Best GPT-5 Alternatives
GPT-5 by OpenAI is a flagship model priced at $1.25/10 per 1M tokens (in/out). It's on the expensive side — there are cheaper options with similar quality.
GPT-5
OpenAIFlagshipInput
$1.25/1M
Output
$10/1M
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Why Switch from GPT-5?
Top Alternatives
38% cheaper, comparable performance.
Input
$2/1M
60% more
Output
$5/1M
50% cheaper
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Higher benchmark scores, 1M context (8x more), 64K max output.
Input
$2/1M
60% more
Output
$12/1M
20% more
Context
1M
Max Output
64K
Comparable performance, 1M context (8x more), 66K max output.
Input
$2/1M
60% more
Output
$12/1M
20% more
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
Comparable performance.
Input
$5/1M
300% more
Output
$25/1M
150% more
Context
200K
Max Output
32K
Higher benchmark scores, 66K max output.
Input
$2/1M
60% more
Output
$16/1M
60% more
Context
200K
Max Output
66K
Comparable performance, 66K max output.
Input
$1.75/1M
40% more
Output
$14/1M
40% more
Context
200K
Max Output
66K
Dramatically cheaper (63% less), 128K max output.
Input
$1/1M
20% cheaper
Output
$3.2/1M
68% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
128K
Comparable performance, 1M context (8x more), 66K max output.
Input
$1.25/1M
Same price
Output
$10/1M
Same price
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
Full Comparison Table
| Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Context | MMLU-Pro | HumanEval | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Large 3Mistral | $2.0060% more | $5.0050% cheaper | 128K | 83%-5.5% | 91%-4.0% | 95 |
| Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle | $2.0060% more | $12.0020% more | 1M | 91%+2.5% | 95%Same | 90 |
| Gemini 3 ProGoogle | $2.0060% more | $12.0020% more | 1M | 89.8%+1.3% | 94%-1.0% | 90 |
| Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | $5.00300% more | $25.00150% more | 200K | 89.5%+1.0% | 95%Same | 85 |
| GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI | $2.0060% more | $16.0060% more | 200K | 90%+1.5% | 96.5%+1.5% | 85 |
| GPT-5.2 CodexOpenAI | $1.7540% more | $14.0040% more | 200K | 89%+0.5% | 95.5%+0.5% | 85 |
| GLM-5Zhipu AI | $1.0020% cheaper | $3.2068% cheaper | 200K | 70.4%-18.1% | 91%-4.0% | 80 |
| Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | $1.25Same price | $10.00Same price | 1M | 87.5%-1.0% | 93.5%-1.5% | 75 |
| Grok 4xAI | $3.00140% more | $15.0050% more | 128K | 86%-2.5% | 93%-2.0% | 74 |
| o4-miniOpenAI | $1.1012% cheaper | $4.4056% cheaper | 200K | 85%-3.5% | 93.5%-1.5% | 73 |
| o3OpenAI | $0.4068% cheaper | $1.6084% cheaper | 200K | 87%-1.5% | 94.5%-0.5% | 70 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | $3.00140% more | $15.0050% more | 200K | 86%-2.5% | 94%-1.0% | 63 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | $3.00140% more | $15.0050% more | 200K | 84.5%-4.0% | 93%-2.0% | 63 |
| Gemini 3 FlashGoogle | $0.5060% cheaper | $3.0070% cheaper | 1M | 78%-10.5% | 90%-5.0% | 63 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | $0.8036% cheaper | $4.0060% cheaper | 200K | 69.4%-19.1% | 88.1%-6.9% | 60 |
| MiniMax M2.5MiniMax | $0.3076% cheaper | $1.2088% cheaper | 200K | 82%-6.5% | 90%-5.0% | 60 |
| GLM-4.7Zhipu AI | $0.6052% cheaper | $2.2078% cheaper | 200K | 84.3%-4.2% | — | 58 |
| Mistral Medium 3Mistral | $0.4068% cheaper | $2.0080% cheaper | 128K | 76%-12.5% | 87%-8.0% | 58 |
| GPT-4oOpenAI | $2.50100% more | $10.00Same price | 128K | 80.5%-8.0% | 91%-4.0% | 55 |
| Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle | $0.1588% cheaper | $0.6094% cheaper | 1M | 76%-12.5% | 89.5%-5.5% | 53 |
| Llama 4 MaverickMeta | $0.3175% cheaper | $0.8592% cheaper | 1M | 80.5%-8.0% | 90.2%-4.8% | 53 |
| DeepSeek R1DeepSeek | $0.5556% cheaper | $2.1978% cheaper | 128K | 84%-4.5% | 92%-3.0% | 53 |
| DeepSeek V3DeepSeek | $0.1489% cheaper | $0.2897% cheaper | 164K | 78%-10.5% | 89%-6.0% | 43 |
| GPT-4o MiniOpenAI | $0.1588% cheaper | $0.6094% cheaper | 128K | 68%-20.5% | 87.2%-7.8% | 40 |
| Llama 4 ScoutMeta | $0.1886% cheaper | $0.6394% cheaper | 10M | 74.2%-14.3% | 86%-9.0% | 35 |