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How much does it cost to translate 1,000 words with AI?

Q: How much does it cost to translate 1,000 words with AI?

On Oct 18, 2026 it costs from 0.08¢ with Qwen3.8 Flash to 14¢ with Kimi K3 among popular models. The median of 336 models is 0.73¢ per task.

Q: What is the cheapest AI to translate 1,000 words?

The cheapest model overall is Summarize at <0.01¢; the cheapest popular model is Qwen3.8 Flash at 0.08¢. The best value among popular models (cheap and highly rated) is Claude Opus 5.5 at 5.1¢.

Q: 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.

Q: How is the cost calculated?

1,000 words of English prose translated into Spanish. We send the same prompt (1,017 words of input) to every measured model through OpenRouter with default settings and record the input, output and reasoning tokens it uses.

Between 0.08¢ (Qwen3.8 Flash) and 14¢ (Kimi K3) among popular models. The median across all 336 models is 0.73¢.

Cheapest popular0.08¢

Median0.73¢

Priciest popular14¢

1,000 tasks, cheapest$0.82

1,000 tasks, median$7.33

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	S SummarizeScaledown	<0.01¢$0.06 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
2	S ExtractScaledown	<0.01¢$0.06 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
3	I Ling 3.0 FlashInclusionai	0.01¢$0.11 / 1,000	-	1,384 / 1,300	estimated
4	S Llama 3 8B LunarisSao10K	0.01¢$0.12 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
5	gpt-oss-20bOpenAI	0.01¢$0.14 / 1,000	1317	1,330 / 1,333	estimated best value
6	Granite 4.0 MicroIBM	0.02¢$0.17 / 1,000	-	1,375 / 1,292	estimated
7	Llama 3.1 8B InstructMeta	0.02¢$0.17 / 1,000	1211	1,375 / 1,292	estimated
8	Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.02¢$0.21 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
9	Nova Micro 1.0Amazon	0.02¢$0.22 / 1,000	-	1,346 / 1,268	estimated
10	I Schematron V2 TurboInference Net	0.02¢$0.24 / 1,000	-	1,390 / 1,305	estimated
11	P Laguna XS 2.1Poolside	0.02¢$0.24 / 1,000	-	1,412 / 1,323	estimated
12	Command R7B (12-2024)Cohere	0.02¢$0.24 / 1,000	-	1,366 / 1,285	estimated
13	G MythoMax 13BGryphe	0.03¢$0.25 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
14	R Reka EdgeRekaai	0.03¢$0.27 / 1,000	-	1,375 / 1,292	estimated
15	Phi 4Microsoft	0.03¢$0.28 / 1,000	1256	1,375 / 1,292	estimated
16	Hy-MT2-1.8BTencent	0.03¢$0.29 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
17	Llama 3.2 1B InstructMeta	0.03¢$0.30 / 1,000	1111	1,375 / 1,292	estimated
18	I Ling 3.0 Flash VLInclusionai	0.03¢$0.32 / 1,000	-	1,384 / 1,300	estimated
19	Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba Qwen	0.03¢$0.33 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
20	Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA	0.04¢$0.36 / 1,000	1351	1,396 / 1,311	estimated best value
21	P Laguna S 2.1Poolside	0.04¢$0.37 / 1,000	-	1,412 / 1,323	estimated
22	I Schematron V2 SmallInference Net	0.04¢$0.37 / 1,000	-	1,390 / 1,305	estimated
23	Nova Lite 1.0Amazon	0.04¢$0.39 / 1,000	1260	1,346 / 1,268	estimated
24	UI-TARS 7B ByteDance	0.04¢$0.40 / 1,000	-	1,375 / 1,292	estimated
25	I Ling 3.1 FlashInclusionai	0.04¢$0.40 / 1,000	-	1,384 / 1,300	estimated
26	Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA	0.04¢$0.40 / 1,000	1314	1,396 / 1,311	estimated
27	Qwen2.5 7B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.04¢$0.40 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
28	Mistral NemoMistral	0.04¢$0.40 / 1,000	-	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
29	Qwen3.5-FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.04¢$0.43 / 1,000	1396	1,386 / 1,302	estimated best value
30	Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.05¢$0.46 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
31	Qwen3 32BAlibaba Qwen	0.05¢$0.48 / 1,000	1347	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
32	Qwen3 14BAlibaba Qwen	0.05¢$0.48 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
33	Llama Guard 4 12BMeta	0.05¢$0.48 / 1,000	-	1,375 / 1,292	estimated
34	Hy-MT2-30B-A3BTencent	0.05¢$0.49 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
35	Hy-MT2-7BTencent	0.05¢$0.49 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
36	Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance Seed	0.05¢$0.49 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
