Cheapest models for long replies
Ranked by output rate per 1M tokens. The example uses 1000 input tokens and 2000 output tokens, which is closer to support chat and writing than a short completion.
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| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Long example | 10k requests | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Llama 3.2 1B (Groq) | Groq | 128K | $0.040/1M | $0.040/1M | $0.00012 | $1.2 | Cost |
| 2 | Llama 3.2 3B (Groq) | Groq | 128K | $0.060/1M | $0.060/1M | $0.00018 | $1.8 | Cost |
| 3 | Llama 3.2 3B (Together) | Together AI | 128K | $0.060/1M | $0.060/1M | $0.00018 | $1.8 | Cost |
| 4 | Gemma 7B (Groq) | Groq | 8K | $0.070/1M | $0.070/1M | $0.00021 | $2.1 | Cost |
| 5 | Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) | Groq | 128K | $0.050/1M | $0.080/1M | $0.00021 | $2.1 | Cost |
| 6 | Llama 3.2 3B (Fireworks) | Fireworks | 128K | $0.100/1M | $0.100/1M | $0.0003 | $3.00 | Cost |
| 7 | Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B | 1M | $0.037/1M | $0.150/1M | $0.000337 | $3.37 | Cost | |
| 8 | Command R7B | Cohere | 128K | $0.037/1M | $0.150/1M | $0.000337 | $3.37 | Cost |
| 9 | Ministral 8B | Mistral | 128K | $0.150/1M | $0.150/1M | $0.00045 | $4.5 | Cost |
| 10 | Mistral Nemo | Mistral | 128K | $0.150/1M | $0.150/1M | $0.00045 | $4.5 | Cost |
| 11 | Pixtral 12B | Mistral | 128K | $0.150/1M | $0.150/1M | $0.00045 | $4.5 | Cost |
| 12 | Llama 3.2 11B Vision (Groq) | Groq | 128K | $0.180/1M | $0.180/1M | $0.00054 | $5.4 | Cost |
| 13 | Llama 3.1 8B (Together) | Together AI | 128K | $0.180/1M | $0.180/1M | $0.00054 | $5.4 | Cost |
| 14 | Gemma 2 9B (Groq) | Groq | 8K | $0.200/1M | $0.200/1M | $0.0006 | $6.00 | Cost |
| 15 | Llama Guard 3 8B (Groq) | Groq | 8K | $0.200/1M | $0.200/1M | $0.0006 | $6.00 | Cost |
| 16 | Mistral 7B (Together) | Together AI | 33K | $0.200/1M | $0.200/1M | $0.0006 | $6.00 | Cost |
| 17 | Llama 3.1 8B (Fireworks) | Fireworks | 128K | $0.200/1M | $0.200/1M | $0.0006 | $6.00 | Cost |
| 18 | MythoMax L2 13B (Fireworks) | Fireworks | 4K | $0.200/1M | $0.200/1M | $0.0006 | $6.00 | Cost |
| 19 | Mixtral 8x7B (Groq) | Groq | 33K | $0.240/1M | $0.240/1M | $0.00072 | $7.2 | Cost |
| 20 | Mistral Tiny | Mistral | 33K | $0.250/1M | $0.250/1M | $0.00075 | $7.5 | Cost |
| 21 | DeepSeek Coder | DeepSeek | 128K | $0.140/1M | $0.280/1M | $0.0007 | $7.00 | Cost |
| 22 | DeepSeek VL | DeepSeek | 4K | $0.140/1M | $0.280/1M | $0.0007 | $7.00 | Cost |
| 23 | Gemini 1.5 Flash | 1M | $0.075/1M | $0.300/1M | $0.000675 | $6.75 | Cost | |
| 24 | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | 1M | $0.075/1M | $0.300/1M | $0.000675 | $6.75 | Cost | |
| 25 | Qwen2.5 7B (Together) | Together AI | 33K | $0.300/1M | $0.300/1M | $0.0009 | $9.00 | Cost |
| 26 | Llama 4 Scout (Groq) | Groq | 128K | $0.110/1M | $0.340/1M | $0.00079 | $7.9 | Cost |
| 27 | QwQ 32B (Groq) | Groq | 128K | $0.290/1M | $0.390/1M | $0.00107 | $10.7 | Cost |
| 28 | GPT-5 Nano | OpenAI | 128K | $0.050/1M | $0.400/1M | $0.00085 | $8.5 | Cost |
| 29 | GPT-4.1 Nano | OpenAI | 1M | $0.100/1M | $0.400/1M | $0.0009 | $9.00 | Cost |
| 30 | Gemini 2.0 Flash | 1M | $0.100/1M | $0.400/1M | $0.0009 | $9.00 | Cost | |
