Value ranking
Best Value LLMs in October 2026
As of October 2026, Qwen3.7 Flash gives the most performance per dollar: 39.9 points at a blended $0.06 per million tokens. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is next.
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- Qwen3.7 Flash 726.0 pts/$
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 463.5 pts/$
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 457.5 pts/$
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT 406.6 pts/$
- Granite 4.2 8B 377.1 pts/$
- Hy3 306.1 pts/$
- Gemma 4 31B IT 285.5 pts/$
- Step 3.5 Flash 281.9 pts/$
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash 277.4 pts/$
- GPT-6 Luna 266.5 pts/$
Full ranking
| # | Model | Score | Input $/M | Output $/M | Points per $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qwen3.7 Flash | 39.9 | $0.03 | $0.13 | 726.0 |
| 2 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | 40.6 | $0.05 | $0.20 | 463.5 |
| 3 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | 40.0 | $0.05 | $0.20 | 457.5 |
| 4 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | 43.5 | $0.0675 | $0.23 | 406.6 |
| 5 | Granite 4.2 8B | 40.5 | $0.06 | $0.25 | 377.1 |
| 6 | Hy3 | 44.2 | $0.0825 | $0.33 | 306.1 |
| 7 | Gemma 4 31B IT | 43.5 | $0.09 | $0.34 | 285.5 |
| 8 | Step 3.5 Flash | 42.3 | $0.10 | $0.30 | 281.9 |
| 9 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | 48.5 | $0.14 | $0.28 | 277.4 |
| 10 | GPT-6 Luna | 53.3 | $0.10 | $0.50 | 266.5 |
| 11 | MiMo-V2-Omni | 43.6 | $0.14 | $0.28 | 249.1 |
| 12 | MiMo-V2.5 | 43.4 | $0.14 | $0.28 | 248.2 |
| 13 | Claude Haiku 5.5 | 49.5 | $0.10 | $0.50 | 247.3 |
| 14 | Qwen3.5-Flash | 42.5 | $0.10 | $0.40 | 243.1 |
| 15 | MiMo-V2-Flash | 41.3 | $0.14 | $0.28 | 236.1 |
| 16 | Nemotron 3 Super | 40.1 | $0.08 | $0.45 | 232.6 |
| 17 | GLM-5.3-Flash | 51.8 | $0.15 | $0.50 | 218.3 |
| 18 | DeepSeek V4 Flash | 53.6 | $0.15 | $0.60 | 204.2 |
| 19 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 52.8 | $0.15 | $0.60 | 201.0 |
| 20 | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | 44.3 | $0.26 | $0.38 | 152.6 |
| 21 | Grok 4.1 Fast | 41.4 | $0.20 | $0.50 | 150.4 |
| 22 | GPT-5.6 Luna | 54.6 | $0.20 | $1.20 | 121.3 |
| 23 | Mercury 2 | 39.1 | $0.25 | $0.75 | 104.3 |
| 24 | Mistral Large 3 | 39.1 | $0.25 | $0.75 | 104.3 |
| 25 | DeepSeek-V3.1 | 42.8 | $0.25 | $0.95 | 100.8 |
| 26 | Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 | 40.3 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 100.7 |
| 27 | DeepSeek-V3 | 39.5 | $0.24 | $0.90 | 97.5 |
| 28 | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | 43.1 | $0.27 | $1 | 95.4 |
| 29 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | 50.3 | $0.43 | $0.87 | 92.5 |
| 30 | GLM-4.6V | 41.3 | $0.30 | $0.90 | 91.8 |
| 31 | GLM-4.5-Air | 38.9 | $0.20 | $1.10 | 91.6 |
| 32 | GPT-5.4 nano | 41.9 | $0.20 | $1.25 | 90.6 |
| 33 | MiniMax-M3 | 43.8 | $0.30 | $1.20 | 83.4 |
| 34 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | 45.2 | $0.43 | $0.87 | 83.2 |
| 35 | Solar Pro4 | 42.1 | $0.30 | $1.20 | 80.2 |
| 36 | MiMo-V2-Pro | 43.0 | $0.43 | $0.87 | 79.0 |
| 37 | MiniMax-M2.1 | 38.9 | $0.30 | $1.20 | 74.2 |
| 38 | Inkling-Small | 46.5 | $0.45 | $1.20 | 72.9 |
| 39 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | 40.8 | $0.25 | $1.50 | 72.5 |
