AI Models

58 foundation models reviewed by our six-persona AI panel — benchmarks, real token pricing, context windows, and the verdicts vendors won't give you.

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9.5
AI Panel
GAFrontierReasoningCoding

Best for hardest long-horizon work money can buy

$10
in / Mtok
$50
out / Mtok
1M
context
9.2
AI Panel
GAFrontierReasoningCoding

Best for production agentic coding workhorse

$5
in / Mtok
$25
out / Mtok
1M
context
9.0
AI Panel
GAFrontierReasoningCoding

Best for agentic coding at the frontier

$5
in / Mtok
$25
out / Mtok
1M
context
9.0
AI Panel
GACodingagenticCost-Optimized

Best for best price-to-capability in the OpenAI lineup

$0.75
in / Mtok
$4.5
out / Mtok
400K
context
8.8
AI Panel
GAFrontierCodingMultimodal

Best for best value production workhorse

$3
in / Mtok
$15
out / Mtok
1M
context
8.7
AI Panel
previewOpen-weightsReasoningCodingCost-Optimized

Best for frontier-adjacent quality at the lowest cost in market

$0.14
in / Mtok
$0.28
out / Mtok
1M
context
OpenAI

GPT-5.4

8.7
AI Panel
GAFrontierReasoningCoding

Best for default production workhorse

$2.5
in / Mtok
$15
out / Mtok
1.1M
context
OpenAI

GPT-5.5

8.7
AI Panel
GAFrontierReasoningCoding

Best for frontier agentic coding and computer use

$5
in / Mtok
$30
out / Mtok
1.1M
context
8.7
AI Panel
previewFrontierReasoningLong-Context

Best for frontier reasoning + long-context on Google Cloud

$2
in / Mtok
$12
out / Mtok
1.0M
context
8.6
AI Panel
GAFrontierReasoningCoding

Best for prior frontier, stable production target

$5
in / Mtok
$25
out / Mtok
1M
context
8.5
AI Panel
previewOpen-weightsFrontierReasoningCoding

Best for frontier-grade agentic coding at open-weights cost

$0.435
in / Mtok
$0.87
out / Mtok
1M
context
8.5
AI Panel
GACodingMultimodalLong-Context

Best for production agent + coding backbone

$1.5
in / Mtok
$9
out / Mtok
1.0M
context
Mistral AI

Mistral Small 4

8.5
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsCost-OptimizedOpen-WeightsReasoning

Best for best price-to-capability open multimodal model

$0.15
in / Mtok
$0.6
out / Mtok
256K
context
Alibaba Cloud

Qwen3-235B-A22B

8.5
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsFrontierReasoningCoding

Best for frontier-adjacent reasoning at open-weight prices

$0.2
in / Mtok
$0.6
out / Mtok
131K
context
8.4
AI Panel
GACost-OptimizedCodingMultimodal

Best for high-volume low-latency worker

$1
in / Mtok
$5
out / Mtok
200K
context
8.4
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsFrontierCodingOpen-Weights

Best for open-weight agentic coding at sub-frontier price

$1.5
in / Mtok
$7.5
out / Mtok
256K
context
8.4
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsCodingOpen-WeightsCost-Optimized

Best for canonical self-hosted code model

$0.08
in / Mtok
$0.24
out / Mtok
131K
context
Alibaba Cloud

Qwen3-32B

8.4
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsReasoningCodingOpen-Weights

Best for best single-GPU open-weight model in production

$0.08
in / Mtok
$0.28
out / Mtok
131K
context
8.2
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsReasoningCost-OptimizedOpen-Weights

Best for open-weights math/reasoning at GA stability

$0.252
in / Mtok
$0.378
out / Mtok
128K
context
8.2
AI Panel
GACost-OptimizedEdgeagentic

Best for cheapest viable frontier-family worker tier

$0.2
in / Mtok
$1.25
out / Mtok
400K
context
8.0
AI Panel
GAFrontierReasoningCoding

Best for the Opus price reset, stable target

$5
in / Mtok
$25
out / Mtok
200K
context
8.0
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsReasoningOpen-WeightsCost-Optimized

Best for exposed-CoT reasoning at a fraction of o-series cost

$0.55
in / Mtok
$2.19
out / Mtok
128K
context
Mistral AI

Mistral Large 3

8.0
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsFrontierOpen-Weightsmultilingual

Best for EU-sovereign open-weight frontier generalist

$0.5
in / Mtok
$1.5
out / Mtok
256K
context
Mistral AI

Ministral 3 14B

7.9
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsEdgeOpen-WeightsReasoning

Best for best small open model for on-device reasoning

$0.2
in / Mtok
$0.2
out / Mtok
256K
context
7.9
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsMultimodalOpen-Weights

Best for best open-weight VLM for document AI

$0.7
in / Mtok
$0.7
out / Mtok
131K
context
7.8
AI Panel
previewCost-OptimizedLong-ContextMultimodal

Best for best $/intelligence in Google's lineup

$0.25
in / Mtok
$1.5
out / Mtok
1.0M
context
Alibaba Cloud

Qwen3-14B

7.8
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsOpen-WeightsCost-OptimizedEdge

Best for best open-weight model in the 13-15B band

$0.06
in / Mtok
$0.2
out / Mtok
131K
context
7.7
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsReasoningCodingCost-Optimized

