Best Value Models
Best Value LLMs: Highest Quality per Dollar in 2026
Which LLM gives you the most intelligence per dollar? We calculate a value score combining LiveBench quality benchmarks with API pricing. These models deliver strong reasoning, coding, and writing performance without the premium price tag. The smart choice for teams optimizing their AI spend.
Top Picks
Most Capable
GPT 4
OpenAI
$30.00/1M input
Largest Context
Grok 4.20 Multi Agent
xAI
2Mcontext
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Cost per 1M Tokens / Flagship Models
All Best Value Models
| Provider | Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Context | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepfun | Step 3.5 Flash | $0.1000 | $0.3000 | 262.1K | 79.2Frontier |
| NVIDIA | Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b V1.5 | $0.1000 | $0.4000 | 131.1K | 70.1Frontier |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 | $0.1000 | $0.4000 | 1.0M | 40.8Good | |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | $0.1000 | $0.4000 | 1.0M | 40.9Good | |
| OpenAI | GPT 4.1 Nano | $0.1000 | $0.4000 | 1.0M | 66.3Frontier |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash 001 | $0.1000 | $0.4000 | 1.0M | 73.2Frontier | |
| Meta | Llama 3.3 70b Instruct | $0.1000 | $0.3200 | 131.1K | 65.7Frontier |
| Mistral | Mistral 7b Instruct V0.1 | $0.1100 | $0.1900 | 2.8K | 35.4Good |
| Gemma 4 31b It | $0.1300 | $0.3800 | 262.1K | 62.4Strong | |
| xAI | Glm 4.5 Air | $0.1300 | $0.8500 | 131.1K | 75.5Frontier |
| Nex-agi | Deepseek V3.1 Nex N1 | $0.1350 | $0.5000 | 131.1K | 83.5Frontier |
| DeepSeek | Deepseek V4 Flash | $0.1400 | $0.2800 | 1.0M | 68.9Frontier |
| Qwen | Qwen3.5 35b A3b | $0.1400 | $1.00 | 262.1K | 79.8Frontier |
| Qwen | Qwen3 235b A22b Thinking 2507 | $0.1495 | $1.50 | 131.1K | 52.2Strong |
| Mistral | Mistral Small 2603 | $0.1500 | $0.6000 | 262.1K | 72.7Frontier |
| Minimax | Minimax M2.5 | $0.1500 | $1.15 | 196.6K | 61.8Strong |
| Arcee-ai | Trinity Large Preview | $0.1500 | $0.4500 | 131K | 75.9Frontier |
| Mistral | Ministral 8b 2512 | $0.1500 | $0.1500 | 262.1K | 51.2Strong |
| Allenai | Olmo 3 32b Think | $0.1500 | $0.5000 | 65.5K | 63.4Strong |
| DeepSeek | Deepseek Chat V3.1 | $0.1500 | $0.7500 | 32.8K | 84.5Frontier |
| OpenAI | GPT 4o Mini Search Preview | $0.1500 | $0.6000 | 128K | 65.6Frontier |
| Cohere | Command R 08 2024 | $0.1500 | $0.6000 | 128K | 53.4Strong |
| OpenAI | GPT 4o Mini 2024 07 18 | $0.1500 | $0.6000 | 128K | 65.6Frontier |
| OpenAI | GPT 4o Mini | $0.1500 | $0.6000 | 128K | 65.6Frontier |
| Qwen | Qwen3.5 27b | $0.1950 | $1.56 | 262.1K | 81.5Frontier |
| OpenAI | GPT 5.4 Nano | $0.2000 | $1.25 | 400K | 73.8Frontier |
| Prime-intellect | Intellect 3 | $0.2000 | $1.10 | 131.1K | 72.6Frontier |
| xAI | Grok 4.1 Fast | $0.2000 | $0.5000 | 2M | 62.5Strong |
| Qwen | Qwen3 Vl 235b A22b Instruct | $0.2000 | $0.8800 | 262.1K | 79.6Frontier |
| xAI | Grok 4 Fast | $0.2000 | $0.5000 | 2M | 63.1Strong |
| xAI | Grok Code Fast 1 | $0.2000 | $1.50 | 256K | 42.7Good |
| DeepSeek | Deepseek Chat V3 0324 | $0.2000 | $0.7700 | 163.8K | 84.3Frontier |
| Arcee-ai | Trinity Large Thinking | $0.2200 | $0.8500 | 262.1K | 76.8Frontier |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | $0.2500 | $1.50 | 1.0M | 62.2Strong | |
| Inception | Mercury 2 | $0.2500 | $0.7500 | 128K | 70.8Frontier |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | $0.2500 | $1.50 | 1.0M | 62.2Strong | |
| OpenAI | GPT 5.1 Codex Mini | $0.2500 | $2.00 | 400K | 46.1Good |
| OpenAI | GPT 5 Mini | $0.2500 | $2.00 | 400K | 68.0Frontier |
| Anthropic | Claude 3 Haiku | $0.2500 | $1.25 | 200K | 55.4Strong |
| DeepSeek | Deepseek V3.2 | $0.2520 | $0.3780 | 131.1K | 84.7Frontier |
| Minimax | Minimax M2 | $0.2550 | $1.00 | 196.6K | 81.6Frontier |
| Qwen | Qwen3.5 122b A10b | $0.2600 | $2.08 | 262.1K | 83.6Frontier |
| Qwen | Qwen3 Vl 235b A22b Thinking | $0.2600 | $2.60 | 131.1K | 83.1Frontier |
| Qwen | Qwen Plus 2025 07 28:Thinking | $0.2600 | $0.7800 | 1M | 70.7Frontier |
| Qwen | Qwen Plus 2025 07 28 | $0.2600 | $0.7800 | 1M | 70.7Frontier |
| Qwen | Qwen Plus | $0.2600 | $0.7800 | 1M | 70.7Frontier |
| DeepSeek | Deepseek V3.2 Exp | $0.2700 | $0.4100 | 163.8K | 84.7Frontier |
| DeepSeek | Deepseek V3.1 Terminus | $0.2700 | $0.9500 | 163.8K | 83.4Frontier |
| Minimax | Minimax M2.1 | $0.2900 | $0.9500 | 196.6K | 77.7Frontier |
| Minimax | Minimax M2.7 | $0.3000 | $1.20 | 196.6K | 66.7Frontier |
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