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Cheapest language models in 2026: Prices, Context Windows and Features

437 entriesOrdered 16 Oct 2026 Page 16 of 18How the Club ranks

Listed by price per million tokens (input plus output), lowest first.

  1. 376

    Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)

    Google

    • Input $2/M
    • Output $12/M
    • Context 66K
    • Released 20 Nov 2025
  2. 377

    Claude Opus 5 (batch)

    Anthropic

    • Input $2.5/M
    • Output $12.5/M
    • Context 1M
    • Released 24 Jul 2026
  3. 378

    Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)

    Anthropic

    • Input $2.5/M
    • Output $12.5/M
    • Context 1M
    • Released 27 May 2026
  4. 379

    Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)

    Anthropic

    • Input $2.5/M
    • Output $12.5/M
    • Context 1M
    • Released 16 Apr 2026
  5. 380

    Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)

    Anthropic

    • Input $2.5/M
    • Output $12.5/M
    • Context 1M
    • Released 4 Feb 2026
  6. 381

    Claude Opus 4.5 (batch)

    Anthropic

    • Input $2.5/M
    • Output $12.5/M
    • Context 200K
    • Released 24 Nov 2025
  7. 382

    Nova Premier 1.0

    Amazon

    • Input $2.5/M
    • Output $12.5/M
    • Context 1M
    • Released 31 Oct 2025
  8. 383

    GPT-5.3-Codex

    OpenAI

    • Input $1.75/M
    • Output $14/M
    • Context 400K
    • Released 24 Feb 2026
  9. 384

    GPT-5.2-Codex

    OpenAI

    • Input $1.75/M
    • Output $14/M
    • Context 400K
    • Released 14 Jan 2026
  10. 385

    GPT-5.2

    OpenAI

    • Input $1.75/M
    • Output $14/M
    • Context 400K
    • Released 10 Dec 2025
  11. 386

    GPT-5.2 Chat

    OpenAI

    • Input $1.75/M
    • Output $14/M
    • Context 128K
    • Released 10 Dec 2025
  12. 387

    Qwen3.8 Max Prime

    Qwen

    • Input $4/M
    • Output $12/M
    • Context 1M
    • Released 23 Sept 2026
  13. 388

    Kimi K3

    MoonshotAI

    • Input $2.7/M
    • Output $13.5/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 16 Jul 2026
  14. 389

    GPT-5.5 (batch)

    OpenAI

    • Input $2.5/M
    • Output $15/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 24 Apr 2026
  15. 390

    GPT-5.4

    OpenAI

    • Input $2.5/M
    • Output $15/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 5 Mar 2026
  16. 391

    Ember-1

    Fireworks

    • Input $3/M
    • Output $15/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 24 Sept 2026
  17. 392

    Claude Sonnet 4.6

    Anthropic

    • Input $3/M
    • Output $15/M
    • Context 1M
    • Released 17 Feb 2026
  18. 393

    Sonar Pro Search

    Perplexity

    • Input $3/M
    • Output $15/M
    • Context 200K
    • Released 30 Oct 2025
  19. 394

    Claude Sonnet 4.5

    Anthropic

    • Input $3/M
    • Output $15/M
    • Context 1M
    • Released 29 Sept 2025
  20. 395

    Claude Sonnet 4

    Anthropic

    • Input $3/M
    • Output $15/M
    • Context 200K
    • Released 22 May 2025
  21. 396

    Sonar Pro

    Perplexity

    • Input $3/M
    • Output $15/M
    • Context 200K
    • Released 7 Mar 2025
  22. 397

    GPT-5 Image

    OpenAI

    • Input $10/M
    • Output $10/M
    • Context 400K
    • Released 14 Oct 2025
  23. 398

    GPT-4o (2024-05-13)

    OpenAI

    • Input $5/M
    • Output $15/M
    • Context 128K
    • Released 13 May 2024
  24. 399

    GPT-4 Turbo (batch)

    OpenAI

    • Input $5/M
    • Output $15/M
    • Context 128K
    • Released 9 Apr 2024
  25. 400

    GPT-5.4 Image 2

    OpenAI

    • Input $8/M
    • Output $15/M
    • Context 272K
    • Released 21 Apr 2026