Multilingual AI models: all 239 handle more than English

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026
All 239 models in the rating work beyond English, including Arabic. The difference is how efficiently they tokenise it. Output prices run from $0.059 to $180 per 1M tokens across the 199 models with a paid per-token price; 80 have a free tier and 88 ship open weights.
Multilingual
Services found: 239
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181

Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)

Google
VisionAdjustable thinkingImage generation
$0.5 / $3131.1K tokensAPI only3View
182

Qwen3 Max

Qwen
Text & chatReasoningAdjustable thinking
$0.78 / $3.9262.1K tokensAPI only3.9View
183

Qwen3 Coder Flash

Qwen
Text & chatVisionCoding
$0.195 / $0.9751M tokensAPI only0.975View
184

GLM 5 Turbo

Z.ai
Text & chatReasoningTool calling
$1.2 / $4202.8K tokensAPI only4View
185

Seed 1.6 Flash

Bytedance Seed
Text & chatVisionVideo
$0.075 / $0.3262.1K tokensAPI only0.3View
186

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

Google
VisionAdjustable thinkingImage generation
$0.25 / $1.565.5K tokensAPI only1.5View
187

Kimi K2 Thinking

Moonshot AI
Text & chatReasoningTool calling
$0.6 / $2.5262.1K tokensAPI only2.5View
188

GPT-5.2-Codex

OpenAI
Text & chatVisionCoding
$1.75 / $14400K tokensAPI only14View
189

Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15

Qwen
Text & chatVisionVideo
$0.26 / $1.561M tokensAPI only1.56View
190

Aion-3.0-Mini

Aion Labs
Text & chatLow latencyMultilingual
$0.7 / $1.4131.1K tokensAPI only1.4View
191

Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20

Qwen
Text & chatVisionVideo
$0.3 / $1.81M tokensAPI only1.8View
192

Step 3.5 Flash

Stepfun
Text & chatVisionLow latency
$0.1 / $0.3262.1K tokensAPI only0.3View
193

Seed-2.0-Lite

Bytedance Seed
Text & chatVisionVideo
$0.25 / $2262.1K tokensAPI only2View
194

Granite 4.0 Micro

IBM
Text & chatReasoningTool calling
$0.017 / $0.112131K tokensAPI only0.112View
195

Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen
Text & chatCodingReasoning
$0.65 / $3.251M tokensAPI only3.25View
196

GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini

OpenAI
Text & chatVisionCoding
$0.25 / $2400K tokensAPI only2View
197

GPT-5.4 Image 2

OpenAI
VisionImage generationStructured JSON output
$8 / $15272K tokensAPI only15View
198

Granite 4.2 8B

IBM
Text & chatReasoningTool calling
$0.06 / $0.25131.1K tokensAPI only0.25View
199

Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety

NVIDIA
Text & chatVisionReasoning
$0.2 / $0.2131.1K tokensAPI only0.2View
200

Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)

Google
VisionImage generationWeb search grounding
$0.3 / $2.532.8K tokensAPI only2.5View

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Reasoning models169 modelsCoding assistants17 modelsVision and images156 modelsLong context 1M+82 modelsFree tier available80 modelsOpen weights88 models

Multilingual capability is now table stakes: all 239 models in this rating handle languages beyond English at production quality, Arabic included. The interesting question is no longer whether a model speaks your language but how efficiently it tokenises it.

Non-Latin scripts consume more tokens per word than English, so the same Arabic text costs more to process than its English equivalent. That makes the cheap end of this list - output from $0.25 per million - disproportionately attractive for high-volume multilingual work, and it makes prompt caching worth checking if your system prompt is long.

Tokenisation, not fluencyEvery model speaks the language; the difference is how many tokens it burns doing it.
Arabic costs moreNon-Latin scripts inflate token counts, so the same text bills higher than its English version.
Caching helps most hereA long multilingual system prompt is exactly what prompt caching was designed for.

Models with this capability

The 239 models below all support this capability. Prices are input and output per 1M tokens from the vendor official price list; for dirhams multiply by 3.6725. Tap a card to open the model page.

Claude Fable 5.1
#1
Anthropic
in $10out $501M tokens
GPT-6 Astra
#2
OpenAI
in $10out $501.05M tokens
GPT-6.1 Sol
#3
OpenAI
in $2out $101.05M tokens
GPT-6 Sol
#4
OpenAI
in $2out $101.05M tokens
GPT-6 Luna
#5
OpenAI
in $0.1out $0.51.05M tokens
Claude Opus 5.5
#6
Anthropic
in $4out $201M tokens
Claude Sonnet 5.5
#7
Anthropic
in $2out $101M tokens
Grok 4.7
#8
xAI
in $2out $6500K tokens

How to choose

  • Measure cost on real text in your language, not on English benchmarks.
  • Check output quality on dialect and register, not just on literal accuracy.
  • Prefer models with a free tier so you can test on your own corpus before paying.
  • For regulated translation, compare against a dedicated translation model.

Common mistakes

Assuming English pricing appliesA budget that works in English can overrun by half again in Arabic.
Skipping native reviewFluent output hides subtle register errors that only a native reader catches.

Who this suits

Gulf-facing productsArabic and English in one interface, with pricing that survives both.
Global supportOne model covering the whole ticket queue instead of per-language routing.
Content teamsDrafting in one language and adapting rather than translating.

Related filters

TranslationFaithful translation with terminology control
Prompt caching147 models with cheap repeated context
Frontier tier41 flagship models, the best each vendor sells
Free tier80 models with a free API allowance
All 239 modelsThe full rating with filters and prices

Frequently asked questions

Does Arabic cost more than English?

Yes. Non-Latin scripts use more tokens per word, so the same text bills higher. Budget models and prompt caching offset it.

Which models are strongest in Arabic?

The frontier tier handles it best, and regional families — Qwen, GLM, Falcon — are trained with heavier non-English weighting.

Is a translation model better than a multilingual one?

For contracts and regulated text, yes. For everyday work a general mid-tier model is cheaper and good enough.

Which languages are weakest?

Low-resource languages remain uneven across all vendors. Test rather than assume.

Does a bigger model speak better?

Usually yes on nuance, but the gap narrows for straightforward everyday text.

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