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132 of 142 rated, priced standard models have a higher-scoring or cheaper alternative, with neither dimension worse. They cost a median 7.6× the cheapest such alternative. 10 are Undominated.

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AI models ranked by General capability, then by price for a Balanced workload.
# 95% interval Axis 1479–1538, following the rows in view CapabilitiesVerdictSide by side

2 models share rank 1 — the benchmark can't separate them$8.00 /M each

Gemini 4 ArgonGooglenothing better for less⇄
Claude Opus 5.5AnthropicPick Gemini 4 Argon +12.8, within errorsame price · +12.8, within error⇄
Claude Fable 5.1AnthropicPick Gemini 4 Argon60% cheaper · +14.8⇄

5 models share rank 4 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.540–$10.00 /M · cheapest MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Claude Opus 5AnthropicPick Gemini 4 Argon20% cheaper · +24.5⇄
Claude Opus 4.6AnthropicPick Gemini 4 Argon20% cheaper · +26.9⇄
Muse WonderMetaPick Gemini 4 Argonsame price · +29.4⇄
Gemini 3.8 FlashGooglenothing better for less⇄
MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaominothing better for less⇄

2 models share rank 6 — the benchmark can't separate them$2.00–$20.00 /M · cheapest Muse Spark 1.3

Claude Fable 5AnthropicPick Gemini 4 Argon60% cheaper · +37.0⇄
Muse Spark 1.3MetaPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro +0.8, within error shorter max output +173% cheaper · +0.8, within error⇄

2 models share rank 7 — the benchmark can't separate them$3.00–$10.00 /M · cheapest Gemini 3.7 Flash

Claude Opus 4.7AnthropicPick Gemini 4 Argon20% cheaper · +38.9⇄
Gemini 3.7 FlashGooglePick Gemini 3.8 Flashsame price · +9.4⇄
Muse Spark 1.2MetaPick Muse Spark 1.3 +7.9, within errorsame price · +7.9, within error⇄

4 models share rank 12 — the benchmark can't separate them$1.50–$4.50 /M · cheapest Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGooglePick Gemini 3.8 Flash33% cheaper · +18.4⇄
Gemini 3.6 FlashGooglePick MiMo-V2.6-Pro +11.6, within error no file input64% cheaper · +11.6, within error⇄
Muse Spark 1.1MetaPick Muse Spark 1.3same price · +12.3⇄
Gemini 3.5 FlashGooglePick Gemini 3.8 Flash11% cheaper · +20.3⇄

4 models share rank 13 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.102–$4.00 /M · cheapest GLM 5.3 Flash

Kimi K3Moonshot AIPick Muse Spark 1.349% cheaper · +14.9⇄
GLM 5.3Z.ainothing better for less⇄
GLM 5.3 FlashZ.ainothing better for less⇄
Claude Sonnet 5.5AnthropicPick Muse Spark 1.350% cheaper · +17.7⇄
GLM 5.2Z.aiPick GLM 5.3 +4.2, within errorsame price · +4.2, within error⇄

2 models share rank 19 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.096–$11.25 /M · cheapest DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

GPT-5.5OpenAIPick Gemini 4 Argon smaller context29% cheaper · +61.8⇄
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeeknothing better for less⇄

2 models share rank 21 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.810–$1.40 /M · cheapest MiMo-V2.5-Pro

MiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomiPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro shorter max output33% cheaper · +27.2⇄
GLM 5.1Z.aiPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro61% cheaper · +28.6⇄
Claude Opus 4.8AnthropicPick Gemini 4 Argon20% cheaper · +67.3⇄

2 models share rank 24 — the benchmark can't separate them$6.00–$8.00 /M · cheapest Claude Sonnet 4.6

Claude Sonnet 4.6AnthropicPick Muse Spark 1.367% cheaper · +32.9⇄
GPT-5.6 SolOpenAIPick Gemini 4 Argon smaller contextsame price · +71.4⇄

2 models share rank 25 — the benchmark can't separate them$1.40–$3.44 /M · cheapest Kimi K2.6

Gemini 2.5 ProGooglePick Gemini 3.8 Flash13% cheaper · +40.8⇄
Kimi K2.6Moonshot AIPick GLM 5.3 Flash93% cheaper · +17.4⇄
Qwen3.7 PlusQwenPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro4% cheaper · +36.8⇄

2 models share rank 28 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.175–$5.63 /M · cheapest MiMo-V2.6-Flash

