AI Models Compared

Claude Opus 4.8

Complex, long-horizon agentic coding and autonomous engineeringEnterprise knowledge work and professional-grade analysisHigh-stakes tasks where honesty and flaw-catching matter

Anthropic

Anthropic's top general-availability workhorse for complex agentic coding and enterprise work.

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Established mid-tier production workloads pinned to a stable modelLarge-context document and codebase analysisAgentic coding at a moderate price point

Anthropic

Anthropic's most capable Sonnet-class model of early 2026, now superseded by Sonnet 5.

Claude Opus 4.7

Vision-heavy agentic and document-understanding workloadsTop-tier coding on established Opus 4.7 pipelinesLarge-codebase engineering with 1M context

Anthropic

The April 2026 Opus flagship - top-tier coding and vision, now superseded by Opus 4.8.

High-throughput, low-latency production workloadsParallelized sub-agents and multi-agent worker rolesCheap classification, extraction, and summarization at scale

Claude Haiku 4.5

200K ctx

Anthropic

Anthropic's fastest, cheapest model with near-frontier intelligence.

400,000 tokens (128,000 max output) ctx

GPT-5

OpenAI

OpenAI's landmark August 2025 flagship: strong reasoning at a low price

Budget-friendly frontier reasoning and codingMath and STEM problem solvingExisting GPT-5-based production systems

128,000 tokens (16,384 max output) ctx

GPT-4o

OpenAI

OpenAI's versatile, fast multimodal workhorse (text + image)

Fast, low-cost everyday assistant tasksMultimodal (image + text) understandingHigh-volume production workloads

200,000 tokens (100,000 max output) ctx

o1

OpenAI

OpenAI's first-generation deep-reasoning model that thinks before answering

Hard math and science reasoningCompetitive and algorithmic programmingDeliberate multi-step problem solving

1,048,576 tokens (Gemini 3.5 Flash; Pro variant not yet released) ctx

Gemini 3.5

Google DeepMind

Google's frontier model for agents and coding, made fast and cheap.

Autonomous coding agentsHigh-volume production apps needing frontier qualityMultimodal document and chart understanding

1,048,576 tokens (1M) input; up to 65K output ctx

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Google DeepMind

Google's advanced thinking model for complex reasoning, coding, and long context.

Complex reasoning and STEM problem-solvingLong-context document and codebase analysisHigh-quality multimodal understanding

1,048,576 tokens (1M) input; up to 65,535 output ctx

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Google DeepMind

Google's price-performance workhorse with thinking and a 1M-token context.

High-volume production workloadsCost-sensitive chat and RAG appsFast multimodal processing

AWS/Bedrock-native applicationsMultimodal text/image/video tasksCost-balanced general workloads

Amazon Nova Pro

300K tokens ctx

Amazon Web Services

Amazon's balanced multimodal Bedrock model for text, image, and video at scale.

Multilingual reasoning and generationStructured/JSON output and codingOpen-weight flagship deployments

Mistral Large

128000 ctx

Mistral AI

Mistral's state-of-the-art, open-weight, general-purpose multimodal flagship.

Retrieval-augmented generation with citationsMulti-step tool-use / agentsMultilingual enterprise assistants

Command R+

128K tokens ctx

Cohere

Cohere's RAG- and tool-use-optimized model, still live but superseded by Command A.

Claude Fable 5

Long-running autonomous agents on complex, high-value tasksFrontier software engineering and hard multi-service implementationScientific research and advanced analytics

Anthropic

Anthropic's most capable widely released model - frontier intelligence for long-running agents.

Agentic software engineeringTerminal/tool-driven coding agentsSelf-hosted sovereign coding on one GPU

North Mini Code

256K tokens ctx

Cohere

Cohere's first open-weight agentic coding model - 30B MoE, 3B active, runs on one H100.

1,050,000 tokens (128,000 max output) ctx

GPT-5.4

OpenAI

Capable, cost-efficient predecessor to GPT-5.5 with a 1M+ context window

Cost-efficient large-context workGeneral coding and reasoning at scaleProduction workloads migrating within the GPT-5 generation

Fast, everyday ChatGPT interactionsLatency-sensitive assistant and chat useQuick drafting and summarization

GPT-5.5 Instant

1050000 ctx

OpenAI

The fast, default ChatGPT model tuned for low-latency responses

Mistral OCR 4

Document OCR and parsingPDF/scan to structured Markdown or JSONMultilingual document intelligence

Mistral AI

State-of-the-art document OCR that turns PDFs and scans into structured Markdown.

Teams that want one generation with multiple cost/quality tiersAgentic coding, knowledge work, and research at scaleEarly adopters and approved preview partners

GPT-5.6

1.05M ctx

OpenAI

OpenAI's next-generation GPT-5.6 model family: Sol, Terra, and Luna

Frontier agentic coding and computer useComplex multi-step tasks via subagent orchestrationSecurity-sensitive and scientific research workloads

GPT-5.6 Sol

1050K ctx

OpenAI

OpenAI's most capable and security-hardened frontier model, in limited preview

Claude Sonnet 5

Agentic coding assistants and autonomous dev agentsHigh-volume production agent loops needing strong reasoning per dollarLarge-codebase and long-document analysis with 1M context

Anthropic

The best combination of speed and intelligence, at near-Opus quality for a Sonnet price.