37	Llama 3.2 3B InstructMeta	0.05¢$0.50 / 1,000	1167	1,375 / 1,292	estimated
38	gpt-oss-safeguard-20bOpenAI	0.05¢$0.50 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
39	Gemma 3 4BGoogle	0.05¢$0.51 / 1,000	1303	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
40	Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Alibaba Qwen	0.05¢$0.52 / 1,000	1382	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
41	Llama 4 ScoutMeta	0.05¢$0.53 / 1,000	1322	1,375 / 1,292	estimated
42	Nemotron 3.5 Content SafetyNVIDIA	0.05¢$0.54 / 1,000	-	1,396 / 1,311	estimated
43	Llama 3.3 70B InstructMeta	0.06¢$0.55 / 1,000	1318	1,375 / 1,292	estimated
44	MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi	0.06¢$0.55 / 1,000	1451	1,375 / 1,292	estimated best value
45	MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi	0.06¢$0.55 / 1,000	1434	1,375 / 1,292	estimated
46	GPT-5 NanoOpenAI	0.06¢$0.60 / 1,000	1338	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
47	Nemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA	0.07¢$0.66 / 1,000	-	1,396 / 1,311	estimated
48	U Solar Pro 4Upstage	0.07¢$0.67 / 1,000	1386	1,315 / 1,545	estimated
49	GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAI	0.07¢$0.69 / 1,000	1322	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
50	Gemma 3 12BGoogle	0.07¢$0.73 / 1,000	1342	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
51	Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance Seed	0.08¢$0.76 / 1,000	-	1,335 / 1,568	estimated
52	Qwen3 30B A3BAlibaba Qwen	0.08¢$0.82 / 1,000	1327	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
53	Nemotron 3 SuperNVIDIA	0.08¢$0.82 / 1,000	1360	1,345 / 1,581	estimated
54	Qwen3.8 Omni FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.08¢$0.82 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
55	Qwen3.8 FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.08¢$0.82 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	measured
56	GPT-6 Luna ProOpenAI	0.08¢$0.83 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
57	GPT-6 LunaOpenAI	0.08¢$0.83 / 1,000	1443	1,330 / 1,395	measured
58	Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Alibaba Qwen	0.08¢$0.84 / 1,000	1422	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
59	P Ternary Bonsai 2 27BPrism Ml	0.09¢$0.88 / 1,000	-	1,332 / 1,565	estimated
60	Hunyuan A13B InstructTencent	0.09¢$0.94 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
61	Command R (08-2024)Cohere	0.10¢$0.98 / 1,000	1250	1,366 / 1,285	estimated
62	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.10¢$0.99 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
63	gpt-oss-120bOpenAI	0.10¢$1.00 / 1,000	1352	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
64	Qwen2.5 72B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.10¢$1.02 / 1,000	1303	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
65	GPT-4o-miniOpenAI	0.10¢$1.04 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
66	GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)OpenAI	0.10¢$1.04 / 1,000	1318	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
67	Mistral Small 3Mistral	0.10¢$1.04 / 1,000	1274	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
68	Llama 3.1 70B InstructMeta	0.11¢$1.07 / 1,000	1293	1,375 / 1,292	estimated
69	T Cydonia 24B V4.1Thedrummer	0.11¢$1.07 / 1,000	-	1,396 / 1,311	estimated
70	T UnslopNemo 12BThedrummer	0.11¢$1.08 / 1,000	-	1,396 / 1,311	estimated
71	Gemma 4 26B A4B Google	0.11¢$1.09 / 1,000	1438	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
72	Llama 4 MaverickMeta	0.11¢$1.10 / 1,000	1327	1,375 / 1,292	estimated
73	U Solar Pro 3Upstage	0.11¢$1.12 / 1,000	-	1,315 / 1,545	estimated
74	N Nex-N2.5-MiniNex Agi	0.12¢$1.20 / 1,000	-	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
75	Qwen3 Coder NextAlibaba Qwen	0.12¢$1.21 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
76	Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic	0.13¢$1.26 / 1,000	-	1,832 / 2,153	measured
77	Qwen3 VL 8B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.13¢$1.32 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
78	U ReMM SLERP 13BUndi95	0.13¢$1.33 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
79	Ministral 3 3B 2512Mistral	0.13¢$1.35 / 1,000	-	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
80	Qwen-PlusAlibaba Qwen	0.14¢$1.38 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
