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Tell us what you want to achieve. Easy Benchmarks turns current quality, price, and speed data into a simple shortlist.

Benchmark data is attributed to Artificial Analysis. Model metadata and catalog pricing may also use Vercel AI Gateway data when available.

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Best AI Model for Input Price

Gemma 3n E4B Instruct is currently the highest-ranked model for Input Price in the available data.

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Current Leader
Gemma 3n E4B Instruct
Value
$0.02 / 1M
Dataset Coverage
371
Updated
Jul 16, 2026

How to use this result

  1. 1

    Start with the leader

    Use the top-ranked model as a starting point, not an automatic decision.

  2. 2

    Check the best alternatives

    Compare the top choices on price, speed, availability, and your own constraints.

  3. 3

    Verify the source

    Open the linked result page and methodology before quoting the ranking.

Top Models

Provider price for processing 1M input tokens, such as prompts and context sent to the model. Lower is cheaper.

RankModelProviderValue
#1Gemma 3n E4B InstructGoogle$0.02 / 1M
#2Sarvam 30B (high)Sarvam$0.026 / 1M
#3Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)Alibaba$0.03 / 1M
#4Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba$0.03 / 1M
#5Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)IBM$0.03 / 1M

Data & Evidence

This answer uses the exact same metric and live database ranking as the linked Easy Benchmarks leaderboard.

Source: Artificial Analysis Input Price. Updated: Jul 16, 2026.

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