Competitive Landscape Tracker
Maps the full AI model ecosystem by positioning 300 models along score vs price axes. Discover hidden gems that deliver top-tier performance at low cost, and identify overpriced models to avoid.
Landscape Overview
Total Mapped
300
models analyzed
Premium Leaders
93
high score + high cost
Hidden Gems
49
high score + low cost
Budget Options
91
low score + low cost
Overpriced
50
low score + high cost
Model Distribution by Quadrant
Premium Leaders31.0%
Hidden Gems16.3%
Budget Options30.3%
Overpriced16.7%
Free Tier5.7%
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Quadrant Map
Score vs Price positioningHigh Score
Hidden Gems
Best value - high quality, low price
49models
Avg score: 79
Premium Leaders
Top tier, but expensive
93models
Avg score: 86
Budget Options
Affordable, lower performance
91models
Avg score: 54
Overpriced
High cost, underwhelming score
50models
Avg score: 54
Low CostHigh Cost
Hidden Gems
Above-median score, below-median cost - sorted by value ratio| # | Model | Score | Cost/1M | Value Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5 Nano (batch)OpenAI | 77 | $0.112 | 682.7 |
| 2 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)Google | 79 | $0.125 | 632.8 |
| 3 | Gemma 4 31BGoogle | 81 | $0.220 | 365.9 |
| 4 | Gemma 4 26B A4B Google | 73 | $0.205 | 356.1 |
| 5 | MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi | 73 | $0.210 | 347.6 |
| 6 | Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle | 79 | $0.250 | 316.4 |
| 7 | GPT-5.6 Luna ProOpenAI | 89 | $0.350 | 254.3 |
| 8 | GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $0.350 | 254.3 |
| 9 | GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI | 89 | $0.350 | 254.3 |
| 10 | GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $0.350 | 254.3 |
| 11 | DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek | 81 | $0.320 | 254.1 |
| 12 | Hy3Tencent | 74 | $0.330 | 224.2 |
| 13 | GPT-5.4 Nano (batch)OpenAI | 79 | $0.362 | 218.8 |
| 14 | MiniMax M3 (batch)MiniMax | 74 | $0.375 | 197.6 |
| 15 | GLM 5.2Zhipu AI | 79 | $0.522 | 150.4 |
| 16 | MiniMax M2.5MiniMax | 78 | $0.560 | 139.3 |
| 17 | GPT-5 Mini (batch)OpenAI | 77 | $0.563 | 136.5 |
| 18 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba | 76 | $0.570 | 133.3 |
| 19 | DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek | 87 | $0.652 | 132.9 |
| 20 | Gemma 2 27BGoogle | 77 | $0.650 | 119.1 |
| 21 | MiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomi | 76 | $0.652 | 116.8 |
| 22 | MiniMax M2.7MiniMax | 78 | $0.675 | 115.6 |
| 23 | Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)Google | 79 | $0.700 | 113.0 |
| 24 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)Google | 77 | $0.700 | 109.9 |
| 25 | GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI | 79 | $0.725 | 109.4 |
| 26 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)Google | 88 | $0.875 | 101.0 |
| 27 | MiniMax M3MiniMax | 74 | $0.750 | 99.1 |
| 28 | Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba | 76 | $0.800 | 94.9 |
| 29 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle | 79 | $0.875 | 90.6 |
| 30 | Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba | 77 | $0.878 | 87.7 |
| 31 | GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI | 88 | $1.13 | 78.0 |
| 32 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20Alibaba | 75 | $1.05 | 71.2 |
| 33 | GLM 4.7Zhipu AI | 75 | $1.07 | 69.9 |
| 34 | Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba | 74 | $1.14 | 65.1 |
