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Deterministic Stack Engine

Best AI Stack for cheapest hosted API

Output price first among models we still consider usable for chat.

Objective Weight Distribution
Elo:35%TTFT:25%Speed:20%Out $:20%
Recommended PickScore 80.9 / 100

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Google · Closed flagship

elo p76ttft ms p99tokens per sec p99output price per m p49
Output: $1.875/1MSWE-bench: 72.4%
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Full Stack Leaderboard

Ranked alternatives optimized for cheapest hosted API based on objective benchmark weighting.

#2GPT-5.6 Luna(OpenAI)
Score 75.3
eloP49ttft msP98tokens per secP95output price per mP73
Rank #2 in stackvs #1
#3DeepSeek V4 Flash(DeepSeek)
Score 72.9
eloP61ttft msP75tokens per secP81output price per mP83
Rank #3 in stackvs #1
#4Yi-Lightning(01.AI)
Score 72.3
eloP55ttft msP80tokens per secP76output price per mP89
Rank #4 in stackvs #1
#5Doubao Lite 1.5(ByteDance)
Score 67.3
eloP22ttft msP91tokens per secP92output price per mP92
Rank #5 in stackvs #1
#6Llama 4 Scout(Meta)
Score 66.3
eloP32ttft msP86tokens per secP86output price per mP82
Rank #6 in stackvs #1
#7Llama 4 Maverick(Meta)
Score 64.5
eloP51ttft msP73tokens per secP76output price per mP66
Rank #7 in stackvs #1
#8Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking(Google)
Score 62.7
eloP61ttft msP51tokens per secP66output price per mP77
Rank #8 in stackvs #1
#9Doubao Pro 1.5(ByteDance)
Score 62.4
eloP52ttft msP63tokens per secP59output price per mP83
Rank #9 in stackvs #1
#10GLM-5.3(Zhipu)
Score 58.6
eloP86ttft msP38tokens per secP45output price per mP50
Rank #10 in stackvs #1