Best AI models for translation
Translation rewards multilingual coverage, careful phrasing, and value at scale. Latency matters for batch workloads.
The podium
Top 3 picks
🥇Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5Fast, cheap, surprisingly smart.
writing
8.0
value
10.0
speed
10.0
200K context$1.00 / $5.00
🥈Google
Gemini 3 FlashCheap, fast, 2M-token context.
writing
7.0
value
10.0
speed
10.0
2M context$0.30 / $1.20
🥉Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6Sonnet strikes back. The price-performance sweet spot.
writing
9.0
value
9.0
speed
7.0
1M context$3.00 / $15.00
Full ranking
Runners-up
| # | Model | Context | Price /M | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | GPT-5 Mini OpenAI | 200K | $0.40 / $1.60 | View → |
| 5 | Mistral Small 3 Mistral | 128K | $0.20 / $0.60 | View → |
| 6 | GPT-OSS 20B OpenAI | 128K | $0.15 / $0.60 | View → |
| 7 | Gemini Nano 2 Google | 32K | Free / Free | View → |
| 8 | DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek | 128K | $0.27 / $1.10 | View → |
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