tokevenMid-tier Models
23 balanced models compared across Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Grok, sorted by input price.
Mid-tier models balance quality and cost for most production workloads at scale. They handle everyday tasks well and cost significantly less than flagship options.
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FAQ
What are mid-tier models?
Mid-tier Models are the balanced performance-and-cost AI models. Currently 23 models in this tier across Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Grok.
Which mid-tier model is cheapest?
MiniMax M2 is the cheapest at $0.26/$1.00 per million tokens (input/output).
Confidence scores are a third-party benchmark snapshot from week 26 of 2026. This snapshot is 17 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.
MiniMax M2 cost calculator
$0.26 / $1.00 per MTok
DeepSeek V3 cost calculator
$0.27 / $1.10 per MTok
DeepSeek R1 cost calculator
$0.55 / $2.19 per MTok
Kimi K2 cost calculator
$0.95 / $4.00 per MTok
GPT 5 cost calculator
$1.25 / $10.00 per MTok
GPT 5.1 cost calculator
$1.25 / $10.00 per MTok
Gemini 2.5 Pro cost calculator
$1.25 / $10.00 per MTok
Grok 4.3 cost calculator
$1.25 / $2.50 per MTok
Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning cost calculator
$1.25 / $2.50 per MTok
Grok 4.20 Reasoning cost calculator
$1.25 / $2.50 per MTok
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent cost calculator
$1.25 / $2.50 per MTok
GPT 5.2 cost calculator
$1.75 / $14.00 per MTok
Claude Sonnet 5 cost calculator
$2.00 / $10.00 per MTok
Claude Sonnet 5.5 cost calculator
$2.00 / $10.00 per MTok
GPT 5.6 Terra cost calculator
$2.00 / $12.00 per MTok
GPT 4.1 cost calculator
$2.00 / $8.00 per MTok
o3 cost calculator
$2.00 / $8.00 per MTok
Gemini 3.1 Pro cost calculator
$2.00 / $12.00 per MTok
Gemini 3.1 Pro Custom Tools cost calculator
$2.00 / $12.00 per MTok
GPT 5.4 cost calculator
$2.50 / $15.00 per MTok
GPT 4o cost calculator
$2.50 / $10.00 per MTok
Claude Sonnet 4.6 cost calculator
$3.00 / $15.00 per MTok
Claude Sonnet 4.5 cost calculator
$3.00 / $15.00 per MTok
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