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How much does it cost to answer from 5 retrieved documents with AI?

Between 0.05¢ (GPT-6 Luna) and 14¢ (Claude Fable 5.1) among popular models. The median across all 336 models is 0.49¢.

Cheapest popular0.05¢

Median0.49¢

Priciest popular14¢

1,000 tasks, cheapest$0.54

1,000 tasks, median$4.87

Models priced336

Full ranking: 336 models

Sorted by cost. Click a column to sort by quality or tokens.

#	Model	Cost per task	Text score	Tokens in / out	Basis
1	gpt-oss-20bOpenAI	0.01¢$0.11 / 1,000	1317	3,690 / 442	estimated best value
2	S SummarizeScaledown	0.01¢$0.15 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
3	S ExtractScaledown	0.01¢$0.15 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
4	Mistral NemoMistral	0.02¢$0.21 / 1,000	-	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
5	I Ling 3.0 FlashInclusionai	0.03¢$0.26 / 1,000	-	3,747 / 2,885	estimated
6	S Llama 3 8B LunarisSao10K	0.03¢$0.29 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
7	GPT-5 NanoOpenAI	0.04¢$0.36 / 1,000	1338	3,690 / 442	estimated best value
8	Granite 4.0 MicroIBM	0.04¢$0.39 / 1,000	-	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
9	Gemma 3 4BGoogle	0.04¢$0.40 / 1,000	1303	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
10	gpt-oss-safeguard-20bOpenAI	0.04¢$0.41 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
11	Llama 3.1 8B InstructMeta	0.04¢$0.42 / 1,000	1211	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
12	Mistral Small 3Mistral	0.04¢$0.44 / 1,000	1274	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
13	N Nex-N2.5-MiniNex Agi	0.05¢$0.47 / 1,000	-	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
14	Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.05¢$0.49 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
15	GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAI	0.05¢$0.50 / 1,000	1322	3,690 / 338	estimated
16	Gemma 3 12BGoogle	0.05¢$0.51 / 1,000	1342	3,608 / 2,168	estimated best value
17	Nova Micro 1.0Amazon	0.05¢$0.53 / 1,000	-	3,643 / 2,858	estimated
18	GPT-6 Luna ProOpenAI	0.05¢$0.54 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 338	estimated
19	GPT-6 LunaOpenAI	0.05¢$0.54 / 1,000	1443	3,690 / 338	measured best value
20	I Schematron V2 TurboInference Net	0.05¢$0.55 / 1,000	-	3,762 / 2,888	estimated
21	Command R7B (12-2024)Cohere	0.06¢$0.57 / 1,000	-	3,699 / 2,872	estimated
22	GLM 5.3 FlashZ.ai	0.06¢$0.57 / 1,000	1474	3,714 / 1,971	measured best value
23	P Laguna XS 2.1Poolside	0.06¢$0.58 / 1,000	-	3,821 / 2,904	estimated
24	G MythoMax 13BGryphe	0.06¢$0.62 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
25	R Reka EdgeRekaai	0.07¢$0.66 / 1,000	-	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
26	Phi 4Microsoft	0.07¢$0.66 / 1,000	1256	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
27	Hy-MT2-1.8BTencent	0.07¢$0.68 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
28	Llama 3.2 1B InstructMeta	0.07¢$0.68 / 1,000	1111	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
29	Ministral 3 3B 2512Mistral	0.07¢$0.70 / 1,000	-	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
30	I Mercury 2.5Inception	0.07¢$0.70 / 1,000	-	3,592 / 3,731	estimated
31	Gemma 4 26B A4B Google	0.07¢$0.73 / 1,000	1438	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
32	I Ling 3.0 Flash VLInclusionai	0.07¢$0.74 / 1,000	-	3,747 / 2,885	estimated
33	GPT-4o-miniOpenAI	0.08¢$0.76 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 338	estimated
34	GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)OpenAI	0.08¢$0.76 / 1,000	1318	3,690 / 338	estimated
35	Muse Spark 1.3 ContributorMeta	0.08¢$0.77 / 1,000	-	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
36	Muse Spark 1.2 ContributorMeta	0.08¢$0.77 / 1,000	-	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
37	R Reka Flash 3Rekaai	0.08¢$0.77 / 1,000	-	3,717 / 1,971	estimated
38	DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek	0.08¢$0.81 / 1,000	1475	3,696 / 3,750	measured best value
39	Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba Qwen	0.08¢$0.81 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
40	gpt-oss-120bOpenAI	0.08¢$0.82 / 1,000	1352	3,690 / 442	estimated
41	Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA	0.08¢$0.84 / 1,000	1351	3,780 / 2,893	estimated
