FUTURE BY NUMBERS
AI 29 Sept 2026

20 AI models, ranked by price

The price per million output tokens runs from $180 down to $0.47.

20 AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Meta and China's top labs, ranked by what they charge per million output tokens (about 750,000 words).

  • Highest: GPT-5.5 Pro at $180
  • Lowest: Qwen3.8 Flash at $0.47

DeepSeek V4 Pro shown at peak-hour rate. Prices change often.

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