DeepSeek · +3 more variants
- Value
- 122
- Quality
- Strong92/ ELO 1457
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $0.09in · $0.19out
Language Models
Pick the right model for your workload. Composite quality scores, honest tradeoffs, and value rankings across 129 models from 17 providers, 71 of them open source.
The verdict
Claude Fable 5 (Thinking) is the highest-quality LLM we track right now at $40/1M weighted tokens.
Best value: DeepSeek V4 (V4 Flash Thinking) scores 92 vs 114 for $0.16/1M instead of $40/1M. Cheapest serious pick: Microsoft Phi-4 (Reasoning Plus) at $0.12/1M.
Pareto Frontier
Best picks before the next price jump.
Use this as the action layer: each row is the strongest quality pick under that weighted token budget.
- < $0.15ProvisionalQuality81n=2$0.14/1M
- < $0.50Best valueQuality92n=10$0.16/1M
- < $1Quality92n=11$0.76/1M
- < $2Quality96n=9$1.87/1M
- < $5ProvisionalQuality97n=2$2.19/1M
- < $10Quality101n=10$7.81/1M
Live data
Cost vs. quality, measured
Models on the dashed line are Pareto-optimal: no other model offers better performance for less money. Pick a benchmark to change the lens.
176 models compared50 = baseline, 100 = top 5%, 100+ = frontier; higher coverage yields higher confidence
AnthropicCohereDeepSeekGoogleMetaMicrosoftMiniMaxMistralMoonshotnvidiaOpenAIQwenthinking-machinesxAIZhipu
Quality With Uncertainty
The leaderboard now shows range, not just rank.
Dot is the current estimate. Thick bars show the 80% interval; pale whiskers show the wider 90% interval.
Model
90
98
105
113
120
n
- Tier 1Overlapping 80% ranges share a tier
- Provisional2
- 6
- Claude Fable 5 (Thinking)6
- Claude Opus 5 (Thinking)Provisional4
- GPT-5.6 Sol (Thinking)
Provisional5 - Provisional4
- 11
- 11
- 10
- Kimi K3 (Thinking)
Provisional4 - 14
- 15
- Gemini 3.5 Flash (3.5)
7 - 11
Model family directory
Family rollups are sorted by value first. For exact variant-level API costs, use the pricing calculator.
Qwen · +1 more variants
- Value
- 115
- Quality
- Capable81
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.10in · $0.15out
Moonshot · +10 more variants
- Value
- 115
- Quality
- Strong96/ ELO 1461
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.57in · $2.30out
Grok 4.5Thinking
xAI · +9 more variants
- Value
- 114
- Quality
- Strong97/ ELO 1474
- Context
- 2.0M
- Price /1M
- $1.25in · $2.50out
Microsoft Phi-4Non-ThinkingOSS
Microsoft
- Value
- 106
- Quality
- Capable76/ ELO 1256
- Context
- 16K
- Price /1M
- $0.07in · $0.14out
- Value
- 104
- Quality
- Capable90/ ELO 1451
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.14in · $0.40out
M3ThinkingOSS
MiniMax
- Value
- 101
- Quality
- Capable88/ ELO 1444
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $0.30in · $1.20out
Qwen · +1 more variants
- Value
- 101
- Quality
- Strong91/ ELO 1417
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.26in · $2.08out
Qwen
- Value
- 100
- Quality
- Strong92/ ELO 1442
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.39in · $2.34out
GPT-5.5Thinking
OpenAI · +14 more variants
- Value
- 99
- Quality
- Elite101/ ELO 1482
- Context
- 1.1M
- Price /1M
- $0.25in · $2out
Claude Opus 5Thinking
Anthropic
- Value
- 99
- Quality
- Frontier112
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- $5in · $25out
Qwen 3.7Max
Qwen · +3 more variants
- Value
- 99
- Quality
- Strong96/ ELO 1475
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.78in · $3.90out
Qwen 3.6 PlusThinking
Qwen
- Value
- 98
- Quality
- Capable89/ ELO 1444
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $0.33in · $1.95out
GLM-5.2ThinkingOSS
Zhipu AI
- Value
- 98
- Quality
- Strong92/ ELO 1469
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $0.73in · $2.28out
Gemini 3.5 FlashThinking
- Value
- 98
- Quality
