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.

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

182 models
Claude Fable 5Jun 9, 2026 · 40 in the newsAnthropic1M$10.00 / $50.0096
GPT-5.6 SolJul 9, 2026 · 13 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $30.0095
Gemini 3.1 ProFeb 19, 2026 · 3 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——94
Claude Opus 5Jul 24, 2026 · 9 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0093
GPT-5.5 ProApr 23, 2026 · 1 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.0092
GPT-5.5Apr 23, 2026 · 25 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $30.0090
GPT-5.3 CodexFeb 5, 2026 · 4 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.0087
Muse Spark 1.1Jul 9, 2026 · 1 in the newsMeta AI1M$1.25 / $4.2585
Muse SparkApr 8, 2026 · 1 in the newsMeta AI——84
Kimi K3Jul 16, 2026 · 19 in the newsMoonshot1M$3.00 / $15.0083
Gemini 3.5 FlashMay 19, 2026 · 4 in the newsGoogle1M$1.50 / $9.0083
Qwen 3.7 MaxMay 19, 2026 · 4 in the newsAlibaba1M$1.25 / $3.7583
GPT-5.4 ProMar 5, 2026OpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.0082
GPT-5.4Mar 5, 2026 · 9 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.0079
Gemini 3.6 FlashJul 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$1.50 / $7.5078
Claude Opus 4.8May 28, 2026 · 4 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0077
Claude Opus 4.7Apr 16, 2026 · 4 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0077
GPT-5.6 TerraJul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.0076
Qwen3.7-PlusJun 2, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba1M$0.32 / $1.2876
Claude Opus 4.6Feb 5, 2026 · 1 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.0076
GPT-5.2 CodexDec 18, 2025 · 3 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.0076
Gemini 3 ProNov 18, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——75
Hy3Jul 6, 2026Tencent262K$0.13 / $0.5371
Grok 4.5Jul 8, 2026 · 2 in the newsxAI500K$2.00 / $6.0070
Nex-N2-ProJun 8, 2026Nex AGI262K$0.25 / $1.0070
Qwen 3.6 Max (Preview)Apr 20, 2026 · 2 in the newsAlibaba262K$1.04 / $6.2470
MiMo-V2.5-ProApr 23, 2026Xiaomi Corp1.1M$0.43 / $0.8767
DeepSeek-V4-ProApr 24, 2026 · 6 in the newsDeepSeek1M$0.43 / $0.8766
Kimi K2.6Apr 20, 2026 · 11 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.70 / $3.5065
Qwen3.5 397B-A17BFeb 13, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.39 / $2.4565
GLM-5.2Jun 16, 2026 · 16 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)1M$1.10 / $4.1064
Claude Sonnet 5Jun 30, 2026 · 3 in the newsAnthropic1M$2.00 / $10.0063
Claude Opus 4.5Nov 24, 2025Anthropic200K$5.00 / $25.0063
GPT-5.6 LunaJul 9, 2026OpenAI1.1M$1.00 / $6.0062
MiniMax-M3Jun 1, 2026MiniMax1M$0.30 / $1.2062
MiMo-V2-ProMar 18, 2026Xiaomi Corp——62
Qwen 3.6 PlusApr 1, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba1M$0.33 / $1.9561
GPT-5.2Dec 11, 2025 · 7 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.0061
GPT-5.1-CodexNov 12, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0060
GPT‑5-CodexSep 15, 2025OpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0060
Kimi K2.7 CodeJun 12, 2026Moonshot262K$0.86 / $3.8059
Claude Sonnet 4.6Feb 17, 2026 · 3 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.0059
MiniMax-M2.1Dec 23, 2025MiniMax205K$0.30 / $1.2059
DeepSeek-V4-FlashApr 24, 2026DeepSeek1M$0.13 / $0.2858
Grok 4.20Feb 17, 2026xAI2M$1.25 / $2.5058
GPT-5.2 ProDec 11, 2025OpenAI400K$21.00 / $168.0058
InklingJul 15, 2026 · 2 in the newsThinking Machines1M$1.00 / $4.0557
Qwen3-Max-ThinkingJan 25, 2026 · 2 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.78 / $3.9057
GPT-5Aug 7, 2025 · 41 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0056
GPT-5.1Nov 13, 2025 · 7 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.0055
GPT-5 ProOct 7, 2025OpenAI400K$15.00 / $120.0054
Grok 4.3 BetaApr 17, 2026xAI——51
Gemini 3 FlashDec 17, 2025 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——51
Grok 4.1 FastNov 19, 2025xAI——51
GLM-5.1Apr 7, 2026 · 7 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)205K$0.98 / $3.0850
Qwen3.5-122B-A10BFeb 24, 2026Alibaba262K$0.26 / $2.0850
LongCat 2.0Jul 20, 2026 · 2 in the newsMeituan1M$0.30 / $1.2047
Ring-2.6-1TMay 14, 2026Ant Group262K$0.07 / $0.6345
Qwen3-MaxSep 5, 2025 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.78 / $3.9045
MiniMax-M2.7Mar 18, 2026 · 1 in the newsMiniMax205K$0.25 / $1.0044
GLM-4.7Dec 22, 2025 · 7 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)205K$0.60 / $2.2043
GPT-5.4 MiniMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.75 / $4.5042
Kimi K2 ThinkingNov 6, 2025 · 6 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.60 / $2.5042
Step 3.7 FlashMay 29, 2026StepFun262K$0.20 / $1.1538
Qwen3.5-27BFeb 24, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.20 / $1.5637
