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title: "Compare alternatives to GPT-5 · Undominated.ai"
canonical: https://undominated.ai/alternatives/openai__gpt-5/
description: "60 alternatives score at least as high as GPT-5 and cost no more under at least one listed workload. 8 preserve recorded capabilities; 52 have named trade-offs."
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# Compare alternatives to GPT-5 · Undominated.ai

> 60 alternatives score at least as high as GPT-5 and cost no more under at least one listed workload. 8 preserve recorded capabilities; 52 have named trade-offs.

# Alternatives to GPT-5

OpenAI · LMArena 1406.1 · $3.44/M on a balanced workload · prices as of 2026-10-06

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## 8 models are higher-scoring or cheaper, with neither dimension worse.

Of the 144 models carrying both an independent score and a published price at the same delivery mode, **60** score at least as high as GPT-5 and cost no more under at least one listed workload, with at least one of those dimensions improved. **58** of them cost less; the rest match the price and have a higher score. **8** match or beat its recorded context, maximum output, input modes, tool use and extended reasoning. **52** have a recorded capability loss, named on every row.

Dominance is not a property of a model. It is a property of a model, a capability lens and a workload, and all three are named on every row. Scores are LMArena Elo, used under CC BY 4.0 from the official dataset; prices are blended per million tokens. A higher score is not a drop-in replacement.

This page is built only while a candidate improves score or price without worsening the other under a listed workload. When that comparison no longer holds, it is not generated.

## Where it holds

| Workload | GPT-5 $/M | Recorded capabilities preserved | Recorded capability losses |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Balanced | $3.44 | 8 | 50 |
| Summarise | $1.37 | 6 | 47 |
| Chat | $4.41 | 8 | 51 |
| Code gen | $6.41 | 8 | 51 |
| Agentic | $1.89 | 8 | 49 |

Workload mixes are defined on the [methodology page](/methodology/). Cached input is priced at the cached rate, and reasoning tokens at the worse of the reasoning and output rates.

## What you would be replacing

| Intelligence | 1406.1 |
| --- | --- |
| Context window | 400K |
| Max output | 128K |
| Input modes | text, image, file |
| Tool use | yes |
| Extended reasoning | yes |

Preserving recorded capabilities requires matching or beating these fields. [Full record for GPT-5](/models/openai__gpt-5/), or [check GPT-5 against the whole catalogue](/check/openai__gpt-5/).

## Recorded capabilities preserved 8

Each option has a higher score or a lower price, with neither dimension worse under the listed workloads. It matches or beats GPT-5 on recorded context, maximum output, input modes, tool use and extended reasoning.

| # | Model | Intelligence | $/M | Holds under |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Muse Spark 1.3](/models/meta__muse-spark-1.3/) Meta | 1489.9 +83.8 | $2.00 | Balanced −42% Summarise −21% Chat −52% Code gen −54% Agentic −45% |
| 2 | [Muse Spark 1.2](/models/meta__muse-spark-1.2/) Meta | 1483.2 +77.1 | $2.00 | Balanced −42% Summarise −21% Chat −52% Code gen −54% Agentic −45% |
| 3 | [Muse Spark 1.1](/models/meta__muse-spark-1.1/) Meta | 1479.2 +73.1 | $2.00 | Balanced −42% Summarise −21% Chat −52% Code gen −54% Agentic −45% |
| 4 | [Grok 4.5](/models/x-ai__grok-4.5/) xAI | 1448.1 +42 | $3.00 | Balanced −13% Chat −30% Code gen −33% Agentic −16% |
| 5 | [GPT-5.6 Luna](/models/openai__gpt-5.6-luna/) OpenAI | 1431 +24.9 | $0.450 | Balanced −87% Summarise −85% Chat −88% Code gen −88% Agentic −87% |
| 6 | [Grok 4.6](/models/x-ai__grok-4.6/) xAI | 1427.4 +21.3 | $3.00 | Balanced −13% Chat −29% Code gen −33% Agentic −10% |
| 7 | [GPT-5.1](/models/openai__gpt-5.1/) OpenAI | 1422.2 +16.1 | $3.44 | Balanced same price Summarise same price Chat same price Code gen same price Agentic same price |
| 8 | [GPT-5.4 Mini](/models/openai__gpt-5.4-mini/) OpenAI | 1411.4 tie | $1.69 | Balanced −51% Summarise −45% Chat −54% Code gen −54% Agentic −52% |

## Alternatives with recorded capability losses 52

These improve score or price without worsening the other under the listed workloads, but reduce at least one recorded capability. Read the last column before switching.

