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Capability ranking

Best AI for Reasoning

Best Reasoning Models

Updated 2026-08-11

Ranked models227
Vendors24
Open-weight models50
Official prices101

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What this ranking says

A quick reading of the current reasoning ranking before the full data table.

Claude Opus 5 leads this page at 100.0, 0.2 points ahead of Claude Mythos.

Kimi K3 is the highest-ranked open-weight option at #7. Nova Micro has the lowest official input price among ranked models.

Top reasoning modelClaude Opus 5100.0 reasoning scoreBest open-weight modelKimi K3Rank #7Lowest official inputNova Micro$0.04 / 1MLargest contextLlama 4 Scout10M tokens

Reasoning Ranking Leaders

The leading reasoning scores, with the axis focused on the competitive range rather than zero.

Top reasoning models

Reasoning Capability Profile

Compare reasoning strength with each model's broader capability score.

ModelReasoningKnowledgeMathCodingInstruction
Claude Opus 5Anthropic100.075.099.590.4N/A
Claude MythosAnthropic99.8100.099.792.793.3
Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic99.037.594.685.084.7
GPT-5.5OpenAI98.8100.073.173.872.2
Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic98.7N/A88.669.389.5
5768.780.492.2103.9-7.820.548.777105.2Reasoning scoreOverall score
80 models with comparable dataOpen a model by selecting its logo
GPQA94.6%Claude Mythos Preview196 compared models
MMLU-Pro89.6%Qwen3.7 Max113 compared models
AIME 2025100.0%Gemini 3 Pro90 compared models
SWE-Bench Verified93.9%Claude Mythos Preview78 compared models
MMLU91.8%o178 compared models
Humanity's Last Exam64.7%Claude Mythos Preview80 compared models
LiveCodeBench93.5%DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max55 compared models
MATH97.9%o3-mini58 compared models

Reasoning Model Ranking

Models are ordered by their reasoning score.

