Rankings

Best AI models, ranked by capability

Ranked by Epoch AI's Capabilities Index (ECI), an aggregate score of each model's measured capability across standardized evaluations.

Newest Overall Coding Math Reasoning & Knowledge Agentic & Tools Value

Ranked by the Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) — Epoch AI’s composite intelligence score.

Multimodal182 models

GPT-5.6 SolJul 9, 2026 · 13 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $30.00162

GPT-5.5 ProApr 23, 2026 · 1 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.00161

Claude Fable 5Jun 9, 2026 · 40 in the newsAnthropic1M$10.00 / $50.00161

Claude Opus 5Jul 24, 2026 · 9 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.00159

GPT-5.5Apr 23, 2026 · 25 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $30.00158

GPT-5.6 TerraJul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.00158

Claude Opus 4.8May 28, 2026 · 4 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.00158

GPT-5.4 ProMar 5, 2026OpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.00158

GPT-5.4Mar 5, 2026 · 9 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.00156

Claude Opus 4.7Apr 16, 2026 · 4 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.00156

Kimi K3Jul 16, 2026 · 19 in the newsMoonshot1M$3.00 / $15.00156

GPT-5.3 CodexFeb 5, 2026 · 4 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.00156

Claude Opus 4.6Feb 5, 2026 · 1 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.00155

GPT-5.6 LunaJul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$1.00 / $6.00155

Gemini 3.1 ProFeb 19, 2026 · 3 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——155

GPT-5.2 ProDec 11, 2025OpenAI400K$21.00 / $168.00155

Gemini 3.5 FlashMay 19, 2026 · 4 in the newsGoogle1M$1.50 / $9.00155

Muse SparkApr 8, 2026 · 1 in the newsMeta AI——154

GPT-5.2Dec 11, 2025 · 7 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.00154

Grok 4.5Jul 8, 2026 · 2 in the newsxAI500K$2.00 / $6.00154

Claude Sonnet 5Jun 30, 2026 · 3 in the newsAnthropic1M$2.00 / $10.00153

Gemini 3 ProNov 18, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——153

Claude Sonnet 4.6Feb 17, 2026 · 3 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.00153

Qwen 3.7 MaxMay 19, 2026 · 4 in the newsAlibaba1M$1.25 / $3.75153

Grok 4.20Feb 17, 2026xAI2M$1.25 / $2.50153

GLM-5.2Jun 16, 2026 · 16 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)1M$1.10 / $4.10151

Kimi K2.6Apr 20, 2026 · 11 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.70 / $3.50151

Gemini 3 FlashDec 17, 2025 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——151

GLM-5.1Apr 7, 2026 · 7 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)205K$0.98 / $3.08150

GPT-5 ProOct 7, 2025OpenAI400K$15.00 / $120.00150

GPT-5Aug 7, 2025 · 41 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00150

GPT-5.1Nov 13, 2025 · 7 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00150

Kimi K2.7 CodeJun 12, 2026Moonshot262K$0.86 / $3.80150

Qwen 3.6 Max (Preview)Apr 20, 2026 · 2 in the newsAlibaba262K$1.04 / $6.24150

Claude Opus 4.5Nov 24, 2025Anthropic200K$5.00 / $25.00150

Qwen 3.6 PlusApr 1, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba1M$0.33 / $1.95149

Grok 4.3 BetaApr 17, 2026xAI——149

GPT-5.4 MiniMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.75 / $4.50149

DeepSeek-V4-ProApr 24, 2026 · 6 in the newsDeepSeek1M$0.43 / $0.87149

Kimi K2.5Feb 2, 2026 · 15 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.38 / $2.02148

MiniMax-M2.5Feb 12, 2026MiniMax205K$0.15 / $0.90147

MiniMax-M3Jun 1, 2026MiniMax1M$0.30 / $1.20147

Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)Feb 16, 2026Alibaba——147

Claude Sonnet 4.5Sep 29, 2025 · 4 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.00147

GPT-5.4 NanoMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.20 / $1.25147

DeepSeek-V3.2Dec 1, 2025 · 1 in the newsDeepSeek164K$0.25 / $0.42147

GLM-5Feb 17, 2026 · 25 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)205K$0.70 / $2.24146

Kimi K2 ThinkingNov 6, 2025 · 6 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.60 / $2.50146

GPT-5 miniAug 7, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.00146

MiniMax-M2.7Mar 18, 2026 · 1 in the newsMiniMax205K$0.25 / $1.00146

DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpSep 29, 2025DeepSeek164K$0.27 / $0.41145

Qwen3-235B-A22B (Jul 2025)Sep 1, 2025Alibaba——145

Grok 4 FastSep 19, 2025xAI——145

Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteMar 3, 2026 · 2 in the newsGoogle1M$0.25 / $1.50144

Claude Opus 4.1Aug 5, 2025Anthropic200K$15.00 / $75.00144

Qwen 3.6 FlashApr 27, 2026Alibaba1M$0.19 / $1.13144

Qwen 3.5 Flash (hosted 35B-A3B)Feb 25, 2026Alibaba——144

Qwen3-MaxSep 5, 2025 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.78 / $3.90144

GLM-4.7Dec 22, 2025 · 7 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)205K$0.60 / $2.20144

