Question 1

What is the cheapest AI model for chat?

Accepted Answer

The cheapest AI chat models are typically smaller models like GPT-3.5-turbo, Claude Instant, or open-source models on platforms like Together AI and Groq. Prices can be as low as $0.10-0.25 per million tokens. However, cheaper models may have reduced capabilities compared to flagship models like GPT-4 or Claude 3 Opus. Use CloudPrice to compare current prices across all providers.

Question 2

How much does GPT-4 cost?

Accepted Answer

GPT-4 pricing varies by version. GPT-4 Turbo costs approximately $10 per million input tokens and $30 per million output tokens. GPT-4o is more affordable at around $5/$15 per million tokens. OpenAI also offers GPT-4o-mini at significantly lower prices. Pricing may change, so check CloudPrice for current rates.

Question 3

What is the difference between input and output tokens?

Accepted Answer

Input tokens are the text you send to the AI model (your prompts, context, and conversation history). Output tokens are what the model generates in response. Most AI providers charge differently for input and output tokens, with output tokens typically being 2-4x more expensive because they require more computation to generate.

Question 4

Which AI model has the largest context window?

Accepted Answer

Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro currently offers one of the largest context windows at 1 million tokens. Anthropic's Claude 3 models support 200K tokens, while OpenAI's GPT-4 Turbo supports 128K tokens. Larger context windows allow processing more text in a single request but may cost more.

Question 5

What does 'supports vision' mean for AI models?

Accepted Answer

AI models with vision support can process and understand images in addition to text. You can send images as part of your prompt and the model can describe, analyze, or answer questions about them. Examples include GPT-4 Vision, Claude 3, and Gemini Pro Vision. Vision capabilities typically cost extra per image processed.

Model	Creator	Input Price, $	Output Price, $	Context	Max Output	Inference Providers	Intelligence	Coding
DeepSeek V3 324	DeepSeek	0.200	0.400	164K	16K	compare (13)	22.3#1	22.0#1
QwQ 32B	Alibaba	0.150	0.200	131K	16K	compare (8)	19.7#2	N/A
DeepSeek R1	DeepSeek	0.280	0.400	164K	66K	compare (14)	18.8#3	15.9#3
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct	Meta	0.120	0.300	131K	16K	compare (11)	17.4#4	14.5#4
DeepSeek V3	DeepSeek	0.200	0.200	164K	82K	compare (11)	16.5#5	16.4#2
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B	DeepSeek	0.200	0.375	131K	16K	compare (11)	16.0#6	11.4#7
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct	Alibaba	0.120	0.300	131K	16K	compare (8)	15.6#7	11.9#6
Qwen3 30B A3B	Alibaba	0.080	0.290	131K	20K	compare (6)	15.0#8	14.2#5
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct	Meta	0.100	0.200	131K	120K	compare (20)	14.5#9	10.7#9
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct	Alibaba	0.060	0.200	131K	8K	compare (3)	13.2#10	N/A
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct	Meta	0.100	0.100	131K	16K	compare (13)	12.5#11	10.9#8
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct	Meta	0.020	0.030	200K	128K	compare (20)	11.8#12	4.9#10
Mistral 7B Instruct	Mistral AI	0.010	0.100	127K	16K	compare (9)	7.4#13	N/A
BGE EN ICL	Baai	0.010	N/A	33K	N/A	compare (1)	N/A	N/A
BGE Multilingual Gemma2	Baai	0.010	N/A	8K	N/A	compare (1)	N/A	N/A
DeepSeek R1 528	DeepSeek	0.200	0.250	164K	33K	compare (12)	N/A	N/A
Gemma 3 27B Instruct	Google	0.060	0.160	131K	16K	compare (6)	N/A	N/A
Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 405B	Nous Research	1.00	1.00	131K	16K	compare (3)	N/A	N/A
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 1 Ultra 253B	NVIDIA	0.600	1.80	128K	N/A	compare (1)	N/A	N/A
Llama 3.3 Nemotron 1 Super 49B	NVIDIA	0.100	0.400	131K	N/A	compare (1)	N/A	N/A
LlamaGuard 3 8B	Meta	0.020	0.030	131K	16K	compare (5)	N/A	N/A
Nemo Instruct (24.07)	Mistral AI	0.020	0.040	131K	512	compare (5)	N/A	N/A
Qwen2 VL 72B Instruct	Alibaba	0.130	0.400	131K	2K	compare (3)	N/A	N/A
Qwen2 VL 7B Instruct	Alibaba	0.020	0.060	131K	N/A	compare (2)	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 Coder 7B	Alibaba	0.010	0.030	33K	8K	compare (3)	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct	Alibaba	0.130	0.400	131K	8K	compare (7)	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 14B	Alibaba	0.060	0.200	132K	41K	compare (7)	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 235B A22B	Alibaba	0.090	0.100	262K	131K	compare (9)	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 32B	Alibaba	0.050	0.100	131K	41K	compare (15)	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 4B	Alibaba	0.030	0.030	131K	20K	compare (4)	N/A	N/A

AI Model Comparison