42	I Schematron V2 SmallInference Net	0.09¢$0.85 / 1,000	-	3,762 / 2,888	estimated
43	P Laguna S 2.1Poolside	0.09¢$0.87 / 1,000	-	3,821 / 2,904	estimated
44	U Solar Pro 4Upstage	0.09¢$0.89 / 1,000	1386	3,721 / 1,539	estimated
45	Nova Lite 1.0Amazon	0.09¢$0.90 / 1,000	1260	3,643 / 2,858	estimated
46	Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA	0.09¢$0.92 / 1,000	1314	3,780 / 2,893	estimated
47	I Ling 3.1 FlashInclusionai	0.09¢$0.93 / 1,000	-	3,747 / 2,885	estimated
48	U Solar Mini 4Upstage	0.09¢$0.93 / 1,000	-	3,681 / 3,747	estimated
49	UI-TARS 7B ByteDance	0.09¢$0.95 / 1,000	-	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
50	Qwen2.5 7B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.10¢$0.95 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
51	Step 3.5 FlashStepFun	0.10¢$0.96 / 1,000	1393	3,702 / 1,970	estimated
52	Qwen3.5-FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.10¢$0.99 / 1,000	1396	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
53	Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance Seed	0.10¢$1.00 / 1,000	-	3,777 / 1,551	estimated
54	Nemotron 3 SuperNVIDIA	0.10¢$1.01 / 1,000	1360	3,807 / 1,557	estimated
55	GLM 4.7 FlashZ.ai	0.10¢$1.01 / 1,000	1364	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
56	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeek	0.10¢$1.02 / 1,000	1439	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
57	Ministral 3 8B 2512Mistral	0.10¢$1.04 / 1,000	-	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
58	Gemma 3 27BGoogle	0.10¢$1.05 / 1,000	1366	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
59	P Ternary Bonsai 2 27BPrism Ml	0.11¢$1.06 / 1,000	-	3,770 / 1,550	estimated
60	Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.11¢$1.07 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
61	Qwen3 32BAlibaba Qwen	0.11¢$1.11 / 1,000	1347	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
62	Hy-MT2-30B-A3BTencent	0.11¢$1.13 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
63	Hy-MT2-7BTencent	0.11¢$1.13 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
64	Llama 3.2 3B InstructMeta	0.11¢$1.14 / 1,000	1167	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
65	Qwen3 14BAlibaba Qwen	0.11¢$1.14 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
66	GPT-5.6 Luna ProOpenAI	0.11¢$1.14 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 338	estimated
67	GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI	0.11¢$1.14 / 1,000	1453	3,690 / 338	estimated
68	Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance Seed	0.11¢$1.15 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
69	Mistral Small 3.2 24BMistral	0.12¢$1.15 / 1,000	1356	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
70	Granite 4.2 8BIBM	0.12¢$1.16 / 1,000	1290	3,707 / 3,751	estimated
71	GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI	0.12¢$1.16 / 1,000	1401	3,690 / 338	estimated
72	Llama Guard 4 12BMeta	0.12¢$1.19 / 1,000	-	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
73	Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Alibaba Qwen	0.12¢$1.20 / 1,000	1382	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
74	N Nex-N2.5-ProNex Agi	0.12¢$1.21 / 1,000	-	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
75	Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle	0.12¢$1.23 / 1,000	1375	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
76	Llama 4 ScoutMeta	0.12¢$1.24 / 1,000	1322	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
77	Llama 3.3 70B InstructMeta	0.13¢$1.29 / 1,000	1318	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
78	MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi	0.13¢$1.33 / 1,000	1451	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
79	MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi	0.13¢$1.33 / 1,000	1434	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
80	Voxtral Small 24B 2507Mistral	0.13¢$1.33 / 1,000	-	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
81	Nemotron 3.5 Content SafetyNVIDIA	0.13¢$1.33 / 1,000	-	3,780 / 2,893	estimated
82	Ministral 3 14B 2512Mistral	0.14¢$1.39 / 1,000	-	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
83	Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic	0.14¢$1.44 / 1,000	-	5,184 / 1,849	measured
84	U Solar Pro 3Upstage	0.15¢$1.48 / 1,000	-	3,721 / 1,539	estimated
