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I need help with , about , my budget is and what matters most is .

What we understoodSummariesunder $1 per 1,000 tasksquality first10k a month
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Best overall
  • Scores 55 on overall, #16 of 31 models we track for this job.
  • $0.75 per 1,000 summaries.
  • Also the cheapest model that passes our test for this job.
At 10k summaries a month$7.50 a month
Passes our testOpen weightsProvisional score
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Best premium pick
85
  • Scores 97 on overall, the highest of 31 models we track for this job.
  • $22.00 per 1,000 summaries: the extra $21.25 per 1,000 buys 42 more points.
  • Reads up to 1,000K tokens at once.
At 10k summaries a month$220 a month
Passes our testOver budgetProvisional score
RefineCheaperQuality firstMake it private

Also considered: Gemini 4 Argon (match 85, $11.00 per 1,000), Claude Fable 5.1 (match 79, $55.00 per 1,000), Claude Opus 5 (match 76, $27.50 per 1,000), Claude Sonnet 5.5 (match 72, $11.00 per 1,000). 31 models were in the running.

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How we pick

The ranking is a published formula, never a person’s choice and never paid for. We filter by the job, your budget and any hard needs such as open weights, then weigh quality and price by what you said matters most. Best overall is the top of that list. Best budget is the cheapest model that passes our test for the job. Best premium is the highest quality, whatever it costs.

Scores are provisional: they come from Arena and Epoch AI benchmarks until our own test rig runs. Prices are list prices, checked against OpenRouter where we can. Speed is not scored yet. See the methodology.