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Price-band ranking

Best AI models $0.50-2 / 1M tokens

As of August 9, 2026, MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (batch) is the top-quality model priced $0.50-2 / 1m tokens, scoring 45.4 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index among 31 eligible models in this price tier.

  1. #1 MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (batch) - Quality 45.4 · $0.52/1M
  2. #2 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro - Quality 45.3 · $0.54/1M
  3. #3 MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 - Quality 45.1 · $1.04/1M
  4. #4 MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code (batch) - Quality 43 · $1.40/1M
  5. #5 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro - Quality 42.9 · $0.54/1M
  6. #6 Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch) - Quality 42.3 · $1.73/1M
  7. #7 Thinking Machines: Inkling Small - Quality 41.2 · $0.64/1M
  8. #8 Z.ai: GLM 5.1 - Quality 41 · $1.46/1M
31 models priced $0.50-2 / 1m tokens
#ModelQualityPrice/1M
01MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (batch)45.4$0.52
02DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro45.3$0.54
03MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.645.1$1.04
04MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code (batch)43$1.40
05Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro42.9$0.54
06Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch)42.3$1.73
07Thinking Machines: Inkling Small41.2$0.64
08Z.ai: GLM 5.141$1.46
09OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (batch)40.9$1.69
10SpaceXAI: Grok Build 0.140.7$1.25
11Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus39.4$0.56
12MiniMax: MiniMax M2.738.9$0.52
13NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)38.3$1.35
14SpaceXAI: Grok 4.337.9$1.56
15Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B37.7$1.35
16Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)37.4$0.85
17Z.ai: GLM 4.734.5$0.74
18Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B34.3$0.88
19Kwaipilot: KAT-Coder-Pro V233.9$0.52
20Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B32.8$0.82
21OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (batch)25.8$0.69
22Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview25.6$0.56
23Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 250719.9$0.75
24DeepSeek: R118.6$1.15
25Amazon: Nova 2 Lite18.4$0.85
26MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking17.2$1.08
27Mistral: Mistral Large 3 251215.9$0.75
28OpenAI: o3 Mini High (batch)15.7$1.93
29OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini (batch)14.8$0.70
30Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.114.7$0.80
31Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 250714.6$0.75

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of August 9, 2026.

Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).

Methodology: smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.