LLMs available through one API
357
Distinct models listed on OpenRouter from 58 providers, counting free and batch tiers as the same model.
// llm_stats · October 2026
LLM statistics
Live numbers on the language-model market — how many models there are, what they cost, and what quality costs — computed from published prices and benchmark runs every 15 minutes. Free to cite: each figure has its own link and a ready-made citation.
Market
Price
Median price per 1M tokens
$0.800
Median blended list price across 348 paid models, weighting input 3:1 over output.
Median price of the 10 best-scoring models
$4.00
Blended list price, median of the top 10 on LiveBench overall — 5.0× the median of all paid models.
Free model listings
18
Models listed at $0 for input and output, including free tiers of paid models. Free tiers carry tighter rate limits.
Quality & value
Highest LiveBench overall score
85.7
Claude Fable 5.1, at $20.00 per 1M blended tokens.
Cheapest model scoring 80+ overall
$4.00
GPT-6.1 Sol, scoring 84.1 on LiveBench overall.
Price spread at top-tier quality
5×
Among the 4 models within 5 points of the leader, list prices run from $4.00 to $20.00 per 1M tokens.
Lowest measured cost per point
$0.0013
GPT-6 Luna, scoring 64.6 — from what LiveBench actually spent per task, not list price.
API cost of a heavy coding-agent month
$171–$6,540
Across the 5 best coding models: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 to Claude Fable 5.1, for 20K requests of 40K tokens in and 4K out with 70% cached input, at list price.
Capabilities
Largest context window
2M
SpaceXAI: Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent. 124 models (35%) accept 1M tokens or more.
Models with tool calling
82%
293 of 357 models, as declared by the provider.
Models with extended reasoning
69%
246 of 357 models, as declared by the provider.
Models that accept images
61%
217 of 357 models, as declared by the provider.
Method and reuse
- Sources — list prices, context and capabilities from OpenRouter; scores and measured spend from LiveBench release 2026-10-25.
- Counting — free and batch listings of a model count as that model; “blended” price weights input 3:1 over output.
- Reuse — free to cite and republish with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Numbers move as prices and releases change, so cite the date.