API capability - Prompt caching
AI models with prompt caching
136 of the 167 models in the registry have prompt caching, according to each provider's own docs. The cheapest by output price is Ministral 3 3B from Mistral AI at $0.10 per 1M output tokens. The largest context window among them is 1.05M tokens, on GPT-6 Luna.
Capabilities checked . Sources
- Models with Yes
- 136 of 167
- Lowest output / 1M
- $0.10
- Largest context
- 1.05M
- Not stated
- 18
Every model with prompt caching, cheapest first
Prices in USD per 1M tokens at the standard rate, sorted by output price. 13 models are documented without it, and for 18 models the provider's docs do not say (Not stated).
FAQ
What is the cheapest model with prompt caching?
Ministral 3 3B from Mistral AI is the cheapest model with prompt caching in the registry as of October 18, 2026, at $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.10 per 1M output tokens on the provider's own API.
Which model with prompt caching has the largest context window?
GPT-6 Luna from OpenAI has the largest context window among models with prompt caching: 1.05M tokens, at $0.50 per 1M output tokens.
How many AI models have prompt caching?
136 of the 167 models in the registry have prompt caching. 13 models do not, and for 18 models the provider's docs do not say either way.
What counts as prompt caching?
The provider offers prompt caching for the model, so a repeated prompt prefix can be reused instead of processed again from scratch. Each Yes on this page links to the provider's own documentation page that states it.
Sources
Every Yes links to the provider doc page that states it, checked on . Prices and context windows come from each model's pricing page; open a model for its rate card and pricing sources.
Documentation pages read (75)
- https://docs.mistral.ai/inference/pricing
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/context-cache
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/model-card-amazon-nova-micro.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/model-card-amazon-nova-lite.html
- https://mimo.mi.com/docs/en-US/price/pay-as-you-go
- https://platform.stepfun.ai/docs/en/guides/pricing/details
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5-nano
- https://docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-2.5-flash-lite
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4.1-nano
- https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/ModelArk/model-list
- https://intl.cloud.baidu.com/en/doc/qianfan/s/Jm8r1826a-intl-en
- https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-caching
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-6-luna
- https://docs.z.ai/guides/vlm/glm-5.3-flash
- https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/1300/78934
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o-mini
- https://docs.inceptionlabs.ai/resources/faq
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5.6-luna
- https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/kv_cache
- https://platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/text-prompt-caching
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5.4-nano
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-flash-lite
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4.1-mini
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5-mini
- https://docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-build-0.1
- https://docs.z.ai/guides/llm/glm-4.5
- https://docs.z.ai/guides/capabilities/cache
- https://docs.z.ai/guides/llm/glm-4.7
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/model-card-amazon-nova-2-lite.html
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-2.5-flash
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.5-flash-lite
- https://docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.20-0309-reasoning
- https://docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.20-0309-non-reasoning
- https://docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309
- https://docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.3
- https://platform.stepfun.ai/docs/en/guides/models/step-5-preview
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3-flash-preview
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/model-card-amazon-nova-pro.html
- https://docs.z.ai/guides/llm/glm-5
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.6-flash
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.8-flash
- https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/pricing/chat
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/o3-mini
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/o4-mini
- https://docs.z.ai/guides/llm/glm-5.1
- https://docs.z.ai/guides/llm/glm-5.2
- https://docs.z.ai/guides/llm/glm-5.3
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5.4-mini
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/robotics-overview
- https://docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.5
- https://docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.6
- https://docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.7
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4.1
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/o3
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-2.5-pro
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5.1
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-4-argon
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-6-sol
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-6.1-sol
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-pro-preview
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5.6-terra
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5.2
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5.3-codex
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5.4
- https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/guide/context-caching
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5.6-sol
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/chat-latest
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5.5
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-6-astra
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/o1
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5.6-cyber
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/prompt-caching
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