COMPARATIVE TABLE — ALL PARTIES SURVEYED AUG 2026

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Every model in service, sortable on any column and filterable by tier and license. Prices per 1M tokens, input / output. Independent standing from Artificial Analysis; vendor figures flagged. Confirm before committing — a fast-moving space.

№ Model Lab Released Context In $/M Out $/M AA idx License Figures
01 Claude Opus 5 Anthropic Jul 24, 2026 ~1M $5 $25 61 closed indep.
02 Claude Fable 5 Anthropic Jun 9, 2026 ~1M $10 — 60 closed indep.
03 GPT-5.6 Sol OpenAI GA Jul 2026 1.05M $5 $30 59 closed indep.
04 Gemini 3.1 Pro Google Feb 2026 ~1M $2 $12 — closed indep.
05 Grok 4.6 xAI Aug 12, 2026 ~500K — — — closed indep.
06 GPT-5.6 Terra OpenAI GA Jul 2026 1.05M $2 $12 — closed indep.
07 Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic Jun 30, 2026 ~1M $2 — — closed indep.
08 Gemini 3.7 Flash Google Aug 13, 2026 1M $0.75 $3.75 — closed vendor
09 Grok 4.5 xAI Jul 8, 2026 ~500K $2 $6 54 closed indep.
10 GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI GA Jul 2026 1.05M $0.2 $1.2 — closed indep.
11 Claude Haiku 4.5 Anthropic 2025 ~200K — — — closed indep.
12 DeepSeek V4-Pro DeepSeek Apr 24, 2026 1M $0.44 $0.87 53 MIT indep.
13 DeepSeek V4-Flash DeepSeek 2026 1M $0.14 $0.28 — MIT indep.
14 Kimi K3 Moonshot AI Jul 17, 2026 ~1M $0.6 $3 — Modified MIT vendor
15 Qwen3.8-Max Alibaba Aug 3, 2026 1M $2 $6 — open vendor
16 GLM-5.3 Z.ai Aug 14, 2026 1M — — — open vendor
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