85	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek	0.15¢$1.49 / 1,000	-	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
86	Nemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA	0.15¢$1.54 / 1,000	-	3,780 / 2,893	estimated
87	LFM2.5-24B-A2BLiquid AI	0.16¢$1.57 / 1,000	-	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
88	Gemma 4 31BGoogle	0.16¢$1.59 / 1,000	1452	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
89	Hy3Tencent	0.17¢$1.66 / 1,000	1453	5,184 / 1,849	estimated
90	GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI	0.18¢$1.81 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
91	GPT-5 MiniOpenAI	0.18¢$1.81 / 1,000	1390	3,690 / 442	estimated
92	Qwen3 30B A3BAlibaba Qwen	0.19¢$1.89 / 1,000	1327	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
93	Qwen3.8 Omni FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.19¢$1.92 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
94	Qwen3.8 FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.19¢$1.92 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	measured
95	C UncensoredCognitivecomputations	0.19¢$1.92 / 1,000	-	3,867 / 1,279	estimated
96	Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Alibaba Qwen	0.19¢$1.92 / 1,000	1422	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
97	GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI	0.20¢$2.02 / 1,000	1383	3,690 / 338	estimated
98	Hy3 previewTencent	0.20¢$2.04 / 1,000	1409	5,184 / 1,849	estimated
99	I Mercury 2Inception	0.20¢$2.05 / 1,000	1343	3,631 / 1,520	estimated
100	MiniMax-01MiniMax	0.21¢$2.14 / 1,000	-	3,773 / 1,259	estimated
101	GLM 4.5 AirZ.ai	0.22¢$2.16 / 1,000	1373	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
102	Hunyuan A13B InstructTencent	0.22¢$2.17 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
103	MiniMax M2.5MiniMax	0.22¢$2.21 / 1,000	1391	3,773 / 1,259	estimated
104	MiniMax M2MiniMax	0.22¢$2.25 / 1,000	1343	3,773 / 1,259	estimated
105	Command R (08-2024)Cohere	0.23¢$2.28 / 1,000	1250	3,699 / 2,872	estimated
106	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.23¢$2.29 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
107	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeek	0.23¢$2.34 / 1,000	1458	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
108	GPT-3.5 TurboOpenAI	0.24¢$2.35 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 338	estimated
109	A Trinity Large ThinkingArcee AI	0.25¢$2.46 / 1,000	1367	3,558 / 1,959	estimated
110	Mistral Small 4Mistral	0.25¢$2.48 / 1,000	-	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
111	P Perceptron Mk1Perceptron	0.25¢$2.48 / 1,000	-	3,829 / 1,271	estimated
112	Qwen2.5 72B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.25¢$2.50 / 1,000	1303	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
113	DeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeek	0.25¢$2.54 / 1,000	1425	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
114	Llama 4 MaverickMeta	0.26¢$2.58 / 1,000	1327	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
115	T Cydonia 24B V4.1Thedrummer	0.26¢$2.58 / 1,000	-	3,780 / 2,893	estimated
116	DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek	0.26¢$2.61 / 1,000	1425	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
117	Llama 3.1 70B InstructMeta	0.26¢$2.64 / 1,000	1293	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
118	MiniMax M3MiniMax	0.26¢$2.64 / 1,000	1441	3,773 / 1,259	measured
119	MiniMax M2.7MiniMax	0.26¢$2.64 / 1,000	1415	3,773 / 1,259	estimated
120	MiniMax M2-herMiniMax	0.26¢$2.64 / 1,000	-	3,773 / 1,259	estimated
121	MiniMax M2.1MiniMax	0.26¢$2.64 / 1,000	1384	3,773 / 1,259	estimated
122	M LongCat 2.0Meituan	0.27¢$2.66 / 1,000	-	3,803 / 1,265	estimated
123	SabaMistral	0.27¢$2.67 / 1,000	-	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
124	T UnslopNemo 12BThedrummer	0.27¢$2.67 / 1,000	-	3,780 / 2,893	estimated
125	MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi	0.28¢$2.76 / 1,000	1479	3,807 / 1,266	estimated best value
126	MiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomi	0.28¢$2.76 / 1,000	1467	3,807 / 1,266	estimated
127	Qwen3 Coder NextAlibaba Qwen	0.28¢$2.76 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
128	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek	0.28¢$2.80 / 1,000	-	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
