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.

Newest Overall Coding Math Reasoning & Knowledge Agentic & Tools Value

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

Multimodal182 models

gpt-oss-120bAug 5, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.04 / $0.171358.6

Gemma 4 31B ITApr 2, 2026Google DeepMind262K$0.10 / $0.35630.5

GPT-5 nanoAug 7, 2025OpenAI400K$0.05 / $0.40626.0

DeepSeek-V3.2Dec 1, 2025 · 1 in the newsDeepSeek164K$0.25 / $0.42436.3

DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpSep 29, 2025DeepSeek164K$0.27 / $0.41426.1

MiniMax-M2.5Feb 12, 2026MiniMax205K$0.15 / $0.90280.2

Qwen 3.6 35B-A3BApr 14, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.10 / $1.00260.6

MiniMax-M2.7Mar 18, 2026 · 1 in the newsMiniMax205K$0.25 / $1.00233.1

DeepSeek-V4-ProApr 24, 2026 · 6 in the newsDeepSeek1M$0.43 / $0.87227.9

Qwen 3.6 FlashApr 27, 2026Alibaba1M$0.19 / $1.13219.7

GPT-5.4 NanoMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.20 / $1.25202.2

MiniMax-M3Jun 1, 2026MiniMax1M$0.30 / $1.20196.0

Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteMar 3, 2026 · 2 in the newsGoogle1M$0.25 / $1.50164.9

Qwen 3.6 PlusApr 1, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba1M$0.33 / $1.95131.1

GPT-5 miniAug 7, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.00129.6

Kimi K2.5Feb 2, 2026 · 15 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.38 / $2.02123.5

GLM-4.7Dec 22, 2025 · 7 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)205K$0.60 / $2.20102.7

GLM-4.6Sep 30, 2025 · 4 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University205K$0.55 / $2.20102.6

Gemini 2.5 FlashSep 25, 2025 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.30 / $2.50102.3

GLM-5Feb 17, 2026 · 25 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)205K$0.70 / $2.2499.6

Kimi K2Sep 5, 2025 · 17 in the newsMoonshot131K$0.57 / $2.3097.9

Kimi K2 ThinkingNov 6, 2025 · 6 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.60 / $2.5094.2

Grok 4.20Feb 17, 2026xAI2M$1.25 / $2.5081.4

GLM-5.1Apr 7, 2026 · 7 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)205K$0.98 / $3.0874.1

Kimi K2.6Apr 20, 2026 · 11 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.70 / $3.5071.9

Kimi K2.7 CodeJun 12, 2026Moonshot262K$0.86 / $3.8064.3

Qwen3-MaxSep 5, 2025 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.78 / $3.9061.5

Qwen 3.7 MaxMay 19, 2026 · 4 in the newsAlibaba1M$1.25 / $3.7561.2

GLM-5.2Jun 16, 2026 · 16 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)1M$1.10 / $4.1058.2

GPT-5.4 MiniMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.75 / $4.5056.7

Claude Haiku 4.5Oct 15, 2025 · 1 in the newsAnthropic200K$1.00 / $5.0047.6

GPT-5.6 LunaJul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$1.00 / $6.0044.4

Qwen 3.6 Max (Preview)Apr 20, 2026 · 2 in the newsAlibaba262K$1.04 / $6.2441.1

Grok 4.5Jul 8, 2026 · 2 in the newsxAI500K$2.00 / $6.0038.4

Gemini 3.5 FlashMay 19, 2026 · 4 in the newsGoogle1M$1.50 / $9.0029.5

GPT-5Aug 7, 2025 · 41 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0026.7

GPT-5.1Nov 13, 2025 · 7 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0026.6

Claude Sonnet 5Jun 30, 2026 · 3 in the newsAnthropic1M$2.00 / $10.0025.6

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-5.6 TerraJul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.0018.1

GPT-5.4Mar 5, 2026 · 9 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.0017.8

Kimi K3Jul 16, 2026 · 19 in the newsMoonshot1M$3.00 / $15.0017.3

Claude Sonnet 4.6Feb 17, 2026 · 3 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.0017.0

Claude Sonnet 4.5Sep 29, 2025 · 4 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.0016.3

Claude Opus 5Jul 24, 2026 · 9 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0010.6

Claude Opus 4.8May 28, 2026 · 4 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 · 1 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0010.4

Claude Opus 4.5Nov 24, 2025Anthropic200K$5.00 / $25.0010.0

GPT-5.6 SolJul 9, 2026 · 13 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $30.009.2

GPT-5.5Apr 23, 2026 · 25 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $30.009.1

Claude Fable 5Jun 9, 2026 · 40 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, 2026 · 1 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.001.5

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

Qwen3.7 FlashJul 27, 2026Qwen1M$0.03 / $0.13—

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

Ling-3.0-flashJul 23, 2026—262K——

Gemini 3.6 FlashJul 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$1.50 / $7.50—

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

Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)Jul 21, 2026Google1M$0.75 / $3.75—

Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteJul 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.30 / $2.50—