81	Hy3Tencent	0.14¢$1.38 / 1,000	1453	1,832 / 2,153	estimated best value
82	I Mercury 2Inception	0.15¢$1.45 / 1,000	1343	1,283 / 1,508	estimated
83	Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba Qwen	0.15¢$1.51 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
84	Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba Qwen	0.15¢$1.51 / 1,000	1394	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
85	M Weaver (alpha)Mancer	0.15¢$1.53 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
86	Qwen3 Coder FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.15¢$1.54 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
87	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.16¢$1.56 / 1,000	1398	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
88	Hy3 previewTencent	0.16¢$1.62 / 1,000	1409	1,832 / 2,153	estimated
89	WizardLM-2 8x22BMicrosoft	0.17¢$1.65 / 1,000	-	1,375 / 1,292	estimated
90	Gemma 3 27BGoogle	0.17¢$1.67 / 1,000	1366	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
91	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba Qwen	0.17¢$1.70 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
92	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BAlibaba Qwen	0.17¢$1.72 / 1,000	1388	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
93	Qwen3.6 FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.17¢$1.72 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
94	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingAlibaba Qwen	0.18¢$1.77 / 1,000	1369	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
95	DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek	0.18¢$1.78 / 1,000	1475	1,354 / 11,708	measured best value
96	I Mercury 2.5Inception	0.18¢$1.80 / 1,000	-	1,316 / 11,668	estimated
97	N Hermes 3 70B InstructNous Research	0.19¢$1.87 / 1,000	-	1,375 / 1,292	estimated
98	S Llama 3.3 Euryale 70BSao10K	0.19¢$1.88 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
99	Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle	0.19¢$1.92 / 1,000	1375	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
100	GPT-5.6 Luna ProOpenAI	0.19¢$1.94 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
101	GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI	0.19¢$1.94 / 1,000	1453	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
102	GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI	0.20¢$2.01 / 1,000	1401	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
103	Ministral 3 8B 2512Mistral	0.20¢$2.02 / 1,000	-	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
104	Gemma 4 31BGoogle	0.20¢$2.05 / 1,000	1452	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
105	GLM 5.3 FlashZ.ai	0.21¢$2.09 / 1,000	1474	1,330 / 10,155	measured
106	Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba Qwen	0.21¢$2.11 / 1,000	1456	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
107	Muse Spark 1.3 ContributorMeta	0.22¢$2.16 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
108	Muse Spark 1.2 ContributorMeta	0.22¢$2.16 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
109	R Reka Flash 3Rekaai	0.22¢$2.16 / 1,000	-	1,331 / 10,156	estimated
110	Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.22¢$2.22 / 1,000	1271	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
111	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeek	0.23¢$2.25 / 1,000	1439	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
112	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba Qwen	0.24¢$2.39 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
113	U Solar Mini 4Upstage	0.24¢$2.41 / 1,000	-	1,348 / 11,702	estimated
114	Qwen2.5 VL 72B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.24¢$2.41 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
115	Ministral 3 14B 2512Mistral	0.27¢$2.70 / 1,000	-	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
116	GPT-3.5 TurboOpenAI	0.28¢$2.76 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
117	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20Alibaba Qwen	0.28¢$2.76 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
118	GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI	0.28¢$2.76 / 1,000	1383	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
119	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.28¢$2.76 / 1,000	1413	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