| 31 | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | 1M | $0.100/1M | $0.400/1M | $0.0009 | $9.00 | Cost | |
| 32 | Gemma 3 27B | 128K | $0.200/1M | $0.400/1M | $0.001 | $10.00 | Cost | |
| 33 | DeepSeek Chat | DeepSeek | 128K | $0.280/1M | $0.420/1M | $0.00112 | $11.2 | Cost |
| 34 | Grok 2 Mini | xAI | 131K | $0.200/1M | $0.500/1M | $0.0012 | $12.00 | Cost |
| 35 | Grok 3 Mini | xAI | 131K | $0.300/1M | $0.500/1M | $0.0013 | $13.00 | Cost |
| 36 | Qwen3 32B (Groq) | Groq | 131K | $0.290/1M | $0.590/1M | $0.00147 | $14.7 | Cost |
| 37 | GPT-4o mini | OpenAI | 128K | $0.150/1M | $0.600/1M | $0.00135 | $13.5 | Cost |
| 38 | Mistral Small | Mistral | 128K | $0.150/1M | $0.600/1M | $0.00135 | $13.5 | Cost |
| 39 | Command R | Cohere | 128K | $0.150/1M | $0.600/1M | $0.00135 | $13.5 | Cost |
| 40 | Command R (08-2024) | Cohere | 128K | $0.150/1M | $0.600/1M | $0.00135 | $13.5 | Cost |
| 41 | Mistral Saba | Mistral | 33K | $0.200/1M | $0.600/1M | $0.0014 | $14.00 | Cost |
| 42 | DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | DeepSeek | 128K | $0.300/1M | $0.600/1M | $0.0015 | $15.00 | Cost |
| 43 | Command Light | Cohere | 4K | $0.300/1M | $0.600/1M | $0.0015 | $15.00 | Cost |
| 44 | Open Mixtral 8x7B | Mistral | 33K | $0.700/1M | $0.700/1M | $0.0021 | $21.00 | Cost |
| 45 | Llama 3.3 70B (Groq) | Groq | 128K | $0.590/1M | $0.790/1M | $0.00217 | $21.7 | Cost |
| 46 | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B (Together) | Together AI | 33K | $0.800/1M | $0.800/1M | $0.0024 | $24.00 | Cost |
| 47 | Llama 4 Maverick (Together) | Together AI | 1M | $0.270/1M | $0.850/1M | $0.00197 | $19.7 | Cost |
| 48 | Llama 4 Maverick (Fireworks) | Fireworks | 1M | $0.220/1M | $0.880/1M | $0.00198 | $19.8 | Cost |
| 49 | Llama 3.1 70B (Together) | Together AI | 128K | $0.880/1M | $0.880/1M | $0.00264 | $26.4 | Cost |
| 50 | Llama 3.3 70B (Together) | Together AI | 128K | $0.880/1M | $0.880/1M | $0.00264 | $26.4 | Cost |
| 51 | Codestral | Mistral | 256K | $0.300/1M | $0.900/1M | $0.0021 | $21.00 | Cost |
| 52 | DeepSeek R1 (Fireworks) | Fireworks | 128K | $0.900/1M | $0.900/1M | $0.0027 | $27.00 | Cost |
| 53 | DeepSeek V3 (Fireworks) | Fireworks | 128K | $0.900/1M | $0.900/1M | $0.0027 | $27.00 | Cost |
| 54 | Llama 3.1 70B (Fireworks) | Fireworks | 128K | $0.900/1M | $0.900/1M | $0.0027 | $27.00 | Cost |
| 55 | Llama 3.3 70B (Fireworks) | Fireworks | 128K | $0.900/1M | $0.900/1M | $0.0027 | $27.00 | Cost |
| 56 | Mixtral 8x22B (Fireworks) | Fireworks | 66K | $0.900/1M | $0.900/1M | $0.0027 | $27.00 | Cost |
| 57 | Qwen2.5 32B (Fireworks) | Fireworks | 33K | $0.900/1M | $0.900/1M | $0.0027 | $27.00 | Cost |
| 58 | Qwen2.5 72B (Fireworks) | Fireworks | 33K | $0.900/1M | $0.900/1M | $0.0027 | $27.00 | Cost |
| 59 | Llama 3.3 70B SpecDec (Groq) | Groq | 8K | $0.590/1M | $0.990/1M | $0.00257 | $25.7 | Cost |
| 60 | DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B (Groq) | Groq | 128K | $0.750/1M | $0.990/1M | $0.00273 | $27.3 | Cost |
| 61 | DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek | 128K | $0.270/1M | $1.10/1M | $0.00247 | $24.7 | Cost |
| 62 | GPT-5.6 Luna | OpenAI | 1.1M | $0.200/1M | $1.20/1M | $0.0026 | $26.00 | Cost |
| 63 | DeepSeek V4 Flash | DeepSeek | 1M | $0.300/1M | $1.20/1M | $0.0027 | $27.00 | Cost |
