Model intelligence
20 AI models
Capability (Epoch Capabilities Index and individual benchmarks from Epoch AI), API list prices and context windows (OpenRouter), release dates and open-weight status. Benchmarks are shown individually - never merged into one invented score.
Epoch Capabilities Index by release date
Capability frontier
Source: Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0). ECI is Epoch's item-response model over many benchmarks; each model page shows its 90% confidence interval.
Blended $/1M tokens (3:1 input:output) vs ECI
Price vs capability
Only models with both an ECI score and an OpenRouter price. Normalisation: 75% input + 25% output price. Click a point to open the model.
| # | Model | ECI ↓ | Context | In $/M | Weights | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qwen 3.8 Max | 156.7 | — | — | Closed | 2 Aug 2026 |
| 2 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | 155.3 | 1M | $2.00 | Closed | 1 Sep 2026 |
| 3 | Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | 153.7 | 1M | $1.48 | Closed | 19 May 2026 |
| 4 | Qwen 3.6 Max (Preview) | 149.3 | — | — | Closed | 20 Apr 2026 |
| 5 | Qwen 3.6 Plus | 147.7 | — | — | Closed | 31 Mar 2026 |
| 6 | Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | 147.4 | 1M | $0.32 | Closed | 2 Jun 2026 |
| 7 | Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B) | 146.8 | — | — | Closed | 16 Feb 2026 |
| 8 | Qwen3.7 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | 144.6 | 1M | $0.030 | Closed | 27 Jul 2026 |
| 9 | Qwen 3.5 Flash (hosted 35B-A3B) | 144.0 | — | — | Closed | 25 Feb 2026 |
| 10 | Qwen 3.6 Flash | 143.3 | — | — | Closed | 27 Apr 2026 |
| 11 | Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | 142.4 | 262K | $0.78 | Closed | 24 Sep 2025 |
| 12 | Qwen2.5-Max | 132.5 | — | — | Closed | 25 Jan 2025 |
| 13 | Qwen3.8 Max (xhigh) | — | — | — | Closed | 2 Aug 2026 |
| 14 | Qwen3.8 Max (unknown) | — | — | — | Closed | 2 Aug 2026 |
| 15 | Qwen 3.6 Plus (2026-04-02) | — | — | — | Closed | 31 Mar 2026 |
| 16 | Qwen3-Max-Instruct | — | — | — | Closed | 24 Sep 2025 |
| 17 | Qwen Plus (Apr 2025) | — | — | — | Closed | 28 Apr 2025 |
| 18 | QWQ-Plus | — | — | — | Closed | 8 Apr 2025 |
| 19 | Qwen Plus (Jan 2025) | — | — | — | Closed | 25 Jan 2025 |
| 20 | Qwen-Turbo | — | — | — | Closed | 1 Nov 2024 |
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