Rankings

Best AI models for reasoning

Ranked by a 0–100 composite of reasoning and knowledge benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, Humanity's Last Exam, SimpleQA Verified, SimpleBench), scored as percentile rank against every model released in the past year.

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

129 models
Claude Fable 5Jun 9, 2026 · 9 in the newsAnthropic1M$10.00 / $50.0098
Gemini 3.1 ProFeb 19, 2026 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——96
GPT-5.3 CodexFeb 5, 2026 · 4 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.0094
GPT-5.5 ProApr 23, 2026OpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.0093
GPT-5.5Apr 23, 2026 · 14 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $30.0091
Gemini 3.5 FlashMay 19, 2026Google1M$1.50 / $9.0085
GPT-5.4 ProMar 5, 2026OpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.0084
Qwen 3.7 MaxMay 19, 2026 · 4 in the newsAlibaba1M$1.25 / $3.7582
Muse SparkApr 8, 2026Meta AI——82
GPT-5.4Mar 5, 2026 · 6 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.0081
Gemini 3 ProNov 18, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——79
Claude Opus 4.7Apr 16, 2026 · 4 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0078
Claude Opus 4.8May 28, 2026 · 1 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0076
Claude Opus 4.6Feb 5, 2026Anthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0076
Qwen 3.6 Max (Preview)Apr 20, 2026 · 2 in the newsAlibaba262K$1.04 / $6.2470
Grok 4.20Feb 17, 2026xAI2M$1.25 / $2.5066
DeepSeek-V4-ProApr 24, 2026 · 3 in the newsDeepSeek1M$0.43 / $0.8763
Kimi K2.6Apr 20, 2026 · 4 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.66 / $3.5061
GPT‑5-CodexSep 15, 2025OpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0061
GPT-5.2 ProDec 11, 2025OpenAI400K$21.00 / $168.0060
Qwen 3.6 PlusApr 1, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba1M$0.33 / $1.9559
Claude Sonnet 4.6Feb 17, 2026 · 1 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.0059
GPT-5.2Dec 11, 2025 · 7 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.0059
Kimi K2.7 CodeJun 12, 2026Moonshot262K$0.61 / $3.0758
Claude Opus 4.5Nov 24, 2025Anthropic200K$5.00 / $25.0058
GPT-5 ProOct 7, 2025OpenAI400K$15.00 / $120.0058
Grok 4.3 BetaApr 17, 2026xAI——52
Gemini 3 FlashDec 17, 2025 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——51
GPT-5.1Nov 13, 2025 · 6 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0051
GPT-5Aug 7, 2025 · 61 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0051
GLM-5.1Apr 7, 2026 · 5 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)203K$0.98 / $3.0848
Qwen3-MaxSep 5, 2025 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.78 / $3.9048
Grok 4Jul 9, 2025xAI——48
GPT-5.4 MiniMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.75 / $4.5042
DeepSeek-V4-FlashApr 24, 2026DeepSeek1M$0.09 / $0.1837
Kimi K2.5Feb 2, 2026 · 10 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.38 / $2.0237
Grok 4.1 FastNov 19, 2025xAI——34
Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteMar 3, 2026 · 1 in the newsGoogle1M$0.25 / $1.5033
GLM-5Feb 17, 2026 · 26 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)203K$0.60 / $1.9233
Kimi K2 ThinkingNov 6, 2025 · 4 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.60 / $2.5032
Nemotron 3 UltraJun 4, 2026 · 1 in the newsNVIDIA——31
Claude Sonnet 4.5Sep 29, 2025 · 3 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.0030
Qwen 3.6 FlashApr 27, 2026Alibaba1M$0.19 / $1.1329
Gemma 4 31B ITApr 2, 2026Google DeepMind262K$0.12 / $0.3529
Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)Feb 16, 2026Alibaba——28
Claude Opus 4.1Aug 5, 2025Anthropic200K$15.00 / $75.0028
MiniMax-M2.5Feb 12, 2026MiniMax205K$0.15 / $0.9027
DeepSeek-V3.2Dec 1, 2025 · 1 in the newsDeepSeek131K$0.23 / $0.3426
Grok 4 FastSep 19, 2025xAI——26
GPT-5 miniAug 7, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.0026
GPT-5.4 NanoMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.20 / $1.2525
GLM-4.7Dec 22, 2025 · 3 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)203K$0.40 / $1.7525
Qwen 3.5 Flash (hosted 35B-A3B)Feb 25, 2026Alibaba——22
