GMI: Models Intelligence, Performance & Price

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Analysis of GMI's models across key metrics including quality, price, output speed, latency, context window & more. This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best model provided by GMI for your use-case.

Most Intelligent

Updated
#1
Kimi K2.7 Code (FP8)
Kimi K2.7 Code (FP8)
42
#2
MiniMax-M2.5 FP8
MiniMax-M2.5 FP8
34
#3
Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8
Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8
32
#4
Kimi K2.5
Kimi K2.5
29
#5
DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek V3.2
25

Intelligence index

Total 7 models

Fastest

#1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B
172 t/s
#2
Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8
Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8
144 t/s
#3
Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8
Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8
142 t/s
#4
DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek V3.2
81 t/s
#5
MiniMax-M2.5 FP8
MiniMax-M2.5 FP8
80 t/s

Output speed

Total 7 models

Lowest Price

#1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B
$0.29
#2
DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek V3.2
$0.30
#3
Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8
Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8
$0.37
#4
Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8
Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8
$0.37
#5
MiniMax-M2.5 FP8
MiniMax-M2.5 FP8
$0.39

Blended price (per 1M tokens)

Total 7 models

Indicates a reasoning model

GMI offers 7 models, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across models.

  • For intelligence, the top models on GMI are Kimi K2.7 Code (FP8) (42), MiniMax-M2.5 FP8 (34), Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8 (32).
  • For output speed, the fastest models are Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (172 t/s), Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8 (144 t/s), Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8 (142 t/s). Speed varies significantly across models, with a 115% difference between the fastest and slowest.
  • For latency, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (2.25s), MiniMax-M2.5 FP8 (2.28s), Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8 (2.78s) offer the lowest time to first token.
  • For pricing, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ($0.29), DeepSeek V3.2 ($0.30), Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8 ($0.37) offer the lowest blended prices per 1M tokens.
  • For context window size, Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8 (262k), Kimi K2.5 (262k), Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8 (262k) support the largest context windows on GMI.
  • Qwen3 Next 80B A3B offers both the fastest output and best pricing, making it attractive for throughput-sensitive and cost-conscious applications. Kimi K2.7 Code (FP8) leads in intelligence for tasks that require the highest quality.

Highlights

Updated
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better
Output tokens per second · Higher is better
USD per 1M tokens (blended) · Lower is better

Intelligence Evaluations

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR
Estimate (independent evaluation forthcoming)
Reasoning models are indicated by a lightbulb icon

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 includes: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR. See Intelligence Index methodology for further details, including a breakdown of each evaluation and how we run them.

Intelligence Evaluations

Intelligence evaluations measured independently by Artificial Analysis · Higher is better

Agentic real-world work tasks, (Elo-500)/2000

Agentic tool use

Agentic coding & terminal use

Coding

Reasoning & knowledge

Scientific reasoning

Physics reasoning

Long context reasoning

Agentic knowledge work, Elo

No data available

Agentic SaaS workflows

Legal agentic work, task all-pass rate

Agentic business operations

Instruction following

Long-horizon agentic tasks

No data available

Kubernetes incident root-cause analysis

No data available

Visual reasoning

Reasoning models are indicated by a lightbulb icon.

While model intelligence generally translates across use cases, specific evaluations may be more relevant for certain use cases.

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 includes: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR. See Intelligence Index methodology for further details, including a breakdown of each evaluation and how we run them.

Intelligence vs. Price

Blended at 7:2:1 (cache-input-output) · USD per 1M tokens (blended)
Most attractive quadrant
Reasoning models are indicated by a lightbulb icon.

While higher intelligence models are typically more expensive, they do not all follow the same price-quality curve.

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 includes: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR. See Intelligence Index methodology for further details, including a breakdown of each evaluation and how we run them.

Price per token, shown in USD per million tokens. Price is a blend of cache hit, input, and output token prices using the selected ratio (default 7:2:1 cache-input-output).

The blended cache price shown here uses cache hit price only. Other caching costs differ by provider:

  • Anthropic: charges a separate cache write fee, with different rates for 5-minute and 1-hour TTLs (1-hour TTL is more expensive).
  • Google (Vertex/Gemini): charges a per-hour cache storage fee in addition to cache hit pricing. Some providers also use tiered pricing for prompts above 200K tokens.
  • OpenAI, DeepSeek, others: typically charge only cache hit pricing with no write or storage fee.

See Prompt Caching for the full breakdown.

