Rankings

Best value AI models

Ranked by intelligence per dollar — Epoch's Capabilities Index divided by blended token price (the average of input and output $/M). Higher means more capability per dollar.

Ranked by intelligence per dollar — ECI ÷ blended token price ($/M). Higher means more capability per dollar.

129 models
gpt-oss-120bAug 5, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.04 / $0.181283.8
GPT-5 nanoAug 7, 2025OpenAI400K$0.05 / $0.40626.1
DeepSeek-V3.2Dec 1, 2025 · 1 in the newsDeepSeek131K$0.23 / $0.34511.4
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpSep 29, 2025DeepSeek164K$0.27 / $0.41426.2
MiniMax-M2.5Feb 12, 2026MiniMax205K$0.15 / $0.90280.4
Qwen 3.6 FlashApr 27, 2026Alibaba1M$0.19 / $1.13220.9
GPT-5.4 NanoMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.20 / $1.25202.4
GLM-4.7Dec 22, 2025 · 3 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)203K$0.40 / $1.75134.3
Qwen 3.6 PlusApr 1, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba1M$0.33 / $1.95130.9
GLM-4.6Sep 30, 2025 · 3 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University203K$0.43 / $1.74130.0
GPT-5 miniAug 7, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.00129.7
Kimi K2.5Feb 2, 2026 · 10 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.38 / $2.02123.3
GLM-5Feb 17, 2026 · 26 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)203K$0.60 / $1.92116.2
Gemini 2.5 FlashSep 25, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.30 / $2.50102.2
Kimi K2Jul 11, 2025 · 27 in the newsMoonshot131K$0.57 / $2.3098.2
Kimi K2 ThinkingNov 6, 2025 · 4 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.60 / $2.5093.7
Grok 4.20Feb 17, 2026xAI2M$1.25 / $2.5082.1
Kimi K2.7 CodeJun 12, 2026Moonshot262K$0.61 / $3.0781.7
GLM-5.1Apr 7, 2026 · 5 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)203K$0.98 / $3.0873.8
Kimi K2.6Apr 20, 2026 · 4 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.66 / $3.5073.2
Qwen3-MaxSep 5, 2025 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.78 / $3.9061.7
Qwen 3.7 MaxMay 19, 2026 · 4 in the newsAlibaba1M$1.25 / $3.7561.6
GPT-5.4 MiniMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.75 / $4.5056.8
Claude Haiku 4.5Oct 15, 2025 · 1 in the newsAnthropic200K$1.00 / $5.0047.6
Qwen 3.6 Max (Preview)Apr 20, 2026 · 2 in the newsAlibaba262K$1.04 / $6.2441.4
Gemini 3.5 FlashMay 19, 2026Google1M$1.50 / $9.0029.6
GPT-5Aug 7, 2025 · 61 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0026.7
GPT-5.1Nov 13, 2025 · 6 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0026.6
GPT-5.3 CodexFeb 5, 2026 · 4 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.0019.8
GPT-5.2Dec 11, 2025 · 7 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.0019.5
GPT-5.4Mar 5, 2026 · 6 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.0017.9
Claude Sonnet 4.6Feb 17, 2026 · 1 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.0016.9
Claude Sonnet 4.5Sep 29, 2025 · 3 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.0016.3
Claude Opus 4.8May 28, 2026 · 1 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0010.4
Claude Opus 4.7Apr 16, 2026 · 4 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0010.4
Claude Opus 4.6Feb 5, 2026Anthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0010.3
Claude Opus 4.5Nov 24, 2025Anthropic200K$5.00 / $25.0010.0
GPT-5.5Apr 23, 2026 · 14 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $30.009.1
Claude Fable 5Jun 9, 2026 · 9 in the newsAnthropic1M$10.00 / $50.005.4
Claude Opus 4.1Aug 5, 2025Anthropic200K$15.00 / $75.003.2
GPT-5 ProOct 7, 2025OpenAI400K$15.00 / $120.002.2
GPT-5.2 ProDec 11, 2025OpenAI400K$21.00 / $168.001.6
GPT-5.5 ProApr 23, 2026OpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.001.5
GPT-5.4 ProMar 5, 2026OpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.001.5
Claude Mythos 5Jun 9, 2026 · 1 in the newsAnthropic———
Nemotron 3 UltraJun 4, 2026 · 1 in the newsNVIDIA———
MAI-Image-2.5Jun 2, 2026Microsoft———
MiniMax-M3Jun 1, 2026MiniMax1M$0.30 / $1.20—
Composer 2.5May 18, 2026Cursor———
TML-Interaction-SmallMay 11, 2026Thinking Machines———
DeepSeek-V4-ProApr 24, 2026 · 3 in the newsDeepSeek1M$0.43 / $0.87—
DeepSeek-V4-FlashApr 24, 2026DeepSeek1M$0.09 / $0.18—
MiMo-V2.5-ProApr 23, 2026Xiaomi Corp1M$0.43 / $0.87—
GPT Image 2Apr 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsOpenAI———
Grok 4.3 BetaApr 17, 2026xAI———
Gemini Flash 3.1 TTSApr 15, 2026Google DeepMind———
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3BApr 14, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.14 / $1.00—
Muse SparkApr 8, 2026Meta AI———
Gemma 4 31B ITApr 2, 2026Google DeepMind262K$0.12 / $0.35—
Qwen3.5-Omni-FlashMar 29, 2026Alibaba———
Qwen3.5-Omni-PlusMar 29, 2026Alibaba———
