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We track 32 notable AI models; they are listed here from smartest to least smart, with what three everyday jobs would cost.
Costs here use the prices AI companies charge software developers, so they show relative cost, not your monthly bill. See what ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini charge you.
| Model and our take (editorial) | Type | Smartness | Reads at once* | Essay | Chat | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 The sensible default: close to the top tier for writing, fixing code and everyday work, at about half the price of Claude Opus 5.5. | Most capable | ★★★★★ | 1,500 pages | $0.01 | $2.62 | $0.07 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol Good value from OpenAI: strong at programming and working through long documents, at a mid-range price. | Most capable | ★★★★★ | 1,580 pages | $0.01 | $2.62 | $0.07 |
| Gemini 4 Argon Google's top model. It can read text, pictures, audio, video and files, at a mid-range price. | Most capable | ★★★★★ | 1,570 pages | $0.01 | $2.62 | $0.07 |
| Claude Opus 5.5 The strongest all-round pick when quality matters more than cost, especially for big, complicated jobs like long coding projects. | Most capable | ★★★★★ | 1,500 pages | $0.03 | $5.25 | $0.15 |
| Claude Fable 5.1 A premium Claude model for long, multi-step jobs and knowledge work. It costs 2.5 times as much as Claude Opus 5.5. | Most capable | ★★★★★ | 1,500 pages | $0.07 | $13.12 | $0.37 |
| GPT-6 Astra OpenAI's top model, built for deep research, programming and creating documents. Priced to match. | Most capable | ★★★★★ | 1,580 pages | $0.07 | $13.12 | $0.37 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 The cheap and fast Claude. Great for summaries, quick questions and anything you do a lot of. | Everyday and cheap | ★★★★☆ | 1,500 pages | <1¢ | $0.13 | <1¢ |
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro The smartest downloadable model we track, at a very low price. | Free to downloadfree to download | ★★★★☆ | 1,580 pages | <1¢ | $0.54 | $0.02 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash Google's best fast model: a middle ground between cheap and capable. It understands audio and video too. | Everyday and cheap | ★★★★☆ | 1,570 pages | $0.01 | $1.08 | $0.03 |
| Muse Spark 1.3 A mid-priced Meta model for long, multi-step jobs and programming. It scores close to the top models. | Everyday and cheap | ★★★★☆ | 1,570 pages | $0.01 | $1.60 | $0.04 |
| GLM 5.3 A downloadable model for software work and long jobs, with very cheap input. | Free to downloadfree to download | ★★★★☆ | 1,570 pages | $0.01 | $0.19 | $0.01 |
| Grok 4.7 Grok's top model, aimed at programming and long, multi-step jobs, priced below most top models. | Most capable | ★★★★☆ | 750 pages | $0.01 | $2.54 | $0.07 |
| Kimi K3 A very large downloadable model for complicated programming and long jobs. | Free to downloadfree to download | ★★★★☆ | 1,570 pages | $0.02 | $0.61 | $0.02 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash One of the cheapest models we track. It understands audio and video too, and can be downloaded and run yourself. | Everyday and cheapfree to download | ★★★☆☆ | 1,580 pages | <1¢ | $0.18 | <1¢ |
| GPT-6 Luna OpenAI's fast, cheap model for chat, sorting things into groups and light tasks. | Everyday and cheap | ★★★☆☆ | 1,580 pages | <1¢ | $0.13 | <1¢ |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Very low price, can be downloaded and run yourself, and reads a very large amount at once. Hard to beat for big batches of work. | Everyday and cheapfree to download | ★★★☆☆ | 1,570 pages | <1¢ | $0.19 | $0.01 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 DeepSeek's larger downloadable model at a low price. A cheap step up from DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. | Free to downloadfree to download | ★★★☆☆ | 1,570 pages | <1¢ | $0.84 | $0.02 |
| Mistral Large 4 A low-cost large model from Mistral. A good choice when budget is tight but you still want a big model. | Most capable | ★★★☆☆ | 1,570 pages | <1¢ | $0.87 | $0.02 |
| Qwen3.8 27B A mid-size downloadable model that understands pictures and video, and is realistic to run on your own hardware. | Free to downloadfree to download | ★★★☆☆ | 1,500 pages | <1¢ | $0.33 | $0.01 |