129	GLM 4.6VZ.ai	0.29¢$2.89 / 1,000	1378	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
130	Command A+Cohere	0.30¢$3.03 / 1,000	-	3,784 / 1,261	estimated
131	Mistral Small 3.1 24BMistral	0.31¢$3.10 / 1,000	1303	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
132	Qwen3 VL 8B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.31¢$3.10 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
133	T Skyfall 36B V2Thedrummer	0.32¢$3.15 / 1,000	-	3,867 / 1,279	estimated
134	U ReMM SLERP 13BUndi95	0.32¢$3.19 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
135	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek	0.32¢$3.22 / 1,000	-	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
136	Qwen-PlusAlibaba Qwen	0.32¢$3.23 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
137	Step 3.7 FlashStepFun	0.32¢$3.24 / 1,000	-	3,670 / 2,179	estimated
138	Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba Qwen	0.34¢$3.45 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
139	Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba Qwen	0.34¢$3.45 / 1,000	1394	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
140	Seed 1.6ByteDance Seed	0.35¢$3.51 / 1,000	-	3,837 / 1,273	estimated
141	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.35¢$3.51 / 1,000	1398	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
142	Qwen3 Coder FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.35¢$3.55 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
143	M Weaver (alpha)Mancer	0.37¢$3.66 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
144	Muse Glimmer 30BMeta	0.37¢$3.68 / 1,000	-	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
145	Gemma 2 27BGoogle	0.38¢$3.75 / 1,000	1290	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
146	GLM 5.3 FlashXZ.ai	0.38¢$3.84 / 1,000	-	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
147	Qwen3.6 FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.40¢$3.95 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
148	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba Qwen	0.40¢$3.97 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
149	Codestral 2508Mistral	0.40¢$4.00 / 1,000	-	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
150	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BAlibaba Qwen	0.40¢$4.01 / 1,000	1388	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
151	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingAlibaba Qwen	0.40¢$4.03 / 1,000	1369	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
152	WizardLM-2 8x22BMicrosoft	0.41¢$4.09 / 1,000	-	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
153	Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogle	0.42¢$4.15 / 1,000	-	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
154	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle	0.42¢$4.15 / 1,000	1433	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
155	Nova 2 LiteAmazon	0.42¢$4.24 / 1,000	1335	3,727 / 1,249	estimated
156	S Llama 3.1 Euryale 70B v2.2Sao10K	0.43¢$4.28 / 1,000	-	3,773 / 1,259	estimated
157	M Moondream 3 PreviewMoondream	0.43¢$4.28 / 1,000	-	3,773 / 1,259	estimated
158	M Moondream 3.1Moondream	0.43¢$4.28 / 1,000	-	3,773 / 1,259	estimated
159	GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI	0.43¢$4.29 / 1,000	1447	3,690 / 338	estimated
160	GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)OpenAI	0.44¢$4.37 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 338	estimated
161	DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeek	0.45¢$4.49 / 1,000	1417	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
162	DeepSeek V3DeepSeek	0.45¢$4.52 / 1,000	1358	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
163	M Morph V3 FastMorph	0.46¢$4.59 / 1,000	-	3,829 / 1,271	estimated
164	S Llama 3.3 Euryale 70BSao10K	0.46¢$4.60 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
165	N Hermes 3 70B InstructNous Research	0.46¢$4.62 / 1,000	-	3,721 / 2,878	estimated
166	DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeek	0.47¢$4.75 / 1,000	1416	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
167	R Relace Apply 3Relace	0.48¢$4.78 / 1,000	-	3,773 / 1,259	estimated
168	MiniMax M1MiniMax	0.48¢$4.85 / 1,000	1364	3,773 / 1,259	estimated
