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AI Model Price Index — Weekly Report (Week 38, 2026)

The Qubax Price Index moved to 20.00 (+0.00% WoW). Biggest drop: Grok 4.1 Fast -85.1%. Average basket discount vs OpenRouter: 73%.

AI Model Price Index — Weekly Report (Week 38, 2026) — illustration

QPI 20.00 — +0.00% week over week

The Qubax AI Model Price Index (QPI) shows Qubax's blended price (75% input / 25% output) as a percentage of OpenRouter's price for a fixed basket of 20 flagship AI models — 100 is parity, below 100 is cheaper. This week the index moved from 20.00 to 20.00 (+0.00%), meaning the median basket model now costs 80% less on Qubax than on OpenRouter.

Average discount vs OpenRouter across the basket: 73%.

Biggest price drops

ModelLast weekThis weekChangeQubax discount
Grok 4.1 Fast$0.346$0.052-85.07%-50%
Gemini 3 Flash Preview$0.101$0.034-66.67%94%
DeepSeek V4 Pro$0.048$0.020-58.84%98%
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview$0.405$0.338-16.67%85%
DeepSeek V4 Flash$0.0075$0.0063-14.77%93%

Biggest price increases

ModelLast weekThis weekChangeQubax discount
GPT-5.4$0.084$1.60+1800.00%43%
GPT-5.4 Mini$0.025$0.476+1780.99%44%
GPT-5.2$0.072$0.433+500.00%82%
GPT-5.3 Codex$0.072$0.361+399.69%93%
Claude Sonnet 4.5$0.540$2.70+399.51%55%

How to read this

  • QPI — Qubax blended price as % of OpenRouter's price (median across the basket). 100 = parity; lower = cheaper.
  • Blended price — the price of a 3:1 input/output token mix, per 1M tokens.
  • Change — week-over-week percentage change in blended price.
  • Benchmark prices are OpenRouter list prices. Full methodology: QPI Methodology.

Data window: 2026-09-07 → 2026-09-14. Prices update daily at 08:00 UTC from live marketplace data. Historical charts: [AI Model Price Index](https://qubax.ai/price-index).

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