Rankings

Best AI models for coding

Ranked by a 0–100 composite of coding benchmarks (SWE-bench Verified, Terminal-Bench, GSO (code optimization), WebDev Arena), scored as percentile rank against every model released in the past year.

Newest Overall Coding Math Reasoning & Knowledge Agentic & Tools Value

Coding score is a 0–100 percentile composite across that area’s benchmarks. Open a model for the raw scores.

Multimodal182 models

Kimi K3Jul 16, 2026 · 19 in the newsMoonshot1M$3.00 / $15.0099

Claude Fable 5Jun 9, 2026 · 40 in the newsAnthropic1M$10.00 / $50.0099

Claude Opus 5Jul 24, 2026 · 9 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0097

Claude Opus 4.7Apr 16, 2026 · 4 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0096

GPT-5.6 SolJul 9, 2026 · 13 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $30.0095

Claude Opus 4.8May 28, 2026 · 4 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0093

Muse Spark 1.1Jul 9, 2026 · 1 in the newsMeta AI1M$1.25 / $4.2592

Grok 4.5Jul 8, 2026 · 2 in the newsxAI500K$2.00 / $6.0091

GPT-5.6 TerraJul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.0090

GPT-5.5Apr 23, 2026 · 25 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $30.0088

Claude Opus 4.6Feb 5, 2026 · 1 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0088

GLM-5.2Jun 16, 2026 · 16 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)1M$1.10 / $4.1086

Gemini 3.6 FlashJul 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$1.50 / $7.5084

Claude Sonnet 5Jun 30, 2026 · 3 in the newsAnthropic1M$2.00 / $10.0084

Gemini 3.5 FlashMay 19, 2026 · 4 in the newsGoogle1M$1.50 / $9.0084

GPT-5.6 LunaJul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$1.00 / $6.0083

Muse SparkApr 8, 2026 · 1 in the newsMeta AI——79

Qwen 3.7 MaxMay 19, 2026 · 4 in the newsAlibaba1M$1.25 / $3.7578

GPT-5.4Mar 5, 2026 · 9 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.0078

Kimi K2.6Apr 20, 2026 · 11 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.70 / $3.5076

DeepSeek-V4-ProApr 24, 2026 · 6 in the newsDeepSeek1M$0.43 / $0.8774

MiMo-V2.5-ProApr 23, 2026Xiaomi Corp1.1M$0.43 / $0.8773

MiniMax-M3Jun 1, 2026MiniMax1M$0.30 / $1.2072

Claude Opus 4.5Nov 24, 2025Anthropic200K$5.00 / $25.0072

Hy3Jul 6, 2026Tencent262K$0.13 / $0.5371

Kimi K2.7 CodeJun 12, 2026Moonshot262K$0.86 / $3.8070

GPT-5.2Dec 11, 2025 · 7 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.0070

GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxNov 19, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0070

GPT-5.4 NanoMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.20 / $1.2567

GPT-5.3 CodexFeb 5, 2026 · 4 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.0067

Qwen 3.6 Max (Preview)Apr 20, 2026 · 2 in the newsAlibaba262K$1.04 / $6.2466

GPT-5.2 CodexDec 18, 2025 · 3 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.0066

Gemini 3.1 ProFeb 19, 2026 · 3 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——65

Claude Sonnet 4.6Feb 17, 2026 · 3 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.0064

Qwen3.7-PlusJun 2, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba1M$0.32 / $1.2863

GPT-5.4 MiniMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.75 / $4.5062

GLM-5.1Apr 7, 2026 · 7 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)205K$0.98 / $3.0861

DeepSeek-V4-FlashApr 24, 2026DeepSeek1M$0.13 / $0.2860

GLM-4.7Dec 22, 2025 · 7 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)205K$0.60 / $2.2060

InklingJul 15, 2026 · 2 in the newsThinking Machines1M$1.00 / $4.0558

MiniMax-M2.7Mar 18, 2026 · 1 in the newsMiniMax205K$0.25 / $1.0055

Grok 4.20Feb 17, 2026xAI2M$1.25 / $2.5055

Qwen3-Max-ThinkingJan 25, 2026 · 2 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.78 / $3.9055

GPT‑5-CodexSep 15, 2025OpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0054

Gemini 3 ProNov 18, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——53

MiMo-V2-ProMar 18, 2026Xiaomi Corp——52

Gemini 3 FlashDec 17, 2025 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——52

Kimi K2.5Feb 2, 2026 · 15 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.38 / $2.0251

GPT-5.1-CodexNov 12, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0051

GPT-5.1-Codex-miniNov 12, 2025OpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.0051

Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteJul 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.30 / $2.5049

GLM-5Feb 17, 2026 · 25 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)205K$0.70 / $2.2449

Ring-2.6-1TMay 14, 2026Ant Group262K$0.07 / $0.6348

Kimi K2 ThinkingNov 6, 2025 · 6 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.60 / $2.5047

Qwen3.5-122B-A10BFeb 24, 2026Alibaba262K$0.26 / $2.0846

Qwen3.5 397B-A17BFeb 13, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.39 / $2.4546