- Strong99/ ELO 1476
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $1.50in · $9out
Grok 4 FastNon-Thinking
xAI · +1 more variants
- Value
- 97
- Quality
- Capable85/ ELO 1431
- Context
- 2.0M
- Price /1M
- $0.20in · $0.50out
DeepSeek · +13 more variants
- Value
- 97
- Quality
- Capable85/ ELO 1425
- Context
- 164K
- Price /1M
- $0.20in · $0.40out
M2.7Thinking
MiniMax
- Value
- 96
- Quality
- Capable84/ ELO 1417
- Context
- 205K
- Price /1M
- $0.26in · $1.02out
GLM-5.1ThinkingOSS
Zhipu AI
- Value
- 95
- Quality
- Strong92/ ELO 1470
- Context
- 205K
- Price /1M
- $0.97in · $3.04out
Qwen · +1 more variants
- Value
- 95
- Quality
- Capable84/ ELO 1409
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.20in · $1.56out
- Value
- 94
- Quality
- Capable83/ ELO 1438
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.12in · $0.35out
GLM-5ThinkingOSS
Zhipu AI
- Value
- 94
- Quality
- Capable88/ ELO 1457
- Context
- 205K
- Price /1M
- $0.95in · $2.55out
Gemini 3.1 ProThinking
Google · +1 more variants
- Value
- 93
- Quality
- Elite100/ ELO 1486
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $2in · $12out
Gemini 3.6 FlashThinking
- Value
- 93
- Quality
- Strong94/ ELO 1485
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- $1.50in · $7.50out
Kimi K3Thinking
Moonshot
- Value
- 92
- Quality
- Elite100/ ELO 1486
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $3in · $15out
Gemini 3 FlashPreview
Google · +1 more variants
- Value
- 92
- Quality
- Capable88/ ELO 1473
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- $0.50in · $3out
Qwen
- Value
- 92
- Quality
- Capable85
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.29in · $2.40out
Claude Fable 5Thinking
Anthropic
- Value
- 91
- Quality
- Frontier114/ ELO 1507
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- $10in · $50out
Qwen
- Value
- 91
- Quality
- Capable81
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.14in · $1out
GLM-4.7ThinkingOSS
Zhipu AI
- Value
- 90
- Quality
- Capable81/ ELO 1442
- Context
- 205K
- Price /1M
- $0.06in · $0.40out
Qwen · +3 more variants
- Value
- 90
- Quality
- Capable81/ ELO 1383
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.10in · $0.30out
nvidia
- Value
- 90
- Quality
- Capable87/ ELO 1425
- Context
- 512K
- Price /1M
- $0.60in · $3.60out
Qwen
- Value
- 89
- Quality
- Capable80
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.10in · $0.78out
Qwen · +1 more variants
- Value
- 89
- Quality
- Capable80/ ELO 1396
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.14in · $1out
Claude Opus 4.8Thinking
Anthropic · +11 more variants
- Value
- 88
- Quality
- Elite106/ ELO 1505
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $5in · $25out
GPT-5.6 SolThinking
OpenAI
- Value
- 88
- Quality
- Elite107/ ELO 1485
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- $5in · $30out
GPT-5.6 LunaThinking
OpenAI
- Value
- 88
- Quality
- Capable87
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- $1in · $6out
Qwen · +1 more variants
- Value
- 87
- Quality
- Capable78
- Context
- 131K
- Price /1M
- $0.23in · $0.91out
Mistral AI
- Value
- 87
- Quality
- Capable88/ ELO 1427
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $1.50in · $7.50out
OpenAI · +1 more variants
- Value
- 87
- Quality
- Capable72/ ELO 1317
- Context
- 131K
- Price /1M
- $0.04in · $0.17out
InklingThinkingOSS
thinking-machines
- Value
- 87
- Quality
- Capable84/ ELO 1445
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $1in · $4.05out
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteThinking
- Value
- 87
- Quality
- Capable80/ ELO 1459
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- $0.30in · $2.50out
GPT-5 MiniThinking (5.4)
OpenAI · +1 more variants
- Value
- 87
- Quality
- Capable84/ ELO 1449
