AI Model Price-Performance Tool

Compare published benchmark performance with estimated workload cost and visible evidence coverage.

Interactive Tool

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ModelPerformance rankPerformance scoreCoverageWorkload costCost / score point
gpt-oss-120bOpenAI3321.2827.27%$5.68$0.27
GLM 5.3 FlashZ.ai1834.2836.36%$12.50$0.36
GPT-6 LunaOpenAI846.7854.55%$20.00$0.43
GPT-4o MiniOpenAI3420.7536.36%$13.50$0.65
Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E InstructMeta2823.8636.36%$16.00$0.67
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek1932.9836.36%$27.00$0.82
Gemma 4 31BGoogle DeepMind2426.2127.27%$28.00$1.07
MiniMax M3MiniMax1241.3245.45%$50.00$1.21
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E InstructMeta2625.5536.36%$31.80$1.24
GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI2129.8445.45%$45.00$1.51
Mistral Large 3Mistral AI3023.7127.27%$40.00$1.69
Qwen3.8 27BQwen1637.9045.45%$64.00$1.69
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle DeepMind1737.2954.55%$80.00$2.15
Qwen3.7 PlusQwen2326.4227.27%$57.60$2.18
Inkling SmallThinking Machines Lab2228.7736.36%$69.00$2.40
Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle DeepMind750.8554.55%$150.00$2.95
DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek2724.6727.27%$96.88$3.93
InklingThinking Machines Lab1141.7854.55%$176.00$4.21
Grok 4.20 Multi AgentxAI1340.7545.45%$175.00$4.29
GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI2032.2045.45%$165.00$5.12
Qwen3.8 MaxQwen1043.9445.45%$264.02$6.01
GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI462.4963.64%$400.00$6.40
GLM 5.3Z.ai2526.0227.27%$170.00$6.53
Kimi K3Moonshot AI1439.8145.45%$262.62$6.60
Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle DeepMind366.4772.73%$440.00$6.62
GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI560.6563.64%$440.00$7.25
Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic651.5354.55%$400.00$7.76
Grok 4.7xAI1539.4545.45%$320.00$8.11
Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic3221.8836.36%$200.00$9.14
GPT-4oOpenAI2923.7636.36%$225.00$9.47
Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic944.8545.45%$800.00$17.84
Command ACohere3122.4236.36%$450.00$20.07
Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic171.9072.73%$2,000.00$27.82
GPT-6 AstraOpenAI271.3472.73%$2,000.00$28.03

Compare rows with similar benchmark coverage. A low ratio is a screening signal, not a workload-specific quality guarantee.

Inputs

What the Calculation Needs

2 input groups
InputHow it is used
Monthly workloadInput and output tokens used to estimate each model's cost.
Minimum coverageRequired share of the published ranking benchmark set.

Methodology

The table joins source-linked token prices to Model Markets' verified benchmark ranking. Missing prices or benchmark rows stay unknown and do not receive fabricated ratios.

How to Interpret the Result

Compare rows within similar evidence coverage. A cheap model with sparse benchmark participation can look efficient simply because the hard tests are missing.

Boundaries

What the Result Does Not Prove

  1. Benchmark aggregation is not a workload-specific quality guarantee.
  2. Lowest token prices can come from different providers.
  3. Latency and reliability are not part of the ratio.

Catalog values retain their source and freshness on the linked model, provider, benchmark, or comparison page. Editable scenario assumptions are not Model Markets measurements.

Continue the Analysis

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Questions

Price vs Performance FAQs

What does the AI Model Price-Performance Tool calculate?+

Screen for models that combine useful published performance with acceptable token economics. It returns a sortable frontier-style table with benchmark score, coverage, workload cost, and cost per performance point.

Does the AI Model Price-Performance Tool use current model data?+

Where the calculation needs model facts, it uses the current Model Markets catalog snapshot updated 2026-10-19. User-entered assumptions remain clearly editable, and unsupported values stay unknown rather than being inferred.

What should I verify before using the AI Model Price-Performance Tool result?+

Benchmark aggregation is not a workload-specific quality guarantee. Lowest token prices can come from different providers. Latency and reliability are not part of the ratio. Open the linked canonical records and primary sources before making a production or purchasing decision.

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