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Estimates · avg 600 in / 350 out tokens · Sep 2026 list prices
DeepSeek V4 Flash (off-peak) lowest
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MiniMax M3
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Mistral Large 3
$0
Grok 4.3 (xAI)
$0
Gemini 3.8 Flash
$0
Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)
$0
Qwen3.8-Max (Alibaba)
$0
Claude Sonnet 5
$0
Claude Opus 5
$0
GPT-5.5
$0
GPT-6 Astra
$0