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LLM Overview

Compare models by provider, pricing, context window, and strengths.

🏆 Best Overall

GPT-5.5 or Claude Opus 4.8 for complex tasks requiring top-tier reasoning.

💰 Best Value

DeepSeek V4 Flash ($0.18/M) or Qwen3 235B ($0.10/M) — near-frontier quality.

💻 Best for Coding

Qwen3 Coder or Claude Sonnet 4.6 for production code.

🔓 Best Open Source

Llama 4 Maverick or DeepSeek V4 Pro — open weights, self-hostable.

📏 Longest Context

Llama 4 Scout (10M tokens) or Grok 4.20 (2M tokens).

🤖 Best for Agents

GLM-5.2 — designed for agentic workflows with strong tool-use.

ModelProviderContextInput $/MOutput $/MLicenseBest For
Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic200K tokens$1.00$5.00Proprietary
FastAffordableProduction-ready
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic1M tokens$3.00$15.00Proprietary
Balanced quality/costCodeAnalysis
Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic1M tokens$5.00$25.00Proprietary
Long contextWriting qualityComplex reasoning
Claude Opus 4.8 FastAnthropic1M tokens$10.00$50.00Proprietary
Fast reasoningHigh quality
Command ACohere256K tokens$2.50$10.00Proprietary
RAGEnterpriseRetrieval
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek1M tokens$0.09$0.18Open
Ultra-cheapLong contextFast
DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek1M tokens$0.43$0.87Open
Excellent valueReasoningCode
DeepSeek R1DeepSeek164K tokens$0.50$2.15Open
ReasoningMathScience
Gemma 4 31BGoogle262K tokens$0.12$0.35Open
Open weightsSelf-hostableGood quality
Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle1M tokens$0.10$0.40Proprietary
Ultra-cheap1M context
Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle1M tokens$0.30$2.50Proprietary
Very cheapFastVolume workloads
Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle1M tokens$1.50$9.00Proprietary
FastMultimodalGood value
Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle1M tokens$2.00$12.00Proprietary
Long contextMultimodalReasoning
Llama 4 ScoutMeta10M tokens$0.10$0.30Open
10M contextOpen weightsCheap
Llama 3.3 70BMeta131K tokens$0.10$0.32Open
Solid all-rounderOpen weightsSelf-hostable
Llama 4 MaverickMeta1M tokens$0.15$0.60Open
Open weightsLong contextMultimodal
Mistral Small 3.2Mistral128K tokens$0.07$0.20Open
CheapFastGood quality
Codestral 2508Mistral256K tokens$0.30$0.90Open
Code generationFast
Mistral Large 2512Mistral262K tokens$0.50$1.50Open
EuropeanGood multilingualCode
Nemotron 3 Super 120BNVIDIA1M tokens$0.09$0.45Open
Good valueLong context
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550BNVIDIA1M tokens$0.50$2.20Open
EnterpriseLong context
GPT-OSS 120BOpenAI131K tokens$0.04$0.18Open
Open weightsSelf-hostableGood value
GPT-5 NanoOpenAI400K tokens$0.05$0.40Proprietary
Ultra-cheapFast inference
GPT-5 MiniOpenAI400K tokens$0.25$2.00Proprietary
FastAffordableGood for simple tasks
o4-miniOpenAI200K tokens$1.10$4.40Proprietary
ReasoningMathScience
GPT-5.2OpenAI400K tokens$1.75$14.00Proprietary
Balanced performance/costCode generationTool use
GPT-5.4OpenAI1M tokens$2.50$15.00Proprietary
Long contextReasoningMultimodal
GPT-5.5OpenAI1M tokens$5.00$30.00Proprietary
General reasoningCode generationMultimodal
Qwen3 235BQwen (Alibaba)262K tokens$0.09$0.10Open
Excellent valueReasoning
Qwen3 CoderQwen (Alibaba)1M tokens$0.22$1.80Open
Code generation1M contextOpen weights
Qwen3.5 397BQwen (Alibaba)256K tokens$0.39$2.45Open
Large MoEReasoningOpen weights
Qwen3.6 MaxQwen (Alibaba)262K tokens$1.04$6.24Proprietary
MultilingualStrong reasoning
Grok 4.20xAI2M tokens$1.25$2.50Proprietary
Real-time info2M contextLess filtered
Grok 4.3xAI1M tokens$1.25$2.50Proprietary
ReasoningReal-time data
GLM-4.7 FlashZ-AI (Zhipu)200K tokens$0.06$0.40Open
Very cheapFast
GLM-5Z-AI (Zhipu)200K tokens$0.60$1.92Open
Good valueMultilingual
GLM-5.2Z-AI (Zhipu)1M tokens$0.95$3.00Open
Agentic tasksTool useMultilingual

By Provider

OpenAI

7 models · from $0.18/M

GPT-OSS 120B$0.18
GPT-5 Nano$0.40
GPT-5 Mini$2.00
o4-mini$4.40
GPT-5.2$14.00
GPT-5.4$15.00
GPT-5.5$30.00

Anthropic

4 models · from $5.00/M

Claude Haiku 4.5$5.00
Claude Sonnet 4.6$15.00
Claude Opus 4.8$25.00
Claude Opus 4.8 Fast$50.00

Google

5 models · from $0.35/M

Gemma 4 31B$0.35
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite$0.40
Gemini 2.5 Flash$2.50
Gemini 3.5 Flash$9.00
Gemini 3.1 Pro$12.00

xAI

2 models · from $2.50/M

Grok 4.20$2.50
Grok 4.3$2.50

DeepSeek

3 models · from $0.18/M

DeepSeek V4 Flash$0.18
DeepSeek V4 Pro$0.87
DeepSeek R1$2.15

Z-AI (Zhipu)

3 models · from $0.40/M

GLM-4.7 Flash$0.40
GLM-5$1.92
GLM-5.2$3.00

Meta

3 models · from $0.30/M

Llama 4 Scout$0.30
Llama 3.3 70B$0.32
Llama 4 Maverick$0.60

Mistral

3 models · from $0.20/M

Mistral Small 3.2$0.20
Codestral 2508$0.90
Mistral Large 2512$1.50

Qwen (Alibaba)

4 models · from $0.10/M

Qwen3 235B$0.10
Qwen3 Coder$1.80
Qwen3.5 397B$2.45
Qwen3.6 Max$6.24

NVIDIA

2 models · from $0.45/M

Nemotron 3 Super 120B$0.45
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B$2.20

Cohere

1 model · from $10.00/M

Command A$10.00

Pricing data from OpenRouter API · Updated June 2026 · Prices may change