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Daily snapshot - 2026-07-27 - 254 models plotted

What does quality cost? Every priced LLM, one dot.

X axis is blended cost per million tokens (30% input / 70% output, log scale). Y axis is Arena Elo rating. Hover a dot for model name and exact figures. Data updates with the daily pricing snapshot. Sibling pages: pricing for daily price movers, llm-rate for the use-case picker.

1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 $0.1 $0.5 $1 $2 $5 $10 $20 $50 $100 blended price per 1M tokens (30% input / 70% output, log scale) Arena Elo rating gpt-5.6-sol-xhigh (codex-harness) | Elo 1625 | $22.50/M qwen3.7-max-20260517 | Elo 1517 | $3.54/M claude-fable-5 | Elo 1508 | $38.00/M gpt-5.5-xhigh (codex-harness) | Elo 1506 | $22.50/M claude-opus-4-6-thinking | Elo 1505 | $19.00/M claude-opus-4-7-thinking | Elo 1502 | $19.00/M claude-opus-4-6 | Elo 1498 | $19.00/M claude-opus-5-high | Elo 1495 | $19.00/M claude-opus-4-7 | Elo 1493 | $19.00/M muse-spark-1.1 | Elo 1493 | $3.35/M gemini-3.5-flash | Elo 1492 | $6.75/M gemini-3.1-pro-preview | Elo 1486 | $9.00/M gemini-3-pro | Elo 1486 | $9.00/M kimi-k3 | Elo 1485 | $11.40/M claude-opus-4-8-thinking | Elo 1484 | $19.00/M gemini-3.6-flash | Elo 1482 | $5.70/M gpt-5.5-high | Elo 1482 | $22.50/M gpt-5.4-high | Elo 1477 | $11.25/M gemini-3.5-flash-high | Elo 1476 | $6.75/M gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210 | Elo 1476 | $10.32/M gpt-5.5 | Elo 1476 | $22.50/M qwen3.7-max-preview | Elo 1475 | $3.54/M gpt-5.5-instant | Elo 1473 | $22.50/M claude-opus-4-8 | Elo 1473 | $19.00/M kimi-k2.7-code | Elo 1473 | $2.67/M gemini-3-flash | Elo 1473 | $2.25/M claude-opus-4-5-20251101-thinking-32k | Elo 1473 | $19.00/M grok-4.20-beta-0309-reasoning | Elo 1472 | $4.80/M claude-sonnet-4-6 | Elo 1472 | $11.40/M gemini-3.5-flash-medium | Elo 1472 | $6.75/M grok-4.20-multi-agent-beta-0309 | Elo 1471 | $4.80/M glm-5.2 (max) | Elo 1469 | $3.50/M glm-5.1 | Elo 1469 | $3.50/M claude-opus-4-5-20251101 | Elo 1469 | $19.00/M grok-4.5 | Elo 1468 | $4.80/M mimo-v2.5-pro | Elo 1466 | $0.74/M gpt-5.4 | Elo 1465 | $11.25/M gpt-5.4-high (codex-harness) | Elo 1462 | $11.25/M kimi-k2.6 | Elo 1461 | $3.08/M qwen3.6-max-preview | Elo 1460 | $4.68/M claude-sonnet-5-high | Elo 1459 | $7.60/M gemini-3-flash (thinking-minimal) | Elo 1459 | $2.25/M gemini-3.5-flash-lite | Elo 1458 | $1.84/M hy3 | Elo 1457 | $0.41/M qwen3.7-plus | Elo 1457 | $0.99/M deepseek-v4-pro | Elo 1457 | $0.74/M glm-5 | Elo 1457 | $2.54/M deepseek-v4-pro-thinking | Elo 1456 | $0.74/M claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929-thinking-32k | Elo 1456 | $11.40/M claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 | Elo 1455 | $11.40/M gpt-5.1-high | Elo 1455 | $7.38/M gemma-4-31b | Elo 1451 | $0.32/M kimi-k2.5-thinking | Elo 1450 | $2.28/M claude-opus-4-1-20250805-thinking-16k | Elo 1449 | $57.00/M gpt-5.4-mini-high | Elo 1449 | $3.38/M mimo-v2-pro | Elo 1448 | $2.40/M gpt-5.3-chat-latest | Elo 1448 | $10.32/M claude-opus-4-1-20250805 | Elo 1447 | $57.00/M gemini-2.5-pro | Elo 1446 | $7.38/M minimax-m3 | Elo 1445 | $1.86/M gpt-4.5-preview-2025-02-27 | Elo 1445 | $127.50/M gpt-5.4-medium (codex-harness) | Elo 1444 | $11.25/M qwen3.6-plus | Elo 1444 | $1.46/M chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 | Elo 1443 | $12.00/M