Price per 1M tokens using the Artificial Analysis 3:1 blended ratio.
Blended Price is a cost metric for comparing providers with different input and output token prices. Artificial Analysis calculates it with a 3:1 input-to-output token ratio so a single number can summarize typical API cost.
Test type: Provider price normalization. Lower values rank better.
379 models have this metric.
Current leader: Gemma 4 E4B (Non-reasoning)
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Prices come from the current Artificial Analysis pricing dataset, read from Supabase when configured.
Top models ranked by Blended $.
| Rank | Model | Creator | Value | Speed | Blended Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Gemma 4 E4B (Non-reasoning) | $0.040/M | 101.1 tok/s | $0.040/M | |
| #2 |
| $0.040/M |
| 101.2 tok/s |
| $0.040/M |
| #3 | Sarvam 30B (high) | Sarvam | $0.047/M | n/a | $0.047/M |
| #4 | Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) | Alibaba | $0.060/M | 19.4 tok/s | $0.060/M |
| #5 | Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning) | Alibaba | $0.060/M | 26.3 tok/s | $0.060/M |
| #6 | Nova Micro | Amazon | $0.061/M | 263.1 tok/s | $0.061/M |
| #7 | Granite 4.1 8B | IBM | $0.063/M | 121.4 tok/s | $0.063/M |
| #8 | HyperNova 60B 2605 | Multiverse Computing | $0.065/M | 415 tok/s | $0.065/M |
| #9 | Llama 3 Instruct 8B | Meta | $0.070/M | n/a | $0.070/M |
| #10 | NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) | NVIDIA | $0.070/M | 236.2 tok/s | $0.070/M |
| #11 | Sarvam 105B (high) | Sarvam | $0.074/M | n/a | $0.074/M |
| #12 | Gemma 3n E4B Instruct | $0.075/M | n/a | $0.075/M |
| #13 | Llama 3.1 Instruct 8B | Meta | $0.079/M | n/a | $0.079/M |
| #14 | Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning) | IBM | $0.085/M | n/a | $0.085/M |
| #15 | NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Non-reasoning) | NVIDIA | $0.086/M | 176.5 tok/s | $0.086/M |
| #16 | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Non-reasoning) | NVIDIA | $0.088/M | 234.5 tok/s | $0.088/M |
| #17 | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) | NVIDIA | $0.088/M | 289 tok/s | $0.088/M |
| #18 | Qwen2.5 Turbo | Alibaba | $0.088/M | n/a | $0.088/M |
| #19 | Llama 2 Chat 7B | Meta | $0.100/M | n/a | $0.100/M |
| #20 | Ministral 3 3B | Mistral | $0.100/M | 282.2 tok/s | $0.100/M |
| #21 | gpt-oss-20b (high) | OpenAI | $0.103/M | 187.9 tok/s | $0.103/M |
| #22 | Nova Lite | Amazon | $0.105/M | n/a | $0.105/M |
| #23 | Granite 4.0 H Small | IBM | $0.107/M | 55.3 tok/s | $0.107/M |
| #24 | Hy3-preview (Non-reasoning) | Tencent | $0.107/M | n/a | $0.107/M |
| #25 | Hy3-preview (Reasoning) | Tencent | $0.107/M | n/a | $0.107/M |
| #26 | gpt-oss-20b (low) | OpenAI | $0.109/M | 192 tok/s | $0.109/M |
| #27 | Apertus 8B Instruct | Swiss AI Initiative | $0.125/M | n/a | $0.125/M |
| #28 | Olmo 3 7B Instruct | Allen Institute for AI | $0.125/M | n/a | $0.125/M |
| #29 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning | NVIDIA | $0.131/M | 319.3 tok/s | $0.131/M |
| #30 | GPT-5 nano (high) | OpenAI | $0.138/M | n/a | $0.138/M |
| #31 | GPT-5 nano (medium) | OpenAI | $0.138/M | n/a | $0.138/M |
| #32 | GPT-5 nano (minimal) | OpenAI | $0.138/M | n/a | $0.138/M |
| #33 | Gemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning) | $0.150/M | 111 tok/s | $0.150/M |
| #34 | Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) | $0.150/M | 122.2 tok/s | $0.150/M |
| #35 | Ling 2.6 Flash | InclusionAI | $0.150/M | 84.9 tok/s | $0.150/M |
