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.

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

Multimodal200 models

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731Jul 31, 2026 · 3 in the newsDeepSeek1.3M$0.04 / $0.102206.6

Qwen3.7 FlashJul 27, 2026Alibaba1M$0.03 / $0.131808.3

DeepSeek-V4-FlashApr 24, 2026 · 11 in the newsDeepSeek1M$0.07 / $0.171240.0

Qwen3.5-9BFeb 24, 2026Alibaba262K$0.10 / $0.151115.7

GLM-5.3-FlashAug 20, 2026 · 5 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)1.3M$0.10 / $0.35674.0

Gemma 4 31B ITApr 2, 2026Google DeepMind262K$0.12 / $0.35607.2

Qwen 3.6 35B-A3BApr 14, 2026 · 4 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.10 / $0.90287.8

Qwen3.5-35B-A3BFeb 24, 2026Alibaba262K$0.14 / $1.00250.1

MiniMax-M2.5Feb 12, 2026MiniMax205K$0.27 / $0.95240.2

MiMo-V2.5-ProApr 23, 2026Xiaomi Corp1.1M$0.43 / $0.87228.8

GPT-5.6 LunaJul 9, 2026 · 6 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$0.20 / $1.20223.3

Qwen 3.6 FlashApr 27, 2026Alibaba1M$0.19 / $1.13218.4

MiniMax-M3Jun 1, 2026MiniMax1M$0.28 / $1.10212.4

GPT-5.4 NanoMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.20 / $1.25201.3

MiniMax-M2.7Mar 18, 2026 · 1 in the newsMiniMax205K$0.30 / $1.20194.3

Qwen3.7-PlusJun 3, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba1M$0.32 / $1.28184.4

Inkling-SmallJul 15, 2026 · 2 in the newsThinking Machines1M$0.50 / $1.20176.7

Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteMar 3, 2026 · 2 in the newsGoogle1M$0.25 / $1.50165.2

DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813Aug 13, 2026 · 1 in the newsDeepSeek1M$0.58 / $1.74133.8

Qwen 3.6 PlusApr 1, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba1M$0.33 / $1.95129.8

Qwen3.6 27BApr 22, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.30 / $2.00127.4

Qwen3.5-122B-A10BFeb 24, 2026Alibaba262K$0.26 / $2.08125.0

DeepSeek-V4-ProApr 24, 2026 · 8 in the newsDeepSeek1M$0.87 / $1.74114.3

Qwen3.5 397B-A17BFeb 15, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.39 / $2.34107.7

Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteJul 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.30 / $2.50103.7

Kimi K2.6Apr 20, 2026 · 12 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.57 / $2.40101.7

GLM-5Feb 12, 2026 · 25 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)205K$0.70 / $2.2499.2

Kimi K2.5Feb 2, 2026 · 16 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.60 / $3.0082.2

Grok 4.20Feb 17, 2026xAI2M$1.25 / $2.5081.1

GLM-5.2Jun 16, 2026 · 27 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)1M$0.97 / $3.0476.0

Gemini 3.7 FlashAug 13, 2026 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.75 / $3.7569.9

Gemini 3.6 FlashJul 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.75 / $3.7568.6

Kimi K2.7 CodeJun 12, 2026Moonshot262K$0.86 / $3.8064.5

GLM-5.1Apr 7, 2026 · 7 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)205K$1.19 / $3.7460.7

InklingJul 15, 2026 · 4 in the newsThinking Machines1M$0.95 / $4.0559.5

GLM-5.3Aug 14, 2026 · 8 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)1.3M$0.95 / $4.4058.1

GPT-5.4 MiniMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.75 / $4.5056.8

Muse Spark 1.2Aug 5, 2026 · 1 in the newsMeta AI1M$1.25 / $4.2556.5

Muse Spark 1.1Jul 9, 2026 · 1 in the newsMeta AI1M$1.25 / $4.2556.2

Qwen 3.7 MaxMay 19, 2026 · 4 in the newsAlibaba1M$1.48 / $4.4252.1

Qwen 3.6 Max (Preview)Apr 20, 2026 · 2 in the newsAlibaba262K$1.04 / $6.2441.0

Qwen 3.8 MaxJul 19, 2026 · 17 in the newsAlibaba1M$2.00 / $6.0039.2

Grok 4.6Aug 12, 2026 · 2 in the newsxAI500K$2.00 / $6.0039.1

Grok 4.5Jul 8, 2026 · 2 in the newsxAI500K$2.00 / $6.0038.5

Mistral Medium 3.5Apr 28, 2026 · 3 in the newsMistral AI262K$1.50 / $7.5031.4

Gemini 3.5 FlashMay 19, 2026 · 4 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$1.50 / $9.0029.5