Composer 2Mar 19, 2026Cursor———
MiMo-V2-ProMar 18, 2026Xiaomi Corp———
MiniMax-M2.7Mar 18, 2026MiniMax205K$0.25 / $1.00—
Nemotron 3 SuperMar 11, 2026NVIDIA———
Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteMar 3, 2026 · 1 in the newsGoogle1M$0.25 / $1.50—
Gemini 3.0 Flash-liteMar 3, 2026Google DeepMind———
SWE 1.6Mar 1, 2026Cognition———
Qwen 3.5 Flash (hosted 35B-A3B)Feb 25, 2026Alibaba———
Qwen3.5-122B-A10BFeb 24, 2026Alibaba262K$0.26 / $2.08—
Gemini 3.1 ProFeb 19, 2026 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———
Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)Feb 16, 2026Alibaba———
Qwen3.5 397B-A17BFeb 13, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba256K$0.39 / $2.45—
Seedance 2.0Feb 12, 2026 · 3 in the newsByteDance———
Qwen3-Coder-NextFeb 2, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.11 / $0.80—
Qwen3-Max-ThinkingJan 25, 2026 · 2 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.78 / $3.90—
Solar Open 100BDec 31, 2025Upstage———
K-EXAONEDec 31, 2025LG AI Research———
VAETKIDec 30, 2025NC AI———
A.X K1Dec 30, 2025SK Telecom———
HyperCLOVA X SEED 32B ThinkDec 29, 2025NAVER———
MiniMax-M2.1Dec 23, 2025MiniMax205K$0.29 / $0.95—
GPT-5.2 CodexDec 18, 2025 · 3 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.00—
Gemini 3 FlashDec 17, 2025 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———
Nemotron 3-Nano-30B-A3BDec 15, 2025NVIDIA262K$0.05 / $0.20—
SIMA 2Dec 4, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———
DeepSeekMath-V2Nov 27, 2025DeepSeek———
Olmo 3Nov 20, 2025 · 1 in the newsAllen Institute for AI———
Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro)Nov 20, 2025Google DeepMind———
GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxNov 19, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00—
Grok 4.1 FastNov 19, 2025xAI———
Gemini 3 ProNov 18, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———
π0.6 (pi-0.6)Nov 17, 2025Physical Intelligence———
P1-235B-A22BNov 17, 2025Shanghai AI Lab———
Grok 4.1Nov 17, 2025xAI———
GPT-5.1 InstantNov 13, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI———
GPT-5.1-Codex-miniNov 12, 2025OpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.00—
GPT-5.1-CodexNov 12, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00—
Meta's Generative Ads Model (GEM)Nov 10, 2025Meta AI———
Tongyi DeepResearchOct 28, 2025Alibaba———
MiniMax-M2Oct 27, 2025MiniMax205K$0.26 / $1.00—
Veo 3.1Oct 15, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———
Ling-1TOct 10, 2025Ant Group———
Sora 2.0Sep 30, 2025OpenAI———
Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5Sep 25, 2025Google DeepMind———
Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteSep 25, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.10 / $0.40—
Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3BSep 22, 2025Alibaba———
Grok 4 FastSep 19, 2025xAI———
AgentFounder-30BSep 16, 2025Alibaba———
GPT‑5-CodexSep 15, 2025OpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00—
LongCat-FlashSep 1, 2025Meituan Inc———
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)Aug 26, 2025Google———
DeepSeek-V3.1Aug 21, 2025DeepSeek———
GLM-4.5Aug 5, 2025 · 7 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University131K$0.60 / $2.20—
gpt-oss-20bAug 5, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.03 / $0.14—
Qwen ImageAug 4, 2025 · 4 in the newsAlibaba———
Hierarchical Reasoning Model (HPM)Aug 4, 2025Sapient Intelligence———
MindLink-72BAug 1, 2025Kunlun Inc.———
Gemini 2.5 Deep ThinkAug 1, 2025Google,Google DeepMind———
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025)Jul 25, 2025Alibaba———
Qwen3-235B-A22B (Jul 2025)Jul 25, 2025Alibaba———
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35BJul 22, 2025Alibaba———
GLM-4.5-AirJul 20, 2025Z.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University131K$0.13 / $0.85—
EXAONE 4.0 (32B)Jul 15, 2025LG AI Research———
Gemini EmbeddingJul 14, 2025Google DeepMind———
Grok 4 HeavyJul 10, 2025xAI———
Grok 4Jul 9, 2025xAI———
EXAONE Path 2.0Jul 9, 2025LG AI Research———
Grok-3 miniJun 24, 2025xAI———

Frequently asked questions

What is the best AI model for value?

gpt-oss-120b (OpenAI) currently ranks first for value on Model Beat, followed by GPT-5 nano and DeepSeek-V3.2. Ranked by intelligence per dollar — Epoch's Capabilities Index divided by blended token price (the average of input and output $/M). Higher means more capability per dollar.

How are these value rankings calculated?

Ranked by intelligence per dollar — Epoch's Capabilities Index divided by blended token price (the average of input and output $/M). Higher means more capability per dollar.

Benchmarks & model data from Epoch AI (CC BY); pricing & specs from OpenRouter. ECI = Epoch Capabilities Index.