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1ANClaude Opus 5AnthropicClaude Opus 5100.097.475.099.590.4N/A80.0%1MClosed weights$5$25
2ANClaude MythosAnthropicClaude Mythos Preview99.893.6100.099.792.793.3100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
3ANClaude Opus 4.8AnthropicClaude Opus 4.899.087.937.594.685.084.7100.0%1MClosed weights$5$25
4OPGPT-5.5OpenAIGPT-5.598.884.0100.073.173.872.2100.0%1.1MClosed weights$5$30
5ANClaude Opus 4.7AnthropicClaude Opus 4.798.784.2N/A88.669.389.580.0%1MClosed weights$5$25
6ACQwen3.8 MaxAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.8 Max97.889.3N/A70.785.897.980.0%1MClosed weights$2$6
7MAKimi K3Moonshot AIKimi K397.093.050.095.794.197.9100.0%1MOpen weights$3$15
8ACQwen3.7 MaxAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.7 Max95.778.8N/A77.483.189.680.0%1MClosed weights$2.5$7.5
9ZAGLM 5.2Zhipu AIGLM-5.292.779.3N/A89.556.5100.080.0%1MOpen weights$1.4$4.4
10GOGemini 3.1 ProGoogleGemini 3.1 Pro91.877.5N/A82.655.974.180.0%1MClosed weights$2$12
11ACQwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-397B-A17B90.866.3N/A53.769.880.080.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.60$3.6
12OPGPT-5.4OpenAIGPT-5.490.377.183.372.257.871.2100.0%1.1MClosed weights$2.5$15
13DEDeepSeek-V4-ProDeepSeekDeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max90.173.8N/A86.063.285.480.0%1MClosed weights$0.435$0.87
14GOGemini 3.5 FlashGoogleGemini 3.5 Flash90.079.2N/A65.264.560.580.0%1MClosed weights$1.5$9
15BYSeed 2.0 ProByteDanceSeed 2.0 Pro88.869.5N/AN/A75.989.460.0%256KClosed weightsN/AN/A
16XAGrok 4 HeavyxAIGrok-4 Heavy88.268.2N/A76.886.198.280.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
17OPGPT-5.6-SolOpenAIGPT-5.6 Sol87.895.195.8100.092.990.6100.0%1.1MClosed weights$5$30
18MEMuse Spark 1.1MetaMuse Spark 1.187.588.3N/A96.775.789.480.0%1MClosed weights$1.25$4.25
19OPGPT-5.1OpenAIGPT-5.186.562.196.850.070.977.9100.0%400KClosed weights$1.25$10
20OPGPT-5.1-InstantOpenAIGPT-5.1 Instant86.561.396.850.070.977.9100.0%400KClosed weightsN/AN/A
21ACQwen3.6 PlusAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.6 Plus84.967.582.074.448.877.3100.0%1MClosed weights$0.50$3
22MAMistral NeMoMistral AIMistral NeMo Instruct83.30.033.1N/AN/A26.560.0%128KClosed weights$0.15$0.15
23NVNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIANemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)82.662.9N/A53.646.089.980.0%1MOpen weights$0.50$2.5
24MAPixtral LargeMistral AIPixtral Large82.121.238.763.2N/A65.680.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
25GOGemini 2.5 ProGoogleGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-0581.149.970.739.166.172.6100.0%1MClosed weights$1.25$10
26ZAGLM 5.1Zhipu AIGLM-5.180.769.6N/A68.047.154.880.0%200KOpen weights$1.4$4.4
27ANClaude Sonnet 3.5AnthropicClaude 3.5 Sonnet80.432.145.276.148.880.4100.0%200KClosed weightsN/AN/A
28BYSeed 2.1 ProByteDanceSeed 2.1 Pro80.178.791.758.864.393.1100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
29ACQwen3.6 27BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.6-27B79.460.583.854.845.572.7100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.60$3.6
30ZAGLM 4.7Zhipu AIGLM-4.779.459.7N/A53.747.981.480.0%204.8KOpen weights$0.60$2.2
31XAGrok 4 FastxAIGrok 4 Fast79.454.0N/A50.553.282.180.0%2MClosed weightsN/AN/A
32MEMuse SparkMetaMuse Spark78.973.2100.095.749.489.8100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
33OPGPT-5.2-ProOpenAIGPT-5.2 Pro78.571.666.779.963.298.2100.0%400KClosed weights$21$168
34MAKimi K2.6Moonshot AIKimi K2.678.575.5N/A69.070.571.580.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.95$4
35BYSeed 2.0 LiteByteDanceSeed 2.0 Lite77.753.6N/AN/A65.672.660.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
36ANClaude Opus 4.6AnthropicClaude Opus 4.677.579.650.085.972.277.2100.0%1MClosed weights$5$25
37BAERNIE 5.0BaiduERNIE 5.077.358.7N/A62.0N/A78.860.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
38ANClaude Sonnet 3.7AnthropicClaude 3.7 Sonnet76.838.766.156.560.551.3100.0%200KClosed weightsN/AN/A
