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How the cost of AI moves over time. Every chart is free to embed and download, with its sources named.

What a strong model costs, over time

Cheapest blended price, per 1M tokens
What does a model that scores 70% on GPQA Diamond cost?$0.01$1.00$10.00$100.00Dec 2023Nov 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026$0.054$0.025
  • 70% on GPQA Diamond
  • At or above GPT-4 on LMArena
Log scale: each gridline is a multiple of the one below.
Solid: cheapest model scoring 70% or more on GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI). Dashed: cheapest model rated at or above GPT-4 (June 2023) on the LMArena text leaderboard, a lower bar that small models such as Llama 3.1 8B clear. Blended: three input tokens per output token. Sources: LiteLLM price history (MIT), OpenRouter, Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0), LMArena (CC BY 4.0).
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The price of a hard-science pass mark

Cheapest blended price, per 1M tokens
What does a model that passes GPQA Diamond cost?$0.01$1.00$10.00$100.00Jun 2024Apr 2025Jan 2026Oct 2026$0.054$0.028
  • 50% on GPQA Diamond
  • 70% on GPQA Diamond
Log scale: each gridline is a multiple of the one below.
Cheapest model at or above each GPQA Diamond score (Epoch AI). Blended: three input tokens per output token. Sources: LiteLLM price history (MIT), OpenRouter, Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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China and the US at the same quality

Cheapest blended price, per 1M tokens
Which country’s models are cheaper at equal quality?$0.01$1.00$10.00Sept 2024May 2025Feb 2026Oct 2026$0.054$0.028
  • China
  • United States
Log scale: each gridline is a multiple of the one below.
Cheapest model from each developer country scoring 60% or more on GPQA Diamond; at least three models per country. Sources: LiteLLM price history (MIT), OpenRouter, Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Open against closed weights

Cheapest blended price, per 1M tokens
Do open-weights models cost less at the same quality?$0.01$1.00$10.00Sept 2024May 2025Feb 2026Oct 2026$0.069$0.028
  • Open weights
  • Closed
Log scale: each gridline is a multiple of the one below.
Cheapest model scoring 60% or more on GPQA Diamond, by whether its weights are published. Sources: LiteLLM price history (MIT), OpenRouter, Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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List-price changes per month

Changes per month
0205409Sept 232023-10: 2 down2023-11: 6 down2023-12: 4 down2023-12: 2 up2024-01: 10 down2024-02: 6 down2024-03: 4 down2024-03: 2 upApr 242024-05: 14 down2024-05: 3 up2024-06: 27 down2024-07: 2 down2024-07: 3 up2024-08: 10 down2024-08: 5 up2024-09: 14 down2024-09: 2 up2024-10: 2 down2024-11: 2 downNov 242024-12: 10 down2024-12: 7 up2025-01: 13 down2025-01: 6 up2025-02: 5 down2025-02: 4 up2025-03: 14 down2025-04: 5 down2025-04: 1 up2025-05: 6 down2025-06: 9 down2025-06: 4 upJun 252025-08: 32 down2025-08: 2 up2025-09: 3 down2025-09: 8 up2025-10: 68 down2025-10: 64 up2025-11: 7 down2025-11: 6 up2025-12: 9 down2025-12: 9 up2026-01: 217 down2026-01: 15 upJan 262026-02: 3 down2026-02: 4 up2026-03: 59 down2026-03: 57 up2026-04: 38 down2026-04: 11 up2026-05: 9 down2026-05: 1 up2026-06: 7 down2026-06: 29 up2026-07: 74 down2026-08: 263 down2026-08: 146 upAug 262026-09: 210 down2026-09: 105 up2026-10: 69 down2026-10: 77 up
  • Down
  • Up
Every list-price change across models, hosts and units, by direction. Sources: LiteLLM price history (MIT), OpenRouter.
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Same model, different host

Dearest ÷ cheapest host, median
How much do hosts differ for the same open model?×0.0×1.0×2.023 Oct23 Oct24 Oct×2.1
For each model with three or more hosts, the dearest over the cheapest input price; the median across models. Sources: OpenRouter.
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What a top-10 image costs

Per image
What does one picture from a leading image model cost?Free$0.02$0.04$0.06Jan 2025Dec 2025Oct 2026$0.019$0.005
  • Median
  • Lowest
Per-image price at a standard size among the ten best-rated LMArena text-to-image models. Sources: LiteLLM price history (MIT), LMArena (CC BY 4.0).
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What a second of video costs

Per second of video
What does AI video cost per second?Free$0.10$0.20$0.3014 Apr19 Jul23 Oct$0.22$0.08$0.03
  • 1080p, lowest
  • 1080p, median
  • 720p, lowest
Per-second list price across video models at each resolution. Sources: LiteLLM price history (MIT).
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The GPU rent index

Median on-demand price, per GPU-month
What does a data-centre GPU cost to rent?Free$5,000$10,00022 Oct22 Oct23 Oct$10,220$9,087$7,937
  • B200
  • H200
  • H100
Median on-demand price per GPU-hour across every cloud and marketplace offer × 730 hours. Series starts on 22 October 2026. Sources: Cloudadapt GPU prices (CC BY 4.0).
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Quality data: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0). Prices: OpenRouter, LiteLLM (MIT), provider pages. List prices in US dollars before discounts and taxes; other currencies converted at the European Central Bank reference rate. The figures on these pages are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link to this page.