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.

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

129 models
Claude Opus 4.7Apr 16, 2026 · 4 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.00100
Claude Opus 4.8May 28, 2026 · 1 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0096
Qwen 3.7 MaxMay 19, 2026 · 4 in the newsAlibaba1M$1.25 / $3.7594
Claude Opus 4.6Feb 5, 2026Anthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0092
MiniMax-M3Jun 1, 2026MiniMax1M$0.30 / $1.2090
GPT-5.5Apr 23, 2026 · 14 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $30.0089
Gemini 3.5 FlashMay 19, 2026Google1M$1.50 / $9.0086
Muse SparkApr 8, 2026Meta AI——84
GPT-5.4Mar 5, 2026 · 6 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.0080
Kimi K2.6Apr 20, 2026 · 4 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.66 / $3.5078
Qwen 3.6 Max (Preview)Apr 20, 2026 · 2 in the newsAlibaba262K$1.04 / $6.2472
Claude Opus 4.5Nov 24, 2025Anthropic200K$5.00 / $25.0072
Gemini 3.1 ProFeb 19, 2026 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——71
DeepSeek-V4-ProApr 24, 2026 · 3 in the newsDeepSeek1M$0.43 / $0.8770
GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxNov 19, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0070
GLM-5.1Apr 7, 2026 · 5 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)203K$0.98 / $3.0869
Claude Sonnet 4.6Feb 17, 2026 · 1 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.0068
GPT-5.2Dec 11, 2025 · 7 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.0065
GPT-5.3 CodexFeb 5, 2026 · 4 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.0064
Gemini 3 ProNov 18, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——58
Grok 4.20Feb 17, 2026xAI2M$1.25 / $2.5057
Gemini 3 FlashDec 17, 2025 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——57
GPT-5.2 CodexDec 18, 2025 · 3 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.0053
GPT-5.4 MiniMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.75 / $4.5052
MiniMax-M2.7Mar 18, 2026MiniMax205K$0.25 / $1.0050
GPT‑5-CodexSep 15, 2025OpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0048
GLM-5Feb 17, 2026 · 26 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)203K$0.60 / $1.9246
Kimi K2.5Feb 2, 2026 · 10 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.38 / $2.0246
Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)Feb 16, 2026Alibaba——44
GPT-5.1-CodexNov 12, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0044
GLM-4.7Dec 22, 2025 · 3 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)203K$0.40 / $1.7542
GPT-5.1-Codex-miniNov 12, 2025OpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.0041
MiniMax-M2.5Feb 12, 2026MiniMax205K$0.15 / $0.9039
MiniMax-M2.1Dec 23, 2025MiniMax205K$0.29 / $0.9539
GPT-5Aug 7, 2025 · 61 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0039
Claude Sonnet 4.5Sep 29, 2025 · 3 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.0038
GPT-5.1Nov 13, 2025 · 6 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0035
Claude Opus 4.1Aug 5, 2025Anthropic200K$15.00 / $75.0034
Qwen 3.6 PlusApr 1, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba1M$0.33 / $1.9533
Gemma 4 31B ITApr 2, 2026Google DeepMind262K$0.12 / $0.3532
Grok 4.3 BetaApr 17, 2026xAI——30
Kimi K2 ThinkingNov 6, 2025 · 4 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.60 / $2.5029
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpSep 29, 2025DeepSeek164K$0.27 / $0.4128
DeepSeek-V3.2Dec 1, 2025 · 1 in the newsDeepSeek131K$0.23 / $0.3427
Claude Haiku 4.5Oct 15, 2025 · 1 in the newsAnthropic200K$1.00 / $5.0024
MiniMax-M2Oct 27, 2025MiniMax205K$0.26 / $1.0020
GLM-4.6Sep 30, 2025 · 3 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University203K$0.43 / $1.7418
GPT-5 miniAug 7, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.0017
Grok 4Jul 9, 2025xAI——15
Kimi K2Jul 11, 2025 · 27 in the newsMoonshot131K$0.57 / $2.3014
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3BApr 14, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.14 / $1.0013
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35BJul 22, 2025Alibaba——11
Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteMar 3, 2026 · 1 in the newsGoogle1M$0.25 / $1.5010
GPT-5 nanoAug 7, 2025OpenAI400K$0.05 / $0.408