120	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba Qwen	0.30¢$2.95 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
121	Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba Qwen	0.30¢$2.99 / 1,000	1443	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
122	GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI	0.30¢$3.00 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
123	GPT-5 MiniOpenAI	0.30¢$3.00 / 1,000	1390	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
124	Granite 4.2 8BIBM	0.30¢$3.01 / 1,000	1290	1,358 / 11,712	estimated
125	N Nex-N2.5-ProNex Agi	0.30¢$3.03 / 1,000	-	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
126	Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba Qwen	0.31¢$3.07 / 1,000	1416	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
127	Mistral Small 3.2 24BMistral	0.32¢$3.16 / 1,000	1356	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
128	Step 3.5 FlashStepFun	0.32¢$3.18 / 1,000	1393	1,326 / 10,150	estimated
129	Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba Qwen	0.32¢$3.20 / 1,000	1438	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
130	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek	0.36¢$3.65 / 1,000	-	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
131	Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba Qwen	0.37¢$3.75 / 1,000	1409	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
132	Gemma 2 27BGoogle	0.38¢$3.75 / 1,000	1290	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
133	Voxtral Small 24B 2507Mistral	0.38¢$3.77 / 1,000	-	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
134	GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)OpenAI	0.41¢$4.12 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
135	GLM 4.7 FlashZ.ai	0.41¢$4.14 / 1,000	1364	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
136	GPT-3.5 Turbo InstructOpenAI	0.48¢$4.79 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
137	DeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeek	0.52¢$5.17 / 1,000	1425	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
138	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeek	0.52¢$5.17 / 1,000	1458	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
139	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Alibaba Qwen	0.52¢$5.18 / 1,000	1400	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
140	DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek	0.53¢$5.30 / 1,000	1425	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
141	Qwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba Qwen	0.54¢$5.38 / 1,000	1442	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
142	Step 3.7 FlashStepFun	0.54¢$5.42 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 4,486	estimated
143	T Skyfall 36B V2Thedrummer	0.54¢$5.45 / 1,000	-	1,510 / 5,772	estimated
144	C UncensoredCognitivecomputations	0.55¢$5.50 / 1,000	-	1,510 / 5,772	estimated
145	MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi	0.57¢$5.65 / 1,000	1479	1,486 / 5,752	estimated best value
146	MiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomi	0.57¢$5.65 / 1,000	1467	1,486 / 5,752	estimated
147	Muse Glimmer 30BMeta	0.57¢$5.75 / 1,000	-	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
148	MiniMax M2.5MiniMax	0.59¢$5.85 / 1,000	1391	1,473 / 5,742	estimated
149	S Llama 3.1 Euryale 70B v2.2Sao10K	0.61¢$6.13 / 1,000	-	1,473 / 5,742	estimated
150	MiniMax M2MiniMax	0.62¢$6.23 / 1,000	1343	1,473 / 5,742	estimated
151	MiniMax-01MiniMax	0.66¢$6.61 / 1,000	-	1,473 / 5,742	estimated
152	Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogle	0.70¢$7.02 / 1,000	-	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
153	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle	0.70¢$7.02 / 1,000	1433	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
154	LFM2.5-24B-A2BLiquid AI	0.72¢$7.17 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
155	Mistral Small 3.1 24BMistral	0.72¢$7.21 / 1,000	1303	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
156	SonarPerplexity	0.72¢$7.21 / 1,000	-	1,473 / 5,742	estimated
157	A Aion 3.5 MiniAion Labs	0.72¢$7.22 / 1,000	-	1,334 / 4,490	estimated
158	A Aion-3.0-MiniAion Labs	0.72¢$7.22 / 1,000	-	1,334 / 4,490	estimated
159	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek	0.72¢$7.23 / 1,000	-	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
160	N Hermes 3 405B InstructNous Research	0.72¢$7.24 / 1,000	-	1,486 / 5,752	estimated