| Model | Intelligence | $/M | Holds under | Recorded capability loss |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [MiMo-V2.6-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-pro/) Xiaomi | 1491 +84.9 | $0.540 | Balanced −84% Summarise −76% Chat −89% Code gen −90% Agentic −87% | no file input |
| [Gemini 3.8 Flash](/models/google__gemini-3.8-flash/) Google | 1497 +90.9 | $3.00 | Balanced −13% Chat −21% Code gen −22% Agentic −16% | 128K → 66K max output |
| [Gemini 3.7 Flash](/models/google__gemini-3.7-flash/) Google | 1487 +80.9 | $3.00 | Balanced −13% Chat −21% Code gen −22% Agentic −16% | 128K → 66K max output |
| [Gemini 3.6 Flash](/models/google__gemini-3.6-flash/) Google | 1479.5 +73.4 | $1.50 | Balanced −56% Summarise −48% Chat −60% Code gen −61% Agentic −58% | 128K → 66K max output |
| [GLM 5.3 Flash](/models/z-ai__glm-5.3-flash/) Z.ai | 1469.6 +63.5 | $0.238 | Balanced −93% Summarise −90% Chat −94% Code gen −95% Agentic −93% | no file input |
| [GLM 5.3](/models/z-ai__glm-5.3/) Z.ai | 1471.4 +65.3 | $1.00 | Balanced −71% Summarise −75% Chat −67% Code gen −67% Agentic −66% | no image, file input |
| [Gemini 3.5 Flash](/models/google__gemini-3.5-flash/) Google | 1477.7 +71.6 | $3.38 | Balanced −2% Chat −7% Code gen −8% Agentic −4% | 128K → 66K max output |
| [GLM 5.2](/models/z-ai__glm-5.2/) Z.ai | 1470.4 +64.3 | $1.12 | Balanced −67% Summarise −69% Chat −65% Code gen −65% Agentic −63% | no image, file input |
| [MiMo-V2.5-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.5-pro/) Xiaomi | 1465 +58.9 | $0.544 | Balanced −84% Summarise −76% Chat −89% Code gen −90% Agentic −87% | no image, file input |
| [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4.1-flash/) DeepSeek | 1462.5 +56.4 | $0.182 | Balanced −95% Summarise −95% Chat −94% Code gen −94% Agentic −94% | no file input |
| [GLM 5.1](/models/z-ai__glm-5.1/) Z.ai | 1461.5 +55.4 | $1.83 | Balanced −47% Summarise −16% Chat −54% Code gen −58% Agentic −35% | 400K → 205K context no image, file input |
| [MiMo-V2.6-Flash](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-flash/) Xiaomi | 1456.4 +50.3 | $0.175 | Balanced −95% Summarise −92% Chat −96% Code gen −97% Agentic −96% | no file input |
| [Qwen3.7 Plus](/models/qwen__qwen3.7-plus/) Qwen | 1454.6 +48.5 | $0.560 | Balanced −84% Summarise −78% Chat −86% Code gen −86% Agentic −84% | no file input |
| [Kimi K2.6](/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2.6/) Moonshot AI | 1455.5 +49.4 | $0.961 | Balanced −72% Summarise −66% Chat −74% Code gen −75% Agentic −71% | 400K → 262K context no file input |
| [Gemini 2.5 Pro](/models/google__gemini-2.5-pro/) Google | 1457.8 +51.7 | $3.44 | Balanced same price Summarise same price Chat same price Code gen same price Agentic same price | 128K → 66K max output |
| [GLM 5](/models/z-ai__glm-5/) Z.ai | 1446.3 +40.2 | $1.09 | Balanced −68% Summarise −55% Chat −74% Code gen −75% Agentic −68% | 400K → 205K context no image, file input |
| [Gemma 4 31B](/models/google__gemma-4-31b-it/) Google | 1443.4 +37.3 | $0.205 | Balanced −94% Summarise −89% Chat −94% Code gen −95% Agentic −91% | 400K → 262K context 128K → 16K max output no file input |
| [Kimi K2.5](/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2.5/) Moonshot AI | 1445.2 +39.1 | $1.20 | Balanced −65% Summarise −58% Chat −68% Code gen −69% Agentic −65% | 400K → 262K context no file input |
| [DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4-pro/) DeepSeek | 1445.2 +39.1 | $1.21 | Balanced −65% Summarise −63% Chat −65% Code gen −65% Agentic −63% | no image, file input |
| [Qwen3.6 Max Preview](/models/qwen__qwen3.6-max-preview/) Qwen | 1446.8 +40.7 | $2.31 | Balanced −33% Summarise −6% Chat −30% Code gen −36% Agentic −5% | 400K → 262K context 128K → 66K max output no image, file input |
| [Hy3](/models/tencent__hy3/) Tencent | 1440.7 +34.6 | $0.231 | Balanced −93% Summarise −91% Chat −94% Code gen −94% Agentic −93% | 400K → 262K context no image, file input |
