Capability ranking
Best AI for Coding
Best AI Models for Coding
Updated 2026-08-11
Ranked models98
Vendors21
Open-weight models33
Official prices69
What this ranking says
A quick reading of the current coding ranking before the full data table.
Claude Mythos leads this page at 98.7, 4.6 points ahead of Claude Fable 5.
Kimi K3 is the highest-ranked open-weight option at #4. Step 3.5 Flash has the lowest official input price among ranked models.
Coding Ranking Leaders
The leading coding scores, with the axis focused on the competitive range rather than zero.
Coding Capability Profile
Compare coding strength with each model's broader capability score.
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Coding Model Ranking
Models are ordered by their coding score.
| 01 | AN | Claude Mythos Preview | 98.7 | 93.6 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 100.0 | N/A | 80.0% | N/A | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 02 | AN | Claude Fable 5 | 94.1 | 95.8 | N/A | 97.8 | N/A | N/A | 40.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $10 | $50 |
| 03 | OP | GPT-5.6 Sol | 93.6 | 95.1 | 99.8 | 86.3 | 100.0 | N/A | 80.0% | 1.1M | Closed weights | $5 | $30 |
| 04 | MA | Kimi K3 | 90.5 | 93.0 | 97.4 | 91.3 | N/A | N/A | 60.0% | 1M | Open weights | $3 | $15 |
| 05 | AN | Claude Opus 4.8 | 85.7 | 87.9 | 99.0 | 94.6 | N/A | N/A | 60.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $5 | $25 |
| 06 | AC | Qwen3.7 Max | 85.6 | 78.8 | 91.5 | 89.1 | 93.1 | 92.2 | 100.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $2.5 | $7.5 |
| 07 | AC | Qwen3.8 Max | 80.1 | 89.3 | 97.6 | 70.7 | N/A | 100.0 | 80.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $2 | $6 |
| 08 | AN | Claude Sonnet 5 | 79.2 | 84.0 | N/A | 93.5 | 50.0 | N/A | 60.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $2 | $10 |
| 09 | OP | GPT-5.6 Terra | 78.8 | 87.6 | 96.1 | 56.3 | 93.8 | N/A | 80.0% | 1.1M | Closed weights | $2 | $12 |
| 10 | AN | Claude Opus 4.6 | 74.7 | 79.6 | 83.2 | 87.7 | 95.6 | N/A | 80.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $5 | $25 |
| 11 | OP | GPT-5.5 | 74.3 | 84.0 | 99.0 | 83.7 | 62.5 | N/A | 80.0% | 1.1M | Closed weights | $5 | $30 |
| 12 | AN | Claude Opus 4.7 | 71.5 | 84.2 | 98.7 | 90.1 | N/A | N/A | 60.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $5 | $25 |
| 13 | MA | Kimi K2.6 | 71.2 | 75.5 | 92.3 | 58.7 | 72.7 | N/A | 80.0% | 262.1K | Open weights | $0.95 | $4 |
| 14 | OP | MiniCPM-SALA | 69.6 | 22.3 | 36.4 | 26.6 | 36.3 | 12.5 | 100.0% | N/A | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 15 | AC | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | 68.3 | 14.8 | 50.6 | 37.4 | 81.7 | N/A | 80.0% | N/A | Closed weights | $0.70 | $2.8 |
| 16 | AC | Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct | 68.0 | 4.4 | 46.3 | 17.2 | 39.3 | N/A | 80.0% | 128K | Closed weights | $0.287 | $0.861 |
| 17 | AM Nova 2 ProAmazon | Nova 2 Pro | 67.8 | 52.5 | 66.7 | 68.0 | 68.6 | 94.7 | 100.0% | N/A | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 18 | OP | GPT-5.6 Luna | 67.8 | 76.4 | 94.0 | 35.0 | 87.5 | N/A | 80.0% | 1.1M | Closed weights | $0.20 | $1.2 |
| 19 | DE | DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 | 66.9 | 78.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20.0% | 1M | Open weights | $0.14 | $0.28 |
| 20 | GO | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | 66.1 | 49.9 | 81.1 | 78.7 | 54.9 | 100.0 | 100.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $1.25 | $10 |
| 21 | XA | Grok 4.5 | 64.9 | 82.2 | 96.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 40.0% | 500K | Closed weights | $2 | $6 |
| 22 | DE | DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max | 63.7 | 73.8 | 90.1 | 84.8 | 83.9 | N/A | 80.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $0.435 | $0.87 |
