--- title: "Cheapest model that still clears a quality floor · Undominated.ai" canonical: https://undominated.ai/cheapest-at/ description: "The cheapest model that still clears a named independent quality floor. Not the cheapest model in the catalogue. Unrated is not a floor of zero." --- # Cheapest model that still clears a quality floor · Undominated.ai > The cheapest model that still clears a named independent quality floor. Not the cheapest model in the catalogue. Unrated is not a floor of zero. # Cheapest that still clears the bar Quality is the floor, price is the sort. Unrated models are excluded: not having a score is not clearing a bar. [subscription vs API](/plans/): published plan prices, usage limits, and the API token volume that costs the same as a plan. Quality floor (LMArena Elo) 1200 1300 1350 1400 gpt-oss-120b at $0.065/M is the cheapest that scores at least 1350. [gpt-oss-120b](/models/openai__gpt-oss-120b/) · 1365.4 Bars use the largest displayed value as their reference. Score bars increase with Arena Elo; shorter price bars mean cheaper. The exact values are printed beside each bar. | Model | LMArena Elo | Effective $/M | | --- | --- | --- | | [gpt-oss-120b](/models/openai__gpt-oss-120b/) [Check requirements](/check/openai__gpt-oss-120b/) | 1365.4 | $0.065 | | [Gemma 3 27B](/models/google__gemma-3-27b-it/) [Check requirements](/check/google__gemma-3-27b-it/) | 1357.8 | $0.100 | | [DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4-flash/) [Check requirements](/check/deepseek__deepseek-v4-flash/) | 1432.1 | $0.113 | | [Qwen3.5-Flash](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-flash-02-23/) [Check requirements](/check/qwen__qwen3.5-flash-02-23/) | 1397 | $0.114 | | [Gemma 4 26B A4B](/models/google__gemma-4-26b-a4b-it/) [Check requirements](/check/google__gemma-4-26b-a4b-it/) | 1433.9 | $0.127 | | [Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507](/models/qwen__qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507/) [Check requirements](/check/qwen__qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507/) | 1384.1 | $0.143 | ## Continue your investigation - [Compare a shortlist](/compare/) - [Inspect uncertainty](/significance/) - [Explore the frontier](/frontier/) - [Use observed costs](/audit/)