Models for AI Agents
Best LLMs for AI Agents: Tool Use, Context, and Pricing
Building an AI agent? You need a model that supports tool use (function calling), has a large context window for maintaining conversation state, and won't drain your budget on long-running agentic loops. We compare every model that fits — from Claude to GPT to Gemini — ranked by capability and cost. Deploy your agent on OpenClaw for $33/mo flat.
Top Picks
Most Capable
GPT 5.4 Pro
OpenAI
$30.00/1M input
Largest Context
Llama 4 Scout
Meta
10Mcontext
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Cost per 1M Tokens / Flagship Models
All Models for AI Agents
| Provider | Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Context | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusionai | Ling 2.6 Flash | $0.0100 | $0.0300 | 262.1K | N/A |
| Meta | Llama 3.1 8b Instruct | $0.0200 | $0.0300 | 131.1K | N/A |
| Mistral | Mistral Nemo | $0.0200 | $0.0300 | 131.1K | N/A |
| OpenAI | GPT Oss 20b | $0.0290 | $0.1400 | 131.1K | N/A |
| Amazon | Nova Micro V1 | $0.0350 | $0.1400 | 128K | N/A |
| OpenAI | GPT Oss 120b | $0.0390 | $0.1800 | 131.1K | 47.7Good |
| Qwen | Qwen 2.5 7b Instruct | $0.0400 | $0.1000 | 131.1K | N/A |
| Arcee-ai | Trinity Mini | $0.0450 | $0.1500 | 131.1K | N/A |
| Qwen | Qwen3 30b A3b Instruct 2507 | $0.0482 | $0.1931 | 131.1K | 38.2Good |
| Ibm-granite | Granite 4.1 8b | $0.0500 | $0.1000 | 131.1K | N/A |
| NVIDIA | Nemotron 3 Nano 30b A3b | $0.0500 | $0.2000 | 262.1K | N/A |
| OpenAI | GPT 5 Nano | $0.0500 | $0.4000 | 400K | 49.9Good |
| Qwen | Qwen3 8b | $0.0500 | $0.4000 | 131.1K | N/A |
| Gemma 3 12b It | $0.0500 | $0.1500 | 131.1K | N/A | |
| Gemma 4 26b A4b It | $0.0600 | $0.3300 | 262.1K | N/A | |
| xAI | Glm 4.7 Flash | $0.0600 | $0.4000 | 202.8K | N/A |
| Amazon | Nova Lite V1 | $0.0600 | $0.2400 | 300K | N/A |
| Tencent | Hy3 Preview | $0.0630 | $0.2100 | 262.1K | N/A |
| Qwen | Qwen3.5 Flash 02 23 | $0.0650 | $0.2600 | 1M | N/A |
| Qwen | Qwen3 Coder 30b A3b Instruct | $0.0700 | $0.2700 | 160K | N/A |
| Inclusionai | Ring 2.6 1t | $0.0750 | $0.6250 | 262.1K | N/A |
| Inclusionai | Ling 2.6 1t | $0.0750 | $0.6250 | 262.1K | N/A |
| Bytedance-seed | Seed 1.6 Flash | $0.0750 | $0.3000 | 262.1K | N/A |
| OpenAI | GPT Oss Safeguard 20b | $0.0750 | $0.3000 | 131.1K | N/A |
| Mistral | Mistral Small 3.2 24b Instruct | $0.0750 | $0.2000 | 128K | N/A |
| Qwen | Qwen3 Vl 8b Instruct | $0.0800 | $0.5000 | 256K | N/A |
| Qwen | Qwen3 30b A3b Thinking 2507 | $0.0800 | $0.4000 | 131.1K | 38.2Good |
| Qwen | Qwen3 32b | $0.0800 | $0.2800 | 131.1K | 42.2Good |
| Gemma 3 27b It | $0.0800 | $0.1600 | 131.1K | N/A | |
| DeepSeek | Deepseek V4 Flash | $0.0900 | $0.1800 | 1.0M | 68.9Frontier |
| NVIDIA | Nemotron 3 Super 120b A12b | $0.0900 | $0.4500 | 1M | N/A |
| Stepfun | Step 3.5 Flash | $0.0900 | $0.3000 | 262.1K | N/A |
| Qwen | Qwen3 Next 80b A3b Instruct | $0.0900 | $1.10 | 262.1K | 50.7Strong |
| Qwen | Qwen3 235b A22b 2507 | $0.0900 | $0.1000 | 262.1K | 52.2Strong |
| Qwen | Qwen3 Next 80b A3b Thinking | $0.0975 | $0.7800 | 262.1K | 50.7Strong |
| Poolside | Laguna Xs.2 | $0.1000 | $0.2000 | 262.1K | N/A |
| Qwen | Qwen3.5 9b | $0.1000 | $0.1500 | 262.1K | N/A |
| Bytedance-seed | Seed 2.0 Mini | $0.1000 | $0.4000 | 262.1K | N/A |
| Mistral | Ministral 3b 2512 | $0.1000 | $0.1000 | 131.1K | N/A |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 | $0.1000 | $0.4000 | 1.0M | 40.8Good | |
| Qwen | Qwen3 235b A22b Thinking 2507 | $0.1000 | $0.1000 | 262.1K | 52.2Strong |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | $0.1000 | $0.4000 | 1.0M | 40.9Good | |
| Qwen | Qwen3 14b | $0.1000 | $0.2400 | 131.7K | N/A |
| OpenAI | GPT 4.1 Nano | $0.1000 | $0.4000 | 1.0M | N/A |
| Meta | Llama 4 Scout | $0.1000 | $0.3000 | 10M | N/A |
| Meta | Llama 3.3 70b Instruct | $0.1000 | $0.3200 | 131.1K | N/A |
| Qwen | Qwen3 Vl 32b Instruct | $0.1040 | $0.4160 | 262.1K | N/A |
| Xiaomi | Mimo V2.5 | $0.1050 | $0.2800 | 1.0M | N/A |
| Qwen | Qwen3 Coder Next | $0.1100 | $0.8000 | 262.1K | N/A |
| Qwen | Qwen3 Vl 8b Thinking | $0.1170 | $1.36 | 256K | N/A |
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