Rankings

89 models, 6 on the Pareto frontier

Capability vs price
Capability score vs. input price per 1M tokens, 89 models
  • Better value: more capable, lower price
  • Pareto frontier

Capability scores are from Epoch AI’s Epoch Capabilities Index (CC BY 4.0, as of 2026-11-02), which combines dozens of benchmarks with GPT-5 set at 150. epoch.ai/eci

Price: our current input price per 1M tokens in USD, lowest across channels. Dated snapshots and resold copies of the same model are merged into one point; free models are not shown.

Shaded area: capability above and price below the median of all models. Pareto frontier: no other model is both cheaper and more capable.

Longer bar, more capable.
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Google
  • codex
Full rankings
Sorted by capability score, descending.
#ModelInput priceOutput priceContext
1GPT-6 AstraPareto frontierTextImagetoTextRegionGlobal, United States1691441$9.00–$18.00list $10.00-10%$45.00–$67.50list $50.00-10%1.1M
2Claude Opus 5.5Pareto frontierTextImagePDFtoTextRegionUnited States1681516$4.40$22.001M
3GPT-6.1 TerraPareto frontierTextImagetoTextRegionGlobal168—$0.90–$1.80list $1.00-10%$4.50–$6.75list $5.00-10%1.1M
4GPT-6.1 SolTextImagetoTextRegionGlobal, United States1681446$1.80–$3.60list $2.00-10%$9.00–$13.50list $10.00-10%1.1M
5Claude Sonnet 5.5TextImagePDFtoTextRegionUnited States1671473$2.20$11.001M
6Claude Fable 5.1TextImagePDFtoTextRegionUnited States1661514$11.00$55.001M
7Gemini 4 ArgonTextImageAudioVideoPDFtoTextRegionGlobal, United States1661529$1.80list $2.00-10%$9.00list $10.00-10%1M
8Claude Opus 5TextImagePDFtoTextRegionUnited States1641504$5.50$27.501M
9GPT-6 SolTextImagetoTextRegionGlobal, United States1641397$1.80–$3.60list $2.00-10%$9.00–$13.50list $10.00-10%1.1M
10GPT-5.5 ProTextImagetoTextRegionUnited States163—$27.00–$54.00list $30.00-10%$162.00–$243.00list $180.00-10%1.1M
11Claude Fable 5TextImagePDFtoTextRegionUnited States1631492$11.00$55.001M
12GPT-5.6 Sol (Reseller)TextImagetoTextRegionChina1631457$2.50–$5.00$15.00–$22.501.1M
13Claude Haiku 5.5Pareto frontierTextImagePDFtoTextRegionUnited States1601401$0.11$0.551M
14GPT-5.6 Terra (Reseller)TextImagetoTextRegionChina1601448$1.00–$2.00$6.00–$9.001.1M
15Claude Opus 4.8TextImagePDFtoTextRegionUnited States1601454$5.50$27.501M
16GPT-5.5 (Reseller)TextImagetoTextRegionChina1591467$2.50$15.001.1M
17DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017Pareto frontierTextImagetoTextRegionChina, Global159—$0.015–$0.292list $0.30-95%$0.06–$1.168list $1.20-95%1M
18Kimi K3TextImageVideotoTextRegionChina, United States1581476$2.92–$4.50$14.60–$22.501M
19Gemini 3.7 FlashTextImageAudioVideoPDFtoTextRegionGlobal, United States1581489$0.675list $0.75-10%$3.375list $3.75-10%1M
20Qwen3.8 MaxTextImagetoTextRegionGlobal (HK/DE/JP), United States1581483$1.485–$2.00list $1.65-10%$4.4559–$6.00list $4.951-10%1M
21Gemini 3.8 FlashTextImageAudioVideoPDFtoTextRegionGlobal, United States1581498$0.675list $0.75-10%$3.375list $3.75-10%1M
22GPT-5.4TextImagetoTextRegionGlobal, United States1571452$2.25–$4.50list $2.50-10%$13.50–$20.25list $15.00-10%1.1M
23Claude Sonnet 5TextImagePDFtoTextRegionUnited States1571443$2.20$11.001M
24Grok 4.6TextImagetoTextRegionUnited States1571429$2.20$6.60500K
25GPT-6 LunaTextImagetoTextRegionGlobal, United States1571389$0.09–$0.18list $0.10-10%$0.45–$0.675list $0.50-10%1.1M