Figures represent performance of the model's first-party API (e.g. OpenAI for o1) or the median across providers where a first-party API is not available (e.g. Meta's Llama models).

Context Window

Context Window

Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better
Reasoning models are indicated by a lightbulb icon

Larger context windows are relevant to RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) LLM workflows which typically involve reasoning and information retrieval of large amounts of data.

Maximum number of combined input & output tokens. Output tokens commonly have a significantly lower limit (varied by model).

Pricing

Intelligence vs. Price

Blended at 7:2:1 (cache-input-output) · USD per 1M tokens (blended)
Most attractive quadrant
Reasoning models are indicated by a lightbulb icon.

While higher intelligence models are typically more expensive, they do not all follow the same price-quality curve.

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 includes: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR. See Intelligence Index methodology for further details, including a breakdown of each evaluation and how we run them.

Price per token, shown in USD per million tokens. Price is a blend of cache hit, input, and output token prices using the selected ratio (default 7:2:1 cache-input-output).

The blended cache price shown here uses cache hit price only. Other caching costs differ by provider:

  • Anthropic: charges a separate cache write fee, with different rates for 5-minute and 1-hour TTLs (1-hour TTL is more expensive).
  • Google (Vertex/Gemini): charges a per-hour cache storage fee in addition to cache hit pricing. Some providers also use tiered pricing for prompts above 200K tokens.
  • OpenAI, DeepSeek, others: typically charge only cache hit pricing with no write or storage fee.

See Prompt Caching for the full breakdown.

Figures represent performance of the model's first-party API (e.g. OpenAI for o1) or the median across providers where a first-party API is not available (e.g. Meta's Llama models).

Performance Summary

Output Speed vs. Price

Output speed: output tokens per second · USD per 1M tokens (blended)
Most attractive quadrant
Reasoning models are indicated by a lightbulb icon.

Tokens per second received while the model is generating tokens (ie. after first chunk has been received from the API for models which support streaming).

Price per token, shown in USD per million tokens. Price is a blend of cache hit, input, and output token prices using the selected ratio (default 7:2:1 cache-input-output).

Speed

Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better
Reasoning models are indicated by a lightbulb icon

Tokens per second received while the model is generating tokens (ie. after first chunk has been received from the API for models which support streaming).

Figures represent performance of the model's first-party API (e.g. OpenAI for o1) or the median across providers where a first-party API is not available (e.g. Meta's Llama models).

Latency

Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token

Latency: Time To First Answer Token

Seconds to first answer token received · Accounts for reasoning model 'thinking' time
Reasoning models are indicated by a lightbulb icon

Time to first answer token received, in seconds, after API request sent. For reasoning models, this includes the 'thinking' time of the model before providing an answer. For models which do not support streaming, this represents time to receive the completion.

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed

End-to-End Response Time vs. Price

End-to-end response time: end-to-end seconds to output 500 tokens · USD per 1M tokens (blended)
Most attractive quadrant
Reasoning models are indicated by a lightbulb icon.

Price per token, shown in USD per million tokens. Price is a blend of cache hit, input, and output token prices using the selected ratio (default 7:2:1 cache-input-output).

Seconds to receive a 500 token response. Key components:

  • Input time: Time to receive the first response token
  • Thinking time (only for reasoning models): Time reasoning models spend outputting tokens to reason prior to providing an answer. Amount of tokens based on the average reasoning tokens across a diverse set of 60 prompts (methodology details).
  • Answer time: Time to generate 500 output tokens, based on output speed

Figures represent median (P50) measurement over the past 72 hours to reflect sustained changes in performance.

