Spreads worth shopping
Ranked by actionable input-price spread across distinct sellers at equal-or-better serving precision, where the cheaper seller is also cheaper on the balanced blend (3 parts input to 1 part output). A vendor’s own service tiers are not competition. Unpriced models are excluded. Unrated is not scored zero.
45 models
Worth shopping
Spread is the dearest ÷ cheapest input price among sellers at the reference precision or better, listed only where the cheaper seller is also cheaper on the balanced blend. Cheaper lower-precision endpoints do not enter this table as a saving.
| Model | Input spread | Sellers | Cheapest input | Dearest input | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gpt-oss-120b | 11.67× | 5 | $0.030 DekaLLM | $0.350 Cerebras | bf16 |
| GLM 5.3 lower-quant also listed | 11.05× | 11 | $0.190 AkashML | $2.10 BaseTen | fp8 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 lower-quant also listed | 10× | 10 | $0.044 StreamLake | $0.440 Baidu | fp8 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 lower-quant also listed | 8.09× | 8 | $0.209 StreamLake | $1.69 Baidu | fp8 |
| Qwen3.8 27B lower-quant also listed | 6.6× | 2 | $0.150 DeepInfra | $0.990 Cerebras | bf16 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash lower-quant also listed | 5.66× | 13 | $0.053 Morph | $0.300 Venice | fp8 |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct lower-quant also listed | 5.26× | 2 | $0.135 Novita | $0.710 CoreWeave | bf16 |
| MythoMax 13B | 5× | 2 | $0.080 Parasail | $0.400 DeepInfra | fp16 |
| GLM 5.2 lower-quant also listed | 4.53× | 12 | $0.309 Morph | $1.40 Z.AI | fp8 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 lower-quant also listed | 4.52× | 9 | $0.042 StreamLake | $0.190 Mancer 2 | fp8 |
| MiMo-V2.5 | 3.36× | 4 | $0.119 GMICloud | $0.400 Venice | fp8 |
| Ling 3.0 Flash VL | 2.86× | 2 | $0.021 Novita | $0.060 DeepInfra | bf16 |
| GLM 5.3 Flash lower-quant also listed | 2.68× | 11 | $0.084 Novita | $0.225 Inceptron | fp8 |
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B lower-quant also listed | 2.5× | 7 | $0.100 AkashML | $0.250 CoreWeave | fp8 |
| DeepSeek V3.1 lower-quant also listed | 2.41× | 3 | $0.270 SiliconFlow | $0.650 SambaNova | fp8 |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | 2.29× | 6 | $0.088 GMICloud | $0.200 Nebius | fp8 |
| Gemma 4 26B A4B lower-quant also listed | 2.21× | 7 | $0.059 Io Net | $0.130 Novita | bf16 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | 2.04× | 3 | $0.216 DeepInfra | $0.440 SiliconFlow | fp8 |
| DeepSeek V3.2 | 1.77× | 5 | $0.209 GMICloud | $0.371 Alibaba | fp8 |
| Qwen3 32B | 1.75× | 3 | $0.080 DeepInfra | $0.140 SiliconFlow | fp8 |
| Llama 3.1 Euryale 70B v2.2 | 1.71× | 2 | $0.850 DeepInfra | $1.45 Novita | fp8 |
| Qwen3.5-35B-A3B lower-quant also listed | 1.71× | 4 | $0.140 DeepInfra | $0.240 SiliconFlow | fp8 |
| GLM 5 | 1.67× | 7 | $0.600 StreamLake | $1.00 Z.AI | fp8 |
| Granite 4.2 8B | 1.67× | 2 | $0.060 DeepInfra | $0.100 CoreWeave | bf16 |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 lower-quant also listed | 1.5× | 2 | $0.300 Novita | $0.450 Venice | fp8 |
| GLM 5.1 | 1.45× | 11 | $0.966 StreamLake | $1.40 Venice | fp8 |
| MiniMax M2.7 | 1.43× | 4 | $0.210 GMICloud | $0.300 Minimax | fp8 |
| R1 0528 | 1.4× | 2 | $0.500 SiliconFlow | $0.700 Novita | fp8 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 lower-quant also listed | 1.33× | 9 | $0.990 Novita | $1.32 SiliconFlow | fp8 |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B lower-quant also listed | 1.33× | 4 | $0.450 DeepInfra | $0.600 GMICloud | fp8 |