39XAGrok 3xAIGrok-376.254.874.2N/A86.175.280.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
40MIMAI Code 1 FlashMicrosoftMAI-Code-1-Flash76.250.4N/A20.031.155.780.0%256KClosed weightsN/AN/A
41MAKimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AIKimi K2-Thinking-090575.561.0N/A60.255.067.080.0%262.1KClosed weights$0.60$2.5
42OPGPT-5.2OpenAIGPT-5.275.571.460.776.159.185.6100.0%400KClosed weights$1.75$14
43MIMAI Thinking 1MicrosoftMAI-Thinking-174.555.113.630.054.475.1100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
44XAGrok 3 MinixAIGrok-3 Mini73.648.4N/AN/A90.361.160.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
45XIMiMo V2 FlashXiaomiMiMo-V2-Flash73.051.3N/A38.444.960.080.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.14$0.28
46OPGPT-5.4-miniOpenAIGPT-5.4 mini72.560.5N/A51.137.754.480.0%400KClosed weights$0.75$4.5
47ACQwen3.7 PlusAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.7-Plus72.173.892.062.459.090.1100.0%1MClosed weights$0.50$3
48ANClaude Sonnet 4.5AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4.572.156.033.3N/A90.862.980.0%200KClosed weights$3$15
49GOGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogleGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite71.851.980.027.210.350.1100.0%1MClosed weights$0.25$1.5
50ACQwen3 235B A22B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-250771.448.5N/A46.640.480.080.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
51OPGPT-5.6-TerraOpenAIGPT-5.6 Terra71.487.650.071.979.166.0100.0%1.1MClosed weights$2$12
52AMNova 2 ProAmazonNova 2 Pro71.452.5N/AN/A57.370.260.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
53GOGemini 3 FlashGoogleGemini 3 Flash71.164.896.069.646.157.9100.0%1MClosed weights$0.50$3
54GOGemini 2.5 FlashGoogleGemini 2.5 Flash70.638.179.014.146.152.5100.0%1MClosed weights$0.30$2.5
55ANClaude Sonnet 4.6AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4.670.172.6N/A78.362.272.380.0%1MClosed weights$3$15
56XIMiMo V2.5 ProXiaomiMiMo-V2.5-Pro70.046.788.282.750.172.7100.0%1MOpen weights$0.435$0.87
57NVNemotron 3 SuperNVIDIANemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)70.044.8N/A60.823.564.580.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.20$0.80
58GOGemma 4 31BGoogleGemma 4 31B69.560.163.662.171.776.0100.0%262.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
59GOGemma 2 27BGoogleGemma 2 27B69.30.197.125.68.664.2100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
60MIMiniMax M3MiniMaxMiniMax M369.271.374.0100.053.862.6100.0%512KOpen weights$0.30$1.2
61MAKimi K2.5Moonshot AIKimi K2.569.066.046.073.648.160.3100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.60$3
62GOGemini 3 ProGoogleGemini 3 Pro68.867.3100.036.460.564.3100.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
63OPGPT-5-miniOpenAIGPT-5 mini68.544.9N/A33.4N/A63.360.0%400KClosed weights$0.25$2
64OPGPT-5.5-InstantOpenAIGPT-5.5 Instant67.753.76.3N/AN/A38.460.0%400KClosed weightsN/AN/A
65OPo4 miniOpenAIo4-mini66.745.082.357.252.244.5100.0%200KClosed weights$1.1$4.4
66ACQwen3 VL 32B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 32B Thinking65.540.564.860.660.258.1100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
67ACQwen3 VL 235B A22BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct65.543.245.344.659.362.5100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
68AMNova ProAmazonNova Pro65.320.966.180.752.775.0100.0%300KClosed weights$0.80$3.2
69ZAGLM 4.6Zhipu AIGLM-4.665.254.2N/A29.950.476.180.0%204.8KOpen weights$0.60$2.2
70MIMiniMax M2.1MiniMaxMiniMax M2.165.253.7N/A40.851.558.980.0%204.8KOpen weights$0.30$1.2
71DEDeepSeek-R1DeepSeekDeepSeek-R1-052865.244.2N/A28.322.577.280.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
72ANClaude Opus 4.1AnthropicClaude Opus 4.164.252.466.7N/A75.857.480.0%200KClosed weightsN/AN/A
73OPGPT-OSS-120BOpenAIGPT OSS 120B High64.244.0N/AN/A47.955.960.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
74MELongCat Flash ThinkingMeituanLongCat-Flash-Thinking-260163.560.8N/A28.676.293.480.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