| 23 | XI | MiMo-V2-Pro | 62.6 | 64.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $0.435 | $0.87 |
| 24 | AC | Qwen3.7-Plus | 61.6 | 73.8 | 84.7 | 83.5 | 66.9 | 87.8 | 100.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $0.50 | $3 |
| 25 | MA | Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 | 61.0 | 61.0 | 75.5 | 82.0 | 65.7 | 0.0 | 100.0% | 262.1K | Closed weights | $0.60 | $2.5 |
| 26 | MI | MiniMax M2.1 | 60.9 | 53.7 | 65.2 | 69.2 | 39.8 | 39.3 | 100.0% | 204.8K | Open weights | $0.30 | $1.2 |
| 27 | ZA | GLM-4.6 | 60.8 | 54.2 | 65.2 | 29.9 | 76.1 | N/A | 80.0% | 204.8K | Open weights | $0.60 | $2.2 |
| 28 | ST | Step-3.5-Flash | 60.4 | 60.4 | N/A | N/A | 72.0 | N/A | 40.0% | 256K | Open weights | $0.10 | $0.30 |
| 29 | AC | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | 60.3 | 21.4 | 22.5 | 37.5 | 80.1 | 68.4 | 100.0% | 131.1K | Closed weights | $1.4 | $5.6 |
| 30 | SA | Sarvam-30B | 59.8 | 34.3 | 39.1 | 57.8 | 59.1 | N/A | 80.0% | 128K | Open weights | N/A | N/A |
| 31 | OP | o4-mini | 58.5 | 45.0 | 66.7 | 22.3 | 70.8 | 28.6 | 100.0% | 200K | Closed weights | $1.1 | $4.4 |
| 32 | AC | Qwen3.5-397B-A17B | 57.4 | 66.3 | 81.3 | 82.8 | 50.1 | 81.9 | 100.0% | 262.1K | Open weights | $0.60 | $3.6 |
| 33 | ZA | GLM-5.2 | 56.0 | 79.3 | 92.7 | 88.6 | 89.8 | N/A | 80.0% | 1M | Open weights | $1.4 | $4.4 |
| 34 | OP | GPT-5.4 | 55.2 | 77.1 | 91.2 | 63.0 | 81.3 | N/A | 80.0% | 1.1M | Closed weights | $2.5 | $15 |
| 35 | BY | Seed 2.1 Pro | 54.3 | 78.7 | 95.5 | 90.6 | 33.3 | N/A | 80.0% | N/A | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 36 | AC | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | 54.2 | 59.2 | 67.4 | 84.6 | 56.3 | 69.8 | 100.0% | 262.1K | Open weights | $0.40 | $3.2 |
| 37 | DE | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale | 54.1 | 58.1 | N/A | 54.4 | 88.5 | N/A | 60.0% | 131.1K | Closed weights | $0.14 | $0.28 |
| 38 | GO | Gemini 3.1 Pro | 54.0 | 77.5 | 96.2 | 90.3 | N/A | N/A | 60.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $2 | $12 |
| 39 | ZA | GLM-5.1 | 53.8 | 69.6 | 80.7 | 84.8 | 68.1 | N/A | 80.0% | 200K | Open weights | $1.4 | $4.4 |
| 40 | TE | Hy3 | 53.5 | 71.0 | 91.4 | 0.0 | 86.1 | N/A | 80.0% | 256K | Open weights | N/A | N/A |
| 41 | ME | Muse Spark 1.1 | 52.1 | 88.3 | N/A | 96.7 | N/A | N/A | 40.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $1.25 | $4.25 |
| 42 | AC | Qwen3.6 Plus | 51.8 | 67.5 | 80.9 | 87.3 | 73.3 | 72.7 | 100.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $0.50 | $3 |
| 43 | OP | o3-mini | 51.7 | 36.3 | 58.1 | 46.9 | 63.8 | 70.0 | 100.0% | 200K | Closed weights | $1.1 | $4.4 |
| 44 | AC | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | 51.2 | 8.2 | 20.3 | 40.0 | 73.1 | N/A | 80.0% | N/A | Closed weights | $0.35 | $1.4 |
| 45 | AC | Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 | 51.2 | 42.4 | 61.1 | 70.6 | 21.5 | 72.8 | 100.0% | 262.1K | Open weights | $0.70 | $2.8 |
| 46 | AC | Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct | 50.5 | 0.0 | 22.8 | 3.7 | 19.9 | N/A | 80.0% | N/A | Closed weights | $0.144 | $0.287 |
| 47 | MI | MiniMax M2 | 49.8 | 43.9 | 59.4 | 43.9 | 34.5 | N/A | 80.0% | 196.6K | Open weights | $0.30 | $1.2 |
| 48 | XI | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | 49.7 | 46.7 | 84.0 | 62.8 | 92.8 | N/A | 80.0% | 1M | Open weights | $0.435 | $0.87 |
| 49 | ME | LongCat-Flash-Chat | 49.6 | 36.9 | 49.3 | 75.0 | 38.2 | 70.3 | 100.0% | 128K | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 50 | ZA | GLM-4.5 | 49.6 | 49.3 | 61.4 | 51.3 | 90.0 | N/A | 80.0% | 131.1K | Open weights | $0.60 | $2.2 |
| 51 | NV | Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) | 49.3 | 62.9 | 82.6 | 77.3 | 100.0 | 85.3 | 100.0% | 1M | Open weights | $0.50 | $2.5 |