grok-4.3 | Elo 1443 | $2.13/M qwen3.5-397b-a17b | Elo 1443 | $1.75/M inkling | Elo 1442 | $3.13/M glm-4.7 | Elo 1442 | $1.34/M gpt-5.1 | Elo 1439 | $7.38/M gpt-5.2-high | Elo 1438 | $10.32/M deepseek-v4-flash-thinking | Elo 1438 | $1.30/M deepseek-v4-flash | Elo 1436 | $0.24/M gpt-5.2 | Elo 1435 | $10.32/M qwen3-max-preview | Elo 1435 | $2.96/M gpt-5-high | Elo 1434 | $7.38/M mimo-v2.5 | Elo 1434 | $0.24/M glm-5v-turbo | Elo 1434 | $3.16/M gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview | Elo 1432 | $1.12/M kimi-k2.5-instant | Elo 1431 | $2.17/M grok-4-1-fast-reasoning | Elo 1431 | $0.41/M o3-2025-04-16 | Elo 1431 | $6.20/M mimo-v2-omni | Elo 1430 | $1.52/M kimi-k2-thinking-turbo | Elo 1430 | $5.94/M mistral-medium-3.5 | Elo 1427 | $5.70/M gpt-5-chat | Elo 1427 | $7.38/M glm-4.6 | Elo 1425 | $1.55/M deepseek-v3.2 | Elo 1425 | $0.36/M deepseek-v3.2-exp-thinking | Elo 1425 | $0.37/M claude-opus-4-20250514-thinking-16k | Elo 1425 | $57.00/M qwen3-max-2025-09-23 | Elo 1424 | $2.96/M qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 | Elo 1423 | $0.82/M deepseek-v3.2-exp | Elo 1423 | $0.37/M deepseek-v3.2-thinking | Elo 1423 | $0.36/M deepseek-r1-0528 | Elo 1422 | $1.65/M grok-4-fast-chat | Elo 1421 | $11.40/M gpt-5-medium | Elo 1419 | $7.38/M kimi-k2-0905-preview | Elo 1418 | $1.93/M kimi-k2-0711-preview | Elo 1418 | $1.93/M deepseek-v3.1 | Elo 1417 | $3.83/M deepseek-v3.1-terminus-thinking | Elo 1417 | $0.78/M deepseek-v3.1-thinking | Elo 1417 | $3.83/M qwen3.5-122b-a10b | Elo 1417 | $1.53/M minimax-m2.7 | Elo 1417 | $0.77/M deepseek-v3.1-terminus | Elo 1415 | $0.78/M qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct | Elo 1415 | $1.39/M mistral-large-3 | Elo 1415 | $1.20/M gpt-4.1-2025-04-14 | Elo 1414 | $6.20/M claude-opus-4-20250514 | Elo 1413 | $57.00/M hunyuan-hy3-preview | Elo 1412 | $0.91/M claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | Elo 1412 | $3.80/M grok-3-preview-02-24 | Elo 1411 | $11.40/M glm-4.5 | Elo 1411 | $1.72/M gemini-2.5-flash | Elo 1410 | $1.84/M grok-4-0709 | Elo 1410 | $11.40/M mistral-medium-2508 | Elo 1409 | $1.52/M gpt-5.3-codex (codex-harness) | Elo 1409 | $10.32/M qwen3.5-27b | Elo 1408 | $1.15/M gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-2025 | Elo 1404 | $1.84/M grok-4-fast-reasoning | Elo 1404 | $0.41/M qwen3-235b-a22b-no-thinking | Elo 1403 | $1.41/M gpt-5.4-nano-high | Elo 1403 | $0.94/M o1-2024-12-17 | Elo 1402 | $46.50/M longcat-flash-chat | Elo 1401 | $0.62/M qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct | Elo 1401 | $0.80/M claude-sonnet-4-20250514-thinking-32k | Elo 1399 | $11.40/M qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507 | Elo 1399 | $2.19/M deepseek-r1 | Elo 1398 | $1.96/M deepseek-v3-0324 | Elo 1396 | $4.05/M qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking | Elo 1395 | $1.90/M qwen3.5-35b-a3b | Elo 1395 | $0.74/M step-3.5-flash | Elo 1395 | $0.24/M mimo-v2-flash (non-thinking) | Elo 1393 | $0.24/M gpt-5.1-medium | Elo 1390 | $7.38/M minimax-m2.5 | Elo 1390 | $0.68/M o4-mini-2025-04-16 | Elo 1390 | $3.41/M gpt-5-mini-high | Elo 1390 | $1.47/M claude-sonnet-4-20250514 | Elo 1389 | $11.40/M o1-preview | Elo 1388 | $46.50/M qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct | Elo 1388 | $1.24/M claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219-thinking-32k | Elo 1388 | $11.40/M mimo-v2-flash (thinking) | Elo 1387 | $0.24/M mistral-medium-2505 | Elo 1387 | $1.52/M minimax-m2.1-preview | Elo 1384 | $0.93/M qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507 | Elo 1383 | $0.15/M gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 | Elo 1383 | $1.24/M gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025-no-thinking | Elo 1380 | $0.31/M trinity-large-preview | Elo 1379 | $0.36/M glm-4.6v | Elo 1377 | $0.72/M qwen3-235b-a22b | Elo 1375 | $1.41/M gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-06-17-thinking | Elo 1374 | $0.31/M claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022 | Elo 1373 | $11.40/M glm-4.5-air | Elo 1373 | $0.63/M claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219 | Elo 1372 | $11.40/M qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking | Elo 1369 | $0.58/M trinity-large-thinking | Elo 1369 | $0.66/M glm-4.7-flash | Elo 1368 | $0.30/M gemma-3-27b-it | Elo 1366 | $0.34/M sora-2-pro | Elo 1366 | $0.21/M veo-3.1-audio | Elo 1364 | $0.28/M minimax-m1 | Elo 1364 | $1.71/M o3-mini-high | Elo 1364 | $3.41/M veo-3.1-fast-audio | Elo 1362 | $0.10/M grok-3-mini-high | Elo 1362 | $0.96/M gemini-2.0-flash-001 | Elo 1360 | $0.31/M deepseek-v3 | Elo 1359 | $3.53/M mistral-small-2506 | Elo 1357 | $0.24/M grok-3-mini-beta | Elo 1357 | $0.44/M intellect-3 | Elo 1356 | $0.83/M command-a-03-2025 | Elo 1354 | $7.75/M gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05 | Elo 1353 | $0.23/M glm-4.5v | Elo 1353 | $1.44/M gpt-oss-120b | Elo 1352 | $0.13/M gemini-1.5-pro-002 | Elo 1351 | $8.40/M laguna-m.1 | Elo 1349 | $0.34/M step-3 | Elo 1348 | $1.16/M o3-mini | Elo 1348 | $3.41/M llama-3.1-nemotron-ultra-253b-v1 | Elo 1347 | $1.44/M qwen3-32b | Elo 1347 | $0.22/M veo-3-fast-audio | Elo 1347 | $0.10/M mercury-2 | Elo 1347 | $0.60/M qwen-plus-0125 | Elo 1346 | $0.96/M minimax-m2 | Elo 1346 | $0.79/M gpt-4o-2024-05-13 | Elo 1346 | $12.00/M nvidia-llama-3.3-nemotron-super-49b-v1.5 | Elo 1343 | $0.31/M claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620 | Elo 1343 | $11.40/M gemma-3-12b-it | Elo 1342 | $0.12/M veo-3-audio | Elo 1339 | $0.28/M gpt-5.2-codex | Elo 1338 | $10.32/M sora-2 | Elo 1337 | $0.07/M gpt-5.1-codex | Elo 1336 | $7.38/M laguna-xs.2 | Elo 1303 | $0.17/M KAT-Coder-Pro-V1 | Elo 1255 | $0.64/M claude-opus-4-6-search | Elo 1253 | $19.00/M veo-3 | Elo 1252 | $0.28/M veo-3-fast | Elo 1248 | $0.10/M gpt-5.1-codex-mini | Elo 1244 | $1.47/M gpt-5.5-search | Elo 1240 | $22.50/M gemini-3-pro-image-preview (nano-banana-pro) | Elo 1232 | $9.00/M claude-sonnet-4-6-search | Elo 1221 | $11.40/M gemini-3-pro-grounding | Elo 1207 | $9.00/M gpt-5.2-search | Elo 1206 | $10.32/M gpt-5.1-search | Elo 1199 | $7.38/M gpt-5.4-search | Elo 1196 | $11.25/M granite-4.1-8b | Elo 1194 | $0.08/M claude-sonnet-5-search | Elo 1188 | $7.60/M qwen-vl-max-2025-08-13 | Elo 1186 | $1.61/M claude-opus-4-5-search | Elo 1179 | $19.00/M gpt-5.2-search-non-reasoning | Elo 1173 | $10.32/M grok-4-1-fast-search | Elo 1171 | $0.41/M grok-4-fast-search | Elo 1170 | $0.41/M grok-code-fast-1 | Elo 1163 | $1.11/M veo-2 | Elo 1163 | $0.24/M claude-sonnet-4-5-search | Elo 1158 | $11.40/M gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (nano-banana) | Elo 1151 | $1.84/M claude-opus-4-1-search | Elo 1148 | $57.00/M gpt-5-nano-high | Elo 1147 | $0.29/M llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct | Elo 1147 | $1.45/M o3-search | Elo 1143 | $6.20/M gemini-2.5-pro-grounding | Elo 1142 | $7.38/M grok-4-search | Elo 1141 | $11.40/M gemini-1.5-flash-002 | Elo 1141 | $0.23/M ppl-sonar-reasoning-pro-high | Elo 1138 | $1.00/M gpt-5-search | Elo 1132 | $7.38/M ppl-sonar-pro-high | Elo 1129 | $1.00/M imagen-4.0-generate-001 | Elo 1129 | $0.03/M claude-3-5-haiku-20241022 | Elo 1128 | $3.80/M llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct | Elo 1128 | $0.61/M mistral-small-3.1-24b-instruct-2503 | Elo 1128 | $0.24/M claude-opus-4-search | Elo 1126 | $57.00/M qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct | Elo 1122 | $0.94/M gemini-1.5-pro-001 | Elo 1120 | $8.40/M gpt-4o-2024-08-06 | Elo 1119 | $7.75/M qwen2.5-vl-32b-instruct | Elo 1119 | $0.48/M gpt-image-1 | Elo 1115 | $8.50/M gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 | Elo 1112 | $24.00/M molmo-2-8b | Elo 1108 | $0.20/M gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 | Elo 1098 | $0.46/M pixtral-large-2411 | Elo 1095 | $4.80/M gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 | Elo 1090 | $0.31/M qwen2-vl-72b | Elo 1086 | $0.90/M qwen-vl-max-1119 | Elo 1086 | $2.48/M devstral-medium-2507 | Elo 1079 | $1.52/M gemini-1.5-flash-8b-001 | Elo 1072 | $0.23/M sora | Elo 1068 | $0.07/M claude-3-opus-20240229 | Elo 1063 | $57.00/M gemini-1.5-flash-001 | Elo 1061 | $0.23/M imagen-3.0-generate-002 | Elo 1058 | $0.03/M qwen2-vl-7b-instruct | Elo 1032 | $0.20/M pixtral-12b-2409 | Elo 1026 | $0.15/M amazon-nova-pro-v1.0 | Elo 1020 | $2.48/M amazon-nova-lite-v1.0 | Elo 1019 | $0.19/M claude-3-sonnet-20240229 | Elo 1017 | $11.40/M api-gpt-4o-search | Elo 1006 | $51.00/M claude-3-haiku-20240307 | Elo 1001 | $0.95/M claude-fable-5 claude-opus-4-6-search claude-opus-4-6-thinki... gpt-5.5-search claude-opus-4-7-thinki... gpt-5.6-sol-xhigh (cod... claude-opus-4-6 claude-opus-5-high sora-2-pro claude-opus-4-7 claude-sonnet-4-6-sear... muse-spark-1.1 Anthropic OpenAI Google Alibaba DeepSeek xAI Meta Mistral LLM price vs quality - 2026-07-27 - 254 models charts.worker-fleet.com
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How to read this

Top-left is the sweet spot: high quality, low cost. Top-right means frontier-quality at a premium. Bottom-left means cheap but weak. Open-weights models priced at $0 are excluded (they're a different product category - hosting cost varies by provider). Models below Elo 1000 are also excluded to keep the chart tight.

Blended price weights output 2.3x heavier than input, which matches a typical chat or agent workload. If your workload is prompt-heavy (batch classification, long system prompts with short outputs), the real cost tilts left; if it's output-heavy (code generation, long completions), it tilts right. The Arena Elo is from Chatbot Arena and reflects human preference, not task-specific benchmarks.

Method

The underlying data is the same daily pricing snapshot used by pricing.worker-fleet.com: a daily pull from the arena.ai leaderboard RSC payload, committed to data/pricing/. This Worker reads data/pricing/latest.json and renders the scatter plot server-side as SVG.

Source: 442 total models on today's snapshot, 258 with pricing data, 254 shown after filtering (price > $0, Elo >= 1000).