| 35 | GPT-5.4 Mini (batch)OpenAI | 79 | $1.31 | 60.4 |
| 36 | GLM 4.6Zhipu AI | 75 | $1.25 | 60.1 |
| 37 | R1 0528DeepSeek | 79 | $1.33 | 59.9 |
| 38 | o4 Mini High (batch)OpenAI | 81 | $1.38 | 59.2 |
| 39 | o4 Mini (batch)OpenAI | 81 | $1.38 | 59.2 |
| 40 | Qwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba | 79 | $1.36 | 58.2 |
| 41 | Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba | 78 | $1.34 | 57.8 |
| 42 | Inkling (batch)thinkingmachines | 73 | $1.26 | 57.7 |
| 43 | Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle | 79 | $1.40 | 56.5 |
| 44 | Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle | 77 | $1.40 | 54.9 |
| 45 | o3 Mini High (batch)OpenAI | 74 | $1.38 | 54.0 |
| 46 | o3 Mini (batch)OpenAI | 74 | $1.38 | 54.0 |
| 47 | GLM 5.2 (batch)Zhipu AI | 78 | $1.45 | 54.0 |
| 48 | GLM 4.5Zhipu AI | 75 | $1.40 | 53.6 |
| 49 | Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI | 76 | $1.51 | 50.2 |
Premium Leaders
Above-median score and cost - sorted by score| # | Model | Score | Cost/1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Fable 5Anthropic | 97 | $30.00 |
| 2 | Claude Fable 5 (batch)Anthropic | 97 | $15.00 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 5 (Fast)Anthropic | 95 | $30.00 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 5Anthropic | 95 | $15.00 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)Anthropic | 95 | $30.00 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic | 95 | $15.00 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.7 (Fast)Anthropic | 95 | $90.00 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic | 95 | $15.00 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)Anthropic | 95 | $7.50 |
| 10 | Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)Anthropic | 95 | $7.50 |
| 11 | GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI | 93 | $105.00 |
| 12 | GPT-5.5 Pro (batch)OpenAI | 93 | $52.50 |
| 13 | GPT-5.5OpenAI | 93 | $17.50 |
| 14 | GPT-5.5 (batch)OpenAI | 93 | $8.75 |
| 15 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle | 92 | $7.00 |
| 16 | Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle | 92 | $7.00 |
| 17 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)Google | 92 | $3.50 |
| 18 | GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI | 92 | $105.00 |
| 19 | GPT-5.4 Pro (batch)OpenAI | 92 | $52.50 |
| 20 | GPT-5.4OpenAI | 92 | $8.75 |
| 21 | GPT-5.4 (batch)OpenAI | 92 | $4.38 |
| 22 | GPT-5.3 ChatOpenAI | 91 | $7.88 |
| 23 | GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI | 91 | $7.88 |
| 24 | GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI | 91 | $7.88 |
| 25 | GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAI | 91 | $7.88 |
| 26 | GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI | 91 | $94.50 |
| 27 | GPT-5.2 Pro (batch)OpenAI | 91 | $47.25 |
| 28 | GPT-5.2OpenAI | 91 | $7.88 |
| 29 | GPT-5.2 (batch)OpenAI | 91 | $3.94 |
| 30 | Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | 90 | $15.00 |
| 31 | Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)Anthropic | 90 | $7.50 |
| 32 | GPT-5.6 Terra ProOpenAI | 89 | $3.50 |
| 33 | GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $3.50 |
| 34 | GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI | 89 | $3.50 |
| 35 | GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $3.50 |
| 36 | GPT-5.6 Sol ProOpenAI | 89 | $17.50 |
| 37 | GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $8.75 |