Qwen 3.6 35B-A3BApr 14, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.10 / $1.00143

Gemini 2.5 FlashSep 25, 2025 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.30 / $2.50143

Claude Haiku 4.5Oct 15, 2025 · 1 in the newsAnthropic200K$1.00 / $5.00143

Gemma 4 31B ITApr 2, 2026Google DeepMind262K$0.10 / $0.35142

GLM-4.6Sep 30, 2025 · 4 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University205K$0.55 / $2.20141

GPT-5 nanoAug 7, 2025OpenAI400K$0.05 / $0.40141

gpt-oss-120bAug 5, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.04 / $0.17141

Kimi K2Sep 5, 2025 · 17 in the newsMoonshot131K$0.57 / $2.30140

DeepSeek-V3.1Aug 21, 2025DeepSeek——139

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——

Gemini 3.6 FlashJul 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$1.50 / $7.50—

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-LiteJul 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.30 / $2.50—

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

LongCat 2.0Jul 20, 2026 · 2 in the newsMeituan1M$0.30 / $1.20—

InklingJul 15, 2026 · 2 in the newsThinking Machines1M$1.00 / $4.05—

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—

Muse Spark 1.1Jul 9, 2026 · 1 in the newsMeta AI1M$1.25 / $4.25—

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—

Hy3Jul 6, 2026Tencent262K$0.13 / $0.53—

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—

Nex-N2-ProJun 8, 2026Nex AGI262K$0.25 / $1.00—

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

MAI-Image-2.5Jun 2, 2026Microsoft———

Qwen3.7-PlusJun 2, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba1M$0.32 / $1.28—

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

Step 3.7 FlashMay 29, 2026StepFun262K$0.20 / $1.15—

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

Command A+May 20, 2026 · 4 in the newsCohere256K$2.50 / $10.00—

Composer 2.5May 18, 2026Cursor———

Ring-2.6-1TMay 14, 2026Ant Group262K$0.07 / $0.63—

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

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

Granite 4.1 30BApr 29, 2026IBM———

Mistral Medium 3.5Apr 28, 2026 · 2 in the newsMistral AI262K$1.50 / $7.50—

Laguna XS.2Apr 28, 2026Poolside———

Laguna M.1Apr 28, 2026Poolside———

DeepSeek-V4-FlashApr 24, 2026DeepSeek1M$0.13 / $0.28—

Tencent Hy3 previewApr 23, 2026Tencent———

MiMo-V2.5-ProApr 23, 2026Xiaomi Corp1.1M$0.43 / $0.87—

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———

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

Trinity Large ThinkingApr 1, 2026Arcee AI262K$0.25 / $0.80—

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

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

Composer 2Mar 19, 2026Cursor———

MiMo-V2-ProMar 18, 2026Xiaomi Corp———

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

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

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

SWE 1.6Mar 1, 2026Cognition———

Qwen3.5-9BFeb 24, 2026Alibaba262K$0.10 / $0.15—

Qwen3.5-27BFeb 24, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.20 / $1.56—

Qwen3.5-122B-A10BFeb 24, 2026Alibaba262K$0.26 / $2.08—

Qwen3.5 397B-A17BFeb 13, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.39 / $2.45—

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

Qwen3-Coder-NextFeb 2, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.12 / $0.80—

Solar Pro 3Jan 27, 2026Upstage128K$0.15 / $0.60—

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———

MiniMax-M2.1Dec 23, 2025MiniMax205K$0.30 / $1.20—

GPT-5.2 CodexDec 18, 2025 · 3 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.00—

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

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

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

Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewDec 2, 2025Amazon———

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

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———

Grok 4.1 FastNov 19, 2025xAI———

GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxNov 19, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00—

Cogito v2.1Nov 19, 2025Deep Cogito———

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

Grok 4.1Nov 17, 2025xAI———

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

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

GPT-5.1-CodexNov 12, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00—

GPT-5.1-Codex-miniNov 12, 2025OpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.00—

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

Tongyi DeepResearchOct 28, 2025Alibaba———

MiniMax-M2Oct 27, 2025MiniMax205K$0.30 / $1.20—

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

Ling-1TOct 10, 2025Ant Group———

Sora 2.0Sep 30, 2025OpenAI———

Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteSep 25, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.10 / $0.40—

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

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

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

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

AgentFounder-30BSep 16, 2025Alibaba———

GPT‑5-CodexSep 15, 2025OpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00—

LongCat-FlashSep 1, 2025Meituan Inc———

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

gpt-oss-20bAug 5, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.03 / $0.14—

GLM-4.5Aug 5, 2025 · 9 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University131K$0.60 / $2.20—

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———

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

Frequently asked questions

What is the best AI model for overall?

GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI) currently ranks first for overall on Model Beat, followed by GPT-5.5 Pro and Claude Fable 5. Ranked by Epoch AI's Capabilities Index (ECI), an aggregate score of each model's measured capability across standardized evaluations.

Which is the most affordable strong overall model?

Among the top-ranked overall models, GPT-5.6 Terra is the cheapest at $2.50 per million input tokens.

How are these overall rankings calculated?

Ranked by Epoch AI's Capabilities Index (ECI), an aggregate score of each model's measured capability across standardized evaluations.

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