Flint

Advertising and marketing ideationCreative brainstormingStrategic exploration

Springboards

A divergence model designed to generate diverse, creative outputs instead of converging on predictable answers

Nano Banana 2 Lite

High-volume image generationRapid ideation and A/B testingIterative content creation

Google

The fastest, most cost-efficient image generation model in the Nano Banana family

Muse Image

GPT-Live-1

Hands-free assistance with cooking, directions, and daily tasksLanguage practice with natural back-and-forth dialogueLive translation during conversations

OpenAI

A new generation of full-duplex voice models for natural human-AI conversation

Cost-conscious teams running high-volume agentic workloadsCoding and software engineering tasksEnterprise knowledge work and reasoning

Grok 4.5

500K ctx

SpaceXAI (xAI)

Opus-class frontier model optimized for coding, agents, and knowledge work at half the cost

Robostral Navigate

Indoor autonomous navigation in offices, warehouses, and commercial buildingsManufacturing, logistics, and delivery applicationsResource-constrained deployments requiring low hardware costs

Mistral AI

8B embodied navigation model for autonomous robot movement using single RGB camera and natural language instructions

Content creators needing iterative video editingBusinesses creating marketing and training videosUsers wanting to generate videos with custom avatars

Gemini Omni Flash

1000000 ctx

Google

Create anything from any input with conversational video editing

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Cost-sensitive production AI agentsAgentic workflows requiring efficiencyMulti-step coding tasks

Google

More token efficient and cheaper workhorse model for coding and knowledge work

Coding and full-stack developmentData analysis workflowsOffice/productivity task automation

Qwen 3.8 Max

983616 ctx

Alibaba

2.4 trillion-parameter multimodal flagship model, claimed second only to Claude Fable 5

Automated vulnerability detection at scaleCost-sensitive security scanning workflowsOrganizations needing efficient code security analysis

Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber

1000000 ctx

Google

Cost-efficient cybersecurity-focused model for vulnerability detection and patching

Claude Opus 5

coding taskslong-running agentsprofessional knowledge work

Anthropic

Thoughtful and proactive model matching Fable 5 intelligence at half the price

Enterprise vulnerability discovery and remediationCost-efficient security scanning at scaleOrganizations seeking cybersecurity AI without government restrictions

MAI-Cyber-1-Flash

256K ctx

Microsoft

Microsoft's first dedicated cybersecurity AI model combining efficiency and performance

Complex multi-step robotic tasksMulti-robot coordination and collaborationTasks requiring progress monitoring and temporal understanding

Gemini Robotics ER 2

128K ctx

Google DeepMind

High-level reasoning brain for robots enabling video understanding, task orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration

Vulnerability research and exploitation testingPenetration testing and red-team exercisesExploit validation on authorized systems

GPT-5.6-Cyber

1.05M ctx

OpenAI

Purpose-trained model for advanced cybersecurity research and vulnerability testing

High-volume marketing and sales AI agentsCost-sensitive enterprise deployments at scaleLong-running agentic workflows

Palmyra X6

1000000 ctx

Writer

Frontier-level performance for marketing and revenue teams with dramatically lower costs

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Software engineering and code generationAutonomous agent workflows and business automationDocument-heavy knowledge work

Google

Most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents

Long-running agentic tasksComplex coding and software engineeringKnowledge work and reasoning

Grok 4.6

500K ctx

SpaceXAI

Frontier model for long-running agents, coding, and knowledge work

Open-source models

Free to download, self-host, and fine-tune.

DeepSeek V4 Flash

High-volume, cost-sensitive inferenceLong-context tasks on a budgetSelf-hosting on modest hardware

DeepSeek

Compact 284B-param open MoE that keeps a 1M context at a fraction of Pro's cost.

DeepSeek V4

Self-hosted frontier reasoning and codingLong-context agentic workflowsCost-sensitive high-volume inference

DeepSeek

Open-weight 1.6T-param MoE frontier model with a 1M-token context built for agents.

DeepSeek V3

Cost-efficient open-weight general useSelf-hosting and fine-tuningCoding and instruction-following

DeepSeek

The open-weight 671B-param MoE that put DeepSeek on the frontier map.

Llama 4

Qwen 3

Self-hosted reasoning and coding assistantsApplications needing switchable reasoning depthMultilingual open-model deployments

Alibaba (Qwen Team)

Alibaba's open-weight model family with switchable thinking and non-thinking modes.

Gemma 3

Local and on-prem multimodal assistantsMultilingual applicationsFine-tuning on custom data

Google DeepMind

Google's open, multimodal, multilingual long-context model family.

Gemma 4 12B

Self-hosted multimodal assistantsOn-device / single-GPU deploymentPrivacy-sensitive applications

Google

Google's laptop-runnable open multimodal model with a unified encoder-free design.

GLM-5.2

Long-horizon coding and agentic automation tasksRepository-scale software engineering with full codebase contextMulti-file refactoring and complex engineering workflows

Zhipu AI / Z.ai

Open-weights flagship model for long-horizon coding and agentic tasks with 1M-token context

Kimi K3

Coding and software engineeringLong-document analysis and researchComplex reasoning and agentic workflows

Moonshot AI

Open frontier intelligence with 2.8T parameters and 1M context window

Laguna S 2.1

Agentic coding tasksOrganizations requiring local deploymentCost-efficient coding model deployment

Poolside

The West's most capable open-weight model for agentic coding

Antares-1B

Security teams with limited resourcesOrganizations requiring local code analysisContinuous vulnerability scanning with cost constraints

Cisco

Efficient open-weight small language model for finding known vulnerabilities in codebases

Muse Glimmer

Qwen 3.8 27B

Local AI deployment on edge devices and workstationsSoftware engineering and coding tasksDocument analysis and office productivity

Alibaba

Apache 2.0 dense multimodal model designed for local deployment on consumer hardware