GPT-5.4OpenAIPick Gemini 3.8 Flash smaller context +147% cheaper · +46.0⇄
MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomiPick GLM 5.3 Flash smaller context +142% cheaper · +21.8⇄
Claude Opus 4.5AnthropicPick Gemini 4 Argon20% cheaper · +77.7⇄

4 models share rank 31 — the benchmark can't separate them$1.53–$4.50 /M · cheapest DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423

GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAIPick Gemini 3.8 Flash smaller context +133% cheaper · +50.2⇄
Grok 4.5xAIPick Muse Spark 1.333% cheaper · +43.0⇄
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeekPick GLM 5.373% cheaper · +27.8⇄
GPT-6.1 SolOpenAIPick Gemini 3.8 Flash smaller context +125% cheaper · +52.9⇄
Gemma 4 31BGooglePick GLM 5.3 Flash50% cheaper · +30.0⇄

2 models share rank 33 — the benchmark can't separate them$1.09–$1.43 /M · cheapest GLM 5

GLM 5Z.aiPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro50% cheaper · +45.5⇄
Step 5 PreviewStepFunPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro62% cheaper · +48.7⇄
Kimi K2.5Moonshot AIPick GLM 5.3 Flash91% cheaper · +28.1⇄

3 models share rank 35 — the benchmark can't separate them$1.76–$20.00 /M · cheapest Inkling

InklingThinking MachinesPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro shorter max output69% cheaper · +48.7⇄
Claude Sonnet 5AnthropicPick Muse Spark 1.350% cheaper · +47.9⇄
GPT-6 AstraOpenAIPick GPT-5.544% cheaper · +25.6⇄
Hy3TencentPick GLM 5.3 Flash56% cheaper · +33.9⇄

2 models share rank 37 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.760–$1.90 /M · cheapest GLM 4.6

GLM 4.6Z.aiPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro29% cheaper · +51.3⇄
GLM 5V TurboZ.aiPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro72% cheaper · +53.7⇄
Qwen3.8 27BQwenPick GLM 5.3 Flash89% cheaper · +34.6⇄

6 models share rank 40 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.128–$6.00 /M · cheapest Gemma 4 26B A4B

Claude Sonnet 4.5AnthropicPick Gemini 3.8 Flash50% cheaper · +60.0⇄
Qwen3.5 397B A17BQwenPick GLM 5.3 Flash88% cheaper · +35.4⇄
Qwen3.6 PlusQwenPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro26% cheaper · +55.1⇄
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGooglePick MiMo-V2.6-Pro no file input36% cheaper · +55.9⇄
GLM 4.7Z.airetires Dec 31, 2026Pick MiMo-V2.6-Pro27% cheaper · +56.0⇄
Gemma 4 26B A4B GooglePick GLM 5.3 Flash20% cheaper · +38.8⇄
Mistral Large 4MistralPick GLM 5.3 Flash90% cheaper · +42.9⇄
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeekPick GLM 5.3 Flash9% cheaper · +41.2⇄
GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAIPick GLM 5.3 smaller context +29% cheaper · +42.7⇄

3 models share rank 49 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.485–$1.00 /M · cheapest MiniMax M3

MiniMax M3MiniMaxPick GLM 5.3 Flash79% cheaper · +41.7⇄
GLM 4.5Z.airetires Dec 31, 2026Pick MiMo-V2.6-Pro46% cheaper · +61.4⇄
Beam 1.0 501B A23BReflectionPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro10% cheaper · +66.0⇄
R1 0528DeepSeekPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro41% cheaper · +63.7⇄
Grok 4.6xAIPick Muse Spark 1.333% cheaper · +62.1⇄
MiMo-V2.5XiaomiPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro33% cheaper · +63.6⇄

2 models share rank 56 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.290–$0.305 /M · cheapest DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeekPick GLM 5.3 Flash65% cheaper · +48.6⇄
DeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeekPick GLM 5.3 Flash66% cheaper · +50.8⇄
Mistral Medium 3.5MistralPick Muse Spark 1.333% cheaper · +69.8⇄
DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeekPick GLM 5.310% cheaper · +56.7⇄

3 models share rank 60 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.370–$3.44 /M · cheapest Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

GPT-5.1OpenAIPick Muse Spark 1.342% cheaper · +68.4⇄
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwenPick GLM 5.3 Flash72% cheaper · +53.0⇄
DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeekPick GLM 5.310% cheaper · +54.3⇄

5 models share rank 65 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.205–$30.00 /M · cheapest Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507QwenPick GLM 5.3 Flash50% cheaper · +53.8⇄
Claude Opus 4.1AnthropicPick Gemini 4 Argon73% cheaper · +110.0⇄
Qwen3.5-122B-A10BQwenPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro24% cheaper · +73.9⇄
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructQwenPick GLM 5.3 Flash70% cheaper · +56.0⇄
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507QwenPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro55% cheaper · +76.1⇄