- Context
- 400K
- Price /1M
- $0.25in · $2out
GPT-5.6 TerraThinking
OpenAI
- Value
- 86
- Quality
- Strong94
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- $2.50in · $15out
Claude Sonnet 4.6Thinking
Anthropic · +4 more variants
- Value
- 86
- Quality
- Strong94/ ELO 1473
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $3in · $15out
Claude Sonnet 5Thinking
Anthropic
- Value
- 86
- Quality
- Strong93/ ELO 1461
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- $3in · $15out
DeepSeek · +1 more variants
- Value
- 86
- Quality
- Capable77/ ELO 1422
- Context
- 164K
- Price /1M
- $0.50in · $2.15out
Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteLatest
- Value
- 85
- Quality
- Capable77/ ELO 1432
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- $0.25in · $1.50out
GPT-5 NanoThinking (5.4)
OpenAI · +2 more variants
- Value
- 85
- Quality
- Capable77/ ELO 1404
- Context
- 400K
- Price /1M
- $0.05in · $0.40out
Qwen · +1 more variants
- Value
- 83
- Quality
- Capable75
- Context
- 131K
- Price /1M
- $0.12in · $0.46out
o3Thinking
OpenAI · +1 more variants
- Value
- 81
- Quality
- Capable82/ ELO 1431
- Context
- 200K
- Price /1M
- $2in · $8out
Grok 3Mini
xAI
- Value
- 81
- Quality
- Capable74
- Context
- 131K
- Price /1M
- $0.30in · $0.50out
Qwen · +5 more variants
- Value
- 78
- Quality
- Capable74/ ELO 1423
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.09in · $0.55out
GPT-5 CodexNon-thinking
OpenAI
- Value
- 78
- Quality
- Capable82
- Context
- 400K
- Price /1M
- $1.25in · $10out
Claude Haiku 4.5Non-thinking
Anthropic · +1 more variants
- Value
- 77
- Quality
- Capable74/ ELO 1412
- Context
- 200K
- Price /1M
- $1in · $5out
Qwen · +1 more variants
- Value
- 77
- Quality
- Capable71/ ELO 1347
- Context
- 131K
- Price /1M
- $0.08in · $0.28out
QwQ 32BThinkingOSS
Qwen
- Value
- 77
- Quality
- Capable71/ ELO 1336
- Context
- 33K
- Price /1M
- $0.20in · $0.20out
M1Reasoning
MiniMax
- Value
- 75
- Quality
- Capable70/ ELO 1364
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $0.55in · $2.20out
Gemini 2.5Pro
- Value
- 74
- Quality
- Capable78/ ELO 1446
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- $1.25in · $10out
nvidia
- Value
- 74
- Quality
- Capable69/ ELO 1362
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $0.08in · $0.40out
Magistral SmallThinking
Mistral AI
- Value
- 74
- Quality
- Capable69
- Context
- 40K
- Price /1M
- $0.50in · $1.50out
GLM-4.5 AirThinking
Zhipu AI
- Value
- 73
- Quality
- Capable68/ ELO 1373
- Context
- 131K
- Price /1M
- $0.13in · $0.85out
Gemini 2.5 FlashThinking
Google · +2 more variants
- Value
- 73
- Quality
- Capable70/ ELO 1410
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $0.30in · $2.50out
Preview 09Thinking
Google · +4 more variants
- Value
- 71
- Quality
- Capable68/ ELO 1380
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- $0.10in · $0.40out
o4Mini
OpenAI
- Value
- 71
- Quality
- Capable78/ ELO 1390
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- $4in · $16out
Grok 3Thinking
xAI
- Value
- 69
- Quality
- Capable75/ ELO 1412
- Context
- 131K
- Price /1M
- $3in · $15out
o3Mini
OpenAI
- Value
- 68
- Quality
- Capable67/ ELO 1363
- Context
- 200K
- Price /1M
- $1.10in · $4.40out
Magistral MediumThinking
Mistral AI
- Value
- 68
- Quality
- Capable67/ ELO 1304
- Context
- 41K
- Price /1M
- $2in · $5out
- Value
- 67
- Quality
- Capable50/ ELO 1318
- Context
- 33K
- Price /1M
- $0.06in · $0.12out
- Value
- 66
- Quality
- Capable58/ ELO 1342
- Context
- 131K
- Price /1M
- $0.05in · $0.15out
Anthropic · +4 more variants
- Value
- 66
- Quality
- Capable72/ ELO 1387
- Context
- 200K
- Price /1M
- $3in · $15out
- Value
- 66
- Quality
- Capable50/ ELO 1303
- Context
- 131K
- Price /1M
- $0.05in · $0.10out
Qwen
- Value