| 40 | Qwen3.7 Plus | 45.3 | $0.40 | $1.60 | 64.8 |
| 41 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B | 42.0 | $0.25 | $2 | 61.0 |
| 42 | GPT-5 Mini | 41.8 | $0.25 | $2 | 60.9 |
| 43 | DeepSeek V4 Pro | 54.3 | $0.66 | $1.98 | 54.9 |
| 44 | Kimi K2.5 | 48.1 | $0.45 | $2.25 | 53.4 |
| 45 | Qwen3.5 27B | 41.9 | $0.30 | $2.40 | 50.7 |
| 46 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | 43.0 | $0.50 | $2 | 49.2 |
| 47 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | 41.5 | $0.30 | $2.50 | 48.8 |
| 48 | Qwen3.5 Plus | 42.9 | $0.40 | $2.40 | 47.6 |
| 49 | Nova 2 Lite | 39.7 | $0.30 | $2.50 | 46.7 |
| 50 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | 52.3 | $0.50 | $3 | 46.5 |
| 51 | DeepSeek-R1 | 42.3 | $0.50 | $2.15 | 46.4 |
| 52 | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale | 39.7 | $0.58 | $1.68 | 46.4 |
| 53 | Gemini 2.5 Flash | 39.3 | $0.30 | $2.50 | 46.2 |
| 54 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | 42.5 | $0.50 | $2.20 | 45.9 |
| 55 | GLM-4.5V | 39.8 | $0.60 | $1.80 | 44.2 |
| 56 | Qwen3.6 Plus | 47.5 | $0.50 | $3 | 42.2 |
| 57 | GLM-4.5 | 42.0 | $0.60 | $2.20 | 42.0 |
| 58 | GLM-4.7 | 42.0 | $0.60 | $2.20 | 42.0 |
| 59 | MiniMax M1 | 40.3 | $0.55 | $2.20 | 41.9 |
| 60 | Mistral Large 4 | 43.1 | $0.68 | $2.09 | 41.7 |
| 61 | GLM-4.6 | 41.4 | $0.60 | $2.20 | 41.4 |
| 62 | Qwen3.8 27B | 46.0 | $0.99 | $1.49 | 41.2 |
| 63 | Gemini 3.8 Flash | 61.8 | $0.75 | $3.75 | 41.2 |
| 64 | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | 41.2 | $0.57 | $2.30 | 41.1 |
| 65 | Hy4 preview | 45.3 | $0.75 | $2.25 | 40.2 |
| 66 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | 59.8 | $0.75 | $3.75 | 39.9 |
| 67 | Seed 2.0 Pro | 43.2 | $0.50 | $3 | 38.4 |
| 68 | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | 42.1 | $0.40 | $3.20 | 38.3 |
| 69 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | 54.1 | $0.75 | $3.75 | 36.1 |
| 70 | Qwen3 235B-A22B | 43.5 | $0.70 | $2.80 | 35.5 |
| 71 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B | 43.2 | $0.70 | $2.80 | 35.3 |
| 72 | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | 46.0 | $0.60 | $3.60 | 34.1 |
| 73 | Step 5 Preview | 47.9 | $1 | $2.70 | 33.6 |
| 74 | Qwen3 32B | 39.2 | $0.70 | $2.80 | 32.0 |
| 75 | Qwen3.6 27B | 42.2 | $0.60 | $3.60 | 31.3 |
| 76 | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | 48.6 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 31.1 |
| 77 | GLM-5 | 46.1 | $1 | $3.20 | 29.7 |
| 78 | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | 46.2 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 29.6 |
| 79 | Grok 4.3 | 43.8 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 28.0 |
| 80 | Kimi K2.6 | 47.7 | $0.95 | $4 | 27.8 |
| 81 | Muse Spark 1.3 | 54.8 | $1.25 | $4.25 | 27.4 |
| 82 | GPT-5.4 mini | 45.0 | $0.75 | $4.50 | 26.6 |
| 83 | GLM-5.3 | 54.8 | $1.40 | $4.40 | 25.5 |
| 84 | Kimi K2.7 Code | 43.3 | $0.95 | $4 | 25.3 |
| 85 | Muse Spark 1.2 | 50.3 | $1.25 | $4.25 | 25.2 |
| 86 | Muse Spark 1.1 | 49.9 | $1.25 | $4.25 | 25.0 |
| 87 | GLM-5.2 | 51.1 | $1.40 | $4.40 | 23.8 |
| 88 | GLM-5V-Turbo | 43.8 | $1.20 | $4 | 23.0 |
| 89 | GLM-5.1 | 47.8 | $1.40 | $4.40 | 22.2 |
| 90 | o4-mini | 41.6 | $1.10 | $4.40 | 21.6 |
