97 active models · 60 retired · updated October 24, 2026

Every model, distilled.

Rankings, pricing and the plain-English version of what each model is for. Open any card for strengths, weaknesses, ideal prompts and the full update history.

56 models

Anthropic · August 2026

Claude Fable 5.1

Anthropic's Mythos-class top tier for the longest, hardest problems where cost is secondary.

#1 Overall#1 Math

Overall89.2Price$10 / $50Context1M

Anthropic · September 2026

Claude Opus 5.5

Fable-class capability at Opus prices: the default pick for serious agentic and coding work.

New#1 Coding#1 Frontend & UI+13

Overall88.2Price$4 / $20Context1M

Google · October 2026

Gemini 4 Argon

Google's multimodal monster: sees, watches and listens better than anything, and writes up to 1M tokens back.

New#1 Math Chat#1 Science+10

Overall86.9Price$2 / $10Context1.05M

Anthropic · September 2026

Claude Sonnet 5.5

The workhorse: faster and cheaper than Opus, and it edges ahead on agentic coding.

New

Overall78.8Price$2 / $10Context1M

Meta · October 2026

Muse Wonder

Meta's first true frontier model, with six reasoning levels and a memory system.

New#1 Cybersecurity

Overall78.3Price$4 / $20Context1.05M

Meta · September 2026

Muse Spark 1.3

Meta Superintelligence Labs language model.

#1 Output Speed

Overall75.7Price$1.25 / $4.25Context1.05M

Google · September 2026

Gemini 3.8 Flash

#10

Google DeepMind language model.

Overall75.2Price$0.825 / $4.125Context1.05M

Google · August 2026

Gemini 3.7 Flash

#11

Google DeepMind language model.

Overall75.1Price$0.75 / $3.75Context1.05M

OpenAI · September 2026

GPT-6.1 Sol

#12

The everyday frontier model: elite reasoning, great instructions-following, mid-tier price.

New#1 Documents & Charts

Overall74.5Price$2 / $10Context1.05M

OpenAI · September 2026

GPT-6 Astra

#13

OpenAI's top tier: operates software like a person and leads the hardest math.

#1 Frontier SWE#1 ARC-AGI-2+1

Overall72.7Price$10 / $50Context1.05M

Qwen · August 2026

Qwen3.8-Max

#15

Alibaba Qwen language model.

Overall65.7Price$2 / $6Context1M

Xiaomi · September 2026

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

#16

Xiaomi language model.

NewOpen

Overall64.8Price$0.435 / $0.87Context1.05M

Anthropic · April 2026

Claude Opus 4.7

#18

Anthropic language model.

Overall63.2Price$5 / $25Context1M

Moonshot · July 2026

Kimi K3

#21

A 2.8-trillion-parameter open model that developers prefer for front-end work.

Open#1 Long Context#1 Long-Document Reasoning

Overall57.9Price$0.239 / $10.8Context1.05M

Z.ai · August 2026

GLM-5.3

#25

Post-training-only upgrade that turned GLM into a serious open terminal agent.

Open

Overall57.1Price$0.079 / $1.4Context1.05M

DeepSeek · October 2026

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

#26

MIT-licensed speed demon: near-frontier coding for pennies, with built-in search.

NewOpen

Overall56.4Price$0.02 / $1Context1.05M

OpenAI · July 2026

GPT-5.6 Terra

#27

OpenAI language model.

Overall54.9Price$2 / $12Context1.05M

StepFun · September 2026

Step 5 Preview

#29

StepFun language model (preview).

PreviewOpen

Overall53.1Price$1 / $2.7Context1.05M

Meta · August 2026

Muse Spark 1.2

#30

Meta Superintelligence Labs language model.

Overall52.5Price$1.25 / $4.25Context1.05M

Google · May 2026

Gemini 3.5 Flash

#31

Absurdly fast frontier-lite model with a free tier and strong agentic chops.

Overall52.1Price$1.5 / $9Context1.05M

Google · July 2026

Gemini 3.6 Flash

#32

Google DeepMind language model.

Overall51.3Price$0.75 / $3.75Context1.05M

Z.ai · August 2026

GLM-5.3-Flash

#33

Z.ai (Zhipu) language model.

Open

Overall50.9Price$0.15 / $0.5Context1.05M

Qwen · May 2026

Qwen3.7-Max

#34

Alibaba Qwen language model.

Overall50.0Price$1.475 / $4.425Context1M

DeepSeek · April 2026

DeepSeek V4 Pro

#35

Open 1.6T MoE with elite competitive programming at a tenth of closed-model prices.

Open

Overall49.0Price$0.2088 / $0.4176Context1.05M

xAI · July 2026

Grok 4.5

#36

xAI language model.