- 66
- Quality
- Capable64/ ELO 1388
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.30in · $1out
Large 3OSS
Mistral AI · +4 more variants
- Value
- 65
- Quality
- Capable64/ ELO 1415
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.50in · $1.50out
Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteNon-thinking
- Value
- 64
- Quality
- Capable63/ ELO 1353
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- $0.07in · $0.30out
GPT-4.1Non-thinking
OpenAI
- Value
- 64
- Quality
- Capable65/ ELO 1414
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $2in · $8out
Phi-4 MiniNon-ThinkingOSS
Microsoft
- Value
- 64
- Quality
- Capable63
- Context
- 128K
- Price /1M
- $0.08in · $0.35out
Google · +2 more variants
- Value
- 63
- Quality
- Capable62/ ELO 1360
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $0.10in · $0.40out
Meta · +1 more variants
- Value
- 63
- Quality
- Capable45/ ELO 1223
- Context
- 131K
- Price /1M
- $0.05in · $0.08out
GPT-4.1 MiniNon-thinking
OpenAI
- Value
- 60
- Quality
- Capable60/ ELO 1383
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $0.40in · $1.60out
Meta
- Value
- 60
- Quality
- Capable60/ ELO 1323
- Context
- 1.3M
- Price /1M
- $0.10in · $0.30out
Meta · +1 more variants
- Value
- 59
- Quality
- Capable59/ ELO 1327
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $0.20in · $0.80out
Small 2506OSS
Mistral AI · +3 more variants
- Value
- 59
- Quality
- Capable59/ ELO 1358
- Context
- 256K
- Price /1M
- $0.05in · $0.08out
- Value
- 57
- Quality
- Capable58/ ELO 1366
- Context
- 262K
- Price /1M
- $0.08in · $0.45out
o1 MiniThinking
OpenAI
- Value
- 56
- Quality
- Capable59/ ELO 1337
- Context
- 128K
- Price /1M
- $1.10in · $4.40out
Meta · +2 more variants
- Value
- 56
- Quality
- Capable57/ ELO 1318
- Context
- 131K
- Price /1M
- $0.13in · $0.40out
Claude 3.5 HaikuNon-thinking
Anthropic
- Value
- 55
- Quality
- Capable58/ ELO 1324
- Context
- 200K
- Price /1M
- $1in · $5out
Mistral AI · +2 more variants
- Value
- 53
- Quality
- Capable55/ ELO 1410
- Context
- 131K
- Price /1M
- $0.40in · $2out
Meta · +2 more variants
- Value
- 52
- Quality
- Capable57/ ELO 1335
- Context
- 131K
- Price /1M
- $4in · $4out
o1Thinking
OpenAI · +2 more variants
- Value
- 52
- Quality
- Capable73/ ELO 1402
- Context
- 200K
- Price /1M
- $15in · $60out
Command ANon-thinking
Cohere
- Value
- 50
- Quality
- Capable56/ ELO 1354
- Context
- 256K
- Price /1M
- $2.50in · $10out
GPT-4oNon-thinking
OpenAI
- Value
- 49
- Quality
- Capable56/ ELO 1443
- Context
- 128K
- Price /1M
- $2.50in · $10out
GPT-4.1 NanoNon-thinking
OpenAI
- Value
- 47
- Quality
- Capable51/ ELO 1322
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $0.10in · $0.40out
GPT-4o MiniNon-thinking
OpenAI
- Value
- 45
- Quality
- Capable50/ ELO 1318
- Context
- 128K
- Price /1M
- $0.15in · $0.60out
Command RNon-thinking
Cohere
- Value
- 32
- Quality
- Capable41/ ELO 1250
- Context
- 128K
- Price /1M
- $0.50in · $1.50out
Spark 1.1Thinking
Meta · +1 more variants
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- ELO 1495
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Qwen 3.7 PlusThinking
Qwen
- Value
- —
- Quality
- ELO 1460
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $0.32in · $1.28out
GPT-4.5Non-thinking
OpenAI
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- ELO 1445
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Qwen
- Value
- —
- Quality
- ELO 1397
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $0.07in · $0.26out
OpenAI · +1 more variants
- Value
- —
- Quality
- ELO 1352
- Context
- 131K
- Price /1M
- <$0.01in · <$0.01out
Mythos 5Thinking
Anthropic · +1 more variants
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Recently added; benchmarks and pricing not yet available.
