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# [Cheapest LLMs in 2026: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite at $0.30/1M vs GPT-5.6 Luna and Claude Sonnet 5](https://ecorpit.hashnode.dev/cheapest-llms-in-2026-gemini-35-flash-lite-at-0301m-vs-gpt-56-luna-and-claude-sonnet-5?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Cheapest LLMs in 2026: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite at $0.30/1M vs GPT-5.6 Luna and Claude Sonnet 5 Summary. As of July 2026, the budget tier of frontier-class models has three main contenders. Google's Gemi

Jul 27 · 13 min read · ecorpit.hashnode.dev  
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