3 models share rank 66 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.563–$0.850 /M · cheapest Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

Gemini 2.5 FlashGooglePick Gemini 3.5 Flash Litesame price · +18.6⇄
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGooglePick MiMo-V2.6-Pro no file input4% cheaper · +75.6⇄
Inkling SmallThinking MachinesPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro shorter max output15% cheaper · +77.1⇄

2 models share rank 71 — the benchmark can't separate them$1.69–$4.81 /M · cheapest GPT-5.4 Mini

GPT-5.2OpenAIPick Muse Spark 1.358% cheaper · +78.3⇄
GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAIPick GPT-5.6 Luna73% cheaper · +19.5⇄

2 models share rank 75 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.536–$3.50 /M · cheapest Qwen3.5-27B

o3OpenAIPick Muse Spark 1.343% cheaper · +80.8⇄
Qwen3.5-27BQwenPick GLM 5.3 Flash81% cheaper · +64.0⇄
GPT-5OpenAIPick Muse Spark 1.342% cheaper · +84.4⇄

3 models share rank 81 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.200–$0.525 /M · cheapest Claude Haiku 5.5

MiniMax M2.7MiniMaxretires Nov 5, 2026Pick GLM 5.322% cheaper · +69.0⇄
Hy3 previewTencentPick GLM 5.3 Flash64% cheaper · +71.8⇄
Claude Haiku 5.5AnthropicPick GLM 5.3 Flash no file input49% cheaper · +72.1⇄
Step 3.5 FlashStepFunPick GLM 5.3 Flash32% cheaper · +70.2⇄

2 models share rank 85 — the benchmark can't separate them$3.00–$4.00 /M · cheapest Grok 4.7

Grok 4.7xAIPick Muse Spark 1.333% cheaper · +92.5⇄
GPT-6 SolOpenAIPick GPT-6.1 Solsame price · +48.2⇄

2 models share rank 87 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.114–$1.56 /M · cheapest Qwen3.5-Flash

Qwen3.5-FlashQwenPick GLM 5.3 Flash10% cheaper · +75.9⇄
Grok 4.3xAIPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro shorter max output +165% cheaper · +94.5⇄

2 models share rank 88 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.355–$2.00 /M · cheapest Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Claude Haiku 4.5AnthropicPick Muse Spark 1.3same price · +93.7⇄
Qwen3.5-35B-A3BQwenPick GLM 5.3 Flash71% cheaper · +78.5⇄
Solar Pro 4UpstagePick GLM 5.322% cheaper · +85.3⇄
GPT-6 LunaOpenAIPick GLM 5.3 Flash smaller context +149% cheaper · +83.8⇄

4 models share rank 96 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.143–$3.50 /M · cheapest Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507QwenPick GLM 5.3 Flash28% cheaper · +89.2⇄
GLM 4.5 AirZ.aiPick GLM 5.3 Flash67% cheaper · +89.3⇄
GPT-4.1OpenAIPick Gemini 3.8 Flash14% cheaper · +115.6⇄
GLM 4.6VZ.aiPick GLM 5.3 Flash77% cheaper · +96.5⇄

3 models share rank 101 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.438–$0.688 /M · cheapest DeepSeek V3 0324

DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeekPick GLM 5.37% cheaper · +99.2⇄
GPT-5 MiniOpenAIPick GPT-5.6 Luna35% cheaper · +57.9⇄
GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAIPick GPT-5.6 Luna3% cheaper · +59.1⇄
gpt-oss-120bOpenAInothing better for less⇄
Nova 2 LiteAmazonPick Gemini 3.5 Flash Litesame price · +73.6⇄

3 models share rank 105 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.100–$0.521 /M · cheapest Gemma 3 27B

MiniMax M2.5MiniMaxPick GLM 5.322% cheaper · +114.7⇄
Gemma 3 27BGooglePick DeepSeek V4.1 Flash4% cheaper · +106.8⇄
Mercury 2Inceptionretires Nov 8, 2026Pick GLM 5.3 Flash73% cheaper · +118.2⇄
GLM 4.7 FlashZ.aiPick GLM 5.3 Flash30% cheaper · +122.2⇄

3 models share rank 109 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.248–$0.850 /M · cheapest Qwen3 32B