| Llama 4 Maverick lower-quant also listed | 1.3× | 2 | $0.270 Novita | $0.350 Parasail | fp8 |
| Llama 3 8B Lunaris | 1.25× | 2 | $0.040 Parasail | $0.050 Novita | bf16 |
| MiniMax M3 lower-quant also listed | 1.25× | 8 | $0.240 GMICloud | $0.300 Minimax | fp8 |
| Kimi K3 lower-quant also listed | 1.2× | 2 | $2.50 Morph | $3.00 BaseTen | fp8 |
| Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | 1.2× | 2 | $0.050 Crusoe | $0.060 Nebius | fp8 |
| MiniMax M2 | 1.18× | 2 | $0.255 Minimax | $0.300 Novita | fp8 |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning lower-quant also listed | 1.17× | 2 | $0.060 DeepInfra | $0.070 CoreWeave | bf16 |
| DeepSeek V3 0324 | 1.16× | 2 | $0.250 SiliconFlow | $0.290 GMICloud | fp8 |
| Kimi K2.7 Code lower-quant also listed | 1.11× | 3 | $0.859 SiliconFlow | $0.950 Alibaba | fp8 |
| Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 lower-quant also listed | 1.11× | 2 | $0.090 SiliconFlow | $0.100 Nebius | fp8 |
| Kimi K2.5 | 1.09× | 2 | $0.450 SiliconFlow | $0.490 AtlasCloud | int4 |
| Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B lower-quant also listed | 1.09× | 2 | $0.350 Venice | $0.380 Novita | fp8 |
| Qwen3.6 27B | 1.08× | 4 | $0.300 Chutes | $0.325 Venice | fp8 |
| gpt-oss-20b lower-quant also listed | 1.03× | 2 | $0.029 DekaLLM | $0.030 DeepInfra | bf16 |
| MiniMax M2.5 lower-quant also listed | 1.02× | 4 | $0.295 AtlasCloud | $0.300 Minimax | fp8 |
Precision differences — not established savings
These rates differ, but the cheapest endpoint has lower or undeclared precision. The raw ratio does not establish a saving at the reference precision.
| Model | Raw × | Cheap (lower / unknown quant) | Like-for-like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | 11× | $0.020 DeepInfra fp8 | $0.220 CoreWeave bf16 |
| Gemma 4 31B | 8.33× | $0.090 DeepInfra fp4 | $0.140 Crusoe bf16 |
| Mistral Nemo | 8.33× | $0.018 DekaLLM fp8 | $0.023 Io Net fp16 |
| Ling 3.0 Flash | 2.86× | $0.021 Novita unknown | $0.060 DeepInfra bf16 |
| Llama 4 Scout | 2.5× | $0.100 DeepInfra fp8 | $0.180 Novita bf16 |
| Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | 2.45× | $0.400 Alibaba unknown | $0.980 Novita bf16 |
| Kimi K2.6 | 2.34× | $0.465 Inceptron int4 | $0.700 Crusoe bf16 |
| Qwen3 14B | 2.28× | $0.100 NextBit int4 | $0.120 DeepInfra fp8 |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | 2.23× | $0.130 Alibaba unknown | $0.200 Novita bf16 |
| Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | 2.14× | $0.117 Alibaba unknown | $0.250 Parasail bf16 |
| Qwen3.5-9B | 2.13× | $0.080 Darkbloom fp4 | $0.100 DeepInfra bf16 |
| GLM 4.7 | 1.75× | $0.400 DeepInfra fp4 | $0.540 Novita fp8 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | 1.75× | $0.100 Darkbloom fp4 | $0.140 GMICloud bf16 |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | 1.67× | $0.090 DeepInfra fp8 | $0.150 Novita bf16 |
| Hy3 | 1.54× | $0.130 DeepInfra fp4 | $0.140 GMICloud bf16 |
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | 1.54× | $0.260 SiliconFlow fp8 | $0.400 Novita bf16 |
| Qwen3.5-27B | 1.54× | $0.195 Alibaba unknown | $0.300 Novita bf16 |
| Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | 1.5× | $0.200 DeepInfra fp8 | $0.300 Novita bf16 |
| Gemma 3 27B | 1.49× | $0.080 DeepInfra fp8 | $0.119 Novita bf16 |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | 1.45× | $0.200 Alibaba unknown | $0.290 SiliconFlow fp8 |
| Ling 3.0 Flash Fin | 1.43× | $0.042 Novita unknown | $0.060 DeepInfra fp4 |