26Claude Opus 4.7TextImagePDFtoTextRegionUnited States1571483$5.50$27.501M
27GPT-5.6 LunaTextImagetoTextRegionGlobal, United States1571431$0.18–$0.36list $0.20-10%$1.08–$1.62list $1.20-10%1.1M
28GLM-5.3TexttoTextRegionChina, Global, United States1561474$0.07–$2.10list $1.40-95%$0.22–$6.60list $4.40-95%1M
29DeepSeek V4.1 FlashTextImagetoTextRegionChina, Global (HK/DE/JP), United States156—$0.073–$0.283list $0.146-50%$0.292–$1.131list $0.584-50%1M
30DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813TexttoTextRegionChina, Global (HK/DE/JP)1561446$0.636–$1.314$1.908–$3.9421M
31Claude Opus 4.6TextImagePDFtoTextRegionUnited States1561496$5.50$27.501M
32Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewTextImageAudioVideoPDFtoTextRegionGlobal, United States1551480$1.80list $2.00-10%$10.80list $12.00-10%1M
33Gemini 3.5 FlashTextImageAudioVideoPDFtoTextRegionGlobal, United States1551482$0.675–$1.35list $0.75-10%$3.375–$8.10list $3.75-10%1M
34DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731TexttoTextRegionGlobal (HK/DE/JP)155—$0.1104list $0.138-20%$0.22list $0.275-20%1M
35Gemini 3.6 FlashTextImageAudioVideoPDFtoTextRegionGlobal, United States1551480$0.675list $0.75-10%$3.375list $3.75-10%1M
36Grok 4.7TextImagetoTextRegionUnited States1551398$2.20$6.60500K
37Grok 4.5TextImagetoTextRegionUnited States1541448$2.20$6.60500K
38GPT-5.2TextImagetoTextRegionGlobal, United States1541412$1.575list $1.75-10%$12.60list $14.00-10%400K
39GLM-5.3-FlashPareto frontierTextImageVideoPDFtoTextRegionChina, Global, United States1531473$0.0075–$0.15list $0.15-95%$0.025–$0.50list $0.50-95%1M
40Claude Sonnet 4.6TextImagePDFtoTextRegionUnited States1531458$3.30$16.501M
41GLM-5.2TexttoTextRegionChina, Global (HK/DE/JP)1521470$0.66–$0.9344list $1.10-40%$2.3106–$3.2704list $3.851-40%1M
42Gemini 3 Flash PreviewTextImageVideoPDFtoTextRegionGlobal, United States1521466$0.45list $0.50-10%$2.70list $3.00-10%1M
43Kimi K2.6TextImagetoTextRegionChina1511456$1.045$4.40262K
44GPT-5 ProTextImagetoTextRegionUnited States151—$13.50list $15.00-10%$108.00list $120.00-10%400K
45Mistral Large 4TextImagePDFtoTextRegionFrance1511430$1.496$4.5981M
46Kimi K2.7 CodeTextImagetoTextRegionChina, Global (HK/DE/JP)150—$0.71512–$1.045list $0.8939-20%$2.97048–$4.40list $3.7131-20%262K
47Claude Opus 4.5TextImagePDFtoTextRegionUnited States1501451$5.50$27.50200K
48GPT-5TextImagetoTextRegionGlobal, United States1501406$1.125list $1.25-10%$9.00list $10.00-10%400K
49GPT-5.1TextImageAudiotoTextImageAudioRegionGlobal, United States1501422$1.125list $1.25-10%$9.00list $10.00-10%400K
50GLM-5.1TexttoTextRegionChina, Global (HK/DE/JP)1501463$0.66–$0.9636list $0.825-20%$2.6408–$3.8544list $3.301-20%200K
51DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423TexttoTextRegionGlobal (HK/DE/JP), United States1491451$0.99–$2.31list $1.65-40%$1.9806–$4.84list $3.301-40%1M
52GPT-5.4 Mini (Reseller)TextImagetoTextRegionChina1491412$0.375$2.251.1M
53InklingTextImageAudiotoTextRegionUnited States1491443$1.00$4.051M
54Kimi K2.5TextImagetoTextRegionChina, Global (HK/DE/JP), United States1481445$0.4592–$0.66list $0.574-20%$2.4088–$3.30list $3.011-20%262K
55o3-proTextImagetoTextRegionUnited States147—$18.00list $20.00-10%$72.00list $80.00-10%200K
56MiniMax M3TextImageVideotoTextRegionChina, United States1471431$0.30–$0.33$1.20–$1.321M