| 38 | GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI | 89 | $17.50 |
| 39 | GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $8.75 |
| 40 | Grok 4.5xAI | 89 | $4.00 |
| 41 | Grok 4.3xAI | 89 | $1.88 |
| 42 | Grok 4.20xAI | 89 | $1.88 |
| 43 | GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI | 89 | $5.63 |
| 44 | GPT-5.1OpenAI | 89 | $5.63 |
| 45 | GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI | 89 | $5.63 |
| 46 | GPT-5 ProOpenAI | 89 | $67.50 |
| 47 | GPT-5 Pro (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $33.75 |
| 48 | GPT-5 Codex (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $2.81 |
| 49 | GPT-5OpenAI | 89 | $5.63 |
| 50 | GPT-5 (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $2.81 |
| 51 | Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle | 88 | $1.75 |
| 52 | Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentxAI | 88 | $1.88 |
| 53 | GPT-5.1 (batch)OpenAI | 88 | $2.81 |
| 54 | o3 ProOpenAI | 87 | $50.00 |
| 55 | o3 Pro (batch)OpenAI | 87 | $25.00 |
| 56 | o3OpenAI | 87 | $5.00 |
| 57 | o3 (batch)OpenAI | 87 | $2.50 |
| 58 | Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic | 85 | $6.00 |
| 59 | Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | 85 | $9.00 |
| 60 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)Anthropic | 85 | $4.50 |
| 61 | Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic | 85 | $15.00 |
| 62 | Claude Opus 4.5 (batch)Anthropic | 85 | $7.50 |
| 63 | Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | 84 | $5.63 |
| 64 | Gemini 2.5 Pro (batch)Google | 84 | $2.81 |
| 65 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google | 84 | $5.63 |
| 66 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06Google | 84 | $5.63 |
| 67 | Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | 82 | $9.00 |
| 68 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)Anthropic | 82 | $4.50 |
| 69 | Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic | 82 | $45.00 |
| 70 | Claude Opus 4Anthropic | 82 | $45.00 |
| 71 | o4 MiniOpenAI | 81 | $2.75 |
| 72 | Qwen3.8 MaxAlibaba | 81 | $4.00 |
| 73 | Muse Spark 1.2meta | 80 | $2.75 |
| 74 | Muse Spark 1.1meta | 80 | $2.75 |
| 75 | Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle | 80 | $4.50 |
| 76 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)Google | 80 | $2.25 |
| 77 | GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI | 79 | $2.63 |
| 78 | Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle | 79 | $5.25 |
| 79 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch)Google | 79 | $2.63 |
| 80 | GLM 5.1Zhipu AI | 78 | $1.97 |
| 81 | GLM 5 TurboZhipu AI | 78 | $2.60 |
| 82 | GLM 5Zhipu AI | 78 | $1.75 |
| 83 | o3 MiniOpenAI | 75 | $2.75 |
| 84 | Claude Opus 4.1 (batch)Anthropic | 75 | $22.50 |
| 85 | Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba | 75 | $2.95 |
| 86 | Qwen3.6 Max PreviewAlibaba | 75 | $3.59 |
| 87 | Claude Sonnet 4Anthropic | 74 | $9.00 |
| 88 | o1OpenAI | 74 | $37.50 |
| 89 | o1 (batch)OpenAI | 74 | $18.75 |
| 90 | R1DeepSeek | 74 | $1.60 |
| 91 | Inklingthinkingmachines | 74 | $2.50 |
| 92 | o1-proOpenAI | 74 | $375.00 |
| 93 | o1-pro (batch)OpenAI | 74 | $187.50 |
Budget Options
Below-median score and cost - sorted by score| # | Model | Score | Cost/1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MiniMax M2.1MiniMax | 72 | $0.750 |
| 2 | MiniMax M2MiniMax | 72 | $0.637 |
| 3 | DeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeek | 72 | $0.340 |