169	Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba Qwen	0.49¢$4.89 / 1,000	1456	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
170	SonarPerplexity	0.50¢$5.03 / 1,000	-	3,773 / 1,259	estimated
171	A Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)Aion Labs	0.51¢$5.07 / 1,000	-	3,803 / 1,265	estimated
172	N Hermes 3 405B InstructNous Research	0.51¢$5.07 / 1,000	-	3,807 / 1,266	estimated
173	Seed 2.1 TurboByteDance Seed	0.51¢$5.10 / 1,000	-	3,837 / 1,273	estimated
174	Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI	0.51¢$5.10 / 1,000	1450	3,837 / 1,273	estimated
175	Kimi K2 0711Moonshot AI	0.51¢$5.11 / 1,000	1418	3,837 / 1,273	estimated
176	P Perceptron Mk1.5Perceptron	0.53¢$5.33 / 1,000	-	3,691 / 3,186	estimated
177	DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeek	0.53¢$5.35 / 1,000	1395	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
178	Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.54¢$5.36 / 1,000	1271	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
179	T Inkling SmallThinkingmachines	0.55¢$5.47 / 1,000	1404	3,665 / 3,185	estimated
180	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba Qwen	0.55¢$5.48 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
181	Kimi K2 0905Moonshot AI	0.55¢$5.48 / 1,000	1419	3,837 / 1,273	estimated
182	A Aion 3.5 MiniAion Labs	0.56¢$5.63 / 1,000	-	3,681 / 2,181	estimated
183	A Aion-3.0-MiniAion Labs	0.56¢$5.63 / 1,000	-	3,681 / 2,181	estimated
184	GLM 4.5VZ.ai	0.58¢$5.78 / 1,000	1352	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
185	GLM 4.6Z.ai	0.58¢$5.80 / 1,000	1424	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
186	M Morph V3 LargeMorph	0.59¢$5.86 / 1,000	-	3,829 / 1,271	estimated
187	Qwen2.5 VL 72B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.59¢$5.89 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
188	GLM 4.7Z.ai	0.59¢$5.91 / 1,000	1441	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
189	o4 Mini HighOpenAI	0.60¢$6.00 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
190	o4 MiniOpenAI	0.60¢$6.00 / 1,000	1391	3,690 / 442	estimated
191	o3 Mini HighOpenAI	0.60¢$6.00 / 1,000	1364	3,690 / 442	estimated
192	o3 MiniOpenAI	0.60¢$6.00 / 1,000	1348	3,690 / 442	estimated
193	E GlimpseElorian	0.60¢$6.04 / 1,000	-	3,773 / 1,259	estimated
194	GPT-3.5 Turbo InstructOpenAI	0.62¢$6.21 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 338	estimated
195	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.63¢$6.27 / 1,000	1413	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
196	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20Alibaba Qwen	0.63¢$6.32 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
197	A Aion-2.0Aion Labs	0.64¢$6.43 / 1,000	-	3,681 / 2,181	estimated
198	Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle	0.65¢$6.50 / 1,000	1455	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
199	Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle	0.65¢$6.50 / 1,000	1409	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
200	GLM 4.5Z.ai	0.66¢$6.56 / 1,000	1411	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
201	Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral	0.67¢$6.67 / 1,000	1414	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
202	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba Qwen	0.67¢$6.71 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
203	Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI	0.68¢$6.83 / 1,000	1461	3,837 / 1,273	estimated
204	Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba Qwen	0.68¢$6.85 / 1,000	1443	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
205	Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba Qwen	0.70¢$6.98 / 1,000	1416	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
206	Nova Pro 1.0Amazon	0.70¢$6.98 / 1,000	1290	3,727 / 1,249	estimated
207	U Pareto 26.10Unbiased	0.71¢$7.07 / 1,000	-	3,788 / 1,262	estimated
208	GLM 5.2Z.ai	0.71¢$7.07 / 1,000	1476	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
209	Grok Build 0.1xAI	0.71¢$7.14 / 1,000	-	4,889 / 1,125	estimated
210	Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba Qwen	0.72¢$7.25 / 1,000	1438	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
211	Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance Seed	0.73¢$7.30 / 1,000	-	3,698 / 3,186	estimated
