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LLM Pricing Leaderboard

Use this pricing leaderboard to compare the current official vendor API PAYG price ranking. Third-party offers, capability scores and benchmark results remain separate signals.

Data as of 2026-10-22

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LLM Token Price Ranking

This leaderboard orders official prices in USD per one million tokens. Main price fields use only the model vendor's standard PAYG API rate; benchmark capability does not affect the ranking.

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Official output / 1M
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Rank01ModelAMNova MicroAmazonOfficial input / 1M$0.035Official output / 1M$0.14LLMBoard score3.76Context128KOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank02ModelOPGPT-5-NanoOpenAIOfficial input / 1M$0.05Official output / 1M$0.40LLMBoard score28.26Context400KOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank03ModelAMNova LiteAmazonOfficial input / 1M$0.06Official output / 1M$0.24LLMBoard score12.23Context300KOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank04ModelMIPhi 4 Mini ReasoningMicrosoftOfficial input / 1M$0.075Official output / 1M$0.30LLMBoard score11.09ContextN/AOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank05ModelMIPhi 4 MiniMicrosoftOfficial input / 1M$0.075Official output / 1M$0.30LLMBoard scoreN/AContextN/AOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank06ModelMADevstral Small 1.1Mistral AIOfficial input / 1M$0.10Official output / 1M$0.30LLMBoard score14.55Context128KOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank07ModelGOGemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogleOfficial input / 1M$0.10Official output / 1M$0.40LLMBoard score18.16Context1MOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank08ModelOPGPT-4.1-nanoOpenAIOfficial input / 1M$0.10Official output / 1M$0.40LLMBoard score1.29Context1MOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank09ModelMAMin istral 3Mistral AIOfficial input / 1M$0.10Official output / 1M$0.10LLMBoard score18.30Context131.1KOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank10ModelACQwen2.5 Omni 7BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamOfficial input / 1M$0.10Official output / 1M$0.40LLMBoard score8.17ContextN/AOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank11ModelSTStep 3.5 FlashStepFunOfficial input / 1M$0.10Official output / 1M$0.30LLMBoard score58.49Context65.5KOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank12ModelOPGPT-6-LunaOpenAIOfficial input / 1M$0.10Official output / 1M$0.50LLMBoard score70.75Context1.1MOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank13ModelMAMistral EmbedMistral AIOfficial input / 1M$0.10Official output / 1MN/ALLMBoard scoreN/AContext8KOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank14ModelUPSolar Mini 4UpstageOfficial input / 1M$0.10Official output / 1M$0.40LLMBoard score54.37Context524.3KOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank15ModelANClaude Haiku 5.5AnthropicOfficial input / 1M$0.10Official output / 1M$0.50LLMBoard score80.56Context1MOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank16ModelINMercury 3InceptionOfficial input / 1M$0.10Official output / 1M$0.35LLMBoard score58.95Context1MOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank17ModelZAGLM 4.5 AirZhipu AIOfficial input / 1M$0.1195Official output / 1M$0.8964LLMBoard score39.90ContextN/AOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank18ModelZAGLM 5.3 FlashZhipu AIOfficial input / 1M$0.1195Official output / 1M$0.4183LLMBoard score81.34Context1MOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank19ModelMIPhi 4MicrosoftOfficial input / 1M$0.125Official output / 1M$0.50LLMBoard score6.44Context16.4KOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank20ModelMIPhi 4 ReasoningMicrosoftOfficial input / 1M$0.125Official output / 1M$0.50LLMBoard score19.75ContextN/AOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank21ModelMIPhi 4 Reasoning PlusMicrosoftOfficial input / 1M$0.125Official output / 1M$0.50LLMBoard score24.56ContextN/AOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank22ModelXIMiMoXiaomiOfficial input / 1M$0.14Official output / 1M$0.28LLMBoard score60.09Context1MOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank23ModelXIMiMo V2 OmniXiaomiOfficial input / 1M$0.14Official output / 1M$0.28LLMBoard score48.88Context262KOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank24ModelXIMiMo V2 FlashXiaomiOfficial input / 1M$0.14Official output / 1M$0.28LLMBoard score49.97Context256KOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank25ModelXIMiMo V2.6 FlashXiaomiOfficial input / 1M$0.14Official output / 1M$0.28LLMBoard score74.68Context1MOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank26ModelACQwen2.5 Coder 7BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamOfficial input / 1M$0.144Official output / 1M$0.287LLMBoard scoreN/AContextN/AOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank27ModelDEDeepSeek-V4-FlashDeepSeekOfficial input / 1M$0.15Official output / 1M$0.60LLMBoard score71.90Context1MOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank28ModelOPGPT-4o-miniOpenAIOfficial input / 1M$0.15Official output / 1M$0.60LLMBoard score5.10Context128KOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank29ModelMAMinistral 3Mistral AIOfficial input / 1M$0.15Official output / 1M$0.15LLMBoard score26.97Context262.1KOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026
Rank30ModelMAMistral NemoMistral AIOfficial input / 1M$0.15Official output / 1M$0.15LLMBoard scoreN/AContext131.1KOfficial updatedOct 23, 2026

Official prices never fall back to third-party offers. Unavailable official prices display as N/A; third-party rates always retain their provider label.

LLM Pricing Leaderboard Overview

Official PAYG leaderboard leaders and useful context thresholds from the current price ranking.

Capability at each price point

Official price and benchmark-backed capability are shown together for selection, but remain separate from the pricing leaderboard ranking.