Claude Sonnet 5Jun 30, 2026 · 3 in the newsAnthropic1M$2.00 / $10.0026.0

Kimi K3Jul 16, 2026 · 43 in the newsMoonshot1M$2.10 / $10.9524.2

GPT-5.6 TerraJul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$2.00 / $12.0022.7

GPT-5.3 CodexFeb 5, 2026 · 4 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.0019.9

GPT-5.4Mar 5, 2026 · 9 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.0017.9

Claude Sonnet 4.6Feb 17, 2026 · 3 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.0016.9

GPT-5.6 SolJul 9, 2026 · 24 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$4.40 / $22.0012.3

Claude Opus 5Jul 24, 2026 · 18 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0010.8

Claude Opus 4.8May 28, 2026 · 8 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0010.5

Claude Opus 4.7Apr 16, 2026 · 4 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0010.4

Claude Opus 4.6Feb 5, 2026 · 3 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0010.3

GPT-5.5Apr 23, 2026 · 32 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $30.009.1

GPT-6 AstraSep 3, 2026 · 21 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$10.00 / $50.005.6

Claude Fable 5Jun 9, 2026 · 52 in the newsAnthropic1M$10.00 / $50.005.4

Claude Fable 5.1Sep 1, 2026 · 9 in the newsAnthropic1M$10.00 / $50.005.4

GPT-5.5 ProApr 23, 2026 · 2 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.001.5

GPT-5.4 ProMar 5, 2026OpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.001.5

Union AlphaSep 16, 2026—262K——

Schematron V2 TurboSep 12, 2026Inference.net128K$0.03 / $0.15—

Schematron V2 SmallSep 12, 2026Inference.net128K$0.05 / $0.23—

Fugu Ultra v2Sep 11, 2026 · 2 in the newsSakana1M$5.00 / $30.00—

Fugu MaxSep 11, 2026 · 2 in the newsSakana1M$2.00 / $6.00—

Ling 3.0 Flash VLSep 10, 2026inclusionAI131K$0.06 / $0.18—

DeepSeek V4.1 FlashSep 9, 2026 · 6 in the newsDeepSeek1M$0.15 / $0.60—

GPT-Image-2.5 FlareSep 8, 2026OpenAI———

ChatGPT Images 2.5Sep 8, 2026 · 2 in the newsOpenAI———

GPT-Image-2.5 SunburstSep 8, 2026OpenAI———

Mercury 2.5Sep 8, 2026Inception260K$0.04 / $0.15—

GPT-6 Astra ProSep 4, 2026 · 1 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$10.00 / $50.00—

GPT-6 Astra (batch)Sep 4, 2026OpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $25.00—

GPT-6 Astra Pro (batch)Sep 4, 2026OpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $25.00—

Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Sep 3, 2026 · 1 in the newsQwen1M$2.00 / $6.00—

OpenEvidence DarwinSep 3, 2026OpenEvidence———

WeatherNext 3Sep 3, 2026 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind,Google Research———

Muse Spark 1.3Sep 2, 2026Meta AI1M$1.25 / $4.25—

Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)Sep 2, 2026Google1M$0.38 / $1.88—

Muse Spark 1.3 ContributorSep 2, 2026Meta1M$0.10 / $0.20—

Gemini 3.8 FlashSep 2, 2026 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.75 / $3.75—

Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)Sep 1, 2026Anthropic1M$5.00 / $25.00—

Mercury 2.5 PreviewAug 31, 2026Inception260K$0.04 / $0.15—

Granite 4.2 8BAug 31, 2026IBM131K$0.06 / $0.25—

Hy4 previewAug 28, 2026Tencent1M$0.83 / $2.50—

Ling 3.0 Flash FinAug 27, 2026—262K$0.06 / $0.18—

Qwen3.8 FlashAug 26, 2026 · 3 in the newsQwen1M$0.15 / $0.47—

GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)Aug 26, 2026Z.ai1M$0.07 / $0.25—

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpAug 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsDeepSeek1M$0.22 / $0.66—

Muse Spark 1.2 ContributorAug 21, 2026Meta1M$0.10 / $0.20—

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp (batch)Aug 21, 2026DeepSeek1M$0.11 / $0.33—