MiniMax M1MiniMaxPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro36% cheaper · +148.8⇄
Qwen3 32BQwenPick GLM 5.3 Flash59% cheaper · +132.9⇄
MiniMax M2MiniMaxretires Nov 5, 2026Pick GLM 5.322% cheaper · +133.7⇄
GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAIPick GPT-5.6 Luna36% cheaper · +90.6⇄

2 models share rank 111 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.075–$0.900 /M · cheapest Gemma 3 12B

Gemma 3 12BGooglePick gpt-oss-120b no image input20% cheaper · +31.3⇄
GLM 4.5VZ.airetires Dec 31, 2026Pick MiMo-V2.6-Pro40% cheaper · +158.8⇄
DeepSeek V3DeepSeekPick GLM 5.318% cheaper · +141.3⇄
Granite 4.2 8BIBMPick gpt-oss-120b shorter max output27% cheaper · +46.5⇄
GPT-5 NanoOpenAIPick GLM 5.3 Flash no file input26% cheaper · +153.1⇄
Qwen3 30B A3BQwenPick GLM 5.3 Flash52% cheaper · +156.0⇄

2 models share rank 121 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.043–$7.50 /M · cheapest Gemma 3 4B

GPT-4o (2024-05-13)OpenAIPick Gemini 3.8 Flash60% cheaper · +198.1⇄
Gemma 3 4BGooglenothing better for less⇄

4 models share rank 122 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.036–$4.38 /M · cheapest gpt-oss-20b

gpt-oss-20bOpenAInothing better for less⇄
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)OpenAIPick Claude Haiku 5.524% cheaper · +114.5⇄
GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAIPick GLM 5.3 Flash no file input42% cheaper · +188.2⇄
GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAIPick Gemini 3.8 Flash31% cheaper · +216.0⇄
Llama 3.3 70B InstructMetaPick GLM 5.3 Flash63% cheaper · +198.8⇄
Qwen2.5 72B InstructQwenPick GLM 5.3 Flash72% cheaper · +204.0⇄
Mistral Large 2407MistralPick Muse Spark 1.333% cheaper · +224.5⇄

2 models share rank 129 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.720–$1.40 /M · cheapest Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 70B InstructMetaPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro25% cheaper · +230.5⇄
Nova Pro 1.0AmazonPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro61% cheaper · +232.7⇄

5 models share rank 132 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.058–$4.38 /M · cheapest Mistral Small 3

Mistral Small 3MistralPick Gemma 3 4B26% cheaper · +57.3⇄
Gemma 2 27BGooglePick MiMo-V2.6-Pro17% cheaper · +260.0⇄
Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructQwenPick MiMo-V2.6-Pro28% cheaper · +261.4⇄
Command R+ (08-2024)CoherePick Gemini 3.8 Flash31% cheaper · +269.6⇄
Nova Lite 1.0AmazonPick GLM 5.3 Flash3% cheaper · +244.5⇄

2 models share rank 137 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.061–$0.088 /M · cheapest Nova Micro 1.0

Phi 4MicrosoftPick gpt-oss-120b31% cheaper · +148.8⇄
Nova Micro 1.0AmazonPick gpt-oss-120b2% cheaper · +157.1⇄

2 models share rank 139 — the benchmark can't separate them$0.025–$0.263 /M · cheapest Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Command R (08-2024)CoherePick GLM 5.3 Flash61% cheaper · +285.7⇄
Llama 3.1 8B InstructMetanothing better for less⇄
Llama 3.2 3B InstructMetaPick GLM 5.3 Flash15% cheaper · +363.5⇄
Llama 3.2 1B InstructMetaPick gpt-oss-120b15% cheaper · +310.9⇄

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  • Ling 3.0 Tiny inclusionAI · released Nov 5, 2026 $0.023/M · 262K context
  • ricursiveAI/Ripple-65B-Preview Ricursiveai · released Nov 4, 2026 $0.300/M · 1M context
  • Hy4 Tencent · released Nov 4, 2026 $1.25/M · 1M context
  • GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal Z.ai · released Nov 2, 2026 $0.590/M · 1M context

206 models have no score on this board

Grouped by maker, newest first. Unscored here is not the same as scored badly.

OpenAI 33

Qwen 24

Mistral 15

Google 14

ByteDance 7

Meta 7

NVIDIA 7

Aion Labs 6

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132 of 142 rated, priced models have an alternative with an equal-or-higher measured score and an equal-or-lower price, with a strict advantage on at least one axis. 10 are not dominated on these two axes. As of 2026-11-05. Lens: LMArena Elo (CC BY 4.0). Ranking source digest: 8e50dad72413243d. https://undominated.ai/
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  title  = {Dominated census — Undominated.ai},
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