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 Beta
xAI
2Mcontext
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Cost per 1M Tokens / Flagship Models
All Best Value Models
| Provider | Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Context | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | Nemotron 3 Super 120b A12b | $0.1000 | $0.5000 | 262.1K | 74.0Frontier |
| Stepfun | Step 3.5 Flash | $0.1000 | $0.3000 | 256K | 78.3Frontier |
| 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 | 73.3Frontier | |
| Meta | Llama 3.3 70b Instruct | $0.1000 | $0.3200 | 131.1K | 65.8Frontier |
| Mistral | Mistral 7b Instruct V0.1 | $0.1100 | $0.1900 | 2.8K | 35.5Good |
| Qwen | Qwen 2.5 72b Instruct | $0.1200 | $0.3900 | 32.8K | 62.9Strong |
| xAI | Glm 4.5 Air | $0.1300 | $0.8500 | 131.1K | 75.4Frontier |
| 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 |
| Allenai | Olmo 3.1 32b Think | $0.1500 | $0.5000 | 65.5K | 60.0Strong |
| Mistral | Ministral 8b 2512 | $0.1500 | $0.1500 | 262.1K | 51.2Strong |
| Allenai | Olmo 3 32b Think | $0.1500 | $0.5000 | 65.5K | 63.6Strong |
| 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 |
| Qwen | Qwq 32b | $0.1500 | $0.5800 | 131.1K | 68.9Frontier |
| Cohere | Command R 08 2024 | $0.1500 | $0.6000 | 128K | 53.5Strong |
| 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 35b A3b | $0.1625 | $1.30 | 262.1K | 80.5Frontier |
| Qwen | Qwen3.5 27b | $0.1950 | $1.56 | 262.1K | 81.5Frontier |
| OpenAI | GPT 5.4 Nano | $0.2000 | $1.25 | 400K | 73.8Frontier |
| Minimax | Minimax M2.5 | $0.2000 | $1.17 | 196.6K | 61.8Strong |
| Allenai | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | $0.2000 | $0.6000 | 65.5K | 68.0Frontier |
| 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 |
| Meituan | Longcat Flash Chat | $0.2000 | $0.8000 | 131.1K | 80.4Frontier |
| xAI | Grok Code Fast 1 | $0.2000 | $1.50 | 256K | 42.7Good |
| DeepSeek | Deepseek Chat V3 0324 | $0.2000 | $0.7700 | 163.8K | 84.2Frontier |
| DeepSeek | Deepseek V3.1 Terminus | $0.2100 | $0.7900 | 163.8K | 83.3Frontier |
| Inception | Mercury 2 | $0.2500 | $0.7500 | 128K | 63.6Strong |
| 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 |
| Minimax | Minimax M2 | $0.2550 | $1.00 | 196.6K | 81.3Frontier |
| Qwen | Qwen3.5 122b A10b | $0.2600 | $2.08 | 262.1K | 83.4Frontier |
| DeepSeek | Deepseek V3.2 | $0.2600 | $0.3800 | 163.8K | 84.8Frontier |
| 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 |
| Minimax | Minimax M2.1 | $0.2700 | $0.9500 | 196.6K | 77.9Frontier |
| Nex-agi | Deepseek V3.1 Nex N1 | $0.2700 | $1.00 | 131.1K | 83.6Frontier |
| DeepSeek | Deepseek V3.2 Exp | $0.2700 | $0.4100 | 163.8K | 84.7Frontier |
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