75ACQwen3.5 122B A10BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-122B-A10B61.759.287.873.451.668.5100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.40$3.2
76ZAGLM 4.5Zhipu AIGLM-4.561.449.3N/A56.858.484.580.0%131.1KOpen weights$0.60$2.2
77ANClaude Opus 4.5AnthropicClaude Opus 4.561.369.5100.0N/A71.178.980.0%200KClosed weights$5$25
78MELlama 3.1 405BMetaLlama 3.1 405B Instruct61.124.5N/A76.587.768.080.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
79ACQwen3 235B A22BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-250761.142.40.020.840.265.8100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.70$2.8
80MIPhi 3.5 MoEMicrosoftPhi-3.5-MoE-instruct60.94.9100.034.339.757.6100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
81MEMuse Glimmer 30BMetaMuse Glimmer-30B60.158.5N/A40.845.362.980.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
82SASarvam 105BSarvam AISarvam-105B60.144.6N/A49.928.865.180.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
83MIMiniMax M2MiniMaxMiniMax M259.443.9N/A17.441.452.480.0%196.6KOpen weights$0.30$1.2
84OPo1OpenAIo159.436.372.666.346.756.3100.0%200KClosed weights$15$60
85ACQwen3.5 27BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-27B59.457.268.678.544.569.3100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.30$2.4
86ANClaude Opus 3AnthropicClaude 3 Opus59.216.7N/A60.546.172.780.0%200KClosed weightsN/AN/A
87ACQwen3.5 9BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-9B58.941.4N/A28.133.546.680.0%262.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
88ACQwen3 VL 32BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 32B Instruct58.835.270.648.946.443.9100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
89ACQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking58.240.9N/A37.541.264.580.0%131.1KOpen weights$0.50$6
90OPo3 miniOpenAIo3-mini58.136.3N/A56.336.263.980.0%200KClosed weights$1.1$4.4
91MAMistral Small 3.2 24BMistral AIMistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct57.715.935.545.8N/A36.480.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
92GOGemma 4 26B A4BGoogleGemma 4 26B-A4B57.352.654.547.267.563.8100.0%262.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
93ACQwen2 VL 72BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2-VL-72B-Instruct57.125.534.418.2N/A81.380.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
94NVLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253BNVIDIALlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v157.130.5N/A75.866.748.180.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
95ACQwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.6-35B-A3B57.055.374.047.426.572.1100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.248$1.49
96MELlama 4 ScoutMetaLlama 4 Scout56.314.146.844.323.860.0100.0%10MClosed weightsN/AN/A
97ANClaude Sonnet 4AnthropicClaude Sonnet 456.239.562.9N/A65.938.680.0%200KClosed weightsN/AN/A
98ZAGLM 4.7 FlashZhipu AIGLM-4.7-Flash55.838.5N/A20.117.764.680.0%200KOpen weightsN/AN/A
99OPGPT-5.6-LunaOpenAIGPT-5.6 Luna55.276.425.043.868.640.8100.0%1.1MClosed weights$0.20$1.2
100MAKimi K2Moonshot AIKimi K2-Instruct-090555.137.2N/A42.531.750.080.0%N/AClosed weights$0.60$2.5
101OPGPT-5.4-nanoOpenAIGPT-5.4 nano54.549.1N/A45.619.835.680.0%400KClosed weights$0.20$1.25
102ZAGLM 4.5 AirZhipu AIGLM-4.5-Air54.341.5N/A51.148.274.980.0%131.1KOpen weights$0.20$1.1
103NVNemotron 3 NanoNVIDIANemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)54.335.2N/A25.09.765.280.0%262.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
104ACQwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking53.945.845.348.761.662.2100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
105MELlama 4 MaverickMetaLlama 4 Maverick53.824.961.358.643.279.5100.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
106DEDeepSeek-V3.1DeepSeekDeepSeek-V3.153.639.9N/A14.631.461.680.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
107ACQwen3 Next 80B A3BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct53.436.6N/A16.728.454.180.0%131.1KOpen weights$0.50$2