| 64 | Mixtral 8x22B (Together) | Together AI | 66K | $1.20/1M | $1.20/1M | $0.0036 | $36.00 | Cost |
| 65 | Qwen2.5 72B (Together) | Together AI | 33K | $1.20/1M | $1.20/1M | $0.0036 | $36.00 | Cost |
| 66 | Claude 3 Haiku | Anthropic | 200K | $0.250/1M | $1.25/1M | $0.00275 | $27.5 | Cost |
| 67 | DeepSeek V3 (Together) | Together AI | 128K | $1.25/1M | $1.25/1M | $0.00375 | $37.5 | Cost |
| 68 | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | 1M | $0.250/1M | $1.50/1M | $0.00325 | $32.5 | Cost | |
| 69 | GPT-3.5 Turbo | OpenAI | 16K | $0.500/1M | $1.50/1M | $0.0035 | $35.00 | Cost |
| 70 | Gemini 1.0 Pro | 33K | $0.500/1M | $1.50/1M | $0.0035 | $35.00 | Cost | |
| 71 | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral | 128K | $0.500/1M | $1.50/1M | $0.0035 | $35.00 | Cost |
| 72 | GPT-4.1 Mini | OpenAI | 1M | $0.400/1M | $1.60/1M | $0.0036 | $36.00 | Cost |
| 73 | GPT-5 Mini | OpenAI | 128K | $0.250/1M | $2.00/1M | $0.00425 | $42.5 | Cost |
| 74 | Command Nightly | Cohere | 128K | $1.00/1M | $2.00/1M | $0.005 | $50.00 | Cost |
| 75 | DeepSeek R1 | DeepSeek | 128K | $0.550/1M | $2.19/1M | $0.00493 | $49.3 | Cost |
| 76 | DeepSeek Reasoner | DeepSeek | 128K | $0.550/1M | $2.19/1M | $0.00493 | $49.3 | Cost |
| 77 | Gemini 2.5 Flash | 1M | $0.300/1M | $2.50/1M | $0.0053 | $53.00 | Cost | |
| 78 | Grok 3 | xAI | 131K | $1.25/1M | $2.50/1M | $0.00625 | $62.5 | Cost |
| 79 | Grok 4 | xAI | 256K | $1.25/1M | $2.50/1M | $0.00625 | $62.5 | Cost |
| 80 | Grok 4 Fast | xAI | 256K | $1.25/1M | $2.50/1M | $0.00625 | $62.5 | Cost |
| 81 | Gemini 3 Flash | 1M | $0.500/1M | $3.00/1M | $0.0065 | $65.00 | Cost | |
| 82 | Gemini 3.8 Flash | 1.0M | $0.750/1M | $3.75/1M | $0.00825 | $82.5 | Cost | |
| 83 | DeepSeek V4 Pro | DeepSeek | 1M | $1.32/1M | $3.96/1M | $0.00924 | $92.4 | Cost |
| 84 | Claude 3.5 Haiku | Anthropic | 200K | $0.800/1M | $4.00/1M | $0.0088 | $88.00 | Cost |
| 85 | o1-mini | OpenAI | 128K | $1.10/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.0099 | $99.00 | Cost |
| 86 | o3-mini | OpenAI | 200K | $1.10/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.0099 | $99.00 | Cost |
| 87 | o4-mini | OpenAI | 200K | $1.10/1M | $4.40/1M | $0.0099 | $99.00 | Cost |
| 88 | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | 200K | $1.00/1M | $5.00/1M | $0.011 | $110.00 | Cost |
| 89 | Gemini 1.5 Pro | 2M | $1.25/1M | $5.00/1M | $0.01125 | $112.5 | Cost | |
| 90 | Gemini 2.0 Pro Exp | 2M | $1.25/1M | $5.00/1M | $0.01125 | $112.5 | Cost | |
| 91 | Grok 4.6 | xAI | 500K | $2.00/1M | $6.00/1M | $0.014 | $140.00 | Cost |
| 92 | Mistral Large (2407) | Mistral | 128K | $2.00/1M | $6.00/1M | $0.014 | $140.00 | Cost |
| 93 | Open Mixtral 8x22B | Mistral | 66K | $2.00/1M | $6.00/1M | $0.014 | $140.00 | Cost |
| 94 | DeepSeek R1 (Together) | Together AI | 128K | $3.00/1M | $7.00/1M | $0.017 | $170.00 | Cost |
| 95 | Mistral Medium 3 | Mistral | 128K | $1.50/1M | $7.50/1M | $0.0165 | $165.00 | Cost |
| 96 | GPT-4.1 | OpenAI | 1M | $2.00/1M | $8.00/1M | $0.018 | $180.00 | Cost |
| 97 | GPT-4.1 (2025-04-14) | OpenAI | 1M | $2.00/1M | $8.00/1M | $0.018 | $180.00 | Cost |
| 98 | o3 | OpenAI | 200K | $2.00/1M | $8.00/1M | $0.018 | $180.00 | Cost |
