: 116

## Compare the Leaders

- [Qwen3.7 Flash vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash](/compare/mimo-v2-6-flash-vs-qwen3-7-flash)