161	GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI	0.73¢$7.28 / 1,000	1447	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
162	o4 Mini HighOpenAI	0.73¢$7.33 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
163	o4 MiniOpenAI	0.73¢$7.33 / 1,000	1391	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
164	o3 Mini HighOpenAI	0.73¢$7.33 / 1,000	1364	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
165	o3 MiniOpenAI	0.73¢$7.33 / 1,000	1348	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
166	MiniMax M3MiniMax	0.73¢$7.33 / 1,000	1441	1,473 / 5,742	measured
167	MiniMax M2.7MiniMax	0.73¢$7.33 / 1,000	1415	1,473 / 5,742	estimated
168	MiniMax M2-herMiniMax	0.73¢$7.33 / 1,000	-	1,473 / 5,742	estimated
169	MiniMax M2.1MiniMax	0.73¢$7.33 / 1,000	1384	1,473 / 5,742	estimated
170	M LongCat 2.0Meituan	0.73¢$7.35 / 1,000	-	1,484 / 5,751	estimated
171	Mistral Small 4Mistral	0.75¢$7.48 / 1,000	-	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
172	SabaMistral	0.75¢$7.55 / 1,000	-	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
173	Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba Qwen	0.78¢$7.81 / 1,000	1474	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
174	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek	0.79¢$7.86 / 1,000	-	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
175	M Morph V3 FastMorph	0.81¢$8.11 / 1,000	-	1,495 / 5,760	estimated
176	A Aion-2.0Aion Labs	0.83¢$8.25 / 1,000	-	1,334 / 4,490	estimated
177	A Trinity Large ThinkingArcee AI	0.84¢$8.40 / 1,000	1367	1,274 / 10,096	estimated
178	R Relace Apply 3Relace	0.84¢$8.43 / 1,000	-	1,473 / 5,742	estimated
179	GLM 4.5 AirZ.ai	0.88¢$8.80 / 1,000	1373	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
180	P Perceptron Mk1Perceptron	0.89¢$8.86 / 1,000	-	1,495 / 5,760	estimated
181	Command A+Cohere	0.91¢$9.06 / 1,000	-	1,477 / 5,745	estimated
182	GPT-3.5 Turbo 16kOpenAI	0.93¢$9.32 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
183	GLM 4.6VZ.ai	0.95¢$9.54 / 1,000	1378	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
184	A Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)Aion Labs	1.0¢$10.39 / 1,000	-	1,484 / 5,751	estimated
185	Grok Build 0.1xAI	1.0¢$10.50 / 1,000	-	2,542 / 3,977	estimated
186	Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alibaba Qwen	1.1¢$10.58 / 1,000	1482	1,386 / 1,302	estimated best value
187	Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba Qwen	1.1¢$10.58 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
188	DeepSeek V3DeepSeek	1.1¢$10.85 / 1,000	1358	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
189	Codestral 2508Mistral	1.1¢$11.32 / 1,000	-	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
190	DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeek	1.1¢$11.46 / 1,000	1417	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
191	Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle	1.2¢$11.55 / 1,000	1455	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
192	Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle	1.2¢$11.55 / 1,000	1409	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
193	Seed 1.6ByteDance Seed	1.2¢$11.90 / 1,000	-	1,498 / 5,762	estimated
194	Kimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AI	1.2¢$12.06 / 1,000	-	1,346 / 4,502	estimated
195	DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeek	1.2¢$12.07 / 1,000	1416	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
196	M Morph V3 LargeMorph	1.2¢$12.29 / 1,000	-	1,495 / 5,760	estimated
197	Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic	1.3¢$12.76 / 1,000	1414	1,832 / 2,186	estimated
198	Grok 4.3xAI	1.3¢$13.12 / 1,000	1442	2,542 / 3,977	estimated
199	Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentxAI	1.3¢$13.12 / 1,000	-	2,542 / 3,977	estimated
200	Grok 4.20xAI	1.3¢$13.12 / 1,000	-	2,542 / 3,977	estimated
201	GLM 5.3 FlashXZ.ai	1.3¢$13.19 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
202	o3OpenAI	1.3¢$13.32 / 1,000	1432	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
203	GPT-4.1OpenAI	1.3¢$13.32 / 1,000	1415	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
204	Step 5 PreviewStepFun	1.3¢$13.44 / 1,000	1447	1,330 / 4,486	estimated
205	MiniMax M1MiniMax	1.3¢$13.44 / 1,000	1364	1,473 / 5,742	estimated
206	DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeek	1.4¢$13.74 / 1,000	1395	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
