Use case

Best AI models for summarization

Summarization is mostly a long-context + instruction-following problem. The winners overlap with the long-context list.

Top 25 models for document summarization

#ModelProviderContextInput price / 1MTier
1DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest~deepseek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.08Budget
2DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.09Budget
3Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash LiteGoogle1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.07Budget
4Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)Google1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.05Budget
5Google: Lyria 3 Clip PreviewGoogle1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.00Budget
6Google: Lyria 3 Pro PreviewGoogle1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.00Budget
7NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)Nvidia1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.00Budget
8OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano (batch)OpenAI1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.05Budget
9Auto RouterOpenrouter2M
Ultra context (1M+)
$-1000000.00Budget
10Auto Router (Beta)Openrouter2M
Ultra context (1M+)
$-1000000.00Budget
11OpenRouter: FusionOpenrouter1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$-1000000.00Budget
12Pareto Code RouterOpenrouter2M
Ultra context (1M+)
$-1000000.00Budget
13Poolside: Laguna S 2.1Poolside1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.09Budget
14Qwen: Qwen3.5-FlashQwen1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.07Budget
15Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free)Qwen1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.00Budget
16Qwen: Qwen3.7 FlashQwen1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.03Budget
17Z.ai: GLM 5.2Z Ai1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.10Budget
18Amazon: Nova 2 LiteAmazon1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.30Budget
19Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0Amazon300K
Long context (128K+)
$0.06Budget
20ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 FlashBytedance Seed262K
Long context (128K+)
$0.07Budget
21Cohere: North Mini Code (free)Cohere256K
Long context (128K+)
$0.00Budget
22DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.14Budget
23DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.43Budget
24Google: Gemini 2.0 FlashGoogle1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.10Budget
25Google: Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.30Budget

Frequently asked questions

Should I use a small or large model for summarization?

Smaller models are fine for simple TL;DR. For domain-specific or accuracy-sensitive summaries (legal, medical, technical), use frontier models.

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