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## Riccardo Russo

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### [Why the cheapest model per token is rarely the cheapest model per task](https://blog.hyntelo.com/why-the-cheapest-model-per-token-is-rarely-the-cheapest-model-per-task)

Sep 30, 2026, 4:27:01 PM

Which AI model is cheapest to run?

The price lists look built to answer that: every vendor publishes a rate per token, and comparing two rates takes ten seconds. The trouble is that cost per token and cost per task can rank the same two models in opposite orders.

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