207	Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle	1.4¢$14.05 / 1,000	1473	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
208	Kimi K2 0711Moonshot AI	1.4¢$14.11 / 1,000	1418	1,498 / 5,762	estimated
209	R Beam 1.0 501B A23BReflection	1.5¢$14.70 / 1,000	-	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
210	Nova 2 LiteAmazon	1.5¢$14.75 / 1,000	1335	1,455 / 5,727	estimated
211	M Moondream 3 PreviewMoondream	1.5¢$14.80 / 1,000	-	1,473 / 5,742	estimated
212	M Moondream 3.1Moondream	1.5¢$14.80 / 1,000	-	1,473 / 5,742	estimated
213	GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI	1.5¢$14.99 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
214	GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI	1.5¢$14.99 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
215	GPT-5OpenAI	1.5¢$14.99 / 1,000	1435	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
216	T Inkling SmallThinkingmachines	1.5¢$15.10 / 1,000	1404	1,311 / 12,095	estimated
217	Seed 2.1 TurboByteDance Seed	1.5¢$15.15 / 1,000	-	1,498 / 5,762	estimated
218	Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI	1.5¢$15.15 / 1,000	1450	1,498 / 5,762	estimated
219	Kimi K2 0905Moonshot AI	1.5¢$15.30 / 1,000	1419	1,498 / 5,762	estimated
220	GPT-5.1OpenAI	1.6¢$15.61 / 1,000	1456	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
221	Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI	1.6¢$15.99 / 1,000	-	1,346 / 4,502	estimated
222	GPT-6.1 Sol ProOpenAI	1.6¢$15.99 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
223	GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI	1.6¢$15.99 / 1,000	1484	1,330 / 1,333	measured best value
224	GPT-6 Sol ProOpenAI	1.7¢$16.61 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
225	GPT-6 SolOpenAI	1.7¢$16.61 / 1,000	1459	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
226	GPT-4o (2024-11-20)OpenAI	1.7¢$16.66 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
227	GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAI	1.7¢$16.66 / 1,000	1336	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
228	GPT-4oOpenAI	1.7¢$16.66 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
229	Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle	1.8¢$17.72 / 1,000	1488	1,308 / 4,464	estimated best value
230	Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle	1.8¢$17.72 / 1,000	1483	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
231	E GlimpseElorian	1.8¢$18.11 / 1,000	-	1,473 / 5,742	estimated
232	P Perceptron Mk1.5Perceptron	1.8¢$18.35 / 1,000	-	1,320 / 12,104	estimated
233	R Relace SearchRelace	1.9¢$18.70 / 1,000	-	1,473 / 5,742	estimated
234	N Hermes 4 405BNous Research	1.9¢$18.74 / 1,000	-	1,486 / 5,752	estimated
235	Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral	1.9¢$18.87 / 1,000	1414	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
236	GLM 4.5VZ.ai	1.9¢$19.08 / 1,000	1352	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
237	GPT-5.6 Terra ProOpenAI	1.9¢$19.40 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
238	GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI	1.9¢$19.40 / 1,000	1466	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
239	Nova Pro 1.0Amazon	1.9¢$19.49 / 1,000	1290	1,455 / 5,727	estimated
240	Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle	1.9¢$19.49 / 1,000	1496	1,308 / 4,464	measured best value
241	U Pareto 26.10Unbiased	2.0¢$19.57 / 1,000	-	1,478 / 5,746	estimated
242	Muse Spark OpenMeta	2.1¢$20.61 / 1,000	-	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
243	Muse Spark 1.3Meta	2.1¢$20.61 / 1,000	1494	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
244	Muse Spark 1.2Meta	2.1¢$20.61 / 1,000	1493	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
245	Muse Spark 1.1Meta	2.1¢$20.61 / 1,000	1490	1,308 / 4,464	estimated
246	Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI	2.1¢$20.62 / 1,000	1461	1,498 / 5,762	estimated
247	GLM 4.7Z.ai	2.1¢$20.83 / 1,000	1441	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
248	GLM 4.6Z.ai	2.1¢$20.98 / 1,000	1424	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
249	GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI	2.1¢$20.99 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
250	GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAI	2.1¢$20.99 / 1,000	1476	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