108BYSeed 2.1 TurboByteDanceSeed 2.1 Turbo52.673.141.766.653.587.5100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
109GOGemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingGoogleGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking52.629.971.0N/AN/A30.860.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
110XAGrok 4xAIGrok-451.956.5N/A47.883.365.580.0%256KClosed weightsN/AN/A
111GOGemma 4 12BGoogleGemma 4 12B51.838.236.432.829.341.9100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
112MELlama 3.1 70BMetaLlama 3.1 70B Instruct51.813.2N/A77.661.241.980.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
113INMercury 2InceptionMercury 251.739.3N/AN/A35.256.660.0%128KClosed weights$0.25$0.75
114AMNova LiteAmazonNova Lite51.113.235.559.934.242.6100.0%300KClosed weights$0.06$0.24
115MIPhi 3.5 miniMicrosoftPhi-3.5-mini-instruct50.70.062.524.418.731.5100.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
116MELongCat Flash ChatMeituanLongCat-Flash-Chat50.236.9N/A54.842.855.580.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
117OPo3OpenAIo350.152.663.847.351.062.1100.0%200KClosed weights$2$8
118ANClaude Haiku 4.5AnthropicClaude Haiku 4.548.945.50.0N/A55.133.080.0%200KClosed weights$1$5
119ANClaude Sonnet 3AnthropicClaude 3 Sonnet48.83.5N/A38.720.053.680.0%200KClosed weightsN/AN/A
120MAMinistral 8BMistral AIMinistral 8B Instruct48.50.017.619.10.026.1100.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
121GOGemma 2 9BGoogleGemma 2 9B48.00.072.318.42.341.3100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
122OPGPT-5-nanoOpenAIGPT-5 nano47.231.1N/A16.8N/A47.860.0%400KClosed weights$0.05$0.40
123MAMagistral MediumMistral AIMagistral Medium46.419.8N/A10.929.718.680.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
124ALJamba 1.5 LargeAI21 LabsJamba 1.5 Large46.12.7N/A31.9N/A27.460.0%256KClosed weightsN/AN/A
125TEHy3TencentHy345.771.00.047.263.0N/A80.0%256KOpen weightsN/AN/A
126ACQwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking45.631.852.343.338.839.6100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
127ACQwen3.5 4BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-4B45.432.4N/A18.820.635.580.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
128MIMiniMax M1 80KMiniMaxMiniMax M1 80K45.137.0N/A39.056.946.380.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
129MIPhi 4 MiniMicrosoftPhi 4 Mini45.00.062.535.6N/A25.180.0%128KOpen weights$0.075$0.30
130OPGPT-4.5OpenAIGPT-4.543.836.269.385.040.552.8100.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
131MIMiniMax M1 40KMiniMaxMiniMax M1 40K43.435.3N/A29.650.948.380.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
132OPGPT-4oOpenAIGPT-4o42.923.930.219.810.823.7100.0%128KClosed weights$2.5$10
133MIPhi 4 Reasoning PlusMicrosoftPhi 4 Reasoning Plus42.726.8N/AN/A66.341.560.0%N/AClosed weights$0.125$0.50
134ACQwen2.5 VL 72BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct42.522.744.620.812.637.2100.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
135COCommand R+CohereCommand R+42.40.0N/A10.6N/A58.260.0%128KClosed weights$0.15$0.60
136DEDeepSeek-V3DeepSeekDeepSeek-V3 032442.126.0N/A32.336.141.980.0%163.8KClosed weightsN/AN/A
137MAMagistral SmallMistral AIMagistral Small 250641.619.8N/AN/A41.715.960.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
138MAMinistral 3Mistral AIMinistral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512)40.829.0N/AN/A55.637.260.0%262.1KClosed weights$0.10$0.10
139AMNova MicroAmazonNova Micro40.64.30.038.317.313.0100.0%128KClosed weights$0.035$0.14
140MELongCat Flash LiteMeituanLongCat-Flash-Lite40.333.0N/A69.329.637.580.0%256KClosed weightsN/AN/A
141NVLlama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49BNVIDIALlama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v139.522.4N/A64.596.948.080.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
142ACQwen2.5 Coder 32BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct39.44.4N/A46.268.033.580.0%128KClosed weights$0.287$0.861
