Category
Budget models
Models that pair strong capability with low listed input pricing. Pricing is compared at list price per million input tokens.
Our picks
Editorial picks, in the order we recommend them.| Model | Rank | Context | Input price |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4 Pro previewDeepSeek | #17 | 1M | $0.42/1M |
| Hy3 previewTencent | #30 | 262.1K | $0.18/1M |
| gpt-oss-120bOpenAI | #64 | 131.1K | $0.15/1M |
More ranked budget models
Other models that fit this category, in leaderboard order.| Model | Rank | Context | Input price |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI | #20 | 1.1M | $0.20/1M |
| Qwen3 235B A22BQwen | #25 | 131.1K | $0.46/1M |
| Hy3Tencent | #26 | 262.1K | $0.14/1M |
| MiniMax M3MiniMax | #36 | 1M | $0.30/1M |
| Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral AI | #37 | 262.1K | $0.50/1M |
| Qwen3.7 PlusQwen | #40 | 1M | $0.32/1M |
| Qwen3.6 35B A3BQwen | #41 | 262.1K | $0.15/1M |
| MiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomi | #42 | 1.1M | $0.44/1M |
| Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance Seed | #44 | 262.1K | $0.25/1M |
| Ring-2.6-1TInclusionAI | #46 | 262.1K | $0.08/1M |
| Codestral 2508Mistral AI | #48 | 256K | $0.30/1M |
| Devstral 2 2512Mistral AI | #54 | 262.1K | $0.40/1M |