GPT-5.1Nov 13, 2025 · 7 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0045

GPT-5Aug 7, 2025 · 41 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0045

Nex-N2-ProJun 8, 2026Nex AGI262K$0.25 / $1.0044

Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewDec 2, 2025Amazon——44

MiniMax-M2.5Feb 12, 2026MiniMax205K$0.15 / $0.9043

MiniMax-M2.1Dec 23, 2025MiniMax205K$0.30 / $1.2043

gpt-oss-120bAug 5, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.04 / $0.1743

Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)Feb 16, 2026Alibaba——42

DeepSeek-V3.2Dec 1, 2025 · 1 in the newsDeepSeek164K$0.25 / $0.4242

Grok 4 FastSep 19, 2025xAI——42

Grok 4.1 FastNov 19, 2025xAI——41

Qwen3.5-Omni-PlusMar 29, 2026Alibaba——37

Magistral Medium 1.2Sep 18, 2025Mistral AI——36

DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpSep 29, 2025DeepSeek164K$0.27 / $0.4135

Qwen3-MaxSep 5, 2025 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.78 / $3.9035

Step 3.7 FlashMay 29, 2026StepFun262K$0.20 / $1.1534

Gemma 4 31B ITApr 2, 2026Google DeepMind262K$0.10 / $0.3534

Claude Sonnet 4.5Sep 29, 2025 · 4 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.0034

Qwen 3.6 PlusApr 1, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba1M$0.33 / $1.9533

Claude Opus 4.1Aug 5, 2025Anthropic200K$15.00 / $75.0033

Grok 4.3 BetaApr 17, 2026xAI——32

Cogito v2.1Nov 19, 2025Deep Cogito——32

Gemma 4 26B A4BApr 2, 2026Google DeepMind——31

K-EXAONEDec 31, 2025LG AI Research——31

MiniMax-M2Oct 27, 2025MiniMax205K$0.30 / $1.2031

Qwen3.5-27BFeb 24, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.20 / $1.5630

Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteMar 3, 2026 · 2 in the newsGoogle1M$0.25 / $1.5028

GPT-5 nanoAug 7, 2025OpenAI400K$0.05 / $0.4028

Laguna M.1Apr 28, 2026Poolside——25

Claude Haiku 4.5Oct 15, 2025 · 1 in the newsAnthropic200K$1.00 / $5.0025

GPT-5 miniAug 7, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.0025

GLM-4.5Aug 5, 2025 · 9 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University131K$0.60 / $2.2025

Mistral Small 4Mar 16, 2026 · 1 in the newsMistral AI——24

GLM-4.6Sep 30, 2025 · 4 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University205K$0.55 / $2.2024

Command A+May 20, 2026 · 4 in the newsCohere256K$2.50 / $10.0023

Mistral Medium 3.5Apr 28, 2026 · 2 in the newsMistral AI262K$1.50 / $7.5023

Magistral Small 1.2Sep 18, 2025Mistral AI——22

Gemini 2.5 FlashSep 25, 2025 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.30 / $2.5021

gpt-oss-20bAug 5, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.03 / $0.1420

Laguna XS.2Apr 28, 2026Poolside——17

DeepSeek-V3.1Aug 21, 2025DeepSeek——15

LongCat 2.0Jul 20, 2026 · 2 in the newsMeituan1M$0.30 / $1.2014

Qwen 3.6 35B-A3BApr 14, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.10 / $1.0014

Ling-1TOct 10, 2025Ant Group——14

Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3BSep 22, 2025Alibaba——13

Trinity Large ThinkingApr 1, 2026Arcee AI262K$0.25 / $0.8012

Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35BJul 31, 2025Alibaba——11

Mistral Large 3Dec 2, 2025 · 2 in the newsMistral AI——9

Kimi K2Sep 5, 2025 · 17 in the newsMoonshot131K$0.57 / $2.309

Qwen3-Coder-NextFeb 2, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.12 / $0.808

Qwen 3.5 Flash (hosted 35B-A3B)Feb 25, 2026Alibaba——6

Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteSep 25, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.10 / $0.406

Qwen3.5-9BFeb 24, 2026Alibaba262K$0.10 / $0.154

Solar Open 100BDec 31, 2025Upstage——4

Granite 4.1 30BApr 29, 2026IBM——3

Devstral Small 2Dec 9, 2025Mistral AI——3

Qwen3.5-Omni-FlashMar 29, 2026Alibaba——2

Solar Pro 3Jan 27, 2026Upstage128K$0.15 / $0.601

Grok 4.1Nov 17, 2025xAI——1

Qwen3.7 FlashJul 27, 2026Qwen1M$0.03 / $0.13—

Claude Opus 5 (batch)Jul 24, 2026—1M$2.50 / $12.50—

Ling-3.0-flashJul 23, 2026—262K——

Laguna S 2.1Jul 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsPoolside1M$0.10 / $0.20—

Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)Jul 21, 2026Google1M$0.75 / $3.75—

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)Jul 21, 2026Google1M$0.15 / $1.25—

KAT-Coder-Air V2.5Jul 10, 2026Kwaipilot256K$0.15 / $0.60—

KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5Jul 10, 2026Kwaipilot256K$0.74 / $2.96—

