Model comparisons
Head-to-head cost for 48 cross-provider pairings, each showing real monthly spend on three workload shapes rather than headline per-token rates. Caching, batch discounts and tokenizer differences are applied.
Only cross-provider pairs within a comparable price band are listed — pairings nobody would realistically weigh against each other are left out on purpose.
Budget tier — under $0.50 / M input
- GPT-5.6 Luna vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite $0.2/$1.2 vs $0.3/$2.5
- GPT-5.6 Luna vs Gemini 2.5 Flash $0.2/$1.2 vs $0.3/$2.5
- GPT-5.6 Luna vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite $0.2/$1.2 vs $0.1/$0.4
- GPT-5.6 Luna vs DeepSeek Flash (V4.1) $0.2/$1.2 vs $0.3/$1.2
- GPT-5 mini vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite $0.25/$2 vs $0.3/$2.5
- GPT-5 mini vs Gemini 2.5 Flash $0.25/$2 vs $0.3/$2.5
- GPT-5 mini vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite $0.25/$2 vs $0.1/$0.4
- GPT-5 mini vs DeepSeek Flash (V4.1) $0.25/$2 vs $0.3/$1.2
- GPT-5 nano vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite $0.05/$0.4 vs $0.1/$0.4
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs DeepSeek Flash (V4.1) $0.3/$2.5 vs $0.3/$1.2
- Gemini 2.5 Flash vs DeepSeek Flash (V4.1) $0.3/$2.5 vs $0.3/$1.2
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs DeepSeek Flash (V4.1) $0.1/$0.4 vs $0.3/$1.2
Mid tier — $0.50 to $2 / M input
- Claude Haiku 4.5 vs GPT-5 mini $1/$5 vs $0.25/$2
- Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 3.7 Flash $1/$5 vs $0.75/$3.75
- Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite $1/$5 vs $0.3/$2.5
- Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash $1/$5 vs $0.3/$2.5
- Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Grok 4.3 $1/$5 vs $1.25/$2.5
- Claude Haiku 4.5 vs DeepSeek Flash (V4.1) $1/$5 vs $0.3/$1.2
- Claude Haiku 4.5 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro $1/$5 vs $1.32/$3.96
- GPT-5.6 Luna vs Gemini 3.7 Flash $0.2/$1.2 vs $0.75/$3.75
- GPT-5 mini vs Gemini 3.7 Flash $0.25/$2 vs $0.75/$3.75
- Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Grok 4.3 $0.75/$3.75 vs $1.25/$2.5
- Gemini 3.7 Flash vs DeepSeek Flash (V4.1) $0.75/$3.75 vs $0.3/$1.2
- Gemini 3.7 Flash vs DeepSeek V4 Pro $0.75/$3.75 vs $1.32/$3.96
- Grok 4.3 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro $1.25/$2.5 vs $1.32/$3.96
Frontier tier — $2 / M input and above
- Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol $5/$25 vs $4/$20
- Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.6 Terra $5/$25 vs $2/$12
- Claude Opus 5 vs Grok 4.6 $5/$25 vs $2/$6
- Claude Opus 5 vs Grok 4.3 $5/$25 vs $1.25/$2.5
- Claude Opus 5 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro $5/$25 vs $1.32/$3.96
- Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol $2/$10 vs $4/$20
- Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5.6 Terra $2/$10 vs $2/$12
- Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 3.7 Flash $2/$10 vs $0.75/$3.75
- Claude Sonnet 5 vs Grok 4.6 $2/$10 vs $2/$6
- Claude Sonnet 5 vs Grok 4.3 $2/$10 vs $1.25/$2.5
- Claude Sonnet 5 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro $2/$10 vs $1.32/$3.96
- Claude Haiku 4.5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol $1/$5 vs $4/$20
- Claude Haiku 4.5 vs GPT-5.6 Terra $1/$5 vs $2/$12
- Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Grok 4.6 $1/$5 vs $2/$6
- GPT-5.6 Sol vs Grok 4.6 $4/$20 vs $2/$6
- GPT-5.6 Sol vs Grok 4.3 $4/$20 vs $1.25/$2.5
- GPT-5.6 Sol vs DeepSeek V4 Pro $4/$20 vs $1.32/$3.96
- GPT-5.6 Terra vs Gemini 3.7 Flash $2/$12 vs $0.75/$3.75
- GPT-5.6 Terra vs Grok 4.6 $2/$12 vs $2/$6
- GPT-5.6 Terra vs Grok 4.3 $2/$12 vs $1.25/$2.5
- GPT-5.6 Terra vs DeepSeek V4 Pro $2/$12 vs $1.32/$3.96
- Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Grok 4.6 $0.75/$3.75 vs $2/$6
- Grok 4.6 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro $2/$6 vs $1.32/$3.96