Gemini 2.0 ProNon-thinking
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Recently added; benchmarks and pricing not yet available.
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Recently added; benchmarks and pricing not yet available.
- Value
- —
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- 8K
- Price /1M
- <$0.01in · <$0.01out
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Recently added; benchmarks and pricing not yet available.
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Recently added; benchmarks and pricing not yet available.
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Recently added; benchmarks and pricing not yet available.
Grok Build0.1
xAI
- Value
- —
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- 256K
- Price /1M
- $1in · $2out
Grok Code FastNon-thinking
xAI
- Value
- —
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- 256K
- Price /1M
- $0.20in · $1.50out
O
InternVL3.5 8BThinkingOSS
opengvlab
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Recently added; benchmarks and pricing not yet available.
Moonshot · +1 more variants
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Recently added; benchmarks and pricing not yet available.
nvidia · +1 more variants
- Value
- —
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- 256K
- Price /1M
- <$0.01in · <$0.01out
T
Penguin-VL 8BThinkingOSS
tencent
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Recently added; benchmarks and pricing not yet available.
Phi-4 Mini FlashNon-ThinkingOSS
Microsoft
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- 128K
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Recently added; benchmarks and pricing not yet available.
Phi-4 Multimodal InstructNon-ThinkingOSS
Microsoft
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Recently added; benchmarks and pricing not yet available.
Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15BThinkingOSS
Microsoft
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Recently added; benchmarks and pricing not yet available.
Qwen · +1 more variants
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Recently added; benchmarks and pricing not yet available.
Qwen · +1 more variants
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Recently added; benchmarks and pricing not yet available.
Qwen · +1 more variants
- Value
- No pricing yet
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- —
- Price /1M
- No pricing yet
Recently added; benchmarks and pricing not yet available.
Qwen
- Value
- —
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- 1.0M
- Price /1M
- $0.19in · $1.13out
Qwen
- Value
- —
- Quality
- No score yet
- Context
- 131K
- Price /1M
- $0.26in · $2.60out
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| Model | Value | Quality | Context | Input /1M | Output /1M | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DeepSeek+ 3 more variants | 122 value | Strong 92/ ELO 1457 | 1.0M | $0.09 | $0.19 | |