| 91 | Claude Haiku 4.5 | 39.5 | $1 | $5 | 19.8 |
| 92 | Grok 4.6 | 56.9 | $2 | $6 | 19.0 |
| 93 | Qwen3.8 Max | 56.8 | $2 | $6 | 18.9 |
| 94 | Grok 4.5 | 55.0 | $2 | $6 | 18.3 |
| 95 | Qwen3 Max | 43.7 | $1.20 | $6 | 18.2 |
| 96 | Grok 4.7 | 53.1 | $2 | $6 | 17.7 |
| 97 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | 51.5 | $1.30 | $7.80 | 17.6 |
| 98 | Inkling | 44.1 | $1.87 | $4.68 | 17.1 |
| 99 | GPT-6.1 Sol | 65.6 | $2 | $10 | 16.4 |
| 100 | Gemini 3.5 Flash | 54.2 | $1.50 | $9 | 16.1 |
| 101 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 61.9 | $2 | $10 | 15.5 |
| 102 | GPT-6 Sol | 61.8 | $2 | $10 | 15.4 |
| 103 | GPT-5 | 50.9 | $1.25 | $10 | 14.8 |
| 104 | GPT-5.1 | 49.0 | $1.25 | $10 | 14.3 |
| 105 | Qwen3.7 Max | 51.5 | $2.50 | $7.50 | 13.7 |
| 106 | Claude Sonnet 5 | 54.6 | $2 | $10 | 13.7 |
| 107 | o3 | 47.5 | $2 | $8 | 13.6 |
| 108 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | 40.2 | $1.50 | $7.50 | 13.4 |
| 109 | GPT-5.6 Terra | 59.2 | $2 | $12 | 13.1 |
| 110 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | 45.0 | $1.25 | $10 | 13.1 |
| 111 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | 56.7 | $2 | $12 | 12.6 |
| 112 | GPT-5.2 | 54.1 | $1.75 | $14 | 11.2 |
| 113 | GPT-5.4 | 59.4 | $2.50 | $15 | 10.6 |
| 114 | Kimi K3 | 59.5 | $3 | $15 | 9.9 |
| 115 | GPT-5.3 Codex | 45.8 | $1.75 | $14 | 9.5 |
| 116 | GPT-5.3 Chat | 42.8 | $1.75 | $14 | 8.9 |
| 117 | GPT-5.2 Codex | 42.6 | $1.75 | $14 | 8.8 |
| 118 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 68.6 | $4 | $20 | 8.6 |
| 119 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 50.3 | $3 | $15 | 8.4 |
| 120 | GPT-5.6 Sol | 65.0 | $4 | $20 | 8.1 |
| 121 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | 44.1 | $3 | $15 | 7.3 |
| 122 | Claude Sonnet 4 | 40.8 | $3 | $15 | 6.8 |
| 123 | Claude Opus 5 | 67.8 | $5 | $25 | 6.8 |
| 124 | Claude Opus 4.8 | 60.7 | $5 | $25 | 6.1 |
| 125 | Claude Opus 4.7 | 58.3 | $5 | $25 | 5.8 |
| 126 | Claude Opus 4.6 | 58.2 | $5 | $25 | 5.8 |
| 127 | GPT-5.5 | 63.4 | $5 | $30 | 5.6 |
| 128 | Claude Opus 4.5 | 50.5 | $5 | $25 | 5.0 |
| 129 | GPT-6 Astra | 70.8 | $10 | $50 | 3.5 |
| 130 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 69.0 | $10 | $50 | 3.5 |
| 131 | Claude Fable 5 | 66.8 | $10 | $50 | 3.3 |
| 132 | o1 | 40.9 | $15 | $60 | 1.6 |
| 133 | Claude Opus 4 | 43.1 | $15 | $75 | 1.4 |
| 134 | Claude Opus 4.1 | 41.0 | $15 | $75 | 1.4 |
| 135 | o3-pro | 42.9 | $20 | $80 | 1.2 |
| 136 | GPT-5 Pro | 46.4 | $15 | $120 | 1.1 |
| 137 | GPT-5.5 Pro | 64.3 | $30 | $180 | 1.0 |
| 138 | GPT-5.2 Pro | 52.3 | $21 | $168 | 0.9 |
| 139 | GPT-5.4 Pro | 58.9 | $30 | $180 | 0.9 |
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Frequently asked questions
Which AI model gives the most performance per dollar?
As of October 2026, Qwen3.7 Flash gives the most performance per dollar: 39.9 points at a blended $0.06 per million tokens. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is next.
What are the top 5 in this ranking?
Qwen3.7 Flash, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT, Granite 4.2 8B, in that order, as of October 2026.
How is this list ranked?
By score per dollar: the model’s score divided by its blended API price (three parts input to one part output), among models in the top half by score.