212	R Relace SearchRelace	0.76¢$7.55 / 1,000	-	3,773 / 1,259	estimated
213	N Hermes 4 405BNous Research	0.76¢$7.60 / 1,000	-	3,807 / 1,266	estimated
214	Kimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AI	0.77¢$7.70 / 1,000	-	3,714 / 2,187	estimated
215	Devstral 2 2512Mistral	0.79¢$7.89 / 1,000	-	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
216	Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral	0.79¢$7.89 / 1,000	1408	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
217	Mistral Medium 3Mistral	0.79¢$7.89 / 1,000	1387	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
218	GPT-5.1OpenAI	0.80¢$7.99 / 1,000	1456	3,690 / 338	estimated
219	Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle	0.83¢$8.31 / 1,000	1473	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
220	Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba Qwen	0.85¢$8.48 / 1,000	1409	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
221	Grok 4.3xAI	0.89¢$8.92 / 1,000	1442	4,889 / 1,125	estimated
222	Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentxAI	0.89¢$8.92 / 1,000	-	4,889 / 1,125	estimated
223	Grok 4.20xAI	0.89¢$8.92 / 1,000	-	4,889 / 1,125	estimated
224	GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI	0.90¢$9.03 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
225	GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI	0.90¢$9.03 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
226	GPT-5OpenAI	0.90¢$9.03 / 1,000	1435	3,690 / 442	estimated
227	Mistral Large 4Mistral	0.92¢$9.23 / 1,000	1432	3,772 / 3,191	measured
228	Step 5 PreviewStepFun	0.96¢$9.55 / 1,000	1447	3,670 / 2,179	estimated
229	GLM 5.1Z.ai	0.96¢$9.57 / 1,000	1465	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
230	GLM 5.3Z.ai	0.98¢$9.75 / 1,000	1478	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
231	Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI	0.98¢$9.82 / 1,000	-	3,714 / 2,187	estimated
232	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek	0.99¢$9.86 / 1,000	-	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
233	W Palmyra X5Writer	0.99¢$9.88 / 1,000	-	3,807 / 1,266	estimated
234	Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA	0.99¢$9.89 / 1,000	1426	3,728 / 3,188	estimated
235	R1 0528DeepSeek	0.99¢$9.91 / 1,000	1421	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
236	GLM 5Z.ai	1.0¢$10.02 / 1,000	1457	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
237	R Beam 1.0 501B A23BReflection	1.0¢$10.11 / 1,000	-	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
238	GPT-6 Sol ProOpenAI	1.1¢$10.76 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 338	estimated
239	GPT-6 SolOpenAI	1.1¢$10.76 / 1,000	1459	3,690 / 338	estimated
240	Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle	1.1¢$10.84 / 1,000	1488	3,608 / 2,168	estimated best value
241	Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle	1.1¢$10.84 / 1,000	1483	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
242	o3OpenAI	1.1¢$10.92 / 1,000	1432	3,690 / 442	estimated
243	GPT-4.1OpenAI	1.1¢$10.92 / 1,000	1415	3,690 / 442	estimated
244	Hy4 previewTencent	1.1¢$11.13 / 1,000	-	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
245	GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI	1.1¢$11.19 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 338	estimated
246	GPT-5.2OpenAI	1.1¢$11.19 / 1,000	1437	3,690 / 338	estimated
247	Seed-2.0-CodeByteDance Seed	1.1¢$11.41 / 1,000	-	3,698 / 3,186	estimated
248	GPT-5.6 Terra ProOpenAI	1.1¢$11.44 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 338	estimated
249	GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI	1.1¢$11.44 / 1,000	1466	3,690 / 338	estimated
250	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Alibaba Qwen	1.2¢$11.79 / 1,000	1400	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
251	GPT-6.1 Sol ProOpenAI	1.2¢$11.80 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
252	GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI	1.2¢$11.80 / 1,000	1484	3,690 / 442	measured
253	Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle	1.2¢$11.92 / 1,000	1496	3,608 / 2,168	measured best value
254	R1DeepSeek	1.2¢$11.96 / 1,000	1398	3,696 / 3,750	estimated
255	Qwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba Qwen	1.2¢$12.27 / 1,000	1442	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