| 52 | AC | Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct | 49.0 | 36.6 | 53.4 | 53.0 | 18.9 | 62.7 | 100.0% | 131.1K | Open weights | $0.50 | $2 |
| 53 | AC | Qwen3.6-27B | 49.0 | 60.5 | 71.8 | 71.4 | 49.9 | N/A | 80.0% | 262.1K | Open weights | $0.60 | $3.6 |
| 54 | AN | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 48.7 | 72.6 | 78.2 | 77.7 | N/A | N/A | 60.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $3 | $15 |
| 55 | AC | Qwen3.5-27B | 47.9 | 57.2 | 62.5 | 78.0 | 59.4 | 70.6 | 100.0% | 262.1K | Open weights | $0.30 | $2.4 |
| 56 | MI | MiniMax M2.7 | 47.9 | 58.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20.0% | 204.8K | Open weights | $0.30 | $1.2 |
| 57 | MA | Kimi K2.5 | 47.3 | 66.0 | 84.1 | 87.3 | 67.3 | N/A | 80.0% | 262.1K | Open weights | $0.60 | $3 |
| 58 | ZA | GLM-4.7 | 47.2 | 59.7 | 79.4 | 74.5 | 60.6 | N/A | 80.0% | 204.8K | Open weights | $0.60 | $2.2 |
| 59 | ME | Muse Spark | 47.2 | 73.2 | 68.0 | 97.8 | N/A | N/A | 60.0% | N/A | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 60 | AC | Qwen2 72B Instruct | 46.6 | 9.8 | 50.9 | 24.9 | 41.4 | N/A | 80.0% | N/A | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 61 | XI | MiMo-V2-Flash | 46.5 | 51.3 | 73.0 | 63.0 | 57.0 | N/A | 80.0% | 262.1K | Open weights | $0.14 | $0.28 |
| 62 | GO | Gemini 2.5 Flash | 46.1 | 38.1 | 70.6 | 58.2 | 24.8 | 71.4 | 100.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $0.30 | $2.5 |
| 63 | MI | MAI-Thinking-1 | 45.8 | 55.1 | 74.5 | 71.1 | 58.8 | 38.4 | 100.0% | N/A | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 64 | GO | Gemini 3.5 Flash | 45.7 | 79.2 | 80.0 | 65.2 | N/A | N/A | 60.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $1.5 | $9 |
| 65 | AMNova 2 LiteAmazon | Nova 2 Lite | 45.6 | 43.0 | 62.0 | 63.3 | 62.0 | 71.4 | 100.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $0.33 | $2.75 |
| 66 | MI | MiniMax M3 | 44.8 | 71.3 | N/A | N/A | 100.0 | N/A | 40.0% | 512K | Open weights | $0.30 | $1.2 |
| 67 | GO | Gemini 3.6 Flash | 44.5 | 79.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $1.5 | $7.5 |
| 68 | AC | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | 44.2 | 52.0 | 61.8 | 71.2 | 43.8 | 54.4 | 100.0% | 262.1K | Open weights | $0.25 | $2 |
| 69 | BY | Seed 2.1 Turbo | 42.5 | 73.1 | 90.9 | 85.9 | 39.6 | N/A | 80.0% | N/A | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 70 | GO | Gemma 3 27B | 39.2 | 15.8 | 46.8 | 37.9 | 89.0 | 61.1 | 100.0% | 131.1K | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 71 | AC | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | 37.6 | 6.5 | 9.4 | 17.2 | 58.4 | 35.0 | 100.0% | 131.1K | Closed weights | $0.175 | $0.70 |
| 72 | DE | DeepSeek-V3.1 | 36.8 | 39.9 | 53.6 | 66.3 | 7.5 | N/A | 80.0% | 131.1K | Open weights | N/A | N/A |
| 73 | GO | Gemini Diffusion | 36.8 | 3.6 | 16.3 | 46.1 | 3.5 | N/A | 80.0% | N/A | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 74 | MA | Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 | 35.3 | 37.2 | 55.1 | 38.0 | 34.5 | 63.4 | 100.0% | N/A | Closed weights | $0.60 | $2.5 |
| 75 | OP | GPT-4.5 | 33.4 | 36.2 | 43.8 | 91.0 | 48.7 | 38.7 | 100.0% | 128K | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 76 | GO | Gemma 3 12B | 32.4 | 11.2 | 39.4 | 35.4 | 74.8 | 51.4 | 100.0% | 131.1K | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 77 | OP | GPT-4.1 | 32.3 | 31.9 | 38.6 | 49.0 | 3.5 | 29.3 | 100.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $2 | $8 |
| 78 | AC | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | 32.3 | 55.3 | 80.3 | 61.6 | 40.9 | N/A | 80.0% | 262.1K | Open weights | $0.248 | $1.49 |
| 79 | MI | MAI-Code-1-Flash | 32.2 | 50.4 | 76.2 | 33.7 | 26.7 | 64.3 | 100.0% | 256K | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 80 | NV | Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) | 31.9 | 44.8 | 70.0 | 60.8 | 68.7 | 71.4 | 100.0% | 262.1K | Open weights | $0.20 | $0.80 |