| 115 value | Capable 81 | 262K | $0.10 | $0.15 | |
Moonshot+ 10 more variants | 115 value | Strong 96/ ELO 1461 | 262K | $0.57 | $2.30 | |
Grok 4.5Thinking | 114 value | Strong 97/ ELO 1474 | 2.0M | $1.25 | $2.50 | |
Microsoft Phi-4Non-ThinkingOSS Microsoft | 106 value | Capable 76/ ELO 1256 | 16K | $0.07 | $0.14 | |
Google | 104 value | Capable 90/ ELO 1451 | 262K | $0.14 | $0.40 | |
M3ThinkingOSS MiniMax | 101 value | Capable 88/ ELO 1444 | 1.0M | $0.30 | $1.20 | |
| 101 value | Strong 91/ ELO 1417 | 262K | $0.26 | $2.08 | |
Qwen | 100 value | Strong 92/ ELO 1442 | 262K | $0.39 | $2.34 | |
GPT-5.5Thinking OpenAI+ 14 more variants | 99 value | Elite 101/ ELO 1482 | 1.1M | $0.25 | $2 | |
Claude Opus 5Thinking Anthropic | 99 value | Frontier 112 | — | $5 | $25 | |
Qwen 3.7Max | 99 value | Strong 96/ ELO 1475 | 262K | $0.78 | $3.90 | |
Qwen 3.6 PlusThinking Qwen | 98 value | Capable 89/ ELO 1444 | 1.0M | $0.33 | $1.95 | |
GLM-5.2ThinkingOSS Zhipu AI | 98 value | Strong 92/ ELO 1469 | 1.0M | $0.73 | $2.28 | |
Gemini 3.5 FlashThinking Google | 98 value | Strong 99/ ELO 1476 | 1.0M | $1.50 | $9 | |
Grok 4 FastNon-Thinking | 97 value | Capable 85/ ELO 1431 | 2.0M | $0.20 | $0.50 | |
DeepSeek+ 13 more variants | 97 value | Capable 85/ ELO 1425 | 164K | $0.20 | $0.40 | |
M2.7Thinking MiniMax | 96 value | Capable 84/ ELO 1417 | 205K | $0.26 | $1.02 | |
GLM-5.1ThinkingOSS Zhipu AI | 95 value | Strong 92/ ELO 1470 | 205K | $0.97 | $3.04 | |
| 95 value | Capable 84/ ELO 1409 | 262K | $0.20 | $1.56 | |
Google | 94 value | Capable 83/ ELO 1438 | 262K | $0.12 | $0.35 | |
GLM-5ThinkingOSS Zhipu AI | 94 value | Capable 88/ ELO 1457 | 205K | $0.95 | $2.55 | |
Gemini 3.1 ProThinking Google+ 1 more variants | 93 value | Elite 100/ ELO 1486 | 1.0M | $2 | $12 | |
Gemini 3.6 FlashThinking Google | 93 value | Strong 94/ ELO 1485 | — | $1.50 | $7.50 | |
Kimi K3Thinking Moonshot | 92 value | Elite 100/ ELO 1486 | 1.0M | $3 | $15 | |
Gemini 3 FlashPreview Google+ 1 more variants | 92 value | Capable 88/ ELO 1473 | — | $0.50 | $3 | |
Qwen | 92 value | Capable 85 | 262K | $0.29 | $2.40 | |
Claude Fable 5Thinking Anthropic | 91 value | Frontier 114/ ELO 1507 | — | $10 | $50 | |
Qwen | 91 value | Capable 81 | 262K | $0.14 | $1 | |
GLM-4.7ThinkingOSS Zhipu AI | 90 value | Capable 81/ ELO 1442 | 205K | $0.06 | $0.40 | |
| 90 value | Capable 81/ ELO 1383 | 262K | $0.10 | $0.30 | |
nvidia | 90 value | Capable 87/ ELO 1425 | 512K | $0.60 | $3.60 | |
Qwen | 89 value | Capable 80 | 262K | $0.10 | $0.78 | |
| 89 value | Capable 80/ ELO 1396 | 262K | $0.14 | $1 | |
Claude Opus 4.8Thinking Anthropic+ 11 more variants | 88 value | Elite 106/ ELO 1505 | 1.0M | $5 | $25 | |
GPT-5.6 SolThinking OpenAI | 88 value | Elite 107/ ELO 1485 | — | $5 | $30 | |
GPT-5.6 LunaThinking OpenAI | 88 value | Capable 87 | — | $1 | $6 | |
| 87 value | Capable 78 | 131K | $0.23 | $0.91 | |
Mistral AI | 87 value | Capable 88/ ELO 1427 | 262K | $1.50 | $7.50 | |
OpenAI+ 1 more variants | 87 value | Capable 72/ ELO 1317 | 131K | $0.04 | $0.17 | |