020406080100$0.05$0.1$0.2$0.5$1.0$2.0$5.0$10LLMBoard scoreOfficial API price blend (8:1 input/output), USD / 1M
Efficient frontier149 models with official PAYG prices

LLM Price Structure

Input/output relationships, availability and price bands explain the catalog behind this leaderboard.

-$59.890$120.1$300.1$480.0$660.0$0.018$0.203$2.3$25.9$292.9PPOfficial output / 1MOfficial input / 1M
159 models with comparable dataOpen a model by selecting its logo

The Top AI Models for LLM Token Pricing

The five lowest current official input prices in the leaderboard, with benchmark capability and runtime shown as independent context where available.

About model pricing

Common questions about the pricing leaderboard, its ranking and related benchmark data.

Which model has the lowest official input price?

Nova Micro has the lowest current official vendor API input price in this response.

What are the three lowest official input prices?

The current lowest-price entries are Nova Micro ($0.04 per 1M input tokens), GPT-5-Nano ($0.05 per 1M input tokens), and Nova Lite ($0.06 per 1M input tokens).

Which model has the lowest official output price?

Min istral 3 has the lowest current official output price at $0.10 per 1M tokens.

Which affordable models are fastest?

The fastest matched priced models are Min istral 3 (1,222.00 tok/s via Mistral AI), Mercury 3 (1,068.00 tok/s via Inception), and Mercury 2 (1,009.00 tok/s via Inception).

Which model offers the best capability at a price point?

Claude Opus 5.5 sits on the current affordable capability frontier with an LLMBoard score of 99.58 and a blended price of $5.78 per 1M tokens.

Affordable capability frontier

Claude Opus 5.599.58$5.78 blended / 1MClaude Sonnet 5.595.15$2.89 blended / 1MMuse Spark 1.388.95$1.58 blended / 1MGLM 5.384.35$1.53 blended / 1MDeepSeek-V4.183.21$0.20 blended / 1MGLM 5.3 Flash81.34$0.15 blended / 1M

Official input price bands

Below $0.10
5
$0.10-$1
93
$1-$5
48
$5 and above
16

Official price availability

Official PAYG available
159
Official price unavailable
121
Why do some official prices show N/A?

The vendor's official API does not list a positive USD per-million-token PAYG price. Zero values, plans and included access are not treated as standard PAYG prices.

How are third-party prices shown?

The lowest eligible third-party input and output rates appear in separate columns with the provider name. They never replace the official vendor price.

Does a lower price mean a better model?

No. This leaderboard ranks price only. Capability scores and benchmark results are separate signals.

Lowest official inputNova Micro$0.04 / 1M
Lowest official outputMin istral 3$0.10 / 1M
Lowest input with 128K contextNova Micro$0.04 / 1M
Lowest input with 1M contextGemini 2.5 Flash Lite$0.10 / 1M

Ranking basisThis llm token pricing AI model leaderboard uses ascending official vendor PAYG input price per one million tokens. The leaderboard ranking keeps matched price and speed data separate from benchmark evidence.

  1. 01
    AM
    Nova MicroAmazon
    Official input price
    $0.04 / 1M
    Price
    $0.04 input / $0.14 output per 1M tokens

    Strengths

    • Ranks #1 by official input-token price
    • Official output price is $0.14 per 1M tokens
    • 3.76 independent LLMBoard capability score

    Considerations

    • A lower price does not mean higher model capability
  2. 02
    OP
    GPT-5-NanoOpenAI
    Official input price
    $0.05 / 1M
    Price
    $0.05 input / $0.40 output per 1M tokens
    Speed
    Up to 500 tok/s via OpenAI

    Strengths

    • Ranks #2 by official input-token price
    • Official output price is $0.40 per 1M tokens
    • 28.26 independent LLMBoard capability score

    Considerations

    • A lower price does not mean higher model capability
  3. 03
    AM
    Amazon
    Official input price
    $0.06 / 1M
    Price
    $0.06 input / $0.24 output per 1M tokens

    Strengths

    • Ranks #3 by official input-token price
    • Official output price is $0.24 per 1M tokens
    • 12.23 independent LLMBoard capability score

    Considerations

    • A lower price does not mean higher model capability
  4. 04
    MI
    Microsoft
    Official input price
    $0.07 / 1M
    Price
    $0.07 input / $0.30 output per 1M tokens

    Strengths

    • Ranks #4 by official input-token price
    • Official output price is $0.30 per 1M tokens
    • 11.09 independent LLMBoard capability score

    Considerations

    • A lower price does not mean higher model capability
  5. 05
    MI
    Microsoft
    Official input price
    $0.07 / 1M
    Price
    $0.07 input / $0.30 output per 1M tokens

    Strengths

    • Ranks #5 by official input-token price
    • Official output price is $0.30 per 1M tokens
    • 0.00 independent LLMBoard capability score

    Considerations

    • A lower price does not mean higher model capability

Selection summary

Best AI Models for LLM Token Pricing

Nova Micro currently has the lowest official input price at $0.04 / 1M. The best LLM for a budget still depends on output price, capability, context and runtime requirements.

Use this leaderboard with the supporting benchmark results and coverage details above. A leaderboard position summarizes the selected ranking signal; it does not replace workload-specific testing.

Nova Lite
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Phi 4 Mini
Price rank #1Nova Micro$0.04 input / $0.14 output per 1M tokens
Price rank #2GPT-5-NanoUp to 500 tok/s via OpenAI
Price rank #3Nova Lite$0.06 input / $0.24 output per 1M tokens