Hy-MT2-1.8BAug 20, 2026Tencent8K$0.04 / $0.18—

Hy-MT2-30B-A3BAug 20, 2026Tencent8K$0.07 / $0.29—

Ox AlphaAug 20, 2026 · 3 in the news—1M——

Hy-MT2-7BAug 19, 2026Tencent8K$0.07 / $0.29—

GEN-1.5Aug 19, 2026 · 2 in the newsGeneralist———

GLM 5.3 (batch)Aug 18, 2026Z.ai1M$0.70 / $2.20—

Qwen3.8 27BAug 14, 2026 · 17 in the newsQwen1M$0.42 / $3.00—

Qwen 3.8 27BAug 14, 2026 · 10 in the newsAlibaba1M$0.42 / $3.00—

Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)Aug 13, 2026Google1M$0.19 / $0.94—

Seed 2.1 TurboAug 12, 2026ByteDance Seed262K$0.50 / $2.50—

Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch)Aug 12, 2026Qwen1M$2.00 / $6.00—

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (batch)Aug 12, 2026DeepSeek1M$0.66 / $1.98—

Nemotron 3.5 LightningAug 11, 2026 · 1 in the newsNVIDIA262K$0.07 / $0.20—

NamazuAug 11, 2026 · 3 in the newsSakana262K$0.95 / $4.00—

GPT-5.6 CyberAug 11, 2026OpenAI———

Sakana NamazuAug 11, 2026 · 1 in the newsSakana262K$0.95 / $4.00—

Solar Pro 4Aug 10, 2026Upstage524K$0.03 / $0.12—

Muse Glimmer 30BAug 9, 2026Meta131K$0.30 / $1.10—

Muse Glimmer 30B (batch)Aug 9, 2026Meta131K$0.17 / $0.75—

Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95BAug 8, 2026 · 2 in the newsAlibaba1M$2.00 / $6.00—

Motif-3Aug 7, 2026 · 1 in the newsMotif Technologies———

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (batch)Jul 31, 2026DeepSeek1M$0.11 / $0.33—

K-EXAONE 2.0Jul 31, 2026LG AI Research———

Inkling Small (batch)Jul 30, 2026Thinking Machines524K$0.50 / $1.20—

Seed-2.0-CodeJul 30, 2026ByteDance Seed262K$0.50 / $3.00—

A.X K2Jul 29, 2026 · 1 in the newsSK Telecom———

Claude Opus 5 (batch)Jul 24, 2026—1M$2.50 / $12.50—

Ling-3.0-flashJul 23, 2026 · 1 in the news—262K$0.06 / $0.18—

Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)Jul 21, 2026Google1M$0.38 / $1.88—

Laguna S 2.1Jul 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsPoolside1M$0.10 / $0.20—

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)Jul 21, 2026Google1M$0.15 / $1.25—

Inkling (batch)Jul 17, 2026Thinking Machines524K$1.00 / $4.05—

Kimi K3 (batch)Jul 16, 2026MoonshotAI1M$3.00 / $15.00—

KAT-Coder-Air V2.5Jul 10, 2026Kwaipilot256K$0.15 / $0.60—

KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5Jul 10, 2026Kwaipilot262K$0.74 / $2.96—

GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (batch)Jul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$1.00 / $6.00—

GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)Jul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$0.10 / $0.60—

GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)Jul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$1.00 / $6.00—

GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)Jul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$0.10 / $0.60—

GPT-5.6 Terra ProJul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$2.00 / $12.00—

GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)Jul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.00—

GPT-5.6 Luna ProJul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$0.20 / $1.20—

GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch)Jul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.00—

GPT-5.6 Sol ProJul 9, 2026 · 1 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $30.00—

SWE-1.7Jul 8, 2026Cognition———

Aion-3.0-MiniJul 7, 2026AionLabs131K$0.70 / $1.40—

Aion-3.0Jul 7, 2026AionLabs131K$3.00 / $6.00—

Tencent Hy3Jul 6, 2026Tencent———

Hy3Jul 6, 2026Tencent262K$0.13 / $0.53—

Laguna XS 2.1Jul 2, 2026Poolside262K$0.06 / $0.12—

Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)Jun 30, 2026Anthropic1M$1.00 / $5.00—

