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GroqvsOpenRouter

Groq vs OpenRouter

Compare pricing across 14 shared models. Groq offers 16 models, OpenRouter offers 314.

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14
Shared Models
0
Groq Cheaper
13
OpenRouter Cheaper
1
Same Price

Price Comparison — Shared Models

Model ↑Groq Input OpenRouter Input Groq Output OpenRouter Output Cheaper
GPT-OSS-120b $0.150 $0.039 $0.600 $0.190OpenRouter
GPT-OSS-20b $0.075 $0.030 $0.300 $0.140OpenRouter
Kimi K2 0711 $1.00 $0.550 $3.00 $2.20OpenRouter
Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) $1.00 $0.400 $3.00 $2.00OpenRouter
Llama 3 8B Instruct $0.050 $0.030 $0.080 $0.040OpenRouter
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct $0.050 $0.020 $0.080 $0.050OpenRouter
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct $0.590 $0.100 $0.790 $0.320OpenRouter
Llama 4 Maverick $0.200 $0.150 $0.600 $0.600OpenRouter
Llama 4 Scout $0.110 $0.080 $0.340 $0.300OpenRouter
meta-llama-llama-guard-3-8b $0.200 $0.020 $0.200 $0.060OpenRouter
meta-llama-llama-guard-4-12b $0.200 $0.180 $0.200 $0.180OpenRouter
openai-gpt-oss-safeguard-20b $0.075 $0.075 $0.300 $0.300Same
Qwen3 32B $0.290 $0.080 $0.590 $0.240OpenRouter
R1 Distill Llama 70B $0.750 $0.700 $0.990 $0.800OpenRouter

Model Coverage

GroqOnly on Groq(2)
Shared(14)
14
models available on both
GroqOpenRouter
16 total314 total
OpenRouterOnly on OpenRouter(300)
Aion 2.0$0.800/M
Aion-1.0$4.00/M
Coder Large$0.500/M
Command A$2.50/M
DeepSeek V3$0.320/M
Gemma 2 27B$0.650/M
Gemma 2 9B$0.030/M
Gemma 3 12B$0.040/M
Gemma 3 27B$0.030/M
Gemma 3 4B$0.040/M
Gemma 3n 4B$0.020/M
GLM 4 32B$0.100/M
GLM 4.5$0.600/M
GLM 4.5 Air$0.130/M
GLM 4.5V$0.600/M
GLM 4.6$0.390/M
GLM 4.6V$0.300/M
GLM 4.7$0.380/M
GLM 5$0.800/M
GPT-4$30.00/M
GPT-4 Turbo$10.00/M
GPT-4.1$2.00/M
GPT-4.1 Mini$0.400/M
GPT-4.1 Nano$0.100/M
GPT-4o$2.50/M
GPT-4o-mini$0.150/M
GPT-5$1.25/M
GPT-5 Chat$1.25/M
GPT-5 Mini$0.250/M
GPT-5 Nano$0.050/M
GPT-5 Pro$15.00/M
GPT-5.1$1.25/M
GPT-5.2$1.75/M
GPT-5.2 Pro$21.00/M
GPT-5.4$2.50/M
GPT-5.4 Pro$30.00/M
Grok 3$3.00/M
Grok 3 Mini$0.300/M
Grok 4$3.00/M
Grok 4 Fast$0.200/M
Hermes 4 70B$0.130/M
INTELLECT-3$0.200/M
Kimi K2.5$0.450/M
LFM2-24B-A2B$0.030/M
Llemma 7b$0.800/M
Mercury$0.250/M
Mercury 2$0.250/M
MiniMax M1$0.400/M
MiniMax M2$0.255/M
MiniMax M2.1$0.270/M
MiniMax M2.5$0.295/M
MiniMax-01$0.200/M
Mistral Nemo$0.020/M
Molmo 2 8B$0.200/M
MythoMax 13B$0.060/M
Nova 2 Lite$0.300/M
Nova Pro 1.0$0.800/M
o1$15.00/M
o1-pro$150.00/M
o3$2.00/M
o3 Mini$1.10/M
o3 Pro$20.00/M
o4 Mini$1.10/M
openrouter-auto$-1000000.0000/M
openrouter-bodybuilder$-1000000.0000/M
Palmyra X5$0.600/M
Phi 4$0.060/M
Qwen VL Max$0.800/M
Qwen VL Plus$0.137/M
Qwen-Max$1.04/M
Qwen-Plus$0.400/M
Qwen-Turbo$0.033/M
Qwen3 14B$0.060/M
Qwen3 8B$0.050/M
Qwen3 Max$1.20/M
Qwen3.5 Plus$0.260/M
Qwen3.5-27B$0.195/M
QwQ 32B$0.150/M
R1$0.700/M
R1 0528$0.450/M
Saba$0.200/M
Seed 1.6$0.250/M
Sonar$1.00/M
Sonar Pro$3.00/M
Spotlight$0.180/M
Trinity Mini$0.045/M
UI-TARS 7B$0.100/M

Full Provider Pricing

Frequently Asked Questions

OpenRouter is cheaper on 13 out of 14 shared models. Groq is cheaper on 0 models. 1 models have the same price.
Groq and OpenRouter share 14 models. Groq has 2 exclusive models, while OpenRouter has 300 exclusive models.
OpenRouter offers 314 models compared to Groq's 16. However, model count alone doesn't determine the better provider — consider pricing, latency, and which specific models you need.