| 99 | GPT-5 | OpenAI | 400K | $1.25/1M | $10.00/1M | $0.02125 | $212.5 | Cost |
| 100 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | 1M | $1.25/1M | $10.00/1M | $0.02125 | $212.5 | Cost | |
| 101 | Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | 1M | $2.00/1M | $10.00/1M | $0.022 | $220.00 | Cost |
| 102 | Grok 2 | xAI | 131K | $2.00/1M | $10.00/1M | $0.022 | $220.00 | Cost |
| 103 | Grok 2 Vision | xAI | 33K | $2.00/1M | $10.00/1M | $0.022 | $220.00 | Cost |
| 104 | GPT-4o | OpenAI | 128K | $2.50/1M | $10.00/1M | $0.0225 | $225.00 | Cost |
| 105 | GPT-4o (2024-08-06) | OpenAI | 128K | $2.50/1M | $10.00/1M | $0.0225 | $225.00 | Cost |
| 106 | Command A | Cohere | 256K | $2.50/1M | $10.00/1M | $0.0225 | $225.00 | Cost |
| 107 | Command R+ | Cohere | 128K | $2.50/1M | $10.00/1M | $0.0225 | $225.00 | Cost |
| 108 | Command R+ (08-2024) | Cohere | 128K | $2.50/1M | $10.00/1M | $0.0225 | $225.00 | Cost |
| 109 | GPT-5.6 Terra | OpenAI | 1.1M | $2.00/1M | $12.00/1M | $0.026 | $260.00 | Cost |
| 110 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | 1M | $2.00/1M | $12.00/1M | $0.026 | $260.00 | Cost | |
| 111 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Anthropic | 200K | $3.00/1M | $15.00/1M | $0.033 | $330.00 | Cost |
| 112 | Claude 3 Sonnet | Anthropic | 200K | $3.00/1M | $15.00/1M | $0.033 | $330.00 | Cost |
| 113 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | 1M | $3.00/1M | $15.00/1M | $0.033 | $330.00 | Cost |
| 114 | ChatGPT-4o Latest | OpenAI | 128K | $5.00/1M | $15.00/1M | $0.035 | $350.00 | Cost |
| 115 | Grok Beta | xAI | 131K | $5.00/1M | $15.00/1M | $0.035 | $350.00 | Cost |
| 116 | Grok Vision Beta | xAI | 8K | $5.00/1M | $15.00/1M | $0.035 | $350.00 | Cost |
| 117 | GPT-5.6 Sol | OpenAI | 1.1M | $4.00/1M | $20.00/1M | $0.044 | $440.00 | Cost |
| 118 | Claude 2.1 | Anthropic | 200K | $8.00/1M | $24.00/1M | $0.056 | $560.00 | Cost |
| 119 | Claude Opus 5 | Anthropic | 1M | $5.00/1M | $25.00/1M | $0.055 | $550.00 | Cost |
| 120 | Claude Opus 4.6 | Anthropic | 1M | $5.00/1M | $25.00/1M | $0.055 | $550.00 | Cost |
| 121 | Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | 1M | $5.00/1M | $25.00/1M | $0.055 | $550.00 | Cost |
| 122 | GPT-4 Turbo | OpenAI | 128K | $10.00/1M | $30.00/1M | $0.07 | $700.00 | Cost |
| 123 | GPT-6 Astra | OpenAI | 1.1M | $10.00/1M | $50.00/1M | $0.11 | $1100.00 | Cost |
| 124 | Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | 1M | $10.00/1M | $50.00/1M | $0.11 | $1100.00 | Cost |
| 125 | o1 | OpenAI | 200K | $15.00/1M | $60.00/1M | $0.135 | $1350.00 | Cost |
| 126 | o1-preview | OpenAI | 128K | $15.00/1M | $60.00/1M | $0.135 | $1350.00 | Cost |
| 127 | GPT-4 | OpenAI | 8K | $30.00/1M | $60.00/1M | $0.15 | $1500.00 | Cost |
| 128 | Claude 3 Opus | Anthropic | 200K | $15.00/1M | $75.00/1M | $0.165 | $1650.00 | Cost |
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Pricing rank FAQ
- Why rank by output?
- Long answers are billed on output tokens, which are usually more expensive than input. A cheap input rate can still be a costly chat model.
- What is the long example?
- 1000 input tokens and 2000 output tokens at standard rates, no cache and no batch.
- Can I change the mix?
- Yes. Open Cost on any row and set your own output size and monthly volume.