Best for the model that put DeepSeek on the production-agent map

$0.21
in / Mtok
$0.79
out / Mtok
128K
context
7.7
AI Panel
GAFrontierReasoning

Best for frontier deep-research and hardest reasoning

$30
in / Mtok
$180
out / Mtok
1.1M
context
7.7
AI Panel
GACost-OptimizedEdgeLong-Context

Best for cheapest GA model with 1M context

$0.1
in / Mtok
$0.4
out / Mtok
1.0M
context
7.7
AI Panel
GAFrontierReasoningMultimodal

Best for real-time research and agentic work at frontier-class value

$1.25
in / Mtok
$2.5
out / Mtok
1M
context
7.7
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsOpen-WeightsMultimodalCost-Optimized

Best for self-hosted multimodal workhorse with no vendor lock-in

$0.2
in / Mtok
$0.85
out / Mtok
1M
context
7.7
AI Panel
GACost-OptimizedMultimodalmultilingual

Best for cheap multilingual multimodal chat at volume

$0.4
in / Mtok
$2
out / Mtok
131K
context
7.6
AI Panel
GACodingCost-Optimized

Best for low-latency code completion and FIM

$0.3
in / Mtok
$0.9
out / Mtok
128K
context
7.6
AI Panel
GALong-ContextMultimodalReasoning

Best for cost-effective long-context Pro

$1.25
in / Mtok
$10
out / Mtok
1.0M
context
7.5
AI Panel
GACodingMultimodalCost-Optimized

Best for stable legacy workhorse

$3
in / Mtok
$15
out / Mtok
200K
context
7.5
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsOpen-WeightsMultimodalCost-Optimized

Best for single-GPU long-context open-weights deploy

$0.1
in / Mtok
$0.34
out / Mtok
10M
context
Mistral AI

Ministral 3 8B

7.5
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsEdgeOpen-WeightsMultimodal

Best for fast multilingual edge model with vision

$0.15
in / Mtok
$0.15
out / Mtok
256K
context
7.5
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsOpen-WeightsCost-Optimized

Best for mature multilingual open-weight workhorse

$0.12
in / Mtok
$0.3
out / Mtok
131K
context
Mistral AI

Devstral 2

7.4
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsCodingOpen-WeightsCost-Optimized

Best for budget open-weight agentic coding

$0.4
in / Mtok
$0.9
out / Mtok
256K
context
7.4
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsOpen-WeightsCost-OptimizedEdge

Best for on-device and high-volume open-weights workhorse

$0.05
in / Mtok
$0.08
out / Mtok
128K
context
7.4
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsOpen-WeightsCost-Optimized

Best for operationally-mature text-only open default

$0.12
in / Mtok
$0.4
out / Mtok
128K
context
DeepSeek

DeepSeek-VL2

7.2
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsMultimodalOpen-WeightsCost-Optimized

Best for open-weights OCR and document understanding at the edge

in / Mtok
out / Mtok
4K
context
7.2
AI Panel
GAReasoningMultimodal

Best for auditable multilingual reasoning

$2
in / Mtok
$5
out / Mtok
131K
context
7.2
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsOpen-WeightsCost-Optimized

Best for mature Apache-2.0 single-GPU workhorse

$0.1
in / Mtok
$0.25
out / Mtok
131K
context
Mistral AI

Ministral 3 3B

7.1
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsEdgeOpen-WeightsMultimodal

Best for on-device AI with native vision

$0.1
in / Mtok
$0.1
out / Mtok
256K
context
7.0
AI Panel
GAReasoningLong-Context

Best for single-call parallel deep research with live X data

$1.25
in / Mtok
$2.5
out / Mtok
2M
context
6.9
AI Panel
GAReasoningLong-Context

Best for runtime reasoning toggle with long context and live X data

$1.25
in / Mtok
$2.5
out / Mtok
1M
context
Alibaba Cloud

QwQ-32B

6.8
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsReasoningOpen-Weights

Best for open-weight always-on reasoning at 32B

$0.12
in / Mtok
$0.18
out / Mtok
131K
context
6.7
AI Panel
GAFrontierReasoning

Best for escalation tier for in-flight GPT-5.4 stacks

$30
in / Mtok
$180
out / Mtok
1.1M
context
6.7
AI Panel
GACost-OptimizedMultimodalLong-Context

Best for mature mid-tier with thinking toggle

$0.3
in / Mtok
$2.5
out / Mtok
1.0M
context
6.7
AI Panel
GACoding

Best for local-first coding agent for IP-sensitive teams

$1
in / Mtok
$2
out / Mtok
256K
context
6.7
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsOpen-WeightsCost-Optimized

Best for 70B base checkpoint for continued pretraining

$0.4
in / Mtok
$0.59
out / Mtok
128K
context
OpenAI

GPT-5

6.5
AI Panel
GAReasoningCodingMultimodal

Best for legacy flagship on a migration path

$1.25
in / Mtok
$10
out / Mtok
400K
context
6.4
AI Panel
GACost-OptimizedEdge

Best for OpenAI cost floor for plumbing-grade work

$0.05
in / Mtok
$0.4
out / Mtok
400K
context
6.3
AI Panel
GAOpen-weightsOpen-Weights

Best for largest open base for from-scratch fine-tuning

$3
in / Mtok
$3
out / Mtok
128K
context
5.8
AI Panel
GACost-OptimizedMultimodal

Best for superseded legacy mini, migrate to GPT-5.4 nano

$0.25
in / Mtok
$2
out / Mtok
400K
context
5.5
AI Panel
GAReasoningCodingMultimodal

Best for legacy snapshot, maintenance only

$15
in / Mtok
$75
out / Mtok
200K
context