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

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Gemini 2 Pro

Google

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/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 ProGoogle
$156.25/mo
Input: $1.25 / 1MOutput: $5 / 1M
🟧Mistral LargeMistral
$200.00/mo
Input: $2 / 1MOutput: $6 / 1M
🟢GPT-4oOpenAI
$312.50/mo
Input: $2.50 / 1MOutput: $10 / 1M
🟠Claude 3.5 SonnetAnthropic
$450.00/mo
Input: $3 / 1MOutput: $15 / 1M

Complete Specification Table

ModelProviderInputOutputContextSpeedReasoningCodingCreativeMultimodal
🟢GPT-4oOpenAI$2.50 / 1M$10 / 1M128K9/109/109/108/10 Yes
🟠Claude 3.5 SonnetAnthropic$3 / 1M$15 / 1M200K8/1010/1010/109/10 Yes
🔵Gemini 2 ProGoogle$1.25 / 1M$5 / 1M2M9/108/108/108/10 Yes (native)
🟣Llama 4 (405B)Meta (open-source)$0 (self-hosted) / ~$0.80 via API~$0.80 / 1M128K7/108/108/107/10 Yes
🟧Mistral LargeMistral$2 / 1M$6 / 1M128K8/108/108/107/10 Yes
🔷DeepSeek V3DeepSeek$0.27 / 1M$1.10 / 1M128K8/109/109/107/10 No

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