SiliconFlow: Models Intelligence, Performance & Price

SiliconFlow
SiliconFlow

Analysis of SiliconFlow'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 SiliconFlow for your use-case.

Most Intelligent

#1
GLM-5.2 (max) (FP8)
GLM-5.2 (max) (FP8)
53
#2
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (max)
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (max)
52
#3
MiniMax-M3 (FP8)
MiniMax-M3 (FP8)
45
#4
DeepSeek V4 Pro (max) (FP8)
DeepSeek V4 Pro (max) (FP8)
45
#5
Kimi K2.6 (FP8)
Kimi K2.6 (FP8)
45

Intelligence index

Total 36 models

Fastest

#1
Nex-N2-Pro (FP8)
Nex-N2-Pro (FP8)
139 t/s
#2
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (max)
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (max)
139 t/s
#3
MiniMax-M3 (FP8)
MiniMax-M3 (FP8)
138 t/s
#4
Gemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning)
Gemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning)
111 t/s
#5
Gemma 4 12B
Gemma 4 12B
111 t/s

Output speed

Total 36 models

Lowest Price

#1
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (max)
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (max)
$0.07
#2
DeepSeek V4 Flash (max) (FP8)
DeepSeek V4 Flash (max) (FP8)
$0.07
#3
DeepSeek V4 Flash (high) (FP8)
DeepSeek V4 Flash (high) (FP8)
$0.07
#4
Hy3 (FP8)
Hy3 (FP8)
$0.10
#5
Qwen3.5 9B (FP8)
Qwen3.5 9B (FP8)
$0.11

Blended price (per 1M tokens)

Total 36 models

Indicates a reasoning model

SiliconFlow offers 36 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 SiliconFlow are GLM-5.2 (max) (FP8) (53), DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (max) (52), and MiniMax-M3 (FP8) (45).
  • For output speed, the fastest models are Nex-N2-Pro (FP8) (139 t/s), DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (max) (139 t/s), and MiniMax-M3 (FP8) (138 t/s).
  • For latency, GLM-5.1 (FP8) (1.36s), Kimi K2.6 (FP8) (1.58s), and GLM-5.2 (FP8) (1.71s) offer the lowest time to first answer token.
  • For pricing, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (max) ($0.07), DeepSeek V4 Flash (max) (FP8) ($0.07), and DeepSeek V4 Flash (high) (FP8) ($0.07) offer the lowest blended prices per 1M tokens.
  • For context window size, GLM-5.2 (max) (FP8) (1M), DeepSeek V4 Pro (max) (FP8) (1M), and DeepSeek V4 Pro (high) (FP8) (1M) support the largest context windows on SiliconFlow.

Highlights

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 v4.1.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR
Reasoning models are indicated by a lightbulb icon

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1.1 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
See more

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

Agentic tool use

Agentic coding & terminal use

Coding

Reasoning & knowledge

Scientific reasoning

Physics reasoning

Knowledge

1 - hallucination rate

AA-LCRUpdated

Long context reasoning

Agentic knowledge work, Elo

Agentic SaaS workflows

Legal agentic work, criterion pass rate

Agentic business operations

Instruction following

Long-horizon agentic tasks

Kubernetes incident root-cause analysis

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 v4.1.1 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 Index vs. Price

Blended at 7:2:1 (cache-input-output) · USD per 1M tokens (blended)
Most attractive quadrant
Pareto line
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.

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 Index vs. Price

Blended at 7:2:1 (cache-input-output) · USD per 1M tokens (blended)
Most attractive quadrant
Pareto line
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.

Performance Summary

Output Speed vs. Price

Output speed: output tokens per second · USD per 1M tokens (blended)
Most attractive quadrant
Pareto line
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
Pareto line
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).

