High Throughput & Flash LLM Candidates & Listed API Rates
As of 2026-10-22, the lowest paid listed input rate among the 50 High Throughput & Flash candidates on this page is Granite 4.0 Micro (OpenRouter) at $0.02 per 1M input tokens and $0.11 per 1M output tokens (40 more list a $0 free tier, which is usually rate-limited). The list keeps the scenario ranking order rather than sorting by price; verify quality and current provider terms before switching.
Sub-second TTFT and high-concurrency models under $0.15/1M tokens for real-time APIs and ETL pipelines.
Ranking computed 2026-10-22 (UTC)
The leaderboard also includes editorial and scenario signals; it is not a pure price sort. Verify current terms at the source.
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