InklingThinkingOSS thinking-machines | 87 value | Capable 84/ ELO 1445 | 1.0M | $1 | $4.05 | |
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteThinking Google | 87 value | Capable 80/ ELO 1459 | — | $0.30 | $2.50 | |
GPT-5 MiniThinking (5.4) OpenAI+ 1 more variants | 87 value | Capable 84/ ELO 1449 | 400K | $0.25 | $2 | |
GPT-5.6 TerraThinking OpenAI | 86 value | Strong 94 | — | $2.50 | $15 | |
Claude Sonnet 4.6Thinking Anthropic+ 4 more variants | 86 value | Strong 94/ ELO 1473 | 1.0M | $3 | $15 | |
Claude Sonnet 5Thinking Anthropic | 86 value | Strong 93/ ELO 1461 | — | $3 | $15 | |
DeepSeek+ 1 more variants | 86 value | Capable 77/ ELO 1422 | 164K | $0.50 | $2.15 | |
Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteLatest Google | 85 value | Capable 77/ ELO 1432 | — | $0.25 | $1.50 | |
GPT-5 NanoThinking (5.4) OpenAI+ 2 more variants | 85 value | Capable 77/ ELO 1404 | 400K | $0.05 | $0.40 | |
| 83 value | Capable 75 | 131K | $0.12 | $0.46 | |
o3Thinking OpenAI+ 1 more variants | 81 value | Capable 82/ ELO 1431 | 200K | $2 | $8 | |
Grok 3Mini xAI | 81 value | Capable 74 | 131K | $0.30 | $0.50 | |
| 78 value | Capable 74/ ELO 1423 | 262K | $0.09 | $0.55 | |
GPT-5 CodexNon-thinking OpenAI | 78 value | Capable 82 | 400K | $1.25 | $10 | |
Claude Haiku 4.5Non-thinking Anthropic+ 1 more variants | 77 value | Capable 74/ ELO 1412 | 200K | $1 | $5 | |
| 77 value | Capable 71/ ELO 1347 | 131K | $0.08 | $0.28 | |
QwQ 32BThinkingOSS Qwen | 77 value | Capable 71/ ELO 1336 | 33K | $0.20 | $0.20 | |
M1Reasoning MiniMax | 75 value | Capable 70/ ELO 1364 | 1.0M | $0.55 | $2.20 | |
Gemini 2.5Pro Google | 74 value | Capable 78/ ELO 1446 | — | $1.25 | $10 | |
nvidia | 74 value | Capable 69/ ELO 1362 | 1.0M | $0.08 | $0.40 | |
Magistral SmallThinking Mistral AI | 74 value | Capable 69 | 40K | $0.50 | $1.50 | |
GLM-4.5 AirThinking Zhipu AI | 73 value | Capable 68/ ELO 1373 | 131K | $0.13 | $0.85 | |
Gemini 2.5 FlashThinking Google+ 2 more variants | 73 value | Capable 70/ ELO 1410 | 1.0M | $0.30 | $2.50 | |
Preview 09Thinking Google+ 4 more variants | 71 value | Capable 68/ ELO 1380 | — | $0.10 | $0.40 | |
o4Mini OpenAI | 71 value | Capable 78/ ELO 1390 | — | $4 | $16 | |
Grok 3Thinking xAI | 69 value | Capable 75/ ELO 1412 | 131K | $3 | $15 | |
o3Mini OpenAI | 68 value | Capable 67/ ELO 1363 | 200K | $1.10 | $4.40 | |
Magistral MediumThinking Mistral AI | 68 value | Capable 67/ ELO 1304 | 41K | $2 | $5 | |
Google | 67 value | Capable 50/ ELO 1318 | 33K | $0.06 | $0.12 | |
Google | 66 value | Capable 58/ ELO 1342 | 131K | $0.05 | $0.15 | |
Anthropic+ 4 more variants | 66 value | Capable 72/ ELO 1387 | 200K | $3 | $15 | |
Google | 66 value | Capable 50/ ELO 1303 | 131K | $0.05 | $0.10 | |
Qwen | 66 value | Capable 64/ ELO 1388 | 262K | $0.30 | $1 | |
Large 3OSS Mistral AI+ 4 more variants | 65 value | Capable 64/ ELO 1415 | 262K | $0.50 | $1.50 | |
Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteNon-thinking Google | 64 value | Capable 63/ ELO 1353 | — | $0.07 | $0.30 | |