| GLM 4.6 | 1.4× | $0.430 Venice fp4 | $0.550 Novita bf16 |
| MiniMax M1 | 1.38× | $0.400 Minimax unknown | $0.550 Novita bf16 |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | 1.33× | $0.075 DeepInfra fp8 | $0.090 Parasail bf16 |
| ReMM SLERP 13B | 1.29× | $0.350 Mancer 2 fp8 | $0.450 NextBit bf16 |
| Nemotron 3 Ultra | 1.25× | $0.500 DeepInfra fp4 | $0.625 Venice fp8 |
| DeepSeek V3 | 1.24× | $0.257 StreamLake unknown | $0.320 DeepInfra fp4 |
| GLM 4.7 Flash | 1.17× | $0.060 Venice fp8 | $0.070 Novita bf16 |
| Nemotron 3 Super | 1.06× | $0.080 DekaLLM fp8 | $0.085 DeepInfra bf16 |
| Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | 1.06× | $0.360 DeepInfra fp8 | $0.380 Novita bf16 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro | 1.01× | $0.430 DeepInfra fp8 | $0.435 GMICloud bf16 |
Serving precision not established
49 models have multiple seller owners, but no declared serving precision. These price observations are excluded from the declared-precision ranking. Verify precision, context, tools, reliability and terms with the endpoint provider.
- Claude Fable 5 · 5 sellers · $10.00–$10.00 per million input tokens
- Claude Fable 5.1 · 4 sellers · $10.00–$10.00 per million input tokens
- Claude Haiku 4.5 · 4 sellers · $1.00–$1.00 per million input tokens
- Claude Opus 4.5 · 5 sellers · $5.00–$5.00 per million input tokens
- Claude Opus 4.6 · 5 sellers · $5.00–$5.00 per million input tokens
- Claude Opus 4.7 · 5 sellers · $5.00–$5.00 per million input tokens
- Claude Opus 4.8 · 5 sellers · $5.00–$5.00 per million input tokens
- Claude Opus 5 · 5 sellers · $5.00–$5.00 per million input tokens
- Claude Opus 5.5 · 5 sellers · $4.00–$4.00 per million input tokens
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 · 5 sellers · $3.00–$3.00 per million input tokens
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 · 5 sellers · $3.00–$3.00 per million input tokens
- Claude Sonnet 5 · 5 sellers · $2.00–$2.00 per million input tokens
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 · 5 sellers · $2.00–$2.00 per million input tokens
- GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k · 2 sellers · $3.00–$3.00 per million input tokens
- GPT-4 · 2 sellers · $30.00–$30.00 per million input tokens
- GPT-4.1 · 2 sellers · $2.00–$2.00 per million input tokens
- GPT-4.1 Mini · 2 sellers · $0.400–$0.400 per million input tokens
- GPT-4.1 Nano · 2 sellers · $0.100–$0.100 per million input tokens
- GPT-4o · 2 sellers · $2.50–$2.50 per million input tokens
- GPT-4o (2024-05-13) · 2 sellers · $5.00–$5.00 per million input tokens
- GPT-4o (2024-08-06) · 2 sellers · $2.50–$2.50 per million input tokens
- GPT-4o-mini · 2 sellers · $0.150–$0.150 per million input tokens
- GPT-5 · 2 sellers · $1.25–$1.25 per million input tokens
- GPT-5 Mini · 2 sellers · $0.125–$0.250 per million input tokens
- GPT-5 Nano · 2 sellers · $0.025–$0.050 per million input tokens
- GPT-5.1 · 2 sellers · $0.625–$1.25 per million input tokens
- GPT-5.2 · 2 sellers · $0.875–$1.75 per million input tokens
- GPT-5.3-Codex · 2 sellers · $1.75–$1.75 per million input tokens
- GPT-5.4 · 3 sellers · $1.25–$2.75 per million input tokens
- GPT-5.4 Mini · 2 sellers · $0.375–$0.750 per million input tokens
- GPT-5.4 Nano · 2 sellers · $0.100–$0.200 per million input tokens
- GPT-5.4 Pro · 2 sellers · $15.00–$30.00 per million input tokens
- GPT-5.5 · 3 sellers · $2.50–$5.50 per million input tokens
- GPT-5.6 Luna · 3 sellers · $0.100–$0.220 per million input tokens
- GPT-5.6 Luna Pro · 2 sellers · $0.100–$0.200 per million input tokens