LongCat-2.0Jun 29, 2026 · 2 in the newsMeituan Inc1M$0.30 / $1.20—

Solar Open2 250BJun 28, 2026Upstage———

Fugu UltraJun 24, 2026 · 4 in the newsSakana1M$5.00 / $30.00—

Nex-N2-MiniJun 24, 2026Nex AGI262K$0.03 / $0.10—

GLM 5.2 (batch)Jun 16, 2026Z.ai1M$0.70 / $2.20—

Kimi K2.7 Code (batch)Jun 12, 2026MoonshotAI262K$0.95 / $4.00—

Claude Fable 5 (batch)Jun 9, 2026Anthropic1M$5.00 / $25.00—

Claude Mythos 5Jun 9, 2026 · 7 in the newsAnthropic———

Nex-N2-ProJun 8, 2026Nex AGI262K$0.25 / $1.00—

Nemotron 3 UltraJun 4, 2026 · 1 in the newsNVIDIA———

MAI-Code-1-FlashJun 2, 2026Microsoft———

MAI-Image-2.5Jun 2, 2026Microsoft———

MiniMax M3 (batch)May 31, 2026MiniMax524K$0.30 / $1.20—

Grok Build 0.1May 29, 2026xAI256K$1.00 / $2.00—

Step 3.7 FlashMay 29, 2026StepFun262K$0.20 / $1.15—

Command A+May 20, 2026 · 6 in the newsCohere,Cohere Labs (formerly Cohere for AI)256K$2.50 / $10.00—

Qwen3.7-MaxMay 19, 2026Alibaba1M$1.48 / $4.42—

Composer 2.5May 18, 2026Cursor———

Ring-2.6-1TMay 14, 2026Ant Group262K$0.07 / $0.63—

Perceptron Mk1May 12, 2026Perceptron33K$0.15 / $1.50—

TML-Interaction-SmallMay 11, 2026Thinking Machines———

GPT-5.5 CyberMay 7, 2026OpenAI———

GPT-5.5 InstantMay 5, 2026OpenAI———

Granite 4.1 30BApr 29, 2026IBM———

Laguna XS.2Apr 28, 2026Poolside———

Laguna M.1Apr 28, 2026Poolside———

Tencent Hy3 previewApr 23, 2026Tencent———

GPT Image 2Apr 21, 2026 · 3 in the newsOpenAI———

Grok 4.3 BetaApr 17, 2026xAI———

Gemini Flash 3.1 TTSApr 15, 2026Google DeepMind———

Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6Apr 14, 2026 · 2 in the newsGoogle———

GPT-5.4-CyberApr 14, 2026OpenAI———

EXAONE 4.5Apr 9, 2026LG AI Research———

Muse SparkApr 8, 2026 · 3 in the newsMeta AI———

Claude Mythos PreviewApr 7, 2026 · 3 in the newsAnthropic———

MolmoAct 2Apr 5, 2026Allen Institute for AI,University of Washington,National University of Singapore,University of Pennsylvania,Johns Hopkins University,Amazon,Cortex AI———

Gemma 4 26B A4BApr 2, 2026Google DeepMind———

Trinity Large ThinkingApr 1, 2026Arcee AI262K$0.25 / $0.80—

Qwen3.5-Omni-PlusMar 29, 2026Alibaba———

Qwen3.5-Omni-FlashMar 29, 2026Alibaba———

Composer 2Mar 19, 2026Cursor———

MiMo-V2-ProMar 18, 2026Xiaomi Corp———

Mistral Small 4Mar 16, 2026 · 1 in the newsMistral AI———

Nemotron 3 SuperMar 11, 2026 · 1 in the newsNVIDIA———

Gemini 3.0 Flash-liteMar 3, 2026Google DeepMind———

SWE 1.6Mar 1, 2026Cognition———

Qwen 3.5 Flash (hosted 35B-A3B)Feb 25, 2026Alibaba———

Qwen3.5-2BFeb 24, 2026Alibaba———

Qwen3.5-4BFeb 24, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba———

Qwen3.5-27BFeb 24, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.20 / $1.56—

Gemini 3.1 ProFeb 19, 2026 · 3 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———

Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)Feb 16, 2026Alibaba———

Seedance 2.0Feb 12, 2026 · 5 in the newsByteDance———

GPT-5.3-Codex-SparkFeb 12, 2026OpenAI———

Qwen3-Coder-NextFeb 2, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.12 / $0.80—

Frequently asked questions

What is the best AI model for value?

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (DeepSeek) currently ranks first for value on Model Beat, followed by Qwen3.7 Flash and DeepSeek-V4-Flash. 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.