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Free AI models
Models with $0 pricing on OpenRouter. Quality varies. Rate limits often apply.
| # | Model | Score | In / 1M | Out / 1M | Context | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free | 100 | Free | Free | 262,144 | Try → |
| 2 | Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)google/gemma-4-31b-it:free | 100 | Free | Free | 262,144 | Try → |
| 3 | Free Models Routeropenrouter/free | 98 | Free | Free | 200,000 | Try → |
| 4 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free | 93 | Free | Free | 262,144 | Try → |
| 5 | MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 (free)minimax/minimax-m2.5:free | 92 | Free | Free | 196,608 | Try → |
| 6 | NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free)nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl:free | 89 | Free | Free | 128,000 | Try → |
| 7 | inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash (free)inclusionai/ling-2.6-flash:free | 88 | Free | Free | 262,144 | Try → |
| 8 | Google: Lyria 3 Pro Previewgoogle/lyria-3-pro-preview | 88 | Free | Free | 1,048,576 | Try → |
| 9 | Google: Lyria 3 Clip Previewgoogle/lyria-3-clip-preview | 88 | Free | Free | 1,048,576 | Try → |
| 10 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free)nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:free | 88 | Free | Free | 256,000 | Try → |
| 11 | Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free)qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct:free | 88 | Free | Free | 262,144 | Try → |
| 12 | NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free)nvidia/nemotron-nano-9b-v2:free | 84 | Free | Free | 128,000 | Try → |
| 13 | Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free)qwen/qwen3-coder:free | 83 | Free | Free | 262,000 | Try → |
| 14 | Arcee AI: Trinity Large Preview (free)arcee-ai/trinity-large-preview:free | 79 | Free | Free | 131,000 | Try → |
| 15 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (free)openai/gpt-oss-120b:free | 79 | Free | Free | 131,072 | Try → |
| 16 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (free)openai/gpt-oss-20b:free | 79 | Free | Free | 131,072 | Try → |
| 17 | Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air (free)z-ai/glm-4.5-air:free | 79 | Free | Free | 131,072 | Try → |
| 18 | Google: Gemma 3 27B (free)google/gemma-3-27b-it:free | 74 | Free | Free | 131,072 | Try → |
| 19 | Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct:free | 66 | Free | Free | 65,536 | Try → |
| 20 | Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free)meta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct:free | 64 | Free | Free | 131,072 | Try → |
| 21 | Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct (free)nousresearch/hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b:free | 64 | Free | Free | 131,072 | Try → |
| 22 | Google: Gemma 3 4B (free)google/gemma-3-4b-it:free | 62 | Free | Free | 32,768 | Try → |
| 23 | LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free)liquid/lfm-2.5-1.2b-thinking:free | 57 | Free | Free | 32,768 | Try → |
| 24 | Venice: Uncensored (free)cognitivecomputations/dolphin-mistral-24b-venice-edition:free | 57 | Free | Free | 32,768 | Try → |
| 25 | Google: Gemma 3 12B (free)google/gemma-3-12b-it:free | 57 | Free | Free | 32,768 | Try → |
| 26 | Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free)google/gemma-3n-e2b-it:free | 54 | Free | Free | 8,192 | Try → |
| 27 | Google: Gemma 3n 4B (free)google/gemma-3n-e4b-it:free | 54 | Free | Free | 8,192 | Try → |
| 28 | LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free)liquid/lfm-2.5-1.2b-instruct:free | 52 | Free | Free | 32,768 | Try → |