251	Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexity	2.1¢$21.15 / 1,000	-	1,832 / 2,186	estimated
252	Sonar Deep ResearchPerplexity	2.1¢$21.15 / 1,000	-	1,832 / 2,186	estimated
253	Qwen3.8 Max PrimeAlibaba Qwen	2.1¢$21.17 / 1,000	-	1,386 / 1,302	estimated
254	GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI	2.2¢$21.86 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
255	GPT-5.2OpenAI	2.2¢$21.86 / 1,000	1437	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
256	GLM 4.5Z.ai	2.3¢$23.14 / 1,000	1411	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
257	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek	2.4¢$24.08 / 1,000	-	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
258	GPT-5.4OpenAI	2.4¢$24.25 / 1,000	1475	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
259	Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance Seed	2.5¢$24.54 / 1,000	-	1,322 / 12,107	estimated
260	Devstral 2 2512Mistral	2.5¢$24.81 / 1,000	-	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
261	Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral	2.5¢$24.81 / 1,000	1408	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
262	Mistral Medium 3Mistral	2.5¢$24.81 / 1,000	1387	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
263	Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic	2.5¢$25.19 / 1,000	1461	1,832 / 2,153	estimated
264	GLM 5.2Z.ai	2.5¢$25.40 / 1,000	1476	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
265	Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic	2.6¢$25.52 / 1,000	1475	1,832 / 2,186	measured
266	R1 0528DeepSeek	2.6¢$25.85 / 1,000	1421	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
267	Mistral Large 4Mistral	2.6¢$26.28 / 1,000	1432	1,349 / 12,133	measured
268	GPT-4o (2024-05-13)OpenAI	2.7¢$26.64 / 1,000	1346	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
269	Grok 4.7xAI	2.9¢$28.95 / 1,000	1444	2,542 / 3,977	measured
270	S Fugu MaxSakana	2.9¢$28.95 / 1,000	-	2,542 / 3,977	estimated
271	Grok 4.6xAI	2.9¢$28.95 / 1,000	1454	2,542 / 3,977	estimated
272	Grok 4.5xAI	2.9¢$28.95 / 1,000	1466	2,542 / 3,977	estimated
273	Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA	3.0¢$29.88 / 1,000	1426	1,333 / 12,117	estimated
274	R1DeepSeek	3.0¢$30.22 / 1,000	1398	1,354 / 11,708	estimated
275	A Aion 3.5Aion Labs	3.0¢$30.43 / 1,000	-	2,369 / 3,887	estimated
276	A Aion-3.0Aion Labs	3.0¢$30.43 / 1,000	-	2,369 / 3,887	estimated
277	Hy4 previewTencent	3.1¢$31.47 / 1,000	-	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
278	GLM 5.1Z.ai	3.2¢$32.12 / 1,000	1465	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
279	A Magnum v4 72BAnthracite Org	3.2¢$32.47 / 1,000	-	1,486 / 5,752	estimated
280	GPT-5.6 Sol ProOpenAI	3.3¢$33.22 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
281	GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI	3.3¢$33.22 / 1,000	1485	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
282	GLM 5Z.ai	3.4¢$33.83 / 1,000	1457	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
283	W Palmyra X5Writer	3.5¢$35.40 / 1,000	-	1,486 / 5,752	estimated
284	Seed-2.0-CodeByteDance Seed	3.7¢$36.98 / 1,000	-	1,322 / 12,107	estimated
285	Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic	3.8¢$37.79 / 1,000	1472	1,832 / 2,153	estimated
286	Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic	3.8¢$38.29 / 1,000	1455	1,832 / 2,186	estimated
287	GLM 5V TurboZ.ai	4.2¢$42.22 / 1,000	1434	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
288	GLM 5 TurboZ.ai	4.2¢$42.22 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
289	GPT Chat LatestOpenAI	4.7¢$46.64 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
290	U Pareto 26.9Unbiased	4.7¢$46.79 / 1,000	-	1,478 / 5,746	estimated
291	GPT-5.5OpenAI	4.9¢$48.50 / 1,000	1481	1,330 / 1,395	estimated
292	GLM 5.3Z.ai	4.9¢$48.85 / 1,000	1478	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
293	S Sakana NamazuSakana	5.0¢$49.81 / 1,000	-	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
294	T InklingThinkingmachines	5.0¢$50.30 / 1,000	1441	1,311 / 12,095	estimated
295	Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic	5.1¢$51.05 / 1,000	1508	1,832 / 2,186	estimated best value
296	GPT-4 TurboOpenAI	5.3¢$53.29 / 1,000	1324	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
297	MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeedXiaomi	5.7¢$56.51 / 1,000	-	1,486 / 5,752	estimated