GPT-4.1Non-thinking OpenAI | 64 value | Capable 65/ ELO 1414 | 1.0M | $2 | $8 | |
Phi-4 MiniNon-ThinkingOSS Microsoft | 64 value | Capable 63 | 128K | $0.08 | $0.35 | |
63 value | Capable 62/ ELO 1360 | 1.0M | $0.10 | $0.40 | ||
| 63 value | Capable 45/ ELO 1223 | 131K | $0.05 | $0.08 | |
GPT-4.1 MiniNon-thinking OpenAI | 60 value | Capable 60/ ELO 1383 | 1.0M | $0.40 | $1.60 | |
Meta | 60 value | Capable 60/ ELO 1323 | 1.3M | $0.10 | $0.30 | |
| 59 value | Capable 59/ ELO 1327 | 1.0M | $0.20 | $0.80 | |
Small 2506OSS Mistral AI+ 3 more variants | 59 value | Capable 59/ ELO 1358 | 256K | $0.05 | $0.08 | |
Google | 57 value | Capable 58/ ELO 1366 | 262K | $0.08 | $0.45 | |
o1 MiniThinking OpenAI | 56 value | Capable 59/ ELO 1337 | 128K | $1.10 | $4.40 | |
| 56 value | Capable 57/ ELO 1318 | 131K | $0.13 | $0.40 | |
Claude 3.5 HaikuNon-thinking Anthropic | 55 value | Capable 58/ ELO 1324 | 200K | $1 | $5 | |
Mistral AI+ 2 more variants | 53 value | Capable 55/ ELO 1410 | 131K | $0.40 | $2 | |
| 52 value | Capable 57/ ELO 1335 | 131K | $4 | $4 | |
o1Thinking OpenAI+ 2 more variants | 52 value | Capable 73/ ELO 1402 | 200K | $15 | $60 | |
Command ANon-thinking Cohere | 50 value | Capable 56/ ELO 1354 | 256K | $2.50 | $10 | |
GPT-4oNon-thinking OpenAI | 49 value | Capable 56/ ELO 1443 | 128K | $2.50 | $10 | |
GPT-4.1 NanoNon-thinking OpenAI | 47 value | Capable 51/ ELO 1322 | 1.0M | $0.10 | $0.40 | |
GPT-4o MiniNon-thinking OpenAI | 45 value | Capable 50/ ELO 1318 | 128K | $0.15 | $0.60 | |
Command RNon-thinking Cohere | 32 value | Capable 41/ ELO 1250 | 128K | $0.50 | $1.50 | |
Spark 1.1Thinking | — | 1495 ELO | — | — | — | |
Qwen 3.7 PlusThinking Qwen | — | 1460 ELO | 1.0M | $0.32 | $1.28 | |
GPT-4.5Non-thinking OpenAI | — | 1445 ELO | — | — | — | |
Qwen | — | 1397 ELO | 1.0M | $0.07 | $0.26 | |
OpenAI+ 1 more variants | — | 1352 ELO | 131K | <$0.01 | <$0.01 | |
Mythos 5Thinking Anthropic+ 1 more variants | — | — | — | — | — | |
Gemini 2.0 ProNon-thinking Google | — | — | — | — | — | |
Google | — | — | — | — | — | |
Google | — | — | 8K | <$0.01 | <$0.01 | |
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Grok Build0.1 xAI | — | — | 256K | $1 | $2 | |
Grok Code FastNon-thinking xAI | — | — | 256K | $0.20 | $1.50 | |
O InternVL3.5 8BThinkingOSS opengvlab | — | — | — | — | — | |
Moonshot+ 1 more variants | — | — | — | — | — | |
nvidia+ 1 more variants | — | — | 256K | <$0.01 | <$0.01 | |
T Penguin-VL 8BThinkingOSS tencent | — | — | — | — | — | |
Phi-4 Mini FlashNon-ThinkingOSS Microsoft | — | — | 128K | — | — | |
Phi-4 Multimodal InstructNon-ThinkingOSS Microsoft | — | — | — | — | — | |
Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15BThinkingOSS Microsoft | — | — | — | — | — | |
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Qwen | — | — | 1.0M | $0.19 | $1.13 | |
Qwen | — | — | 131K | $0.26 | $2.60 | |
Qwen | — | — | — | — | — | |
Qwen | — | — | 262K | $0.13 | $1.56 | |
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