Updated January 2026
LLM Model Comparison 2026
GPT-4o vs Claude 3.5 vs Gemini 2 vs Open-Source — cost, quality, and speed benchmarks
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GPT-4o
OpenAI
Input
$2.50 / 1M
Output
$10 / 1M
128K contextMultimodal
Speed9/10
Reasoning9/10
Coding9/10
Creative8/10
Best for
General purpose, coding, enterprise
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
Input
$3 / 1M
Output
$15 / 1M
200K contextMultimodal
Speed8/10
Reasoning10/10
Coding10/10
Creative9/10
Best for
Complex reasoning, long docs, coding
🔵Google
Gemini 2 Pro
Input
$1.25 / 1M
Output
$5 / 1M
2M contextMultimodal (native)
Speed9/10
Reasoning8/10
Coding8/10
Creative8/10
Best for
Long context, multimodal, 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
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Mistral Large
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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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
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/moInput: $0.27 / 1MOutput: $1.10 / 1M
🟣Llama 4 (405B)Meta (open-source)
$40.00/moInput: $0 (self-hosted) / ~$0.80 via APIOutput: ~$0.80 / 1M
🔵Gemini 2 ProGoogle
$156.25/moInput: $1.25 / 1MOutput: $5 / 1M
🟧Mistral LargeMistral
$200.00/moInput: $2 / 1MOutput: $6 / 1M
🟢GPT-4oOpenAI
$312.50/moInput: $2.50 / 1MOutput: $10 / 1M
🟠Claude 3.5 SonnetAnthropic
$450.00/moInput: $3 / 1MOutput: $15 / 1M
Complete Specification Table
| Model | Provider | Input | Output | Context | Speed | Reasoning | Coding | Creative | Multimodal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🟢GPT-4o | OpenAI | $2.50 / 1M | $10 / 1M | 128K | 9/10 | 9/10 | 9/10 | 8/10 | Yes |
| 🟠Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Anthropic | $3 / 1M | $15 / 1M | 200K | 8/10 | 10/10 | 10/10 | 9/10 | Yes |
| 🔵Gemini 2 Pro | $1.25 / 1M | $5 / 1M | 2M | 9/10 | 8/10 | 8/10 | 8/10 | Yes (native) | |
| 🟣Llama 4 (405B) | Meta (open-source) | $0 (self-hosted) / ~$0.80 via API | ~$0.80 / 1M | 128K | 7/10 | 8/10 | 8/10 | 7/10 | Yes |
| 🟧Mistral Large | Mistral | $2 / 1M | $6 / 1M | 128K | 8/10 | 8/10 | 8/10 | 7/10 | Yes |
| 🔷DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek | $0.27 / 1M | $1.10 / 1M | 128K | 8/10 | 9/10 | 9/10 | 7/10 | No |
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