256	GLM 5V TurboZ.ai	1.2¢$12.34 / 1,000	1434	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
257	GLM 5 TurboZ.ai	1.2¢$12.34 / 1,000	-	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
258	GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI	1.3¢$12.65 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
259	GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAI	1.3¢$12.65 / 1,000	1476	3,690 / 442	estimated
260	GPT-3.5 Turbo 16kOpenAI	1.3¢$12.84 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
261	GPT-4o (2024-11-20)OpenAI	1.4¢$13.64 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
262	GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAI	1.4¢$13.64 / 1,000	1336	3,690 / 442	estimated
263	GPT-4oOpenAI	1.4¢$13.64 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
264	Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic	1.4¢$13.65 / 1,000	1414	5,184 / 1,694	estimated
265	Muse Spark OpenMeta	1.4¢$13.72 / 1,000	-	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
266	Muse Spark 1.3Meta	1.4¢$13.72 / 1,000	1494	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
267	Muse Spark 1.2Meta	1.4¢$13.72 / 1,000	1493	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
268	Muse Spark 1.1Meta	1.4¢$13.72 / 1,000	1490	3,608 / 2,168	estimated
269	GPT-5.4OpenAI	1.4¢$14.29 / 1,000	1475	3,690 / 338	estimated
270	A Magnum v4 72BAnthracite Org	1.6¢$15.85 / 1,000	-	3,807 / 1,266	estimated
271	S Sakana NamazuSakana	1.6¢$16.35 / 1,000	-	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
272	Grok 4.7xAI	1.7¢$16.53 / 1,000	1444	4,889 / 1,125	measured
273	S Fugu MaxSakana	1.7¢$16.53 / 1,000	-	4,889 / 1,125	estimated
274	Grok 4.6xAI	1.7¢$16.53 / 1,000	1454	4,889 / 1,125	estimated
275	Grok 4.5xAI	1.7¢$16.53 / 1,000	1466	4,889 / 1,125	estimated
276	T InklingThinkingmachines	1.7¢$16.56 / 1,000	1441	3,665 / 3,185	estimated
277	Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba Qwen	1.8¢$18.30 / 1,000	1474	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
278	U Pareto 26.9Unbiased	1.9¢$18.93 / 1,000	-	3,788 / 1,262	estimated
279	A Aion 3.5Aion Labs	2.0¢$20.33 / 1,000	-	4,556 / 1,110	estimated
280	A Aion-3.0Aion Labs	2.0¢$20.33 / 1,000	-	4,556 / 1,110	estimated
281	GPT-5.6 Sol ProOpenAI	2.2¢$21.52 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 338	estimated
282	GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI	2.2¢$21.52 / 1,000	1485	3,690 / 338	estimated
283	Command ACohere	2.2¢$22.07 / 1,000	1354	3,784 / 1,261	estimated
284	Command R+ (08-2024)Cohere	2.2¢$22.07 / 1,000	1276	3,784 / 1,261	estimated
285	Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexity	2.4¢$23.92 / 1,000	-	5,184 / 1,694	estimated
286	Sonar Deep ResearchPerplexity	2.4¢$23.92 / 1,000	-	5,184 / 1,694	estimated
287	Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alibaba Qwen	2.5¢$24.82 / 1,000	1482	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
288	Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba Qwen	2.5¢$24.82 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
289	Nova Premier 1.0Amazon	2.5¢$24.93 / 1,000	-	3,727 / 1,249	estimated
290	Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle	2.5¢$25.01 / 1,000	1478	3,608 / 2,178	estimated
291	GPT-4o (2024-05-13)OpenAI	2.5¢$25.08 / 1,000	1346	3,690 / 442	estimated
292	Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle	2.6¢$26.29 / 1,000	1445	3,608 / 2,178	estimated
293	Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google	2.6¢$26.29 / 1,000	-	3,608 / 2,178	estimated
294	Mistral Large 2407Mistral	2.7¢$26.69 / 1,000	1314	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
295	Mixtral 8x22B InstructMistral	2.7¢$26.69 / 1,000	-	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
296	Mistral LargeMistral	2.7¢$26.69 / 1,000	-	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
297	Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic	2.7¢$27.31 / 1,000	1475	5,184 / 1,694	measured
298	MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeedXiaomi	2.8¢$27.57 / 1,000	-	3,807 / 1,266	estimated
299	GLM 5.3 PrimeZ.ai	2.8¢$27.74 / 1,000	-	3,714 / 1,971	estimated
300	GPT-5.5OpenAI	2.9¢$28.59 / 1,000	1481	3,690 / 338	estimated
301	Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic	2.9¢$28.86 / 1,000	1461	5,184 / 1,849	estimated