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

LongCat 2.0Jul 20, 2026 · 2 in the newsMeituan1M$0.30 / $1.20—

InklingJul 15, 2026 · 2 in the newsThinking Machines1M$1.00 / $4.05—

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

KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5Jul 10, 2026Kwaipilot256K$0.74 / $2.96—

GPT-5.6 Luna ProJul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$1.00 / $6.00—

Muse Spark 1.1Jul 9, 2026 · 1 in the newsMeta AI1M$1.25 / $4.25—

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

GPT-5.6 Terra ProJul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.00—

SWE-1.7Jul 8, 2026Cognition———

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

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

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—

Solar Open2 250BJun 28, 2026Upstage———

Fugu UltraJun 24, 2026 · 2 in the newsSakana1M$5.00 / $30.00—

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

Claude Mythos 5Jun 9, 2026 · 4 in the newsAnthropic———

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

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

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

MAI-Image-2.5Jun 2, 2026Microsoft———

Qwen3.7-PlusJun 2, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba1M$0.32 / $1.28—

MiniMax M3 (batch)May 31, 2026MiniMax524K$0.15 / $0.60—

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

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

Command A+May 20, 2026 · 4 in the newsCohere256K$2.50 / $10.00—

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———

Granite 4.1 30BApr 29, 2026IBM———

Mistral Medium 3.5Apr 28, 2026 · 2 in the newsMistral AI262K$1.50 / $7.50—

Laguna XS.2Apr 28, 2026Poolside———

Laguna M.1Apr 28, 2026Poolside———

DeepSeek-V4-FlashApr 24, 2026DeepSeek1M$0.13 / $0.28—

Tencent Hy3 previewApr 23, 2026Tencent———

MiMo-V2.5-ProApr 23, 2026Xiaomi Corp1.1M$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———

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

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

Muse SparkApr 8, 2026 · 1 in the newsMeta AI———

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

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

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

Qwen3.5-Omni-PlusMar 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———

Qwen3.5-9BFeb 24, 2026Alibaba262K$0.10 / $0.15—

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

Qwen3.5-122B-A10BFeb 24, 2026Alibaba262K$0.26 / $2.08—

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

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

Qwen3.5 397B-A17BFeb 13, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.39 / $2.45—

Seedance 2.0Feb 12, 2026 · 4 in the newsByteDance———

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

Solar Pro 3Jan 27, 2026Upstage128K$0.15 / $0.60—

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$0.30 / $1.20—

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, 2025 · 1 in the newsNVIDIA262K$0.05 / $0.20—

Devstral Small 2Dec 9, 2025Mistral AI———

SIMA 2Dec 4, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———

Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewDec 2, 2025Amazon———

Mistral Large 3Dec 2, 2025 · 2 in the newsMistral AI———

DeepSeekMath-V2Nov 27, 2025DeepSeek———

Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro)Nov 20, 2025Google DeepMind———

Olmo 3Nov 20, 2025 · 1 in the newsAllen Institute for AI———

Grok 4.1 FastNov 19, 2025xAI———

GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxNov 19, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00—

Cogito v2.1Nov 19, 2025Deep Cogito———

Gemini 3 ProNov 18, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———

π0.6 (pi-0.6)Nov 17, 2025Physical Intelligence———

Grok 4.1Nov 17, 2025xAI———

P1-235B-A22BNov 17, 2025Shanghai AI Lab———

GPT-5.1 InstantNov 13, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI———

GPT-5.1-CodexNov 12, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00—

GPT-5.1-Codex-miniNov 12, 2025OpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.00—

Meta's Generative Ads Model (GEM)Nov 10, 2025Meta AI———

Tongyi DeepResearchOct 28, 2025Alibaba———

MiniMax-M2Oct 27, 2025MiniMax205K$0.30 / $1.20—

Veo 3.1Oct 15, 2025 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———

Ling-1TOct 10, 2025Ant Group———

Sora 2.0Sep 30, 2025OpenAI———

Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteSep 25, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.10 / $0.40—

Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5Sep 25, 2025Google DeepMind———

Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3BSep 22, 2025Alibaba———

Grok 4 FastSep 19, 2025xAI———

Magistral Small 1.2Sep 18, 2025Mistral AI———

Magistral Medium 1.2Sep 18, 2025Mistral AI———

AgentFounder-30BSep 16, 2025Alibaba———

GPT‑5-CodexSep 15, 2025OpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00—

LongCat-FlashSep 1, 2025Meituan Inc———

Qwen3-235B-A22B (Jul 2025)Sep 1, 2025Alibaba———

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)Aug 26, 2025Google———

DeepSeek-V3.1Aug 21, 2025DeepSeek———

gpt-oss-20bAug 5, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.03 / $0.14—

GLM-4.5Aug 5, 2025 · 9 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University131K$0.60 / $2.20—

Qwen ImageAug 4, 2025 · 7 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-Coder-480B-A35BJul 31, 2025Alibaba———

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 Gemma 4 31B IT and GPT-5 nano. 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.