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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Llama 3.3 70B InstructMeta | — | — | — | 131K | $0.15 | Open | 6 Dec 2024 |
| 52 | DeepSeek V4.1 FlashNEWbatchDeepSeek · +1 variant | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.17 | Open | 10 Sep 2026 |
| 53 | Gemma 3 27BGoogle | 130.0 | 47.7 | — | 131K | $0.17 | Open | 12 Mar 2025 |
| 54 | Nemotron 3 SuperNVIDIA | — | — | — | 262K | $0.17 | Open | 11 Mar 2026 |
| 55 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeek | 146.1 | — | — | 1.05M | $0.17 | Open | 24 Apr 2026 |
| 56 | MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.17 | Open | 22 Apr 2026 |
| 57 | MiMo-V2.6-FlashNEWXiaomi | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.17 | Open | 21 Sep 2026 |
| 58 | Llama Guard 4 12BMeta | — | — | — | 164K | $0.18 | Open | 30 Apr 2025 |
| 59 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27BNEWPrismML | — | — | — | 262K | $0.18 | Open | 18 Sep 2026 |
| 60 | Qwen3 VL 32B InstructAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 131K | $0.18 | Open | 23 Oct 2025 |
| 61 | Ministral 3 14B 2512Mistral AI | — | — | — | 262K | $0.20 | Open | 2 Dec 2025 |
| 62 | Nemotron 3.5 Content SafetyNVIDIA | — | — | — | 131K | $0.20 | Open | 4 Jun 2026 |
| 63 | Qwen3 8BAlibaba (Qwen) | 136.2 | 56.8 | — | 131K | $0.20 | Open | 28 Apr 2025 |
| 64 | Qwen3 VL 8B InstructAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 262K | $0.20 | Open | 14 Oct 2025 |
| 65 | Qwen3 30B A3BAlibaba (Qwen) | 136.2 | 61.7 | — | 131K | $0.23 | Open | 29 Apr 2025 |
| 66 | Qwen3.8 FlashAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 1M | $0.23 | Open | 26 Aug 2026 |
| 67 | Hy3Tencent | — | — | — | 262K | $0.23 | Open | 6 Jul 2026 |
| 68 | Hunyuan A13B InstructTencent | — | — | — | 131K | $0.25 | Open | 8 Jul 2025 |
| 69 | Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 262K | $0.26 | Open | 6 Oct 2025 |
| 70 | Hy3 previewTencent | — | — | — | 262K | $0.28 | Open | 22 Apr 2026 |
| 71 | Qwen3 Coder NextAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 262K | $0.29 | Open | 4 Feb 2026 |
| 72 | Llama 4 MaverickMeta | 132.2 | — | — | 1.05M | $0.30 | Open | 6 Apr 2025 |
| 73 | DeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeek | 145.0 | — | — | 164K | $0.30 | Open | 29 Sep 2025 |
| 74 | GLM 4.5 AirZ.ai (Zhipu AI) | — | — | — | 131K | $0.31 | Open | 25 Jul 2025 |
| 75 | DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek | 146.3 | 83.4 | — | 164K | $0.32 | Open | 1 Dec 2025 |
| 76 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.32 | Open | 21 Aug 2026 |
| 77 | Cydonia 24B V4.1TheDrummer | — | — | — | 131K | $0.35 | Open | 27 Sep 2025 |
| 78 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 262K | $0.35 | Open | 11 Sep 2025 |
| 79 | Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba (Qwen) | — | 84.8 | — | 262K | $0.36 | Open | 27 Apr 2026 |
| 80 | MiniMax M2.7MiniMax | 145.8 | — | — | 205K | $0.37 | Open | 18 Mar 2026 |
| 81 | Qwen2.5 72B InstructAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 33K | $0.37 | Open | 19 Sep 2024 |
| 82 | UncensoredVenice | — | — | — | 128K | $0.38 | Open | 9 Jul 2025 |
| 83 | Trinity Large ThinkingArcee AI | — | — | — | 262K | $0.39 | Open | 1 Apr 2026 |
| 84 | Llama 3.1 70B InstructMeta | — | — | — | 131K | $0.40 | Open | 23 Jul 2024 |
| 85 | UnslopNemo 12BTheDrummer | — | — | — | 1.02M | $0.40 | Open | 8 Nov 2024 |
| 86 | Mistral Small 3.1 24BMistral AI | — | — | — | 128K | $0.40 | Open | 17 Mar 2025 |
| 87 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 262K | $0.41 | Open | 11 Sep 2025 |
| 88 | DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeek | 139.9 | — | — | 164K | $0.42 | Open | 21 Aug 2025 |
| 89 | MiniMax-01MiniMax | — | — | — | 1M | $0.42 | Open | 15 Jan 2025 |
| 90 | ReMM SLERP 13Bundi95 | — | — | — | 6K | $0.42 | Open | 22 Jul 2023 |
| 91 | Step 3.7 FlashStepFun | — | — | — | 262K | $0.44 | Open | 28 May 2026 |
| 92 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba (Qwen) | 142.5 | 83.5 | — | 262K | $0.45 | Open | 24 Feb 2026 |
| 93 | GLM 4.6VZ.ai (Zhipu AI) | — | — | — | 131K | $0.45 | Open | 8 Dec 2025 |
| 94 | DeepSeek V3DeepSeek | 132.4 | 56.5 | — | 164K | $0.45 | Open | 26 Dec 2024 |
| 95 | MiniMax M2.5MiniMax | 146.7 | — | — | 205K | $0.47 | Open | 12 Feb 2026 |
| 96 | DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeek | — | — | — | 164K | $0.47 | Open | 22 Sep 2025 |
| 97 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 262K | $0.47 | Open | 23 Jul 2025 |
| 98 | DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeek | — | — | — | 164K | $0.50 | Open | 24 Mar 2025 |
| 99 | MiniMax M3MiniMax | 147.0 | 90.9 | — | 1.05M | $0.53 | Open | 1 Jun 2026 |
| 100 | LongCat 2.0Meituan | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.53 | Open | 20 Jul 2026 |
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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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