| 81 | ME | Muse Glimmer-30B | 31.6 | 58.5 | 72.5 | 40.8 | 76.5 | 78.6 | 100.0% | 131.1K | Open weights | N/A | N/A |
| 82 | ZA | GLM-4.5-Air | 30.9 | 41.5 | 54.3 | 39.6 | 86.5 | N/A | 80.0% | 131.1K | Open weights | $0.20 | $1.1 |
| 83 | DE | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | 30.0 | 44.2 | 65.2 | 70.3 | 38.6 | N/A | 80.0% | 131.1K | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 84 | AC | Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct | 29.1 | 35.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20.0% | 262.1K | Open weights | $1.5 | $7.5 |
| 85 | AC | Qwen2.5-Omni-7B | 26.1 | 10.2 | 5.2 | 7.8 | 44.3 | 100.0 | 100.0% | N/A | Closed weights | $0.10 | $0.40 |
| 86 | CO | North Mini Code 1.0 | 22.5 | 37.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20.0% | N/A | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 87 | ME | LongCat-Flash-Lite | 21.0 | 33.0 | 40.3 | 54.7 | 43.5 | N/A | 80.0% | 256K | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 88 | AC | Qwen2 7B Instruct | 17.1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 11.9 | 22.4 | 45.5 | 100.0% | N/A | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 89 | GO | Gemma 3n E4B Instructed | 16.9 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 23.4 | 19.9 | 29.6 | 100.0% | 32K | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 90 | GO | Gemma 3n E4B Instructed LiteRT Preview | 16.9 | 0.0 | 25.7 | 26.4 | 19.9 | 29.6 | 100.0% | N/A | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 91 | OP | GPT-4.1 mini | 13.1 | 24.8 | 35.6 | 38.6 | 5.3 | 21.1 | 100.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $0.40 | $1.6 |
| 92 | NV | Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) | 12.1 | 35.2 | 54.3 | 40.2 | 92.0 | 56.7 | 100.0% | 262.1K | Open weights | N/A | N/A |
| 93 | GO | Gemma 3 4B | 10.8 | 0.0 | 21.7 | 13.3 | 51.8 | 50.4 | 100.0% | 131.1K | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 94 | GO | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | 9.8 | 19.1 | 35.2 | 44.8 | 11.9 | 28.6 | 100.0% | 1M | Closed weights | $0.10 | $0.40 |
| 95 | OP | GPT-4o | 8.5 | 23.9 | 22.8 | 35.2 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 100.0% | 128K | Closed weights | $2.5 | $10 |
| 96 | GO | Gemma 3n E2B Instructed | 7.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 11.0 | 6.5 | 11.4 | 100.0% | N/A | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 97 | GO | Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) | 7.0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 10.3 | 6.5 | 11.4 | 100.0% | N/A | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
| 98 | GO | Gemma 3 1B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 11.7 | 100.0% | N/A | Closed weights | N/A | N/A |
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 coding metric used on this page. Price remains a separate decision signal.
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Efficient frontier69 models with official PAYG prices
Coding Ranking Composition
Vendor concentration and model access among the first 25 ranked products.
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About this leaderboard
Common questions about Best AI for Coding.
What is the best model on Best AI for Coding?
Claude Mythos is currently ranked first with a coding score of 98.7.
How is this leaderboard ranked?
Each model appears once using its current scored version. Category pages use the capability named in the title, while the overall page uses the LLMBoard score.
How many models are included?
This page currently ranks 98 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.
Does Arena affect the score?
No. Arena results are displayed as an independent signal and are not included in the current LLMBoard capability score.