tokevenFast / Budget Models
6 fast and affordable models compared across Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Grok, sorted by input price.
Fast models are optimized for throughput and low cost per token. They work well for high-volume tasks like classification, extraction, and simple question answering.
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FAQ
What are fast / budget models?
Fast / Budget Models are the fastest and most affordable AI models. Currently 6 models in this tier across Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Grok.
Which fast / budget model is cheapest?
GPT 5.6 Luna is the cheapest at $0.20/$1.20 per million tokens (input/output).
Confidence scores are a third-party benchmark snapshot from week 29 of 2026. This snapshot is 8 weeks old, so treat the scores as directional and validate against your own evals.
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Per-call cost calculators for each model in this tier.
GPT 5.6 Luna cost calculator
$0.20 / $1.20 per MTok
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite cost calculator
$0.30 / $2.50 per MTok
Gemini 3 Flash cost calculator
$0.50 / $3.00 per MTok
Claude Haiku 4.5 cost calculator
$1.00 / $5.00 per MTok
Grok Build 0.1 cost calculator
$1.00 / $2.00 per MTok
Gemini 3.5 Flash cost calculator
$1.50 / $9.00 per MTok
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