AI coding models compared: intelligence, speed and cost

42 models on the AA Intelligence Index v5.0, with output speed, time to first token, context window, the cheapest per-token price and the measured cost per task. Gemini 4 Carbon scores highest at 59. Last verified 2026-11-01.

AI Models Comparison Showing 42 of 42 models

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Model & Vendor ↕ AA Intelligence ↕ Median Output Speed ↕ First Answer Token ↕ Context Window ↕ Open Weights ↕ Cheapest Per-Token Price AA Cost / Task ↕ Recommended Effort Sources & Date
Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic 58 95 t/s 573 s 1M Proprietary
$4.00 / $20.00 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
$10.04 xhighBudget: medium, 30.1 for $1.70 Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic 54 134 t/s 389 s 1M Proprietary
$2.00 / $10.00 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
$10.02 Use Claude Opus 5.5 xhighA cheaper Anthropic model matches every level. Instead of max, Claude Opus 5.5 xhigh scores 43.38 for $5.18 (26% of the cost). Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic 50 69 t/s 191 s 1M Proprietary
$10.00 / $50.00 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
$10.89 Use Claude Opus 5.5 highA cheaper Anthropic model matches every level. Instead of xhigh, Claude Opus 5.5 high scores 34.53 for $2.42 (28% of the cost). Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropic 36 232 t/s 258 s 1M Proprietary
$0.10 / $0.50 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
$0.41 maxBudget: high, 18.64 for $0.14 Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
GPT-6 Astra OpenAI 57 66 t/s 265 s 1M Proprietary
$10.00 / $50.00 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
$6.24 xhigh Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI 55 55 t/s 244 s 1M Proprietary
$2.00 / $10.00 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
$1.27 maxBudget: low, 25.6 for $0.34 Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
GPT-6.1 Terra OpenAI 51 90.9 t/s 134 s 1M Proprietary
$1.00 / $5.00 per M
Direct (OpenAI API)
$0.96 — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
GPT-6 Luna OpenAI 28 124 t/s 92.88 s 1M Proprietary
$0.10 / $0.50 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
$0.15 maxBudget: medium, 15.97 for $0.09 Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
GPT-5.6 Terra OpenAI — not yet scored on AA Index v5.0 135 t/s 132 s 1M Proprietary
$2.00 / $12.00 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
— — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
GPT-5.3 Codex OpenAI — not yet scored on AA Index v5.0 124 t/s 54.24 s 400k Proprietary
$1.75 / $14.00 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
— — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Gemini 4 Argon Google 50 84 t/s 48.55 s 1M Proprietary
$2.00 / $10.00 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
$3.84 lowVendor swap: GPT-6 Luna max scores 21.87 for $0.17 (4% of the cost) Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Gemini 4 Carbon Google 59 99.8 t/s 97.48 s 1M Proprietary
$2.00 / $10.00 per M
Google (restricted access)
$7.76 medium Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Gemini 3.8 Flash Google 31 144 t/s 26.19 s 1M Proprietary
$0.75 / $3.75 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
$7.77 — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Gemini 3.1 Pro Google — not yet scored on AA Index v5.0 132 t/s 20.8 s 1M Proprietary
$2.00 / $12.00 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
— — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Grok 4.7 SpaceXAI 35 94 t/s 44.65 s 500k Proprietary
$2.00 / $6.00 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
$6.18 mediumBudget: low, 20.8 for $3.87Vendor swap: GPT-6.1 Sol low scores 25.6 for $0.34 (4% of the cost) Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Kimi K3 Moonshot AI — not yet scored on AA Index v5.0 42 t/s 3.67 s 1.05M Open
$0.30 / $11.94 per M
OpenRouter
— highBudget: low, 11.1 for $2.98Vendor swap: GPT-6 Luna xhigh scores 18.44 for $0.13 (3% of the cost) Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI — not yet scored on AA Index v5.0 59 t/s 2.93 s 256k Open
$0.67 / $3.35 per M
OpenRouter
— — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
GLM-5.3 Z.ai 32 86 t/s 2.44 s 1M Open
$0.079 / $4.80 per M
OpenRouter
$5.01 highVendor swap: GPT-6 Luna medium scores 15.97 for $0.09 (2% of the cost) Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