57o3TextImagetoTextRegionUnited States1471410$1.80list $2.00-10%$7.20list $8.00-10%200K
58Claude Sonnet 4.5TextImagePDFtoTextRegionUnited States1471439$3.30$16.50200K
59MiniMax M2.5TexttoTextRegionChina, United States1471359$0.33$1.32205K
60GPT-5.4 NanoTextImagetoTextRegionGlobal, United States1461372$0.18list $0.20-10%$1.125list $1.25-10%400K
61Kimi K2 ThinkingTextImagetoTextRegionChina, United States146—$0.66$2.75262K
62GLM-5TexttoTextRegionChina, United States1461446$0.6424–$1.10$2.8908–$3.52128K
63GPT-5 MiniTextImagetoTextRegionGlobal, United States1451373$0.225list $0.25-10%$1.80list $2.00-10%400K
64Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteTextImageAudioVideoPDFtoTextRegionGlobal, United States1451435$0.27list $0.30-10%$2.25list $2.50-10%1M
65Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteTextImageAudioVideoPDFtoTextRegionGlobal, United States1441416$0.225list $0.25-10%$1.35list $1.50-10%1M
66Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewTextImageAudioVideoPDFtoTextRegionUnited States1441416$0.225list $0.25-10%$1.35list $1.50-10%1M
67Claude Opus 4.1 (20250805)TextImagePDFtoTextRegionUnited States1441419$16.50$82.50200K
68GLM-4.7TexttoTextRegionChina, United States1441435$0.3212–$0.66$1.2848–$2.42200K
69Claude Haiku 4.5TextImagePDFtoTextRegionUnited States1421397$1.10$5.50200K
70GPT OSS 120BTexttoTextRegionUnited States1401365$0.15–$0.385$0.60–$0.825128K
71DeepSeek V3.1TexttoTextRegionUnited States1401420$0.638–$0.66$1.848–$1.87128K
72GPT-5 NanoTextImagetoTextRegionGlobal, United States1391320$0.045list $0.05-10%$0.36list $0.40-10%400K
73Qwen3 235B A22BTexttoTextRegionUnited States1391366$0.22–$0.242$0.66–$0.968128K
74DeepSeek R1TexttoTextRegionChina, United States1391373$0.584–$3.30$2.336–$7.70128K
75Qwen3 32BTexttoTextRegionUnited States1381340$0.165$0.66131K
76GPT OSS 20BTexttoTextRegionUnited States1381287$0.055–$0.0825$0.22–$0.33128K
77GPT-4.1TextImagetoTextRegionUnited States1371383$1.80list $2.00-10%$7.20list $8.00-10%1M
78GPT-4.1 MiniTextImagetoTextRegionUnited States1351340$0.36list $0.40-10%$1.44list $1.60-10%1M
79Llama 4 Maverick 17B InstructTextImagetoTextRegionUnited States1321287$0.264$1.0671M
80Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E InstructTextImagetoTextRegionUnited States1301279$0.187$0.726131K
81Qwen2.5 72B InstructTexttoTextRegionUnited States1291269$1.32$1.32128K
82Llama 3.1 405B InstructTexttoTextRegionUnited States129—$3.85$3.85128K
83GPT-4o-miniTextImagetoTextRegionUnited States1261286$0.135list $0.15-10%$0.54list $0.60-10%128K
84Llama 3.1 70B InstructTexttoTextRegionUnited States1261261$0.792$0.792128K
85Gemma 2 27BTexttoTextRegionUnited States1221231$0.88$0.88128K
86Gemma 2 9BTexttoTextRegionUnited States1201207$0.33$0.33128K
87Open Mistral NemoImageTexttoTextRegionFrance119—$0.165$0.165128K
88Qwen2.5 7B InstructTexttoTextRegionUnited States118—$1.32$1.32128K
89Llama 3.1 8B InstructTexttoTextRegionUnited States1161187$0.055–$0.242$0.088–$0.242128K

Capability scores are from Epoch AI’s Epoch Capabilities Index (CC BY 4.0, as of 2026-11-02), which combines dozens of benchmarks with GPT-5 set at 150. epoch.ai/eci

Human preference ratings are from the LMArena Text Arena (CC BY 4.0, as of 2026-10-28): Elo ratings from blind votes, on a different scale from capability scores. lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text