KFChow AI Lab — LLM Value Leaderboard https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Daily ranking of the best value AI models — intelligence × speed^0.8 / price, from OpenRouter and Artificial Analysis. Compiled daily by KFChow AI Lab. en-us Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:47:07 GMT 1440 Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Aug-10 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-08-10 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:47:06 GMT 1. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 — Intel 52 — 184 tok/s — $0.13 2. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 — Intel 52 — 96 tok/s — $0.10 3. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 — Intel 53 — 145 tok/s — $1.42 4. OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna — Intel 52 — 82 tok/s — $0.79 5. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) — Intel 53 — 129 tok/s — $1.43 Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Aug-08 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-08-08 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 2. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 3. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 4. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 5. MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (Moonshotai) Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Aug-07 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-08-07 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 2. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 3. OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna 4. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 5. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Aug-06 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-08-06 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 2. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 3. OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna 4. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 5. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Aug-05 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-08-05 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 2. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 3. OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna 4. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 5. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Aug-04 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-08-04 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna 2. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 3. MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (Minimax) 4. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 5. Tencent: Hy3 preview Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Aug-03 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-08-03 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 2. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 3. OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna 4. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 5. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Aug-02 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-08-02 Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 2. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 3. OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna 4. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 5. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Aug-01 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-08-01 Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 2. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 3. OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna 4. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 5. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Jul-31 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-07-31 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna 2. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 3. OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra 4. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 5. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Jul-30 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-07-30 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 2. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 3. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 4. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 5. SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5 (X-Ai) Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Jul-29 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-07-29 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 2. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 3. OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra 4. Tencent: Hy3 preview 5. Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Jul-28 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-07-28 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 2. OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna 3. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 4. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 5. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Jul-27 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-07-27 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 2. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 3. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 4. Tencent: Hy3 preview 5. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Jul-26 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-07-26 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. Tencent: Hy3 preview 2. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 3. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 4. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 5. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Jul-25 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-07-25 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 2. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 3. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 4. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 5. OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Jul-24 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-07-24 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. Tencent: Hy3 preview 2. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 3. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 4. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 5. Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Jul-23 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-07-23 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. Tencent: Hy3 preview 2. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 3. OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna 4. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 5. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Jul-22 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-07-22 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. Tencent: Hy3 preview 2. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 3. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 4. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 5. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Jul-21 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-07-21 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. Tencent: Hy3 preview 2. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 3. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 4. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 5. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ Best Value AI Models of the Day — 2026-Jul-20 https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/ llmvr-2026-07-20 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1. Tencent: Hy3 preview 2. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (Z-Ai) 3. OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna 4. Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 5. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro Full ranking: https://www.kfchow.com/llm-value-leaderboard/