Price-band ranking
Best AI models $0.50-2 / 1M tokens
As of September 23, 2026, Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the top-quality model priced $0.50-2 / 1m tokens, scoring 46.3 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index among 36 eligible models in this price tier.
- #1 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Pro - Quality 46.3 · $0.54/1M
- #2 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) - Quality 44.8 · $1.29/1M
- #3 Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) - Quality 40.9 · $1.50/1M
- #4 Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) - Quality 39.1 · $1.50/1M
- #5 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 - Quality 36 · $1.98/1M
- #6 Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch) - Quality 34 · $1.50/1M
- #7 Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) - Quality 33.7 · $1.00/1M
- #8 Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (free) - Quality 33.7 · $1.06/1M
Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of September 23, 2026.
Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).
Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology
Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.