302	Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle	2.9¢$29.00 / 1,000	1524	3,608 / 2,178	estimated best value
303	Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral	3.0¢$29.59 / 1,000	1426	3,772 / 3,191	estimated
304	Sonar ProPerplexity	3.0¢$30.20 / 1,000	-	3,773 / 1,259	estimated
305	GPT Chat LatestOpenAI	3.2¢$31.71 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
306	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle	3.3¢$33.35 / 1,000	-	3,608 / 2,178	estimated
307	Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle	3.3¢$33.35 / 1,000	1487	3,608 / 2,178	measured
308	Kimi K3Moonshot AI	3.9¢$39.15 / 1,000	1487	3,698 / 3,186	estimated
309	Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic	4.1¢$40.96 / 1,000	1455	5,184 / 1,694	estimated
310	Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic	4.3¢$43.29 / 1,000	1472	5,184 / 1,849	estimated
311	Sonar Pro SearchPerplexity	4.3¢$43.49 / 1,000	-	3,608 / 2,178	estimated
312	Qwen3.8 Max PrimeAlibaba Qwen	5.0¢$49.64 / 1,000	-	3,751 / 2,886	estimated
313	GPT-4 TurboOpenAI	5.0¢$50.16 / 1,000	1324	3,690 / 442	estimated
314	Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic	5.5¢$54.62 / 1,000	1508	5,184 / 1,694	estimated
315	Muse WonderMeta	5.8¢$57.99 / 1,000	1509	3,608 / 2,178	estimated
316	F Ember-1Fireworks	5.9¢$58.88 / 1,000	-	3,698 / 3,186	estimated
317	GPT-6 AstraOpenAI	5.9¢$59.00 / 1,000	1477	3,690 / 442	estimated
318	GPT-6 Astra ProOpenAI	5.9¢$59.00 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
319	Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic	6.8¢$68.27 / 1,000	1470	5,184 / 1,694	estimated
320	Claude Opus 5Anthropic	7.2¢$72.14 / 1,000	1490	5,184 / 1,849	estimated
321	Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic	7.2¢$72.14 / 1,000	1482	5,184 / 1,849	estimated
322	Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic	7.2¢$72.14 / 1,000	1501	5,184 / 1,849	estimated
323	Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic	7.2¢$72.14 / 1,000	1503	5,184 / 1,849	estimated
324	o1OpenAI	8.2¢$81.87 / 1,000	1402	3,690 / 442	estimated
325	S Fugu Ultra v2Sakana	8.3¢$83.38 / 1,000	-	3,608 / 2,178	estimated
326	S Fugu UltraSakana	8.3¢$83.38 / 1,000	-	3,608 / 2,178	estimated
327	GPT-5 ProOpenAI	11¢$108 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
328	o3 ProOpenAI	11¢$109 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
329	Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic	14¢$137 / 1,000	1502	5,184 / 1,694	estimated
330	Claude Fable 5Anthropic	14¢$137 / 1,000	1504	5,184 / 1,694	estimated
331	GPT-4OpenAI	14¢$137 / 1,000	1288	3,690 / 442	estimated
332	GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI	15¢$152 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
333	GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI	19¢$190 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
334	GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI	19¢$190 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated
335	Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic	20¢$205 / 1,000	1448	5,184 / 1,694	estimated
336	o1-proOpenAI	82¢$819 / 1,000	-	3,690 / 442	estimated

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How the price is spread

Number of models per price band (log scale). Most models cluster in a narrow band; a few frontier and reasoning-heavy models cost 100x more.

FAQ

How much does it cost to answer from 5 retrieved documents with AI?

On Oct 18, 2026 it costs from 0.05¢ with GPT-6 Luna to 14¢ with Claude Fable 5.1 among popular models. The median of 336 models is 0.49¢ per task.

What is the cheapest AI to answer from 5 retrieved documents?

The cheapest model overall is gpt-oss-20b at 0.01¢; the cheapest popular model is GPT-6 Luna at 0.05¢. The best value among popular models (cheap and highly rated) is Gemini 3.8 Flash at 1.2¢.

Why do reasoning models cost more for the same task?

Reasoning (thinking) tokens are billed as output tokens even though you never see them. On some tasks a model thinks for thousands of tokens before a short answer, which can multiply the cost.

How is the cost calculated?

A question answered from five retrieved text chunks of about 600 words each, with citations. We send the same prompt (3,044 words of input) to every measured model through OpenRouter with default settings and record the input, output and reasoning tokens it uses.