Qwen3-235B-A22B (Jul 2025)Jul 25, 2025Alibaba——22
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35BJul 22, 2025Alibaba——20
gpt-oss-20bAug 5, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.03 / $0.1417
gpt-oss-120bAug 5, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.04 / $0.1816
Gemini 2.5 FlashSep 25, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.30 / $2.5014
Claude Haiku 4.5Oct 15, 2025 · 1 in the newsAnthropic200K$1.00 / $5.0013
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpSep 29, 2025DeepSeek164K$0.27 / $0.4113
Grok-3 miniJun 24, 2025xAI——11
GLM-4.5Aug 5, 2025 · 7 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University131K$0.60 / $2.2010
DeepSeek-V3.1Aug 21, 2025DeepSeek——8
Kimi K2Jul 11, 2025 · 27 in the newsMoonshot131K$0.57 / $2.307
MiniMax-M2.7Mar 18, 2026MiniMax205K$0.25 / $1.006
GPT-5 nanoAug 7, 2025OpenAI400K$0.05 / $0.406
Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteSep 25, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.10 / $0.404
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3BApr 14, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.14 / $1.002
Qwen3-Coder-NextFeb 2, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.11 / $0.800
GLM-4.5-AirJul 20, 2025Z.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University131K$0.13 / $0.850
Claude Mythos 5Jun 9, 2026 · 1 in the newsAnthropic———
MAI-Image-2.5Jun 2, 2026Microsoft———
MiniMax-M3Jun 1, 2026MiniMax1M$0.30 / $1.20—
Composer 2.5May 18, 2026Cursor———
TML-Interaction-SmallMay 11, 2026Thinking Machines———
MiMo-V2.5-ProApr 23, 2026Xiaomi Corp1M$0.43 / $0.87—
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———
Nemotron 3 SuperMar 11, 2026NVIDIA———
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-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$0.29 / $0.95—
GPT-5.2 CodexDec 18, 2025 · 3 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.00—
Nemotron 3-Nano-30B-A3BDec 15, 2025NVIDIA262K$0.05 / $0.20—
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———
GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxNov 19, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00—
π0.6 (pi-0.6)Nov 17, 2025Physical Intelligence———
P1-235B-A22BNov 17, 2025Shanghai AI Lab———
Grok 4.1Nov 17, 2025xAI———
GPT-5.1 InstantNov 13, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI———
GPT-5.1-Codex-miniNov 12, 2025OpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.00—
GPT-5.1-CodexNov 12, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00—
Meta's Generative Ads Model (GEM)Nov 10, 2025Meta AI———
Tongyi DeepResearchOct 28, 2025Alibaba———
MiniMax-M2Oct 27, 2025MiniMax205K$0.26 / $1.00—
Veo 3.1Oct 15, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———
Ling-1TOct 10, 2025Ant Group———
GLM-4.6Sep 30, 2025 · 3 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University203K$0.43 / $1.74—
Sora 2.0Sep 30, 2025OpenAI———
Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5Sep 25, 2025Google DeepMind———
Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3BSep 22, 2025Alibaba———
AgentFounder-30BSep 16, 2025Alibaba———
LongCat-FlashSep 1, 2025Meituan Inc———
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)Aug 26, 2025Google———
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———
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———

Frequently asked questions

What is the best AI model for reasoning?

Claude Fable 5 (Anthropic) currently ranks first for reasoning on Model Beat, followed by Gemini 3.1 Pro and GPT-5.3 Codex. Ranked by a 0–100 composite of reasoning and knowledge benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, Humanity's Last Exam, SimpleQA Verified, SimpleBench), scored as percentile rank against every model released in the past year.

Which is the most affordable strong reasoning model?

Among the top-ranked reasoning models, Qwen 3.7 Max is the cheapest at $1.25 per million input tokens.

How are these reasoning rankings calculated?

Ranked by a 0–100 composite of reasoning and knowledge benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, Humanity's Last Exam, SimpleQA Verified, SimpleBench), 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.