| Nemotron 3.5 Super VL A downloadable model that reads documents, screenshots and video at low cost. A free listing exists on OpenRouter. | Free to downloadfree to download | ★★☆☆☆ | 1,570 pages | <1¢ | $0.19 | $0.01 |
| Gemma 4 31B Google's downloadable model, small enough to run yourself. It understands pictures and video. A free listing exists on OpenRouter. | Free to downloadfree to download | ★☆☆☆☆ | 390 pages | <1¢ | $0.25 | $0.01 |
| gpt-oss-120b OpenAI's older downloadable model. Still a cheap, well-known starting point for running your own. | Free to downloadfree to download | ★☆☆☆☆ | 200 pages | <1¢ | $0.19 | $0.01 |
| Sonar Pro Answers questions by searching the web and showing its sources. A research helper rather than a general chatbot. | Single-purpose | ★☆☆☆☆ | 300 pages | $0.02 | $3.94 | $0.11 |
| Schematron V2 Turbo A tiny model that does one thing: turn a web page into a neat table of data, very cheaply. | Single-purposefree to download | Not rated yet | 190 pages | <1¢ | $0.04 | <1¢ |
| Hy-MT2-7B A model built only for translation, with options for glossaries and writing style. Covers 33 language pairs plus some Chinese dialects. | Single-purposefree to download | Not rated yet | 10 pages | <1¢ | $0.10 | <1¢ |
| Qwen3.8 Flash A cheap model that understands pictures and video, and can be downloaded and run yourself. | Everyday and cheapfree to download | Not rated yet | 1,500 pages | <1¢ | $0.19 | $0.01 |
| LFM2.5-24B-A2B A small downloadable model built to run on modest hardware. | Free to downloadfree to download | Not rated yet | 190 pages | <1¢ | $0.07 | <1¢ |
| Command A+ Built for business use, where answers must follow a strict format. Priced low. | Most capable | Not rated yet | 290 pages | <1¢ | $0.39 | $0.01 |
| Moondream 3.1 A small model for answering questions about images, describing them and reading text in them. | Single-purposefree to download | Not rated yet | 50 pages | <1¢ | $0.41 | $0.01 |
| Muse Spark Open A downloadable Meta model tuned for programming. The one to watch if you want to run your own coding helper. | Free to downloadfree to download | Not rated yet | 1,570 pages | $0.01 | $1.60 | $0.04 |
| Nano Banana 2.1 Google's model for creating and editing images, for product shots and photo edits. | Single-purpose | Not rated yet | 100 pages | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Muse Wonder Meta's top model for complex personal and work tasks. It understands text, pictures, video, audio and PDFs. | Most capable | Not rated yet | 1,570 pages | $0.03 | $5.25 | $0.15 |
Smarter does not always mean pricier
Among the models rated 5 of 5, a 100-message chat costs from $2.62 to $13.12; for 4 of 5 it runs from $0.13 to $2.54. A higher rating does not always cost more.
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| Model | Smartness | 100-message chat |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | ★★★★★ (5 of 5) | $2.62 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | ★★★★★ (5 of 5) | $2.62 |
| Gemini 4 Argon | ★★★★★ (5 of 5) | $2.62 |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | ★★★★★ (5 of 5) | $5.25 |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | ★★★★★ (5 of 5) | $13.12 |
| GPT-6 Astra | ★★★★★ (5 of 5) | $13.12 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | ★★★★☆ (4 of 5) | $0.13 |
| GLM 5.3 | ★★★★☆ (4 of 5) | $0.19 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro | ★★★★☆ (4 of 5) | $0.54 |
| Kimi K3 | ★★★★☆ (4 of 5) | $0.61 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | ★★★★☆ (4 of 5) | $1.08 |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | ★★★★☆ (4 of 5) | $1.60 |
| Grok 4.7 | ★★★★☆ (4 of 5) | $2.54 |
| GPT-6 Luna | ★★★☆☆ (3 of 5) | $0.13 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | ★★★☆☆ (3 of 5) | $0.18 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | ★★★☆☆ (3 of 5) | $0.19 |
| Qwen3.8 27B | ★★★☆☆ (3 of 5) | $0.33 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | ★★★☆☆ (3 of 5) | $0.84 |
| Mistral Large 4 | ★★★☆☆ (3 of 5) | $0.87 |
| Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | ★★☆☆☆ (2 of 5) | $0.19 |
| gpt-oss-120b | ★☆☆☆☆ (1 of 5) | $0.19 |
| Gemma 4 31B | ★☆☆☆☆ (1 of 5) | $0.25 |
| Sonar Pro | ★☆☆☆☆ (1 of 5) | $3.94 |