298	Command ACohere	6.1¢$61.14 / 1,000	1354	1,477 / 5,745	estimated
299	Command R+ (08-2024)Cohere	6.1¢$61.14 / 1,000	1276	1,477 / 5,745	estimated
300	Claude Opus 5Anthropic	6.3¢$62.98 / 1,000	1490	1,832 / 2,153	estimated
301	Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic	6.3¢$62.98 / 1,000	1482	1,832 / 2,153	estimated
302	Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic	6.3¢$62.98 / 1,000	1501	1,832 / 2,153	estimated
303	Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic	6.3¢$62.98 / 1,000	1503	1,832 / 2,153	estimated
304	Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic	6.4¢$63.81 / 1,000	1470	1,832 / 2,186	estimated
305	Nova Premier 1.0Amazon	7.5¢$75.22 / 1,000	-	1,455 / 5,727	estimated
306	Mistral Large 2407Mistral	7.5¢$75.50 / 1,000	1314	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
307	Mixtral 8x22B InstructMistral	7.5¢$75.50 / 1,000	-	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
308	Mistral LargeMistral	7.5¢$75.50 / 1,000	-	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
309	GPT-6 AstraOpenAI	8.0¢$79.95 / 1,000	1477	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
310	GPT-6 Astra ProOpenAI	8.0¢$79.95 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
311	Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle	8.1¢$81.40 / 1,000	1478	1,308 / 8,826	estimated
312	Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle	9.0¢$89.89 / 1,000	1445	1,308 / 8,826	estimated
313	Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google	9.0¢$89.89 / 1,000	-	1,308 / 8,826	estimated
314	Sonar ProPerplexity	9.1¢$90.55 / 1,000	-	1,473 / 5,742	estimated
315	Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle	9.1¢$90.88 / 1,000	1524	1,308 / 8,826	estimated best value
316	Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral	9.3¢$93.02 / 1,000	1426	1,349 / 12,133	estimated
317	GLM 5.3 PrimeZ.ai	9.3¢$93.09 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 10,155	estimated
318	o1OpenAI	10.0¢$99.93 / 1,000	1402	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
319	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle	11¢$109 / 1,000	-	1,308 / 8,826	estimated
320	Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle	11¢$109 / 1,000	1487	1,308 / 8,826	measured
321	GPT-4OpenAI	12¢$120 / 1,000	1288	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
322	Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic	13¢$128 / 1,000	1502	1,832 / 2,186	estimated
323	Claude Fable 5Anthropic	13¢$128 / 1,000	1504	1,832 / 2,186	estimated
324	o3 ProOpenAI	13¢$133 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
325	Sonar Pro SearchPerplexity	14¢$136 / 1,000	-	1,308 / 8,826	estimated
326	Kimi K3Moonshot AI	14¢$145 / 1,000	1487	1,322 / 12,107	estimated
327	GPT-5 ProOpenAI	18¢$180 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
328	Muse WonderMeta	18¢$182 / 1,000	1509	1,308 / 8,826	estimated
329	F Ember-1Fireworks	19¢$186 / 1,000	-	1,322 / 12,107	estimated
330	Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic	19¢$191 / 1,000	1448	1,832 / 2,186	estimated
331	GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI	25¢$252 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
332	S Fugu Ultra v2Sakana	27¢$271 / 1,000	-	1,308 / 8,826	estimated
333	S Fugu UltraSakana	27¢$271 / 1,000	-	1,308 / 8,826	estimated
334	GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI	28¢$280 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
335	GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI	28¢$280 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	estimated
336	o1-proOpenAI	100¢$999 / 1,000	-	1,330 / 1,333	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 translate 1,000 words with AI?

On Oct 18, 2026 it costs from 0.08¢ with Qwen3.8 Flash to 14¢ with Kimi K3 among popular models. The median of 336 models is 0.73¢ per task.

What is the cheapest AI to translate 1,000 words?

The cheapest model overall is Summarize at <0.01¢; the cheapest popular model is Qwen3.8 Flash at 0.08¢. The best value among popular models (cheap and highly rated) is Claude Opus 5.5 at 5.1¢.

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?

1,000 words of English prose translated into Spanish. We send the same prompt (1,017 words of input) to every measured model through OpenRouter with default settings and record the input, output and reasoning tokens it uses.