| 4 | DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeek | 72 | $0.600 |
| 5 | DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeek | 72 | $0.695 |
| 6 | Inkling Smallthinkingmachines | 72 | $0.825 |
| 7 | MiniMax M1MiniMax | 71 | $1.38 |
| 8 | GLM 4.5 AirZhipu AI | 71 | $0.490 |
| 9 | Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)Anthropic | 70 | $1.50 |
| 10 | DeepSeek V3DeepSeek | 70 | $0.643 |
| 11 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructAlibaba | 69 | $1.05 |
| 12 | DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeek | 69 | $0.635 |
| 13 | GPT-4o-miniOpenAI | 69 | $0.375 |
| 14 | MiniMax M2-herMiniMax | 69 | $0.750 |
| 15 | Qwen3.5-FlashAlibaba | 69 | $0.163 |
| 16 | Hy3 previewTencent | 68 | $0.137 |
| 17 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba | 68 | $0.910 |
| 18 | Llama 4 MaverickMeta | 68 | $0.500 |
| 19 | Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral AI | 67 | $1.00 |
| 20 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingAlibaba | 67 | $0.675 |
| 21 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructAlibaba | 67 | $0.595 |
| 22 | Llama 3.3 70B InstructMeta | 67 | $0.210 |
| 23 | Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba | 67 | $0.125 |
| 24 | Step 3.5 FlashStepFun | 66 | $0.200 |
| 25 | Composer 2Cursor | 66 | $1.50 |
| 26 | GLM 4.6VZhipu AI | 66 | $0.600 |
| 27 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Alibaba | 66 | $1.26 |
| 28 | Llama 3.1 70B InstructMeta | 65 | $0.400 |
| 29 | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Alibaba | 65 | $0.320 |
| 30 | Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507Alibaba | 64 | $1.30 |
| 31 | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Alibaba | 64 | $0.121 |
| 32 | Qwen3 30B A3BAlibaba | 64 | $0.310 |
| 33 | Trinity Large Thinkingarcee-ai | 64 | $0.535 |
| 34 | GPT-5 MiniOpenAI | 64 | $1.13 |
| 35 | GLM 4.7 FlashZhipu AI | 64 | $0.230 |
| 36 | GLM 4.5VZhipu AI | 63 | $1.20 |
| 37 | GPT-4o-mini (batch)OpenAI | 63 | $0.188 |
| 38 | Mercury 2Inception | 61 | $0.500 |
| 39 | Qwen3 8BAlibaba | 61 | $0.286 |
| 40 | Nova 2 LiteAmazon | 61 | $1.40 |
| 41 | Phi 4Microsoft | 60 | $0.105 |
| 42 | GPT-4.1 Mini (batch)OpenAI | 59 | $0.500 |
| 43 | GPT-4.1 Nano (batch)OpenAI | 59 | $0.125 |
| 44 | gpt-oss-20bOpenAI | 57 | $0.080 |
| 45 | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)OpenAI | 57 | $0.375 |
| 46 | Granite 4.1 8BIBM | 55 | $0.075 |
| 47 | Olmo 3 32B ThinkAllen AI | 55 | $0.325 |
| 48 | Llama 4 ScoutMeta | 55 | $0.200 |
| 49 | Kimi K2.7 Code (batch)Moonshot AI | 54 | $1.24 |
| 50 | Qwen3 235B A22BAlibaba | 54 | $1.14 |
| 51 | GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI | 54 | $1.000 |
| 52 | Kimi K2 0711Moonshot AI | 51 | $1.44 |
| 53 | Claude 3 HaikuAnthropic | 51 | $0.750 |
| 54 | Command R (08-2024)Cohere | 49 | $0.375 |
| 55 | GPT-5 NanoOpenAI | 47 | $0.225 |
| 56 | Llama 3.1 8B InstructMeta | 45 | $0.065 |
| 57 | GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAI | 42 | $0.250 |
| 58 | R1 Distill Llama 70BDeepSeek | 41 | $0.800 |
| 59 | gpt-oss-120bOpenAI | 40 | $0.103 |
| 60 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest~deepseek | 40 | $0.135 |
| 61 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek | 40 | $0.135 |
| 62 | Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba | 40 | $0.080 |
| 63 | Ling-3.0-flashinclusionai | 40 | $0.042 |
| 64 | Laguna S 2.1poolside | 40 | $0.135 |
| 65 | LongCat 2.0Meituan | 40 | $0.750 |
| 66 | KAT-Coder-Air V2.5Kuaishou | 40 | $0.375 |