Further Analysis
Z AI logo
GLM-5.2 (max) (FP8)
1.05M
Open
53
$0.62
71
1.70
36.80
28.08
DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (max)
1.05M
Open
52
$0.09
139
1.73
19.72
14.40
MiniMax logo
MiniMax-M3 (FP8)
1M
Open
45
$0.12
138
1.39
19.48
14.47
DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek V4 Pro (max) (FP8)
1.05M
Open
45
$0.31
57
1.83
86.74
76.20
Kimi logo
Kimi K2.6 (FP8)
262k
Open
45
$0.32
60
1.67
84.13
74.14
DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek V4 Pro (high) (FP8)
1.05M
Open
44
$0.29
62
2.05
42.49
32.33
Tencent logo
Hy3 (FP8)
256k
Open
42
$0.03
65
2.86
41.59
30.99
DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek V4 Flash (max) (FP8)
1.05M
Open
42
$0.07
107
2.06
59.34
52.60
Nex AGI logo
Nex-N2-Pro (FP8)
262k
Open
42
--
139
1.66
19.61
14.36
Z AI logo
GLM-5.1 (FP8)
205k
Open
41
$0.39
61
1.38
71.86
62.27
Z AI logo
GLM-5 (FP8)
200k
Open
41*
--
--
--
--
--
DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek V4 Flash (high) (FP8)
1.05M
Open
39
$0.05
84
2.05
22.82
14.80
Alibaba logo
Qwen3.6 27B (FP8)
262k
Open
38
$0.19
44
4.04
145.27
129.79
Z AI logo
GLM-5.1 (FP8)
205k
Open
36*
--
60
1.36
9.63
--
Kimi logo
Kimi K2.5 (FP8)
262k
Open
36
$0.07
66
1.70
54.37
45.08
Kimi logo
Kimi K2.6 (FP8)
262k
Open
35*
--
59
1.58
10.05
--
Z AI logo
GLM-5.2 (FP8)
1.05M
Open
35
--
68
1.71
9.06
--
Alibaba logo
Qwen3.5 27B (FP8)
262k
Open
35*
--
36
3.87
73.90
56.02
MiniMax logo
MiniMax-M2.5 (FP8)
197k
Open
34*
--
52
1.85
49.67
38.25
Alibaba logo
Qwen3.5 397B A17B (FP8)
262k
Open
34
$0.23
103
2.31
38.07
30.91
LongCat logo
LongCat 2.0 (FP8)
1M
Open
34
$0.12
43
2.80
60.74
46.35
Z AI logo
GLM-5 (FP8)
205k
Open
33*
--
--
--
--
--
Alibaba logo
Qwen3.5 122B A10B (FP8)
262k
Open
33
$0.16
68
1.95
38.93
29.58
DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek V3.2 (FP8)
164k
Open
33
--
37
2.90
71.02
54.49
Alibaba logo
Qwen3.6 35B A3B (FP8)
262k
Open
32
$0.17
66
2.22
91.02
81.27
Alibaba logo
Qwen3.5 35B A3B (FP8)
262k
Open
30*
--
95
2.12
28.48
21.09
Google logo
Gemma 4 31B (FP8)
262k
Open
30
$0.03
42
4.67
58.41
41.73
StepFun logo
Step 3.5 Flash (FP8)
262k
Open
26*
--
68
1.78
38.61
29.47
DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek V3.2 (FP8)
164k
Open
25*
--
37
2.99
16.69
--
Google logo
Gemma 4 12B
262k
Open
22
$0.08
111
2.39
24.93
18.03
Google logo
Gemma 4 31B (FP8)
262k
Open
22
$0.04
36
3.80
17.75
--
Alibaba logo
Qwen3.5 9B (FP8)
262k
Open
22
$0.18
89
2.42
30.60
22.54
Google logo
Gemma 4 26B A4B (FP8)
262k
Open
20*
--
91
2.30
7.83
--
ByteDance Seed logo
Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct
262k
Open
19*
--
35
2.98
74.50
57.21
Z AI logo
GLM-4.6V
128k
Open
17*
--
--
--
--
--
Z AI logo
GLM-4.5-Air
98.3k
Open
17*
--
77
2.69
34.98
25.83
Google logo
Gemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning)
262k
Open
13*
--
111
2.52
7.01
--
Z AI logo
GLM-4.6V
128k
Open
11*
--
--
--
--
--
InclusionAI logo
Ling-flash-2.0
131k
Open
10*
--
91
2.29
7.81
--
Alibaba logo
Qwen2.5 72B (FP8)
32k
Open
9*
--
29
4.31
21.29
--
Baidu logo
ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B
131k
Open
9*
--
--
--
--
--
InclusionAI logo
Ring-flash-2.0
131k
Open
8*
--
--
--
--
--

Key definitions

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about SiliconFlow

The most intelligent model available on SiliconFlow is GLM-5.2 (max) (FP8) with an Intelligence Index score of 53.

The fastest model on SiliconFlow by output speed is Nex-N2-Pro (FP8) at 139.3 tokens per second.

The model with the lowest time to first answer token on SiliconFlow is GLM-5.1 (FP8) at 1.36s. Lower latency means faster initial response time.

The most affordable model on SiliconFlow by blended price is DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (max) at $0.07 per 1M tokens (7:2:1 cache hit/input/output ratio).

Prices on SiliconFlow vary up to 14x across models, from $0.07 per 1M tokens for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (max) to $1.03 per 1M tokens for GLM-5.1 (FP8).

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

27 of 36 models on SiliconFlow support JSON mode for structured output.

Yes, all 36 models on SiliconFlow support function calling (tool use).

Yes, all 36 models on SiliconFlow 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 SiliconFlow, 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.