- GPT-5.6 Sol · 3 sellers · $1.00–$4.40 per million input tokens
- GPT-5.6 Sol Pro · 2 sellers · $1.00–$4.00 per million input tokens
- GPT-5.6 Terra · 3 sellers · $1.00–$2.20 per million input tokens
- GPT-5.6 Terra Pro · 2 sellers · $1.00–$2.00 per million input tokens
- GPT-6 Astra · 3 sellers · $5.00–$11.00 per million input tokens
- GPT-6 Astra Pro · 2 sellers · $5.00–$10.00 per million input tokens
- GPT-6 Luna · 3 sellers · $0.050–$0.110 per million input tokens
- GPT-6 Luna Pro · 2 sellers · $0.050–$0.100 per million input tokens
- GPT-6 Sol · 3 sellers · $1.00–$2.20 per million input tokens
- GPT-6 Sol Pro · 2 sellers · $1.00–$2.00 per million input tokens
- GPT-6.1 Sol · 3 sellers · $1.00–$2.20 per million input tokens
- GPT-6.1 Sol Pro · 2 sellers · $1.00–$2.00 per million input tokens
- Grok 4.6 · 2 sellers · $2.00–$2.20 per million input tokens
- Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking · 2 sellers · $0.150–$0.150 per million input tokens
Excluded from the ranked list
- 0 unpriced — no finite input price (missing price is not free).
- 206 single-seller — one shop is not a market.
- 17 no actionable equal-or-better spread.
- 31 lower or unknown precision — listed above, not as savings.
- 0 where the cheaper input seller is not, or cannot be shown to be, cheaper on the balanced blend.
- 49 no declared serving precision across sellers.
- 0 on the publication denylist — never shown.
Questions this page answers
How is spread computed on this page?
Spread is dearest ÷ cheapest input price among distinct sellers at the reference serving precision or better. A vendor listing the same model at its own service tiers is not competition. A spread is listed only when the cheaper seller is also cheaper on the balanced blend the site ranks by (3 parts input to 1 part output); otherwise the input spread would point at the dearer seller.
Why are some models excluded?
Unpriced models are excluded. Cheaper endpoints at lower precision do not count as a saving if the reference precision is higher.
Does a high spread mean I should switch?
It means multiple sellers publish different rates at equal-or-better precision. Capability dominance is on /check/ and /frontier/; this page is shopping geometry only.
Read citation text and BibTeX
45 models have actionable spreads. Condition: equal-or-better declared precision; cheaper lower-precision is not a saving; the cheaper input seller is also cheaper on the balanced blend (3 input : 1 output). Prices are USD per million input tokens. As of 2026-10-06. Lens: Published provider prices in the accepted OpenRouter-derived catalogue. https://undominated.ai/spreads/ Method: https://undominated.ai/methodology/ Publication: sha256:ecef83f767cd4d2c21766f6a5b4dffa36c06351f23657542d473bc1a030c0932; calculation SHA-256: 5ae4d0bee9b70298dd437b05df87c32acb407040b50bf88240677f295f25955d; permitted inputs: https://undominated.ai/data/publications/manifests/ecef83f767cd4d2c21766f6a5b4dffa36c06351f23657542d473bc1a030c0932.json
@misc{undominated-spreads-2026-10-06,
author = {{Undominated.ai}},
title = {spreads evidence — Undominated.ai},
year = {2026},
url = {https://undominated.ai/spreads/},
note = {as of 2026-10-06; Published provider prices in the accepted OpenRouter-derived catalogue},
annote = {Publication: sha256:ecef83f767cd4d2c21766f6a5b4dffa36c06351f23657542d473bc1a030c0932; calculation SHA-256: 5ae4d0bee9b70298dd437b05df87c32acb407040b50bf88240677f295f25955d; permitted inputs: https://undominated.ai/data/publications/manifests/ecef83f767cd4d2c21766f6a5b4dffa36c06351f23657542d473bc1a030c0932.json}
}