Cheapest models
Ranked by blended API price (75% input + 25% output, USD per 1M tokens). Free promotional listings excluded.
Ranked by blended API price (75% input + 25% output, USD per 1M tokens). Free promotional listings excluded. Source: OpenRouter. Variants (reasoning effort, batch) are folded into one row.
| # | Model | Capability | Reasoning | Coding | Context | $/M | Weights | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | MiMo-V2.6-ProNEWXiaomi | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.54 | Open | 21 Sep 2026 |
| 152 | Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba (Qwen) | 147.4 | 87.9 | — | 1M | $0.56 | Closed | 2 Jun 2026 |
| 153 | Gemini 3 Flash PreviewbatchGoogle · +1 variant | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.56 | — | 17 Dec 2025 |
| 154 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.56 | — | 3 Mar 2026 |
| 155 | Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)Google | — | — | — | 66K | $0.56 | — | 30 Jun 2026 |
| 156 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba (Qwen) | — | 84.8 | — | 1M | $0.58 | — | 16 Feb 2026 |
| 157 | GLM 5.3 FlashXNEWZ.ai (Zhipu AI) | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.59 | — | 18 Sep 2026 |
| 158 | Skyfall 36B V2TheDrummer | — | — | — | 33K | $0.61 | Open | 10 Mar 2025 |
| 159 | WizardLM-2 8x22BMicrosoft | — | 43.4 | — | 66K | $0.62 | Open | 16 Apr 2024 |
| 160 | ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47BBaidu | — | — | — | 123K | $0.63 | Open | 30 Jun 2025 |
| 161 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 262K | $0.63 | Open | 23 Sep 2025 |
| 162 | Inkling SmallThinking Machines Lab | 150.1 | — | — | 524K | $0.64 | Open | 15 Jul 2026 |
| 163 | Gemma 2 27BGoogle | 122.1 | 36.5 | — | 8K | $0.65 | Open | 24 Jun 2024 |
| 164 | Qwen3 VL 8B ThinkingAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 131K | $0.66 | Open | 14 Oct 2025 |
| 165 | Llama 3.3 Euryale 70BSao10K | — | — | — | 131K | $0.68 | Open | 18 Dec 2024 |
| 166 | GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI | — | — | — | 400K | $0.69 | — | 13 Nov 2025 |
| 167 | Seed 1.6ByteDance | — | — | — | 262K | $0.69 | — | 23 Dec 2025 |
| 168 | Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance | — | — | — | 262K | $0.69 | — | 10 Mar 2026 |
| 169 | Hermes 3 70B InstructNous Research | — | — | — | 131K | $0.70 | Open | 18 Aug 2024 |
| 170 | Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 262K | $0.71 | Open | 25 Feb 2026 |
| 171 | Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 1M | $0.73 | — | 2 Apr 2026 |
| 172 | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 33K | $0.74 | Open | 11 Nov 2024 |
| 173 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Alibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 131K | $0.75 | Open | 25 Jul 2025 |
| 174 | Gemini 3.6 FlashbatchGoogle · +1 variant | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.75 | — | 21 Jul 2026 |
| 175 | Gemini 3.7 FlashbatchGoogle · +1 variant | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.75 | — | 13 Aug 2026 |
| 176 | Gemini 3.8 FlashNEWbatchGoogle · +1 variant | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.75 | — | 2 Sep 2026 |
| 177 | Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507Alibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 82K | $0.75 | Open | 28 Aug 2025 |
| 178 | Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 262K | $0.75 | Open | 6 Oct 2025 |
| 179 | GLM 4.6Z.ai (Zhipu AI) | — | — | — | 205K | $0.76 | Open | 30 Sep 2025 |
| 180 | Qwen3 235B A22BAlibaba (Qwen) | 139.4 | 70.7 | — | 131K | $0.80 | Open | 28 Apr 2025 |
| 181 | Mistral Medium 3Mistral AI | 134.1 | 59.5 | — | 131K | $0.80 | Closed | 7 May 2025 |
| 182 | Devstral 2 2512Mistral AI | — | — | — | 262K | $0.80 | Open | 9 Dec 2025 |
| 183 | GLM 5.3batchZ.ai (Zhipu AI) · +1 variant | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.84 | Open | 18 Aug 2026 |
| 184 | GPT-5.4 MinibatchOpenAI · +1 variant | — | — | — | 400K | $0.84 | — | 17 Mar 2026 |
| 185 | Llama 3.1 Euryale 70B v2.2Sao10K | — | — | — | 131K | $0.85 | Open | 28 Aug 2024 |
| 186 | MiniMax M1MiniMax | — | — | — | 1M | $0.85 | — | 17 Jun 2025 |
| 187 | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)Google | — | — | — | 33K | $0.85 | — | 7 Oct 2025 |
| 188 | Nova 2 LiteAmazon | — | — | — | 1M | $0.85 | — | 2 Dec 2025 |
| 189 | Qwen2.5 VL 72B InstructAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 128K | $0.85 | Open | 1 Feb 2025 |
| 190 | Aion 3.5 MiniNEWAionLabs | — | — | — | 262K | $0.88 | — | 23 Sep 2026 |
| 191 | Aion-3.0-MiniAionLabs | — | — | — | 131K | $0.88 | — | 7 Jul 2026 |
| 192 | Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI | 148.1 | — | — | 262K | $0.90 | Open | 27 Jan 2026 |
| 193 | GLM 4.5VZ.ai (Zhipu AI) | — | — | — | 66K | $0.90 | Open | 11 Aug 2025 |
| 194 | Morph V3 FastMorph | — | — | — | 82K | $0.90 | — | 7 Jul 2025 |
| 195 | R1 0528DeepSeek | — | — | — | 164K | $0.91 | Open | 28 May 2025 |
| 196 | GLM 5Z.ai (Zhipu AI) | 145.8 | 87.8 | — | 205K | $0.93 | Open | 11 Feb 2026 |
| 197 | Relace Apply 3Relace | — | — | — | 256K | $0.95 | — | 26 Sep 2025 |
| 198 | o3 MinibatchOpenAI · +1 variant | — | — | — | 200K | $0.96 | — | 31 Jan 2025 |
| 199 | o4 MinibatchOpenAI · +1 variant | — | — | — | 200K | $0.96 | — | 16 Apr 2025 |
| 200 | GLM 4.7Z.ai (Zhipu AI) | 143.5 | 83.3 | — | 205K | $1.00 | Open | 22 Dec 2025 |
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New - awaiting independent evaluation
All new models →- Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic · 28 Sep 2026 · AA 56 · 1M · $4.00/M
- Qwen3.8 Max PrimeAlibaba (Qwen) · 23 Sep 2026 · 1M · $6.00/M
- GPT-6 SolOpenAI · 22 Sep 2026 · AA 47.5 · 1.05M · $4.00/M
- GPT-6 LunaOpenAI · 22 Sep 2026 · AA 37.3 · 1.05M · $0.20/M
- GPT-6 Sol ProOpenAI · 22 Sep 2026 · 1.05M · $4.00/M
- GPT-6 Luna ProOpenAI · 22 Sep 2026 · 1.05M · $0.20/M
- Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic · 22 Sep 2026 · AA 57.6 · 1M · $8.00/M
- Grok 4.7xAI · 21 Sep 2026 · AA 46.4 · 500K · $3.00/M
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