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Every scored model plotted by blended API price (3:1 input:output, $/1M tokens) against its intelligence benchmark score (Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index). The top-left corner is where you want to be: maximum smarts per dollar. Green dots sit on the Pareto frontier — nothing is both cheaper and smarter.

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$0.01$0.10$1$10$100102030405060Blended price ($/1M tokens) — log scaleIntelligence score← sweet spot: smart & cheapAnthropic: Claude Opus 5OpenAI: GPT-5.6 SolZ.ai: GLM 5.3Qwen: Qwen3.8 27BAnthropic: Claude Haiku 5.…MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flas…
💡 Best value right now

Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 delivers the most intelligence per dollar at ~$10.00/1M blended tokens with a quality score of 63.

Full ranking (288 scored models)

Overall capability across reasoning, knowledge, and tool use — Artificial Analysis Index.

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1MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free)PARETO42.7$0.0004270.0
2NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)26.5$0.0002650.0
3Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free)25.7$0.0002570.0
4Thinking Machines: Inkling (free)25$0.0002500.0
5NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)22.9$0.0002290.0
6Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)16.7$0.0001670.0
7Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)14.7$0.0001470.0
8NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)12.9$0.0001290.0
9NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)12.8$0.0001280.0
10NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)10.3$0.0001030.0
11Cohere: North Mini Code (free)9.9$0.000990.0
12LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)8.4$0.000840.0
13inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash20.1$0.032638.1
14Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)41.8$0.083506.7
15Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch)PARETO43.4$0.100434.0
16OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna (batch)38.1$0.100381.0
17inclusionAI: Ling 3.1 Flash41.1$0.113365.3
18DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)24.7$0.075329.3
19OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b10$0.036277.8
20Upstage: Solar Mini 424.1$0.087275.4
21inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL24.6$0.090273.3
22Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.538$0.149255.4
23OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (batch)10$0.046217.4
24Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.543.4$0.200217.0
25Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Flash37.9$0.175216.6
26DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 042324.4$0.114214.4
27OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (batch)11.6$0.056206.4
28OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna38.1$0.200190.5
29DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash24.7$0.131189.3
30OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch)13$0.069189.0
31Inception: Mercury 2.512.3$0.068182.2
32Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash41.8$0.237176.0
33OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)37.3$0.225165.8
34DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 101739.5$0.263150.5
35Z.ai: GLM 5.3PARETO60$0.409146.6
36Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B13.3$0.092143.8
37Qwen: Qwen3.8 27BPARETO52$0.367141.5
38NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning12.9$0.102125.9
39IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro5.1$0.041125.0
40Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct6.9$0.058120.0
41Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)10.4$0.087118.9
42Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B 16.7$0.142117.2
43Mistral: Mistral Small 36.7$0.058116.5
44OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna52$0.450115.6
45StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash17$0.150113.3
46Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro43$0.381113.0
47Google: Gemma 3 4B4.8$0.043112.9
48NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL26.5$0.237111.6
49DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp34.8$0.323107.6
50Upstage: Solar Pro 428.2$0.263107.4
51IBM: Granite 4.2 8B11.1$0.107103.3
52Z.ai: GLM 4.7 Flash14.9$0.145102.5
53Amazon: Nova Micro 1.05.9$0.06196.2
54OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano13$0.13894.5
55OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b24$0.26391.4
56OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (batch)20.7$0.23189.5
57OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano (batch)7.8$0.08789.1
58Tencent: Hy3 preview25.3$0.28588.8
59Mistral: Mistral Small 4 (batch)11.3$0.13186.1
60MiniMax: MiniMax M345$0.52585.7
61Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Pro46.3$0.54485.1
62NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B8.9$0.10584.8
63DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 073152$0.66078.8
64Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct9.6$0.12278.4
65Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 (batch)5.5$0.07573.3
66Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus39$0.56069.6
67DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.221.5$0.31568.3
68Meta: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct4.8$0.07068.1
69Microsoft: Phi 45.9$0.08767.4
70Meta: Llama 4 Scout10$0.15066.7
71Amazon: Nova Lite 1.06.7$0.10563.8
72Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus (batch)25.2$0.40362.6
73OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (batch)20.6$0.34459.9
74Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite10.4$0.17559.4
75Google: Gemma 4 31B14.7$0.25058.8
76Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 250712$0.20558.5
77Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B18.2$0.31358.2
78Qwen: Qwen3 32B7.3$0.13056.2
79Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)40.9$0.75054.5
80DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp16.6$0.30554.4
81Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B19.3$0.35554.4
82DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 081353$0.99053.5
83Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)44.8$0.83853.5
84Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)39.6$0.75052.8
85Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 25077.5$0.14252.6
86Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)22.2$0.42552.2
87MiniMax: MiniMax M2.522.8$0.44051.8
88Reka Flash 36.4$0.12551.2
89OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch)6.7$0.13151.1
90Google: Gemma 3 12B3.8$0.07550.7
91Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct7.7$0.15549.7
92Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 25124.8$0.10048.0
93Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct5.7$0.12246.8
94Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)26.3$0.56346.8
95Meta: Llama 4 Maverick14$0.30446.1
96Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)34$0.75045.3
97OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano20.7$0.46344.8
98Qwen: Qwen3 14B6.7$0.15044.7
99OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano7.8$0.17544.6
100StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash19.5$0.43844.6
101Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite37$0.85043.5
102MiniMax: MiniMax M2.722.8$0.52543.4
103Mistral: Mistral Small 411.3$0.26343.0
104MiniMax: MiniMax M218.6$0.44641.7
105Thinking Machines: Inkling Small25.7$0.63740.3
106MiniMax: MiniMax M2.120.9$0.52539.8
107Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash56$1.50037.3
108Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus27$0.73136.9
109Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 25125.5$0.15036.7
110Meituan: LongCat 2.019.1$0.52536.4
111NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra38$1.05036.2
112Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air11.1$0.31035.8
113Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B7.6$0.21535.3
114Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash52$1.50034.7
115Meta: Muse Glimmer 30B17.5$0.52533.3
116Google: Gemma 3 27B4.9$0.14733.2
117DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus14.8$0.45332.7
118DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.113.7$0.42532.2
119MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code43$1.34132.1
120Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next9.2$0.29031.7
121Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B21.4$0.68831.1
122Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B22.9$0.74330.8
123StepFun: Step 5 Preview43.7$1.42530.7
124Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct7.9$0.26330.1
125Mistral: Ministral 3 14B 25126$0.20030.0
126OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini20.6$0.68830.0
127Z.ai: GLM 5.253$1.77629.8
128Upstage: Solar Pro 37.8$0.26329.7
129OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini20.4$0.68829.7
130OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini (batch)10.2$0.35029.1
131Inception: Mercury 210.8$0.37528.8
132OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (batch)24.1$0.84428.6
133Meta: Muse Spark 1.257$2.00028.5
134Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct9.6$0.34328.0
135Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (batch)56$2.00028.0
136Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking10.8$0.38827.9
137Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview15.6$0.56327.7
138Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking11.2$0.41227.2
139Google: Gemini 4 Argon (batch)52.6$2.00026.3
140OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol (batch)51.8$2.00025.9
141OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini6.7$0.26325.5
142DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 042330.4$1.19425.5
143Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B11.9$0.47525.1
144Z.ai: GLM 4.6V11.2$0.45024.9
145Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 (batch)9.3$0.37524.8
146Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash40.9$1.65024.8
147Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B17.7$0.71524.8
148Z.ai: GLM 4.722.2$0.90024.7
149Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B21.4$0.87724.4
150Meta: Muse Spark 1.348.1$2.00024.1
151OpenAI: GPT-6 Sol (batch)47.6$2.00023.8
152MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.523.5$1.00023.5
153Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview26.3$1.12523.4
154Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1 (batch)9.2$0.40023.0
155xAI: Grok Build 0.127.2$1.25021.8
156Mistral: Saba6.5$0.30021.7
157Qwen2.5 72B Instruct7.7$0.37020.8
158MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking22$1.07520.5
159Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking9.5$0.46820.3
160MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.627$1.34020.1
161xAI: Grok 4.3 (batch)24.9$1.25019.9
162Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch)33.6$1.68819.9
163Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct7.3$0.37519.5
164Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B58$3.00019.3
165DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 03249.7$0.50219.3
166Z.ai: GLM 4.618.5$0.96319.2
167Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)38.2$2.00019.1
168MoonshotAI: Kimi K360$3.16319.0
169OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)42.1$2.25018.7
170xAI: Grok 4.556$3.00018.7
171Mistral: Mistral Large 438.4$2.06518.6
172Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash15.5$0.85018.2
173Z.ai: GLM 527.9$1.55018.0
174OpenAI: o4 Mini (batch)16.7$0.96317.4
175xAI: Grok 4.652$3.00017.3
176Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)16.9$1.00016.9
177Meta: Muse Spark 1.133.7$2.00016.9
178Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct6.6$0.40016.5
179xAI: Grok 4.2025.7$1.56316.4
180xAI: Grok 4.324.9$1.56315.9
181Amazon: Nova 2 Lite13.4$0.85015.8
182Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct9.9$0.63215.7
183NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super12.8$0.82515.5
184xAI: Grok 4.746.4$3.00015.5
185Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max (0902)45.4$3.00015.1
186Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.530$2.00015.0
187OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo (batch)5.5$0.37514.7
188OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini10.2$0.70014.6
189Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch)57.6$4.00014.4
190OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (batch)24.7$1.71914.4
191DeepSeek: R1 052813.1$0.91214.4
192OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini24.1$1.68814.3
193MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 090515.3$1.07514.2
194Thinking Machines: Inkling25$1.76214.2
195Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo26.6$1.90014.0
196Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.556$4.00014.0
197OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (batch)39$2.81313.9
198Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 555$4.00013.8
199OpenAI: GPT-5 (batch)23$1.71913.4
200Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max29.5$2.21213.3
201Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)29.7$2.25013.2
202Google: Gemini 4 Argon52.6$4.00013.2
203OpenAI: o3 Mini (batch)12.5$0.96313.0
204OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol51.8$4.00012.9
205Z.ai: GLM 4.512.8$1.00012.8
206MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 071112.7$1.00212.7
207OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro57$4.50012.7
208OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (batch)30.4$2.40612.6
209Mistral: Mistral Large 3 25129.3$0.75012.4
210Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo23.5$1.90012.4
211MiniMax: MiniMax M111.7$0.96312.2
212Z.ai: GLM 5.126.1$2.15012.1
213OpenAI: GPT-6 Sol47.6$4.00011.9
214OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)47$4.00011.8
215OpenAI: o3 (batch)20.2$1.75011.5
216Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.19.2$0.80011.5
217Mistral: Mistral Medium 39$0.80011.3
218Mistral: Devstral 2 25128.6$0.80010.7
219Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 250712.7$1.21210.5
220Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch)50.8$5.00010.2
221Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)30.1$3.00010.0
222Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.530$3.00010.0
223Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash33.6$3.37510.0
224Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct6.7$0.7009.6
225MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)43.6$4.5609.6
226Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch)14.2$1.5009.5
227OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra42.1$4.5009.4
228Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct6.7$0.7459.0
229OpenAI: o331$3.5008.9
230OpenAI: o4 Mini16.7$1.9258.7
231Z.ai: GLM 4.5V7.6$0.9008.4
232Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)41.8$5.0008.4
233Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)40.7$5.0008.1
234Perplexity: Sonar7.7$1.0007.7
235OpenAI: GPT-5.6 SolPARETO61$8.0007.6
236OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo5.5$0.7507.3
237OpenAI: GPT-4.1 (batch)12.7$1.7507.3
238Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.557.6$8.0007.2
239OpenAI: GPT-5.124.7$3.4387.2
240OpenAI: GPT-5.439$5.6256.9
241Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)20.7$3.0006.9
242OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex23.7$3.4386.9
243OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (batch)38.4$5.6256.8
244OpenAI: GPT-5.3-Codex32.5$4.8136.8
245OpenAI: GPT-523$3.4386.7
246Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview29.7$4.5006.6
247OpenAI: o3 Mini12.5$1.9256.5
248Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)31.9$5.0006.4
249OpenAI: GPT-5.230.4$4.8136.3
250Anthropic: Claude Opus 5PARETO63$10.0006.3
251OpenAI: GPT-5.2-Codex28.5$4.8135.9
252Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch)29.1$5.0005.8
253OpenAI: o3 Mini High11$1.9255.7
254Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)53.4$10.0005.3
255OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch)52.7$10.0005.3
256Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.630.1$6.0005.0
257Amazon: Nova Pro 1.07$1.4005.0
258Nous: Hermes 4 405B7.5$1.5005.0
259Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 (batch)49.6$10.0005.0
260Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro16.1$3.4384.7
261Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.841.8$10.0004.2
262Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.740.7$10.0004.1
263OpenAI: GPT-4.112.7$3.5003.6
264Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.520.7$6.0003.4
265OpenAI: GPT-5.538.4$11.2503.4
266Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro11.8$3.5003.4
267Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.631.9$10.0003.2
268Anthropic: Claude Fable 562$20.0003.1
269Cohere: Command A13.1$4.3753.0
270Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.529.1$10.0002.9
271Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.153.4$20.0002.7
272OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra52.7$20.0002.6
273Mistral Large 24077.6$3.0002.5
274Mistral Large5.8$3.0001.9
275OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20)8.4$4.3751.9
276Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct5.7$3.0001.9
277Amazon: Nova Premier 1.09.2$5.0001.8
278OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06)7.7$4.3751.8
279Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 (batch)22.8$15.0001.5
280Perplexity: Sonar Pro7.6$6.0001.3
281OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13)7.3$7.5001.0
282OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo (batch)7$7.5000.9
283Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.122.8$30.0000.8
284OpenAI: o3 Pro21.9$35.0000.6
285OpenAI: o115.2$26.2500.6
286OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo7$15.0000.5
287OpenAI: GPT-46.7$37.5000.2
288OpenAI: o1-pro12.4$262.5000.0

Quality per $ = verified intelligence score ÷ blended price. Click a quality score to inspect its source.

Methodology & sources

  • Quality scores from the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (v4.1.1) — hand-verified model-by-model where marked, plus OpenRouter-embedded scores for broader coverage (288 models total).
  • Prices pulled live from OpenRouter's public API at build time — same source as every page on this site.
  • Blended price weights input:output at 3:1, matching typical chat workloads.