GLM-5Feb 17, 2026 · 25 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)205K$0.70 / $2.2437
Kimi K2.5Feb 2, 2026 · 15 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.38 / $2.0237
K-EXAONEDec 31, 2025LG AI Research——36
DeepSeek-V3.2Dec 1, 2025 · 1 in the newsDeepSeek164K$0.25 / $0.4236
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpSep 29, 2025DeepSeek164K$0.27 / $0.4136
Grok 4 FastSep 19, 2025xAI——36
Qwen3.5-Omni-PlusMar 29, 2026Alibaba——35
Cogito v2.1Nov 19, 2025Deep Cogito——35
Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)Feb 16, 2026Alibaba——33
MiniMax-M2.5Feb 12, 2026MiniMax205K$0.15 / $0.9033
Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteMar 3, 2026 · 2 in the newsGoogle1M$0.25 / $1.5032
GPT-5.1-Codex-miniNov 12, 2025OpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.0031
GLM-4.6Sep 30, 2025 · 4 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University205K$0.55 / $2.2031
Claude Sonnet 4.5Sep 29, 2025 · 4 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.0031
Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteJul 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.30 / $2.5030
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3BApr 14, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.10 / $1.0030
Qwen3.5-9BFeb 24, 2026Alibaba262K$0.10 / $0.1530
Claude Opus 4.1Aug 5, 2025Anthropic200K$15.00 / $75.0030
Nemotron 3 UltraJun 4, 2026 · 1 in the newsNVIDIA——29
GPT-5.4 NanoMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.20 / $1.2529
Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewDec 2, 2025Amazon——29
Qwen 3.5 Flash (hosted 35B-A3B)Feb 25, 2026Alibaba——28
GPT-5 miniAug 7, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.0028
GLM-4.5Aug 5, 2025 · 9 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University131K$0.60 / $2.2027
Gemma 4 31B ITApr 2, 2026Google DeepMind262K$0.10 / $0.3526
Trinity Large ThinkingApr 1, 2026Arcee AI262K$0.25 / $0.8025
MiniMax-M2Oct 27, 2025MiniMax205K$0.30 / $1.2024
Qwen3-235B-A22B (Jul 2025)Sep 1, 2025Alibaba——24
Mistral Medium 3.5Apr 28, 2026 · 2 in the newsMistral AI262K$1.50 / $7.5023
Gemma 4 26B A4BApr 2, 2026Google DeepMind——23
Qwen 3.6 FlashApr 27, 2026Alibaba1M$0.19 / $1.1322
gpt-oss-120bAug 5, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.04 / $0.1721
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35BJul 31, 2025Alibaba——21
Command A+May 20, 2026 · 4 in the newsCohere256K$2.50 / $10.0020
Gemini 2.5 FlashSep 25, 2025 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.30 / $2.5020
Mistral Small 4Mar 16, 2026 · 1 in the newsMistral AI——18
Magistral Medium 1.2Sep 18, 2025Mistral AI——18
DeepSeek-V3.1Aug 21, 2025DeepSeek——17
Ling-1TOct 10, 2025Ant Group——16
Kimi K2Sep 5, 2025 · 17 in the newsMoonshot131K$0.57 / $2.3015
Solar Pro 3Jan 27, 2026Upstage128K$0.15 / $0.6014
Claude Haiku 4.5Oct 15, 2025 · 1 in the newsAnthropic200K$1.00 / $5.0012
Qwen3.5-Omni-FlashMar 29, 2026Alibaba——11
Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3BSep 22, 2025Alibaba——11
gpt-oss-20bAug 5, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.03 / $0.1411
Qwen3-Coder-NextFeb 2, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.12 / $0.809
Solar Open 100BDec 31, 2025Upstage——8
Mistral Large 3Dec 2, 2025 · 2 in the newsMistral AI——8
GPT-5 nanoAug 7, 2025OpenAI400K$0.05 / $0.407
Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteSep 25, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.10 / $0.405
Magistral Small 1.2Sep 18, 2025Mistral AI——5
Granite 4.1 30BApr 29, 2026IBM——1
Devstral Small 2Dec 9, 2025Mistral AI——0
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—
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———
Laguna XS.2Apr 28, 2026Poolside———
Laguna M.1Apr 28, 2026Poolside———
Tencent Hy3 previewApr 23, 2026Tencent———
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———
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—
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———
GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxNov 19, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00—
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———
Meta's Generative Ads Model (GEM)Nov 10, 2025Meta AI———
Tongyi DeepResearchOct 28, 2025Alibaba———
Veo 3.1Oct 15, 2025 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———
Sora 2.0Sep 30, 2025OpenAI———
Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5Sep 25, 2025Google DeepMind———
AgentFounder-30BSep 16, 2025Alibaba———
LongCat-FlashSep 1, 2025Meituan Inc———
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 reasoning?

Claude Fable 5 (Anthropic) currently ranks first for reasoning on Model Beat, followed by GPT-5.6 Sol and Gemini 3.1 Pro. 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, Muse Spark 1.1 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.