Updated January 2026

LLM Model Comparison 2026

Claude Opus 4 vs GPT-4o vs Gemini 2.5 vs o1 vs DeepSeek — cost, quality, and speed benchmarks

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Claude Opus 4

Anthropic

Input
$5 / 1M
Output
$25 / 1M
200K contextMultimodal
Speed8/10
Reasoning10/10
Coding10/10
Creative10/10

Best for

Flagship reasoning, long docs, complex analysis

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Claude Sonnet 4

Anthropic

Input
$3 / 1M
Output
$15 / 1M
200K contextMultimodal
Speed9/10
Reasoning9/10
Coding9/10
Creative9/10

Best for

Complex reasoning, coding, enterprise balance

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GPT-4o

OpenAI

Input
$5 / 1M
Output
$20 / 1M
128K contextMultimodal
Speed9/10
Reasoning9/10
Coding9/10
Creative8/10

Best for

General purpose, coding, fast inference

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o1

OpenAI

Input
$15 / 1M
Output
$60 / 1M
200K contextText only
Speed6/10
Reasoning10/10
Coding10/10
Creative7/10

Best for

Deep reasoning, math, code — extended thinking

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Gemini 2.5 Pro

Google

Input
$1.25 / 1M
Output
$5 / 1M
2M contextMultimodal (native)
Speed9/10
Reasoning9/10
Coding8/10
Creative8/10

Best for

Long context, multimodal, cost-efficient flagship

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Gemini 2.5 Flash

Google

Input
$0.30 / 1M
Output
$2.50 / 1M
1M contextMultimodal
Speed10/10
Reasoning8/10
Coding8/10
Creative8/10

Best for

High-throughput, fast, cost-efficient

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DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek

Input
$0.27 / 1M
Output
$1.10 / 1M
128K contextText only
Speed8/10
Reasoning9/10
Coding9/10
Creative7/10

Best for

Budget-friendly, strong reasoning and coding

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DeepSeek R1

DeepSeek

Input
$2 / 1M
Output
$8 / 1M
128K contextText only
Speed7/10
Reasoning10/10
Coding9/10
Creative6/10

Best for

Reasoning-heavy tasks, math, code — chain-of-thought

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Mistral Large 2

Mistral

Input
$2 / 1M
Output
$6 / 1M
128K contextMultimodal
Speed8/10
Reasoning8/10
Coding8/10
Creative7/10

Best for

European compliance, multilingual, cost-efficient

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Llama 4 (405B)

Meta (open-source)

Input
$0 (self-hosted) / ~$0.80 via API
Output
~$0.80 / 1M
128K contextMultimodal
Speed7/10
Reasoning8/10
Coding8/10
Creative7/10

Best for

Self-hosted, privacy, no vendor lock

Monthly Cost Calculator

Estimate your monthly LLM spend across all models. Assumes a 50/50 input-output token split.

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50M tokens/month = 50,000,000 tokens

🔷DeepSeek V3DeepSeek
$34.25/mo
Input: $0.27 / 1MOutput: $1.10 / 1M
🟣Llama 4 (405B)Meta (open-source)
$40.00/mo
Input: $0 (self-hosted) / ~$0.80 via APIOutput: ~$0.80 / 1M
⚡Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle
$70.00/mo
Input: $0.30 / 1MOutput: $2.50 / 1M
🔵Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle
$156.25/mo
Input: $1.25 / 1MOutput: $5 / 1M
🟧Mistral Large 2Mistral
$200.00/mo
Input: $2 / 1MOutput: $6 / 1M
🔶DeepSeek R1DeepSeek
$250.00/mo
Input: $2 / 1MOutput: $8 / 1M
🟧Claude Sonnet 4Anthropic
$450.00/mo
Input: $3 / 1MOutput: $15 / 1M
🟢GPT-4oOpenAI
$625.00/mo
Input: $5 / 1MOutput: $20 / 1M
🟠Claude Opus 4Anthropic
$750.00/mo
Input: $5 / 1MOutput: $25 / 1M
🧠o1OpenAI
$1.9K/mo
Input: $15 / 1MOutput: $60 / 1M

Complete Specification Table

ModelProviderInputOutputContextSpeedReasoningCodingCreativeMultimodal
🟠Claude Opus 4Anthropic$5 / 1M$25 / 1M200K8/1010/1010/1010/10 Yes
🟧Claude Sonnet 4Anthropic$3 / 1M$15 / 1M200K9/109/109/109/10 Yes
🟢GPT-4oOpenAI$5 / 1M$20 / 1M128K9/109/109/108/10 Yes
🧠o1OpenAI$15 / 1M$60 / 1M200K6/1010/1010/107/10 No
🔵Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle$1.25 / 1M$5 / 1M2M9/109/108/108/10 Yes (native)
⚡Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle$0.30 / 1M$2.50 / 1M1M10/108/108/108/10 Yes
🔷DeepSeek V3DeepSeek$0.27 / 1M$1.10 / 1M128K8/109/109/107/10 No
🔶DeepSeek R1DeepSeek$2 / 1M$8 / 1M128K7/1010/109/106/10 No
🟧Mistral Large 2Mistral$2 / 1M$6 / 1M128K8/108/108/107/10 Yes
🟣Llama 4 (405B)Meta (open-source)$0 (self-hosted) / ~$0.80 via API~$0.80 / 1M128K7/108/108/107/10 Yes

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