| 67 | Aion-3.0-Miniaion-labs | 40 | $1.05 |
| 68 | Laguna XS 2.1poolside | 40 | $0.090 |
| 69 | Nemotron 3 Ultra (batch)NVIDIA | 40 | $1.05 |
| 70 | Step 3.7 FlashStepFun | 40 | $0.675 |
| 71 | Grok Build 0.1xAI | 40 | $1.50 |
| 72 | Perceptron Mk1perceptron | 40 | $0.825 |
| 73 | Ring-2.6-1Tinclusionai | 40 | $0.350 |
| 74 | Qwen3.6 FlashAlibaba | 40 | $0.656 |
| 75 | Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba | 40 | $0.570 |
| 76 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeek | 40 | $0.210 |
| 77 | Ling-2.6-1Tinclusionai | 40 | $0.350 |
| 78 | Ling-2.6-flashinclusionai | 40 | $0.020 |
| 79 | KAT-Coder-Pro V2Kuaishou | 40 | $0.750 |
| 80 | Reka Edgerekaai | 40 | $0.100 |
| 81 | Mistral Small 4Mistral AI | 40 | $0.375 |
| 82 | Nemotron 3 SuperNVIDIA | 40 | $0.242 |
| 83 | Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance | 40 | $1.13 |
| 84 | Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance | 40 | $0.250 |
| 85 | Aion-2.0aion-labs | 40 | $1.20 |
| 86 | Qwen3 Coder NextAlibaba | 40 | $0.460 |
| 87 | Solar Pro 3Upstage | 40 | $0.375 |
| 88 | GPT Audio MiniOpenAI | 40 | $1.50 |
| 89 | Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance | 40 | $0.188 |
| 90 | Seed 1.6ByteDance | 40 | $1.13 |
| 91 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA | 40 | $0.125 |
Overpriced Models
Below-median score, above-median cost| # | Model | Score | Cost/1M | Score Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 5 (batch)Anthropic | 40 | $7.50 | -32.9 |
| 2 | Kimi K3Moonshot AI | 40 | $9.00 | -32.9 |
| 3 | KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5Kuaishou | 40 | $1.85 | -32.9 |
| 4 | Grok Latest~x-ai | 40 | $4.00 | -32.9 |
| 5 | Aion-3.0aion-labs | 40 | $4.50 | -32.9 |
| 6 | Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)Anthropic | 40 | $3.00 | -32.9 |
| 7 | Fugu Ultrasakana | 40 | $17.50 | -32.9 |
| 8 | Claude Fable Latest~anthropic | 40 | $30.00 | -32.9 |
| 9 | Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA | 40 | $2.10 | -32.9 |
| 10 | GPT Chat LatestOpenAI | 40 | $17.50 | -32.9 |
| 11 | Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest~anthropic | 40 | $3.00 | -32.9 |
| 12 | OpenAI GPT Mini Latest~openai | 40 | $2.63 | -32.9 |
| 13 | Google Gemini Pro Latest~google | 40 | $7.00 | -32.9 |
| 14 | MoonshotAI Kimi Latest~moonshotai | 40 | $8.25 | -32.9 |
| 15 | Google Gemini Flash Latest~google | 40 | $4.50 | -32.9 |
| 16 | Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest~anthropic | 40 | $6.00 | -32.9 |
| 17 | OpenAI GPT Latest~openai | 40 | $17.50 | -32.9 |
| 18 | Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba | 40 | $2.10 | -32.9 |
| 19 | Claude Opus Latest~anthropic | 40 | $15.00 | -32.9 |
| 20 | Palmyra X5Writer | 40 | $3.30 | -32.9 |
| 21 | GPT AudioOpenAI | 40 | $6.25 | -32.9 |
| 22 | Command R+ (08-2024)Cohere | 49 | $6.25 | -24.2 |
| 23 | Command ACohere | 51 | $6.25 | -22.1 |
| 24 | Kimi K2 0905Moonshot AI | 52 | $1.55 | -20.5 |
| 25 | Kimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AI | 53 | $1.55 | -19.6 |
| 26 | Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI | 54 | $2.10 | -18.8 |
| 27 | Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI | 59 | $1.71 | -13.8 |
| 28 | GPT-4 Turbo (batch)OpenAI | 62 | $10.00 | -11.4 |
| 29 | Mixtral 8x22B InstructMistral AI | 63 | $4.00 | -9.5 |
| 30 | o3 Mini HighOpenAI | 64 | $2.75 | -8.8 |
| 31 | GPT-4 Turbo PreviewOpenAI | 65 | $20.00 | -8.1 |
| 32 | GPT-4OpenAI | 65 | $45.00 | -8.1 |