GPT-5.6 Luna ProJul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$1.00 / $6.00—

GPT-5.6 Sol ProJul 9, 2026 · 1 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $30.00—

GPT-5.6 Terra ProJul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.00—

SWE-1.7Jul 8, 2026Cognition———

Aion-3.0-MiniJul 7, 2026AionLabs131K$0.70 / $1.40—

Aion-3.0Jul 7, 2026AionLabs131K$3.00 / $6.00—

Laguna XS 2.1Jul 2, 2026Poolside262K$0.06 / $0.12—

Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)Jun 30, 2026Anthropic1M$1.00 / $5.00—

Solar Open2 250BJun 28, 2026Upstage———

Fugu UltraJun 24, 2026 · 2 in the newsSakana1M$5.00 / $30.00—

Nex-N2-MiniJun 24, 2026Nex AGI262K$0.03 / $0.10—

Claude Mythos 5Jun 9, 2026 · 4 in the newsAnthropic———

Claude Fable 5 (batch)Jun 9, 2026Anthropic1M$5.00 / $25.00—

Nemotron 3 UltraJun 4, 2026 · 1 in the newsNVIDIA———

MAI-Image-2.5Jun 2, 2026Microsoft———

MiniMax M3 (batch)May 31, 2026MiniMax524K$0.15 / $0.60—

Grok Build 0.1May 29, 2026xAI256K$1.00 / $2.00—

Composer 2.5May 18, 2026Cursor———

Perceptron Mk1May 12, 2026Perceptron33K$0.15 / $1.50—

TML-Interaction-SmallMay 11, 2026Thinking Machines———

Qwen 3.6 FlashApr 27, 2026Alibaba1M$0.19 / $1.13—

Tencent Hy3 previewApr 23, 2026Tencent———

GPT-5.5 ProApr 23, 2026 · 1 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.00—

GPT Image 2Apr 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsOpenAI———

Gemini Flash 3.1 TTSApr 15, 2026Google DeepMind———

Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6Apr 14, 2026 · 2 in the newsGoogle———

EXAONE 4.5Apr 9, 2026LG AI Research———

Composer 2Mar 19, 2026Cursor———

Nemotron 3 SuperMar 11, 2026 · 1 in the newsNVIDIA———

GPT-5.4 ProMar 5, 2026OpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.00—

Gemini 3.0 Flash-liteMar 3, 2026Google DeepMind———

SWE 1.6Mar 1, 2026Cognition———

Seedance 2.0Feb 12, 2026 · 4 in the newsByteDance———

VAETKIDec 30, 2025NC AI———

A.X K1Dec 30, 2025SK Telecom———

HyperCLOVA X SEED 32B ThinkDec 29, 2025NAVER———

Nemotron 3-Nano-30B-A3BDec 15, 2025 · 1 in the newsNVIDIA262K$0.05 / $0.20—

GPT-5.2 ProDec 11, 2025OpenAI400K$21.00 / $168.00—

SIMA 2Dec 4, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———

DeepSeekMath-V2Nov 27, 2025DeepSeek———

Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro)Nov 20, 2025Google DeepMind———

Olmo 3Nov 20, 2025 · 1 in the newsAllen Institute for AI———

π0.6 (pi-0.6)Nov 17, 2025Physical Intelligence———

P1-235B-A22BNov 17, 2025Shanghai AI Lab———

GPT-5.1 InstantNov 13, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI———

Meta's Generative Ads Model (GEM)Nov 10, 2025Meta AI———

Tongyi DeepResearchOct 28, 2025Alibaba———

Veo 3.1Oct 15, 2025 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———

GPT-5 ProOct 7, 2025OpenAI400K$15.00 / $120.00—

Sora 2.0Sep 30, 2025OpenAI———

Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5Sep 25, 2025Google DeepMind———

AgentFounder-30BSep 16, 2025Alibaba———

LongCat-FlashSep 1, 2025Meituan Inc———

Qwen3-235B-A22B (Jul 2025)Sep 1, 2025Alibaba———

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)Aug 26, 2025Google———

Qwen ImageAug 4, 2025 · 7 in the newsAlibaba———

Hierarchical Reasoning Model (HPM)Aug 4, 2025Sapient Intelligence———

MindLink-72BAug 1, 2025Kunlun Inc.———

Gemini 2.5 Deep ThinkAug 1, 2025Google,Google DeepMind———

Frequently asked questions

What is the best AI model for coding?

Kimi K3 (Moonshot) currently ranks first for coding on Model Beat, followed by Claude Fable 5 and Claude Opus 5. Ranked by a 0–100 composite of coding benchmarks (SWE-bench Verified, Terminal-Bench, GSO (code optimization), WebDev Arena), scored as percentile rank against every model released in the past year.

Which is the most affordable strong coding model?

Among the top-ranked coding models, Muse Spark 1.1 is the cheapest at $1.25 per million input tokens.

How are these coding rankings calculated?

Benchmarks & model data from Epoch AI (CC BY); pricing & specs from OpenRouter. ECI = Epoch Capabilities Index.