Overall47.9Price$2 / $6Context500K

Anthropic · October 2026

Claude Haiku 5.5

#37

Tiny price, startling computer-use skill: the sub-agent and high-volume specialist.

New

Overall47.0Price$0.1 / $0.5Context1M

Meta · October 2026

Muse Spark Open

#38

The most capable US open-weights model: multimodal in, 1M context, runs on your own hardware.

NewOpen

Overall46.6Price$1.25 / $4.25Context1.05M

xAI · September 2026

Grok 4.7

#39

xAI's best coder yet: elite math, live X knowledge, aggressive pricing.

New

Overall45.7Price$2 / $6Context500K

Anthropic · June 2026

Claude Sonnet 5

#41

Anthropic language model.

Overall43.2Price$2 / $10Context1M

Z.ai · June 2026

GLM-5.2

#42

Z.ai (Zhipu) language model.

Open

Overall42.7Price$0.0341 / $7Context1.05M

Meta · July 2026

Muse Spark 1.1

#43

Meta Superintelligence Labs language model.

Overall42.6Price$1.25 / $4.25Context1.05M

Moonshot · April 2026

Kimi K2.6

#44

Moonshot AI language model.

Open

Overall42.2Price$0.65 / $3.41Context262K

Xiaomi · September 2026

MiMo-V2.6-Flash

#45

Xiaomi language model.

NewOpen

Overall41.9Price$0.14 / $0.28Context1.05M

Anthropic · February 2026

Claude Sonnet 4.6

#46

Anthropic language model.

Overall40.5Price$3 / $15Context1M

OpenAI · September 2026

GPT-6 Luna

#47

The free-tier GPT-6: fast, friendly and cheap enough for anything high-volume.

New

Overall38.3Price$0.1 / $0.5Context1.05M

OpenAI · July 2026

GPT-5.6 Luna

#48

OpenAI language model.

Overall38.2Price$0.2 / $1.2Context1.05M

Mistral · October 2026

Mistral Large 4

#50

Europe's trillion-parameter answer: 160+ languages, weights promised to developers.

NewPreviewOpen

Overall36.8Price$1.36 / $4.18Context1.05M

DeepSeek · April 2026

DeepSeek V4 Flash

#51

DeepSeek language model.

Open#1 Intelligence per Dollar

Overall36.5Price$0.091 / $0.182Context1.05M

MiniMax · June 2026

MiniMax-M3

#55

MiniMax language model.

Open

Overall29.8Price$0.3 / $1.2Context1.05M

xAI · April 2026

Grok 4.3

#62

xAI language model.

Overall16.8Price$1.25 / $2.5Context1M

Qwen · April 2026

Qwen3.6-Max

Alibaba's proprietary flagship, tuned hard for coding agents and science code.

Preview

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OpenAI · September 2026

GPT-6.1 Sol Pro

OpenAI language model.

New

Overall—Price$2 / $10Context1.05M

OpenAI · September 2026

GPT-6 Luna Pro

OpenAI language model.

New

Overall—Price$0.1 / $0.5Context1.05M

Meta · October 2026

Muse Wonder Full

Meta Superintelligence Labs language model.

New

Overall—Price—Context—

Qwen · September 2026

Qwen3.8-Max Prime

Alibaba Qwen language model.

New

Overall—Price$4 / $12Context1M

Qwen · August 2026

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Alibaba Qwen language model.

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Tencent · August 2026

Hy4 preview

Tencent language model (preview).

PreviewOpen

Overall—Price$0.7506 / $2.2509Context1.05M

Z.ai · September 2026

GLM-5.3 Prime

Z.ai (Zhipu) language model.

New

Overall—Price$2.8 / $8.8Context1M

Moonshot · October 2026

Kimi K3.1 Pro

Moonshot AI language model.

New#1 Terminal & DevOps

Overall—Price$2 / $10Context1.05M

OpenAI · September 2026

GPT-6 Astra Pro

OpenAI language model.

Overall—Price$10 / $50Context1.05M

OpenAI · July 2026

GPT-5.6 Sol Pro

OpenAI language model.

Overall—Price$4 / $20Context1.05M

OpenAI · April 2026

GPT-5.5 Pro

OpenAI language model.

Overall—Price$30 / $180Context1.05M

Google · February 2026

Gemini 3 Deep Think

Google DeepMind language model.

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xAI · March 2026

Grok 4.20

xAI language model.

Overall—Price$1.25 / $2.5Context2M

MiniMax · October 2026

MiniMax-M3.1-Flash

MiniMax language model.

NewOpen

Overall—Price$0.15 / $0.6Context1.05M

Meta · April 2026

Muse Spark

Meta Superintelligence Labs language model.

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