| #36 | MiMo-V2-Flash (Reasoning) | Xiaomi | $0.150/M | n/a | $0.150/M |
| #37 | Ministral 3 8B | Mistral | $0.150/M | 108 tok/s | $0.150/M |
| #38 | Mistral Small 3 | Mistral | $0.150/M | n/a | $0.150/M |
| #39 | Mistral Small 3.1 | Mistral | $0.150/M | n/a | $0.150/M |
| #40 | Mistral Small 3.2 | Mistral | $0.150/M | n/a | $0.150/M |
| #41 | Solar Mini | Upstage | $0.150/M | n/a | $0.150/M |
| #42 | Step 3.5 Flash | StepFun | $0.150/M | n/a | $0.150/M |
| #43 | Step 3.5 Flash 2603 | StepFun | $0.150/M | n/a | $0.150/M |
| #44 | Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) | Alibaba | $0.151/M | 58.1 tok/s | $0.151/M |
| #45 | GLM-4.7-Flash (Non-reasoning) | Z AI | $0.153/M | n/a | $0.153/M |
| #46 | GLM-4.7-Flash (Reasoning) | Z AI | $0.153/M | n/a | $0.153/M |
| #47 | DeepSeek V4 Flash (Non-reasoning) | DeepSeek | $0.175/M | 101.9 tok/s | $0.175/M |
| #48 | DeepSeek V4 Flash (Reasoning, High Effort) | DeepSeek | $0.175/M | n/a | $0.175/M |
| #49 | DeepSeek V4 Flash (Reasoning, Max Effort) | DeepSeek | $0.175/M | 100.4 tok/s | $0.175/M |
| #50 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) | DeepSeek | $0.175/M | n/a | $0.175/M |
| #51 | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Non-reasoning) | $0.175/M | n/a | $0.175/M |
| #52 | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning) | $0.175/M | n/a | $0.175/M |
| #53 | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Non-reasoning) | $0.175/M | n/a | $0.175/M |
| #54 | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning) | $0.175/M | n/a | $0.175/M |
| #55 | GPT-4.1 nano | OpenAI | $0.175/M | n/a | $0.175/M |
| #56 | MiMo-V2.5 | Xiaomi | $0.175/M | 67.1 tok/s | $0.175/M |
| #57 | Gemma 4 26B A4B (Non-reasoning) | $0.198/M | 61.9 tok/s | $0.198/M |
| #58 | Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning) | $0.198/M | n/a | $0.198/M |
| #59 | Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) | Nous Research | $0.198/M | 85.5 tok/s | $0.198/M |
| #60 | Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Reasoning) | Nous Research | $0.198/M | 95.7 tok/s | $0.198/M |
| #61 | Ministral 3 14B | Mistral | $0.200/M | 94.9 tok/s | $0.200/M |
| #62 | Gemma 4 31B (Non-reasoning) | $0.205/M | 75.4 tok/s | $0.205/M |
| #63 | Phi-4 | Microsoft | $0.219/M | 41.9 tok/s | $0.219/M |
| #64 | Hy3 | Tencent | $0.241/M | 70.7 tok/s | $0.241/M |
| #65 | Ling-flash-2.0 | InclusionAI | $0.247/M | n/a | $0.247/M |
| #66 | Ring-flash-2.0 | InclusionAI | $0.247/M | n/a | $0.247/M |
| #67 | Jamba 1.5 Mini | AI21 Labs | $0.250/M | n/a | $0.250/M |
| #68 | Jamba 1.6 Mini | AI21 Labs | $0.250/M | n/a | $0.250/M |
| #69 | Mistral 7B Instruct | Mistral | $0.250/M | n/a | $0.250/M |
| #70 | gpt-oss-120b (low) | OpenAI | $0.261/M | 235.6 tok/s | $0.261/M |
| #71 | GPT-4o mini | OpenAI | $0.262/M | n/a | $0.262/M |
| #72 | gpt-oss-120b (high) | OpenAI | $0.262/M | 212.8 tok/s | $0.262/M |
| #73 | Mistral Small (Feb '24) | Mistral | $0.262/M | n/a | $0.262/M |
| #74 | Mistral Small 4 (Non-reasoning) | Mistral | $0.262/M | 151.6 tok/s | $0.262/M |
| #75 | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) | Mistral | $0.262/M | 146.9 tok/s | $0.262/M |
| #76 | Solar Pro 3 | Upstage | $0.262/M | 14.8 tok/s | $0.262/M |
| #77 | Grok 4 Fast (Non-reasoning) | SpaceXAI | $0.275/M | n/a | $0.275/M |
| #78 | Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) | SpaceXAI | $0.275/M | n/a | $0.275/M |
| #79 | Qwen3.5 Omni Flash | Alibaba | $0.275/M | 242 tok/s | $0.275/M |
| #80 | Llama 4 Scout | Meta | $0.300/M | 112.8 tok/s | $0.300/M |