| [Qwen3.8 27B](/models/qwen__qwen3.8-27b/) Qwen | 1440.7 +34.6 | $0.562 | Balanced −84% Summarise −87% Chat −81% Code gen −81% Agentic −80% | no file input |
| [GLM 4.6](/models/z-ai__glm-4.6/) Z.ai | 1439.9 +33.8 | $0.760 | Balanced −78% Summarise −71% Chat −81% Code gen −81% Agentic −78% | 400K → 205K context 128K → 16K max output no image, file input |
| [Inkling](/models/thinkingmachines__inkling/) Thinking Machines | 1441.8 +35.7 | $1.73 | Balanced −50% Summarise −36% Chat −56% Code gen −57% Agentic −50% | no file input |
| [Qwen3.5 397B A17B](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-397b-a17b/) Qwen | 1438 +31.9 | $0.878 | Balanced −74% Summarise −64% Chat −73% Code gen −76% Agentic −64% | 400K → 262K context 128K → 82K max output no file input |
| [Qwen3.6 Plus](/models/qwen__qwen3.6-plus/) Qwen | 1436.7 +30.6 | $0.731 | Balanced −79% Summarise −70% Chat −78% Code gen −80% Agentic −70% | 128K → 66K max output no file input |
| [Gemma 4 26B A4B](/models/google__gemma-4-26b-a4b-it/) Google | 1433.9 +27.8 | $0.127 | Balanced −96% Summarise −95% Chat −97% Code gen −97% Agentic −96% | 400K → 262K context no file input |
| [GLM 4.7](/models/z-ai__glm-4.7/) Z.ai | 1435.5 +29.4 | $0.738 | Balanced −79% Summarise −72% Chat −81% Code gen −82% Agentic −78% | 400K → 205K context no image, file input |
| [Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite](/models/google__gemini-3.5-flash-lite/) Google | 1434.7 +28.6 | $0.850 | Balanced −75% Summarise −76% Chat −75% Code gen −75% Agentic −75% | 128K → 66K max output |
| [DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4-flash/) DeepSeek | 1432.1 +26 | $0.113 | Balanced −97% Summarise −95% Chat −98% Code gen −98% Agentic −97% | no image, file input |
| [GLM 5V Turbo](/models/z-ai__glm-5v-turbo/) Z.ai | 1437.2 +31.1 | $1.90 | Balanced −45% Summarise −22% Chat −54% Code gen −56% Agentic −45% | 400K → 203K context no file input |
| [MiniMax M3](/models/minimax__minimax-m3/) MiniMax | 1432.1 +26 | $0.485 | Balanced −86% Summarise −81% Chat −88% Code gen −88% Agentic −86% | no file input |
| [GLM 4.5](/models/z-ai__glm-4.5/) Z.ai | 1430.3 +24.2 | $1.00 | Balanced −71% Summarise −60% Chat −75% Code gen −76% Agentic −71% | 400K → 131K context 128K → 98K max output no image, file input |
| [MiMo-V2.5](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.5/) Xiaomi | 1427.5 +21.4 | $0.175 | Balanced −95% Summarise −92% Chat −96% Code gen −97% Agentic −96% | no file input |
| [R1 0528](/models/deepseek__deepseek-r1-0528/) DeepSeek | 1427.9 +21.8 | $0.920 | Balanced −73% Summarise −57% Chat −73% Code gen −76% Agentic −60% | 400K → 164K context 128K → 33K max output no image, file input |
| [DeepSeek V3.2](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v3.2/) DeepSeek | 1424.5 +18.4 | $0.290 | Balanced −92% Summarise −83% Chat −94% Code gen −95% Agentic −89% | 400K → 164K context 128K → 66K max output no image, file input |
| [DeepSeek V3.2 Exp](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v3.2-exp/) DeepSeek | 1422.4 +16.3 | $0.305 | Balanced −91% Summarise −80% Chat −93% Code gen −94% Agentic −85% | 400K → 164K context no image, file input |
| [Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct](/models/qwen__qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct/) Qwen | 1420.1 +14 | $0.370 | Balanced −89% Summarise −85% Chat −90% Code gen −91% Agentic −87% | 400K → 262K context 128K → 33K max output no file input no extended reasoning |
| [Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507](/models/qwen__qwen3-235b-a22b-2507/) Qwen | 1419.3 +13.2 | $0.205 | Balanced −94% Summarise −92% Chat −94% Code gen −94% Agentic −92% | 400K → 262K context 128K → 16K max output no image, file input no extended reasoning |