| 33 | Composer 2 FastCursor | 66 | $4.50 | -7.2 |
| 34 | Mistral Large 2407Mistral AI | 66 | $4.00 | -7.0 |
| 35 | Mistral LargeMistral AI | 66 | $4.00 | -7.0 |
| 36 | GPT-4 TurboOpenAI | 67 | $20.00 | -6.2 |
| 37 | Qwen3 MaxAlibaba | 67 | $2.34 | -5.5 |
| 38 | GPT-4.1OpenAI | 68 | $5.00 | -5.2 |
| 39 | GPT-4.1 (batch)OpenAI | 68 | $2.50 | -5.2 |
| 40 | Qwen3 Max ThinkingAlibaba | 68 | $2.34 | -4.7 |
| 41 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingAlibaba | 69 | $2.20 | -3.5 |
| 42 | Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | 70 | $3.00 | -3.4 |
| 43 | GPT-4o (2024-11-20)OpenAI | 71 | $6.25 | -1.7 |
| 44 | GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAI | 71 | $6.25 | -1.7 |
| 45 | GPT-4oOpenAI | 71 | $6.25 | -1.7 |
| 46 | GPT-4o (2024-05-13)OpenAI | 71 | $10.00 | -1.7 |
| 47 | Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI | 72 | $4.50 | -1.2 |
| 48 | GPT-4o (batch)OpenAI | 72 | $3.13 | -0.9 |
| 49 | o4 Mini HighOpenAI | 72 | $2.75 | -0.8 |
| 50 | GLM 5V TurboZhipu AI | 72 | $2.60 | -0.6 |
Free Tier Analysis
17 models with zero API cost| # | Model | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemma 4 31B (free)Google | 81 |
| 2 | Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)Google | 73 |
| 3 | gpt-oss-20b (free)OpenAI | 57 |
| 4 | Ling 3.0 Tiny (free)inclusionai | 40 |
| 5 | Laguna S 2.1 (free)poolside | 40 |
| 6 | Laguna XS 2.1 (free)poolside | 40 |
| 7 | North Mini Code (free)Cohere | 40 |
| 8 | Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free)NVIDIA | 40 |
| 9 | Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)NVIDIA | 40 |
| 10 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)NVIDIA | 40 |
| 11 | Lyria 3 Pro PreviewGoogle | 40 |
| 12 | Lyria 3 Clip PreviewGoogle | 40 |
| 13 | Nemotron 3 Super (free)NVIDIA | 40 |
| 14 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free)NVIDIA | 40 |
| 15 | Falcon-H1-Arabic 34B InstructTII | 40 |
| 16 | Falcon-H1-Arabic 7B InstructTII | 40 |
| 17 | Falcon-H1-Arabic 3B InstructTII | 40 |
Landscape Insights
Median Thresholds
The median score is 73 and the median cost is $1.55/1M tokens. These thresholds define the quadrant boundaries.
Hidden Gems Rate
17.3% of paid models are Hidden Gems -- great quality at prices below the median. These are the models worth paying attention to.
Overpriced Count
50 models sit in the Overpriced quadrant -- below-median performance at above-median prices. Consider alternatives before choosing these.
Best Free Model
The best free model (Gemma 4 31B (free)) scores 81, outperforming 200 paid models.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hidden Gems are models that score above the median quality score while costing below the median price. They deliver top-tier performance at lower-than-typical prices, making them excellent choices for cost-conscious developers who do not want to sacrifice quality.
Models are placed into quadrants based on their composite score and average cost relative to the median. Premium Leaders have above-median scores and costs. Hidden Gems have above-median scores but below-median costs. Budget Options have below-median scores and costs. Overpriced models have below-median scores but above-median costs.
The value ratio is calculated as composite score divided by average cost per million tokens. A higher ratio means you get more quality per dollar spent. This metric helps identify models that punch above their weight class in terms of price-to-performance efficiency.