Qwen 3.5 Flash (hosted 35B-A3B)Feb 25, 2026Alibaba——6
gpt-oss-120bAug 5, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.04 / $0.185
Grok 4.1 FastNov 19, 2025xAI——4
Gemini 2.5 FlashSep 25, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.30 / $2.503
Grok 4.1Nov 17, 2025xAI——2
Grok 4 FastSep 19, 2025xAI——0
gpt-oss-20bAug 5, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.03 / $0.140
GLM-4.5-AirJul 20, 2025Z.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University131K$0.13 / $0.850
Kimi K2.7 CodeJun 12, 2026Moonshot262K$0.61 / $3.07—
Claude Fable 5Jun 9, 2026 · 9 in the newsAnthropic1M$10.00 / $50.00—
Claude Mythos 5Jun 9, 2026 · 1 in the newsAnthropic———
Nemotron 3 UltraJun 4, 2026 · 1 in the newsNVIDIA———
MAI-Image-2.5Jun 2, 2026Microsoft———
Composer 2.5May 18, 2026Cursor———
TML-Interaction-SmallMay 11, 2026Thinking Machines———
Qwen 3.6 FlashApr 27, 2026Alibaba1M$0.19 / $1.13—
DeepSeek-V4-FlashApr 24, 2026DeepSeek1M$0.09 / $0.18—
MiMo-V2.5-ProApr 23, 2026Xiaomi Corp1M$0.43 / $0.87—
GPT-5.5 ProApr 23, 2026OpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.00—
GPT Image 2Apr 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsOpenAI———
Gemini Flash 3.1 TTSApr 15, 2026Google DeepMind———
Qwen3.5-Omni-FlashMar 29, 2026Alibaba———
Qwen3.5-Omni-PlusMar 29, 2026Alibaba———
Composer 2Mar 19, 2026Cursor———
MiMo-V2-ProMar 18, 2026Xiaomi Corp———
GPT-5.4 NanoMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.20 / $1.25—
Nemotron 3 SuperMar 11, 2026NVIDIA———
GPT-5.4 ProMar 5, 2026OpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.00—
Gemini 3.0 Flash-liteMar 3, 2026Google DeepMind———
SWE 1.6Mar 1, 2026Cognition———
Qwen3.5-122B-A10BFeb 24, 2026Alibaba262K$0.26 / $2.08—
Qwen3.5 397B-A17BFeb 13, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba256K$0.39 / $2.45—
Seedance 2.0Feb 12, 2026 · 3 in the newsByteDance———
Qwen3-Coder-NextFeb 2, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.11 / $0.80—
Qwen3-Max-ThinkingJan 25, 2026 · 2 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.78 / $3.90—
Solar Open 100BDec 31, 2025Upstage———
K-EXAONEDec 31, 2025LG AI Research———
VAETKIDec 30, 2025NC AI———
A.X K1Dec 30, 2025SK Telecom———
HyperCLOVA X SEED 32B ThinkDec 29, 2025NAVER———
Nemotron 3-Nano-30B-A3BDec 15, 2025NVIDIA262K$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———
Olmo 3Nov 20, 2025 · 1 in the newsAllen Institute for AI———
Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro)Nov 20, 2025Google DeepMind———
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 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———
Ling-1TOct 10, 2025Ant Group———
GPT-5 ProOct 7, 2025OpenAI400K$15.00 / $120.00—
Sora 2.0Sep 30, 2025OpenAI———
Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5Sep 25, 2025Google DeepMind———
Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteSep 25, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.10 / $0.40—
Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3BSep 22, 2025Alibaba———
AgentFounder-30BSep 16, 2025Alibaba———
Qwen3-MaxSep 5, 2025 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.78 / $3.90—
LongCat-FlashSep 1, 2025Meituan Inc———
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)Aug 26, 2025Google———
DeepSeek-V3.1Aug 21, 2025DeepSeek———
GLM-4.5Aug 5, 2025 · 7 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University131K$0.60 / $2.20—
Qwen ImageAug 4, 2025 · 4 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———
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025)Jul 25, 2025Alibaba———
Qwen3-235B-A22B (Jul 2025)Jul 25, 2025Alibaba———
EXAONE 4.0 (32B)Jul 15, 2025LG AI Research———
Gemini EmbeddingJul 14, 2025Google DeepMind———
Grok 4 HeavyJul 10, 2025xAI———
EXAONE Path 2.0Jul 9, 2025LG AI Research———
Grok-3 miniJun 24, 2025xAI———

Frequently asked questions

What is the best AI model for coding?

Claude Opus 4.7 (Anthropic) currently ranks first for coding on Model Beat, followed by Claude Opus 4.8 and Qwen 3.7 Max. 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, MiniMax-M3 is the cheapest at $0.30 per million input tokens.

How are these coding rankings calculated?

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.

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