| [DeepSeek V3.1](/models/deepseek__deepseek-chat-v3.1/) DeepSeek | 1419.7 +13.6 | $0.453 | Balanced −87% Summarise −78% Chat −87% Code gen −89% Agentic −80% | 400K → 164K context 128K → 33K max output no image, file input |
| [Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct](/models/qwen__qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct/) Qwen | 1417.3 +11.2 | $0.268 | Balanced −92% Summarise −90% Chat −92% Code gen −92% Agentic −89% | 400K → 262K context no image, file input no extended reasoning |
| [DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v3.1-terminus/) DeepSeek | 1417.1 +11 | $0.453 | Balanced −87% Summarise −78% Chat −87% Code gen −89% Agentic −80% | 400K → 164K context no image, file input |
| [Qwen3.5-122B-A10B](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-122b-a10b/) Qwen | 1417.1 +11 | $0.715 | Balanced −79% Summarise −74% Chat −78% Code gen −79% Agentic −72% | 400K → 262K context 128K → 66K max output no file input |
| [Gemini 2.5 Flash](/models/google__gemini-2.5-flash/) Google | 1417 +10.9 | $0.850 | Balanced −75% Summarise −76% Chat −75% Code gen −75% Agentic −75% | 128K → 66K max output |
| [Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview](/models/google__gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview/) Google | 1415.7 tie | $0.563 | Balanced −84% Summarise −82% Chat −85% Code gen −85% Agentic −84% | 128K → 66K max output |
| [Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507](/models/qwen__qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507/) Qwen | 1415.2 tie | $0.748 | Balanced −78% Summarise −76% Chat −76% Code gen −77% Agentic −71% | 400K → 131K context 128K → 118K max output no image, file input |
| [Mistral Medium 3.5](/models/mistralai__mistral-medium-3-5/) Mistral | 1421.2 +15.1 | $3.00 | Balanced −13% Chat −12% Code gen −20% | 400K → 262K context |
| [Inkling Small](/models/thinkingmachines__inkling-small/) Thinking Machines | 1413.7 tie | $0.638 | Balanced −81% Summarise −72% Chat −85% Code gen −86% Agentic −81% | no file input |
| [Qwen3 Max](/models/qwen__qwen3-max/) Qwen | 1412.4 tie | $1.56 | Balanced −55% Summarise −45% Chat −58% Code gen −59% Agentic −54% | 400K → 262K context 128K → 66K max output no image, file input |
| [Qwen3.5-27B](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-27b/) Qwen | 1408.9 tie | $0.536 | Balanced −84% Summarise −81% Chat −83% Code gen −84% Agentic −79% | 400K → 262K context 128K → 66K max output no file input |
| [Kimi K3](/models/moonshotai__kimi-k3/) Moonshot AI | 1475.9 +69.8 | $1.23 summarise | Summarise −10% | no file input |
| [o3](/models/openai__o3/) OpenAI | 1409.9 tie | $3.95 chat | Chat −10% Code gen −15% | 400K → 200K context 128K → 100K max output |

## What this compares, and what it leaves out

 - Quality is LMArena Elo, used under CC BY 4.0 from the official dataset. The 95% confidence interval on a difference between two scores is about ±10.47 points, so a gap smaller than that is marked *tie* rather than an improvement — see [significance bands](/significance/).
 - 204 further models at this delivery mode carry a price but no independent score. They are absent from the comparison in both directions — unrated is not a zero, and an unmeasured model is neither an alternative nor a worse buy.
 - Retired models are never offered as an alternative, and a model only competes against its own delivery mode: batch trades latency for price, so it is not a like-for-like swap.
 - Nothing here measures latency, throughput, rate limits or how a model behaves on your prompts. Two models with the same index score are not interchangeable.
 - Models with no higher-scoring or cheaper alternative that is no worse on the other axis are on the [value frontier](/frontier/). Models with such an alternative are [listed here](/alternatives/).

## Continue your investigation

 - [Check requirements](/check/)
- [Compare exact differences](/compare/)
- [Set a quality floor](/cheapest-at/)
- [Inspect tier boundaries](/cliffs/)