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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. #1 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Pro - Quality 46.3 · $0.54/1M
  2. #2 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) - Quality 44.8 · $1.29/1M
  3. #3 Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) - Quality 40.9 · $1.50/1M
  4. #4 Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) - Quality 39.1 · $1.50/1M
  5. #5 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 - Quality 36 · $1.98/1M
  6. #6 Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch) - Quality 34 · $1.50/1M
  7. #7 Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) - Quality 33.7 · $1.00/1M
  8. #8 Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (free) - Quality 33.7 · $1.06/1M
36 models priced $0.50-2 / 1m tokens
#ModelQualityPrice/1M
01Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Pro46.3$0.54
02Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)44.8$1.29
03Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)40.9$1.50
04Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)39.1$1.50
05DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 042336$1.98
06Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)34$1.50
07Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free)33.7$1.00
08Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (free)33.7$1.06
09MiniMax: MiniMax M329.2$0.52
10MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.627$1.71
11Z.ai: GLM 5.126.1$1.48
12Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro26$0.54
13MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code25.8$1.35
14Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus25.2$0.56
15Thinking Machines: Inkling (free)25$1.76
16SpaceXAI: Grok 4.3 (batch)24.9$1.56
17OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (batch)24.1$1.69
18NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)22.9$1.05
19MiniMax: MiniMax M2.722.8$0.52
20Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)22.2$0.85
21Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B21.4$0.92
22Meituan: LongCat 2.019.1$0.52
23Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B18.4$1.29
24Amazon: Nova 2 Lite18.4$0.85
25MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking17.2$1.08
26OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (batch)16.8$0.69
27Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B15.6$0.71
28Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview15.6$0.56
29OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini (batch)14.8$0.70
30Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 250712.7$0.75
31DeepSeek: R111.4$1.15
32OpenAI: o3 Mini High11$1.93
33Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 25079.8$0.75
34Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 (batch)9.3$0.75
35Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1 (batch)9.2$0.80
36Mistral: Devstral 2 25128.6$0.80

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.