Best for reasoning
Ranked by GPQA Diamond - graduate-level science questions written to be hard to look up.
Ranked by GPQA Diamond - graduate-level science questions written to be hard to look up. Source: Epoch AI. Variants (reasoning effort, batch) are folded into one row.
| # | Model | Capability | Reasoning | Coding | Context | $/M | Weights | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-6 AstraNEWOpenAI | 166.6 | 95.8 | 73.2 | 1.05M | $20.00 | Closed | 3 Sep 2026 |
| 2 | Gemini 3.8 FlashNEWGoogle | 157.1 | 95.4 | 73.8 | 1.05M | $1.50 | Closed | 2 Sep 2026 |
| 3 | Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle | 157.7 | 94.8 | 65.3 | 1.05M | $1.50 | Closed | 13 Aug 2026 |
| 4 | Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle | 154.4 | 94.1 | 46.7 | 1.05M | $1.50 | Closed | 21 Jul 2026 |
| 5 | Grok 4.6xAI · +1 variant | 156.5 | 94.0 | 65.2 | 500K | $3.00 | Closed | 12 Aug 2026 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 5Anthropic · +1 variant | 162.7 | 93.9 | 73.6 | 1M | $10.00 | Closed | 24 Jul 2026 |
| 7 | GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI · +2 variants | 162.0 | 93.5 | 72.7 | 1.05M | $4.00 | Closed | 9 Jul 2026 |
| 8 | Grok 4.5xAI | 154.0 | 93.4 | 53.8 | 500K | $3.00 | Closed | 8 Jul 2026 |
| 9 | GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI · +2 variants | 159.3 | 93.3 | 69.6 | 1.05M | $4.50 | Closed | 9 Jul 2026 |
| 10 | Kimi K3Moonshot AI · +1 variant | 157.7 | 93.1 | 68.5 | 1.05M | $6.00 | Open | 16 Jul 2026 |
| 11 | Qwen3.8 MaxxhighAlibaba (Qwen) | — | 92.7 | 57.5 | — | — | Closed | 2 Aug 2026 |
| 12 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902)NEWxhighAlibaba (Qwen) | — | 92.3 | — | — | — | Closed | 1 Sep 2026 |
| 13 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek | 155.4 | 91.7 | — | 1.05M | $1.41 | Open | 13 Aug 2026 |
| 14 | GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI · +2 variants | 156.3 | 91.6 | 67.2 | 1.05M | $0.45 | Closed | 9 Jul 2026 |
| 15 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek | 154.5 | 91.0 | — | 1.31M | $0.093 | Open | 31 Jul 2026 |
| 16 | GLM 5.3Z.ai (Zhipu AI) | 155.6 | 90.9 | 69.0 | 1.31M | $2.15 | Open | 14 Aug 2026 |
| 17 | GLM 5.3 FlashZ.ai (Zhipu AI) | 151.9 | 90.2 | 63.4 | 1.31M | $0.24 | Open | 20 Aug 2026 |
| 18 | Inkling SmallxhighThinking Machines Lab | — | 88.5 | — | — | — | Open | 15 Jul 2026 |
| 19 | InklingxhighThinking Machines Lab | — | 88.3 | — | — | — | Open | 15 Jul 2026 |
| 20 | Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle | 145.1 | 83.3 | — | 1.05M | $0.85 | Closed | 21 Jul 2026 |
| 21 | Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba (Qwen) | 144.6 | 82.3 | — | 1M | $0.055 | Closed | 27 Jul 2026 |
— means no published score from that source yet · click a model for every benchmark with its source
New - awaiting independent evaluation
All new models →- Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic · 28 Sep 2026 · AA 56 · 1M · $4.00/M
- Qwen3.8 Max PrimeAlibaba (Qwen) · 23 Sep 2026 · 1M · $6.00/M
- GPT-6 SolOpenAI · 22 Sep 2026 · AA 47.5 · 1.05M · $4.00/M
- GPT-6 LunaOpenAI · 22 Sep 2026 · AA 37.3 · 1.05M · $0.20/M
- GPT-6 Sol ProOpenAI · 22 Sep 2026 · 1.05M · $4.00/M
- GPT-6 Luna ProOpenAI · 22 Sep 2026 · 1.05M · $0.20/M
- Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic · 22 Sep 2026 · AA 57.6 · 1M · $8.00/M
- Grok 4.7xAI · 21 Sep 2026 · AA 46.4 · 500K · $3.00/M
Not ranked until an independent evaluator (Epoch AI) publishes scores. We don't use vendor-reported benchmark claims for rankings.
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