143ACQwen3 VL 8B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 8B Thinking39.328.530.838.228.838.3100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
144ACQwen3.5 35B A3BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-35B-A3B39.352.052.459.242.758.2100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.25$2
145ACQwen3 VL 8BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 8B Instruct39.224.816.021.029.327.1100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
146SASarvam 30BSarvam AISarvam-30B39.134.3N/A30.549.671.880.0%128KOpen weightsN/AN/A
147OPGPT-4.1OpenAIGPT-4.138.631.964.526.737.739.0100.0%1MClosed weights$2$8
148ANClaude Opus 4AnthropicClaude Opus 437.746.433.3N/A68.650.380.0%200KClosed weightsN/AN/A
149ACQwen2.5 VL 7BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct37.612.823.88.46.716.9100.0%N/AClosed weights$0.35$1.05
150ACQwen3 30B A3BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 30B A3B37.532.1N/AN/A49.238.760.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
151MIPhi 4 ReasoningMicrosoftPhi 4 Reasoning37.522.0N/AN/A73.630.560.0%N/AClosed weights$0.125$0.50
152ANClaude Haiku 3AnthropicClaude 3 Haiku37.00.0N/A29.227.744.580.0%200KClosed weightsN/AN/A
153ACQwQ 32BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwQ-32B36.524.8N/A21.034.940.080.0%N/AClosed weights$0.287$0.861
154MAMistral Small 4Mistral AIMistral Small 435.933.4N/AN/A73.936.060.0%256KOpen weights$0.15$0.60
155AMNova 2 LiteAmazonNova 2 Lite35.743.0N/AN/A35.573.660.0%1MClosed weights$0.33$2.75
156OPGPT-4.1-miniOpenAIGPT-4.1 mini35.624.858.128.413.130.9100.0%1MClosed weights$0.40$1.6
157GOGemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogleGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite35.219.159.73.39.836.1100.0%1MClosed weights$0.10$0.40
158MELlama 3.2 90BMetaLlama 3.2 90B Instruct35.010.830.632.5N/A41.380.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
159ALJamba 1.5 MiniAI21 LabsJamba 1.5 Mini34.80.0N/A14.9N/A7.560.0%256.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
160NVNemotron Nano 9BNVIDIANemotron Nano 9B v234.332.4N/A87.175.052.980.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
161XIMiMoXiaomiMiMo-V2.533.961.8N/AN/A43.864.360.0%1MOpen weights$0.14$0.28
162GOGemini 2.0 FlashGoogleGemini 2.0 Flash33.728.154.897.227.861.0100.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
163GODiffusionGemma 26B A4BGoogleDiffusionGemma 26B-A4B33.434.245.534.018.640.5100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
164NVLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70BNVIDIALlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct33.33.1N/A53.2N/A48.560.0%128KOpen weightsN/AN/A
165COCommand A+CohereCommand A+33.141.967.786.833.351.8100.0%128KOpen weights$2.5$10
166ACQwen3 MaxAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 Max33.040.7N/AN/A38.057.660.0%262.1KClosed weights$1.2$6
167OPo1 miniOpenAIo1-mini32.616.8N/A12.990.859.180.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
168ACQwen2.5 VL 32BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct32.017.949.238.649.415.2100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
169ACQwen3 VL 30B A3BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct31.728.844.028.726.836.7100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
170GOGemini 1.5 ProGoogleGemini 1.5 Pro31.320.540.352.041.572.8100.0%2.1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
171ACQwen2.5 32BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 32B Instruct30.014.8N/A81.168.353.680.0%N/AClosed weights$0.70$2.8
172NRHermes 3 70BNous ResearchHermes 3 70B29.78.035.734.0N/A68.880.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
173MIPhi 4MicrosoftPhi 429.69.4N/A56.138.518.180.0%16KClosed weights$0.125$0.50
174MELlama 3.1 8BMetaLlama 3.1 8B Instruct29.30.0N/A10.349.210.280.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
175XAGrok 2xAIGrok-229.221.041.962.466.945.3100.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
176MELlama 3.2 3BMetaLlama 3.2 3B Instruct29.10.0N/A16.7N/A10.760.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
