Provider · Founded 2012 · Bozeman, USA

Snowflake: models, pricing and benchmarks

Data cloud company behind Arctic.

Models

in this index

Avg input

$1.69

per 1M tokens

Avg output

$7.51

per 1M tokens

Open weights

models

Best model

arctic-instruct

by average score

Website

Visit

https://snowflake.com

All Snowflake models

Sorted by average benchmark score. Prices are per million tokens and context is measured in tokens.

#	Model	Provider	Context	Input / 1M	Avg score
1	Arctic Instruct	Snowflake	65536	$2.83	70.6
2	Arctic Chat	Snowflake	16384	$2.70	69.8
3	Arctic	Snowflake	8192	$2.72	68.8
4	Arctic Base	Snowflake	32768	$2.27	67.5
5	Arctic 8B	Snowflake	8192	$0.65	52.4
6	Arctic 7B	Snowflake	8192	$0.49	50.3
7	Arctic 1.5B	Snowflake	32768	$0.15	43.2

Best Snowflake models

open-weight

Arctic Instruct

Arctic Instruct is a open-weight model from Snowflake. It offers a 65,536-token context window, costs $2.83 per million input tokens and $13.96 per million output tokens, and averages 70.6 across the index's benchmark suite.

$2.83 in · 65,536 context · 70.6 avg open-weight

Arctic Chat

Arctic Chat is a open-weight model from Snowflake. It offers a 16,384-token context window, costs $2.70 per million input tokens and $11.83 per million output tokens, and averages 69.8 across the index's benchmark suite.

$2.70 in · 16,384 context · 69.8 avg open-weight

Arctic

Arctic is a open-weight model from Snowflake. It offers a 8,192-token context window, costs $2.72 per million input tokens and $10.57 per million output tokens, and averages 68.8 across the index's benchmark suite.

$2.72 in · 8,192 context · 68.8 avg open-weight

Arctic Base

Arctic Base is a open-weight model from Snowflake. It offers a 32,768-token context window, costs $2.27 per million input tokens and $10.68 per million output tokens, and averages 67.5 across the index's benchmark suite.

$2.27 in · 32,768 context · 67.5 avg small open-weight

Arctic 8B

Arctic 8B is a small open-weight model from Snowflake. It offers a 8,192-token context window, costs $0.65 per million input tokens and $2.31 per million output tokens, and averages 52.4 across the index's benchmark suite.

$0.65 in · 8,192 context · 52.4 avg

How Snowflake fits

Snowflake has 7 models in the index, of which 7 are open weights. The average input price across the lineup is $1.69 per million tokens, and the average output price is $7.51 per million tokens. The strongest model by average benchmark score is arctic-instruct.

Use the table above to compare individual models, or open a model page for its full benchmark breakdown. If you are choosing between providers, start with the comparison pages and then check context limits and licence terms.

FAQ

How many Snowflake models are in the index?

Snowflake has 7 models in this index, of which 7 are open weights.

What is the cheapest Snowflake model?

Arctic 1.5B is the cheapest Snowflake model by input price at $0.15 per million tokens.

What is the best Snowflake model?

Arctic Instruct has the highest average benchmark score in the Snowflake lineup at 70.6.

Are Snowflake models open weights?

7 of the 7 Snowflake models in this index are open weights. The rest are proprietary.

Where is Snowflake based?

Snowflake was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Bozeman, USA.