Best-value flagship AI models
Flagship models are the largest, most capable models — for the hardest reasoning and agentic work. Ranked by price per million output tokens, cheapest first — 8 priced models from the Mintok catalog.
| # | Model | Vendor | Tier | Output $/M | Input $/M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistral Large 2 | Mistral | 5/8 | $1.50 | $0.50 | 131,072 |
| 2 | Qwen 3 235B (MoE) | Alibaba | 4/8 | $1.82 | $0.46 | 131,072 |
| 3 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | 7/8 | $10 | $1.25 | 1,048,576 | |
| 4 | GPT-4.5 | OpenAI | 7/8 | $15 | $3 | 128,000 |
| 5 | Grok-3 | xAI | 7/8 | $15 | $3 | 131,072 |
| 6 | Kimi K3 | Moonshot | 6/8 | $15 | $3 | 1,048,576 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | 7/8 | $25 | $5 | 200,000 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4 | Anthropic | 8/8 | $75 | $15 | 200,000 |
FAQ
What is the cheapest flagship AI model?
The cheapest flagship-class model in the Mintok catalog is Mistral Large 2 (Mistral) at $1.50 per million output tokens.
What is a flagship model?
Flagship models are the largest, most capable models — for the hardest reasoning and agentic work.
How many flagship models does Mintok track?
Mintok tracks 8 priced flagship-class models with live $/M-token pricing.
Prices maintained by Mintok's catalog watchers from public sources. Size class + tiers per methodology. Not investment advice.