177NVLlama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8BNVIDIALlama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V128.810.4N/A45.284.414.780.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
178MAPixtral 12BMistral AIPixtral-12B28.30.011.323.816.920.0100.0%128KOpen weights$0.15$0.15
179XAGrok 1.5VxAIGrok-1.5V28.01.313.711.8N/AN/A60.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
180MAMin istral 3Mistral AIMin istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512)27.920.8N/AN/A48.626.160.0%131.1KClosed weights$0.04$0.04
181MELlama 3.2 11BMetaLlama 3.2 11B Instruct27.30.08.116.8N/A26.180.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
182ACQwen3 VL 4B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 4B Thinking27.223.028.327.525.525.8100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
183GOGemini 2.0 Flash LiteGoogleGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite26.621.043.586.0N/A39.780.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
184XAGrok 2 minixAIGrok-2 mini26.016.337.156.150.839.8100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
185GOGemini 1.5 FlashGoogleGemini 1.5 Flash26.010.733.940.423.146.6100.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
186BAERNIE 4.5BaiduERNIE 4.525.90.00.00.00.00.1100.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
187MIPhi 4 multimodalMicrosoftPhi-4-multimodal-instruct25.67.417.736.8N/A25.080.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
188MELlama 3.3 70BMetaLlama 3.3 70B Instruct24.922.0N/A68.666.968.780.0%128KOpen weightsN/AN/A
189OPGPT-4.1-nanoOpenAIGPT-4.1 nano24.04.319.421.10.06.1100.0%1MClosed weights$0.10$0.40
190DEDeepSeek-R1-Distill-QwenDeepSeekDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B23.215.7N/A25.829.961.580.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
191ACQwen2 72BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2 72B Instruct22.89.8N/A61.046.651.980.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
192DEDeepSeek-R1-Distill-LlamaDeepSeekDeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B22.512.4N/A9.731.946.180.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
193ACQwen2.5 72BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 72B Instruct22.520.9N/A80.160.354.980.0%131.1KClosed weights$1.4$5.6
194GOGemma 4 E4BGoogleGemma 4 E4B22.224.418.225.818.231.7100.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
195ACQwen2.5 Omni 7BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5-Omni-7B21.810.227.735.326.125.1100.0%N/AClosed weights$0.10$0.40
196OPGPT-4-TurboOpenAIGPT-4 Turbo21.514.6N/A70.355.469.280.0%128KClosed weights$10$30
197ACQwen2.5 14BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 14B Instruct21.48.2N/A62.151.232.780.0%N/AClosed weights$0.35$1.4
198GOGemma 3n E4B LiteRTGoogleGemma 3n E4B Instructed LiteRT Preview21.10.041.231.716.929.0100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
199AMNova 2 OmniAmazonNova 2 Omni20.943.9N/AN/A48.059.460.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
200ACQwen3 VL 4BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 4B Instruct20.819.312.112.917.819.6100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
201GOGemma 3 27BGoogleGemma 3 27B20.415.820.069.139.250.1100.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
202MAMistral Small 3.1 24BMistral AIMistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct18.98.453.040.759.219.6100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
203MIPhi 3.5 visionMicrosoftPhi-3.5-vision-instruct18.70.03.22.6N/A37.580.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
204ACQwen3.5 2BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-2B18.52.8N/AN/A7.611.060.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
205MAMistral Small 3 24BMistral AIMistral Small 3 24B Instruct18.07.5N/A48.643.929.180.0%32KClosed weightsN/AN/A
206MAMistral Large 3Mistral AIMistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512)16.915.8N/A70.024.336.480.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.50$1.5