GLM-5.3 Flash Z.ai — not yet scored on AA Index v5.0 78 t/s 2.57 s 1M Open
$0.044 / $0.56 per M
OpenRouter
— maxBudget: high, 12.41 for $0.58Vendor swap: GPT-6 Luna medium scores 15.97 for $0.09 (12% of the cost) Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba 34 39 t/s 3.06 s 984k Proprietary
$2.00 / $6.00 per M
OpenRouter
$10.02 — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B Alibaba — not yet scored on AA Index v5.0 40 t/s 3.14 s 262k Open
$2.00 / $6.00 per M
OpenRouter
— — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Qwen3.8 Flash Alibaba — not yet scored on AA Index v5.0 55 t/s 2.07 s 256k Open
$0.15 / $0.47 per M
OpenRouter
— — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba 20 45 t/s 3.93 s 256k Open
$0.24 / $2.20 per M
OpenRouter
$3.53 — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba — not yet scored on AA Index v5.0 58 t/s 2.14 s 1M Open
$0.32 / $1.28 per M
OpenRouter
— — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek 32 216 t/s 1.08 s 1M Open
$0.15 / $0.60 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
$0.60 highBudget: low, 15.96 for $0.21Vendor swap: GPT-6 Luna xhigh scores 18.44 for $0.13 (48% of the cost) Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek 23 107 t/s 1.61 s 1M Open
$0.66 / $1.98 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
$1.77 — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision DeepSeek — not yet scored on AA Index v5.0 202 t/s 1.42 s 1M Open
$0.15 / $0.60 per M
Direct / OpenRouter
— — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
MiMo V2.6 Pro Xiaomi 30 49 t/s 3.22 s 1M Open
$0.43 / $0.87 per M
OpenRouter
$0.26 — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
MiMo V2.6 Flash Xiaomi 27 54 t/s 5.19 s 1M Open
$0.14 / $0.28 per M
OpenRouter
$0.13 — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
MiniMax M3 MiniMax 19 103 t/s 1.18 s 1M Open
$0.30 / $1.20 per M
OpenRouter
$1.29 — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Mistral Large 4 Mistral AI 25 72 t/s 1.59 s 524k Proprietary
$0.68 / $2.09 per M
OpenRouter
$5.54 maxVendor swap: GPT-6 Luna max scores 21.87 for $0.17 (11% of the cost) Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Step 5 Preview StepFun 29 92 t/s 2.55 s 1M Open
$1.00 / $2.70 per M
OpenRouter
$2.35 — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Ling 3.1 Flash InclusionAI 29 210 t/s 1.87 s 1M Open
$0.075 / $0.23 per M
OpenRouter
$3.19 — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Muse Wonder Meta 43 161 t/s 33.81 s 1.05M Proprietary
$4.00 / $20.00 per M
OpenRouter
$6.95 mediumBudget: low, 21.21 for $1.84Vendor swap: Claude Haiku 5.5 xhigh scores 22.28 for $0.23 (9% of the cost) Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Muse Spark 1.3 Meta 36 201.8 t/s 39.01 s 1M Proprietary
$1.25 / $4.25 per M
OpenRouter
$2.39 — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Muse Spark Open Meta 25 141 t/s 0.83 s 1.05M Open
$1.25 / $4.25 per M
OpenRouter
$2.02 — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Inkling Thinking Machines 12 224 t/s 1.73 s 1M Open
$1.00 / $4.05 per M
OpenRouter
$1.35 — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Inkling Small Thinking Machines 13 189 t/s 1.79 s 1M Open
$0.45 / $1.20 per M
OpenRouter
$0.20 maxVendor swap: GPT-6 Luna low scores 4.05 for $0.02 (1% of the cost) Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL NVIDIA 14 435 t/s 0.83 s 1M Open
$0.10 / $0.40 per M
OpenRouter
$0.56 — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Beam 1.0 Reflection 18 344.9 t/s 0.56 s 1.05M Open
$1.00 / $3.00 per M
OpenRouter
$0.28 maxBudget: high, 1.74 for $0.61Vendor swap: GPT-6 Luna low scores 4.05 for $0.02 (2% of the cost) Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Tencent Hy3 Tencent — not yet scored on AA Index v5.0 84 t/s 2.81 s 256k Open
$0.13 / $0.53 per M
OpenRouter
— — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28
Kimi K3.1 Pro Moonshot AI 46 41.4 t/s 2.95 s 1M Proprietary
$2.00 / $10.00 per M
Moonshot AI
$3.68 — Benchmarks Pricing 2026-10-28

AA Intelligence scores are from the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0, at each model's highest measured reasoning effort. Recommended effort is the cheapest level within 90% of the model's best FrontierCode 2.0 score, skipping levels a cheaper model from the same vendor matches within a point; see Optimal effort. Models without a v5.0 score are listed with their speed, price and limits, and left out of the intelligence and value comparisons.