Further Analysis
Z AI logo
GLM-5.2 (max) (FP8)
1.05M
Open
51
$0.72
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Alibaba logo
Qwen3.7 Max (FP8)
262k
Proprietary
46
$1.43
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MiniMax logo
MiniMax-M3
1.05M
Open
44
$0.58
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DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek V4 Pro (max)
1.05M
Open
44
$0.64
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Kimi logo
Kimi K2.6 FP8
262k
Open
44
$0.63
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Xiaomi logo
MiMo-V2.5-Pro
1.05M
Open
42
$0.51
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Kimi logo
Kimi K2.7 Code (FP8)
65.5k
Open
42
$0.72
46
5.40
64.77
48.49
DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek V4 Flash (max)
1.05M
Open
40
$0.06
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Z AI logo
GLM-5.1 (FP8)
203k
Open
40
$0.85
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MiniMax logo
MiniMax-M2.7 (FP8)
197k
Open
38
$0.22
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NVIDIA logo
Nemotron 3 Ultra
262k
Open
38
$0.49
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DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek V4 Flash (high)
1.05M
Open
37*
$0.06
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Xiaomi logo
MiMo-V2.5
1.05M
Open
37
$0.27
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Alibaba logo
Qwen3.5 27B (FP8)
262k
Open
34*
$0.51
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Alibaba logo
Qwen3.5 397B A17B (FP8)
262k
Open
34
$0.90
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MiniMax logo
MiniMax-M2.5 FP8
197k
Open
34*
$0.39
80
2.28
33.59
25.05
Tencent logo
Hy3-preview
262k
Open
34*
$0.14
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Alibaba logo
Qwen3.5 122B A10B (FP8)
262k
Open
32
$0.68
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Alibaba logo
Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8
262k
Open
32
$0.37
144
2.78
43.68
37.42
Kimi logo
Kimi K2.5
262k
Open
29*
$0.84
14
165.00
201.99
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Google logo
Gemma 4 31B (FP8)
262k
Open
29
$0.17
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Alibaba logo
Qwen3.5 35B A3B (FP8)
262k
Open
29*
$0.42
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DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek V4 Flash
1.05M
Open
29*
$0.06
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Xiaomi logo
MiMo-V2.5-Pro
1.05M
Open
28*
$0.51
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Tencent logo
Hy3-preview
262k
Open
26*
$0.14
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Google logo
Gemma 4 26B A4B (FP8)
1.05M
Open
26
$0.16
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DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek V3.2
164k
Open
25*
$0.30
81
3.66
9.86
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Alibaba logo
Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8
262k
Open
24
$0.37
142
3.24
6.76
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Google logo
Gemma 4 26B A4B (FP8)
1.05M
Open
20*
$0.16
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Alibaba logo
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B
262k
Open
17
$0.29
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Alibaba logo
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B
262k
Open
14*
$0.29
172
2.25
5.16
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Key definitions

Maximum number of combined input & output tokens. Output tokens commonly have a significantly lower limit (varied by model).

Tokens per second received while the model is generating tokens (ie. after first chunk has been received from the API for models which support streaming).

Time to first token received, in seconds, after API request sent. For reasoning models which share reasoning tokens, this will be the first reasoning token. For models which do not support streaming, this represents time to receive the completion.

Price per token, shown in USD per million tokens. Price is a blend of cache hit, input, and output token prices using the selected ratio (default 7:2:1 cache-input-output).

Price per token generated by the model (received from the API), represented as USD per million Tokens.

Price per token included in the request/message sent to the API, represented as USD per million Tokens.

Metrics are 'live' and are based on the past 72 hours of measurements, measurements are taken 8 times a day for single requests and 2 times per day for parallel requests.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about GMI

The most intelligent model available on GMI is Kimi K2.7 Code (FP8) with an Intelligence Index score of 42.

The fastest model on GMI by output speed is Qwen3 Next 80B A3B at 171.9 tokens per second.

The model with the lowest time to first token on GMI is Qwen3 Next 80B A3B at 2.25s. Lower latency means faster initial response time.

The most affordable model on GMI by blended price is Qwen3 Next 80B A3B at $0.29 per 1M tokens (7:2:1 cache hit/input/output ratio).

Prices on GMI vary up to 3x across models, from $0.29 per 1M tokens for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B to $0.84 per 1M tokens for Kimi K2.5.

Yes, GMI offers an OpenAI-compatible API, making it easy to switch from OpenAI or use existing OpenAI SDK integrations.

Yes, all 7 models on GMI support JSON mode for structured output.

Yes, all 7 models on GMI support function calling (tool use).

Yes, GMI offers 3 reasoning models: Kimi K2.7 Code (FP8), MiniMax-M2.5 FP8, and Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8. Reasoning models use extended thinking to work through complex problems before providing an answer.

Yes, all 7 models on GMI are open weight models.

Yes, provider performance can vary over time due to infrastructure changes, load balancing, and updates. We continuously benchmark all providers and display historical performance trends in the "Over Time" charts.

When choosing a model on GMI, consider: intelligence (for quality-sensitive tasks), output speed (for throughput-intensive tasks), latency (for interactive applications requiring quick first responses), pricing (for cost-sensitive workloads), and features like context window size, JSON mode, or function calling support.