207DEDeepSeek-VL2DeepSeekDeepSeek VL2 Tiny16.60.01.615.8N/A0.080.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
208GOGemma 3 12BGoogleGemma 3 12B14.111.210.057.332.451.9100.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
209ANClaude Haiku 3.5AnthropicClaude 3.5 Haiku13.79.3N/A56.819.938.080.0%200KClosed weightsN/AN/A
210GOGemini DiffusionGoogleGemini Diffusion12.73.6N/AN/A36.823.260.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
211ACQwen2.5 Coder 7BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct12.10.0N/A19.950.516.080.0%N/AClosed weights$0.144$0.287
212OPGPT-4o-miniOpenAIGPT-4o mini12.08.129.042.928.555.3100.0%128KClosed weights$0.15$0.60
213GOGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGoogleGemini 1.5 Flash 8B11.20.016.124.5N/A13.180.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
214GOGemma 4 E2BGoogleGemma 4 E2B11.011.69.119.48.119.9100.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
215ACQwen2.5 7BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 7B Instruct9.46.5N/A58.437.624.680.0%131.1KClosed weights$0.175$0.70
216XAGrok 1.5xAIGrok-1.59.00.013.726.921.513.3100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
217OPGPT-4OpenAIGPT-48.64.6N/A36.310.874.980.0%8.2KClosed weights$30$60
218GOGemma 3n E4BGoogleGemma 3n E4B Instructed8.00.0N/A37.516.938.280.0%32KClosed weightsN/AN/A
219OPGPT-3.5-TurboOpenAIGPT-3.5 Turbo5.20.00.013.912.313.6100.0%16.4KClosed weights$0.50$1.5
220GOGemma 3n E2B LiteRTGoogleGemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)5.20.015.112.37.012.5100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
221GOGemini 1.0 ProGoogleGemini 1.0 Pro3.40.04.84.1N/A40.280.0%32.8KClosed weightsN/AN/A
222ACQwen3.5 0.8BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-0.8B3.30.0N/AN/A0.01.260.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
223ACQwen2 7BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2 7B Instruct3.00.0N/A14.917.117.380.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
224GOGemma 3n E2BGoogleGemma 3n E2B Instructed1.80.0N/A12.57.012.480.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
225GOGemma 3 4BGoogleGemma 3 4B1.70.00.038.910.826.2100.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
226GOGemma 3 1BGoogleGemma 3 1B0.40.0N/A6.91.02.580.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
227ZAGLM 5V TurboZhipu AIGLM-5V-Turbo0.057.0N/AN/A80.016.760.0%200KClosed weights$5$22

Official PAYG prices appear here. Third-party offers remain on the pricing and model detail pages.

Capability at each price point

Official vendor API prices plotted against the reasoning metric used on this page. Price remains a separate decision signal.

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Efficient frontier101 models with official PAYG prices

Reasoning Ranking Composition

Vendor concentration and model access among the first 25 ranked products.

Top-model vendor mix

25 models
OpenAI5Anthropic4Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team4Google3Mistral AI2Moonshot AI1Zhipu AI1DeepSeek1

Access model

Open weights
4
Closed weights
21
Official price available
20

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Open focused comparisons between the current leader and the nearest practical alternatives.

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Common questions about Best AI for Reasoning.

What is the best model on Best AI for Reasoning?

Claude Opus 5 is currently ranked first with a reasoning score of 100.0.

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How many models are included?

This page currently ranks 227 unique model products.

Where does pricing come from?

Main price columns use the model vendor's official standard PAYG API rate. Eligible third-party offers appear only in separately labeled columns, and unavailable official prices display as N/A.

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No. Arena results are displayed as an independent signal and are not included in the current LLMBoard capability score.

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