Cheapest Model at Each Intelligence Level 8 of 31 models are best value

Each dot is a model: higher scores better, further right costs more per task. The teal staircase is the best score money can buy at each price; everything in the shaded zone beneath it has a cheaper model that scores at least as well. Scores run from MiMo V2.6 Flash (27) at $0.13 per task to Gemini 4 Carbon (59) at $7.76. Hover or focus a dot for its cheaper alternative.

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 $0.1 $0.25 $0.5 $1 $2.5 $5 $10 $25 DOMINATED ZONE Cost per task (USD, log scale) → AA Intelligence Index → 43x the price Mistral Large 4 (index 25) vs MiMo V2.6 Flash (27) MiMo V2.6 Flash $0.13GPT-6 Luna $0.15MiMo V2.6 Pro $0.26Claude Haiku 5.5 $0.41GPT-6.1 Terra $0.96GPT-6.1 Sol $1.27GPT-6 Astra $6.24Gemini 4 Carbon $7.76

Cost per task is Artificial Analysis's measured cost of running its Intelligence Index at API list prices. Subscription plans meter usage differently, so treat this as relative value, not your bill. 11 models have no measured cost per task and are not plotted.

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Model AA Index Cost / Task Cheapest Model Scoring At Least As High Price Gap
Gemini 4 Carbon best value 59 $7.76 — —
Claude Opus 5.5 58 $10.04 Gemini 4 Carbon (59, $7.76) 1.3x
GPT-6 Astra best value 57 $6.24 — —
GPT-6.1 Sol best value 55 $1.27 — —
Claude Sonnet 5.5 54 $10.02 GPT-6.1 Sol (55, $1.27) 7.9x
GPT-6.1 Terra best value 51 $0.96 — —
Gemini 4 Argon 50 $3.84 GPT-6.1 Terra (51, $0.96) 4.0x
Claude Fable 5.1 50 $10.89 GPT-6.1 Terra (51, $0.96) 11.3x
Kimi K3.1 Pro 46 $3.68 GPT-6.1 Terra (51, $0.96) 3.8x
Muse Wonder 43 $6.95 GPT-6.1 Terra (51, $0.96) 7.2x
Claude Haiku 5.5 best value 36 $0.41 — —
Muse Spark 1.3 36 $2.39 Claude Haiku 5.5 (36, $0.41) 5.8x
Grok 4.7 35 $6.18 Claude Haiku 5.5 (36, $0.41) 15.1x
Qwen3.8 Max 34 $10.02 Claude Haiku 5.5 (36, $0.41) 24.4x
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 32 $0.60 Claude Haiku 5.5 (36, $0.41) 1.5x
GLM-5.3 32 $5.01 Claude Haiku 5.5 (36, $0.41) 12.2x
Gemini 3.8 Flash 31 $7.77 Claude Haiku 5.5 (36, $0.41) 19.0x
MiMo V2.6 Pro best value 30 $0.26 — —
Step 5 Preview 29 $2.35 MiMo V2.6 Pro (30, $0.26) 9.0x
Ling 3.1 Flash 29 $3.19 MiMo V2.6 Pro (30, $0.26) 12.3x
GPT-6 Luna best value 28 $0.15 — —
MiMo V2.6 Flash best value 27 $0.13 — —
Muse Spark Open 25 $2.02 MiMo V2.6 Flash (27, $0.13) 15.5x
Mistral Large 4 25 $5.54 MiMo V2.6 Flash (27, $0.13) 42.6x
DeepSeek V4 Pro 23 $1.77 MiMo V2.6 Flash (27, $0.13) 13.6x
Qwen3.8 27B 20 $3.53 MiMo V2.6 Flash (27, $0.13) 27.2x
MiniMax M3 19 $1.29 MiMo V2.6 Flash (27, $0.13) 9.9x
Beam 1.0 18 $0.28 MiMo V2.6 Flash (27, $0.13) 2.2x
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 14 $0.56 MiMo V2.6 Flash (27, $0.13) 4.3x
Inkling Small 13 $0.20 MiMo V2.6 Flash (27, $0.13) 1.5x
Inkling 12 $1.35 MiMo V2.6 Flash (27, $0.13) 10.4x