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Anthropic current default flagship. Official API $5/$25 per 1M tokens and a 1M context window (Anthropic, Jul 24 2026).

Anthropic top-tier X-High reasoning model engineered for heavy multi-step tasks. Official API $10/$50 per 1M tokens (Claude Platform pricing, Aug 2026).

OpenAI 5.6 flagship tier. Official API $5/$30 per 1M tokens (OpenAI pricing, Jul 30 2026 update left Sol unchanged).

Prior Opus generation still billed at $5/$25. Kept as a compare baseline against Opus 5.

xAI Aug 12 2026 post-training refresh of Grok 4.5. Same $2/$6 API price, 500k context, stronger agentic traces.

Follow-on Opus release. Slightly behind 4.5 on official SWE-bench bash-only in the last published sweep; stronger multi-step autonomous agent reasoning.

Current Google Pro-class multimodal model. Long context, strong coding, billed like the 3.x Pro tier.

Anthropic frontier coding and computer-use model. SWE-bench leader on the official mini-SWE-agent harness in the Feb 2026 refresh.

OpenAI cost-efficient reasoning model with adjustable thinking effort and top coding benchmark scores.

OpenAI flagship reasoning model for 2025–26. Strong general preference Elo and multimodal coverage.

Z.ai Aug 14 2026 post-train of the GLM-5.2 744B base. Coding-plan live; open weights promised after a two-week safety review (z.ai/blog/glm-5.3).

Anthropic workhorse. Official $2/$10 per 1M tokens made permanent on Aug 10 2026.

Google frontier multimodal model with a multi-million-token context window.

OpenAI 5.6 mid tier. Official API $2/$12 per 1M after the Jul 30 2026 price cut.

OpenAI largest dense non-reasoning model with expansive world knowledge and reduced hallucinations.

Open-weight-adjacent DeepSeek flagship. High reasoning density per dollar.

Google Aug 13 2026 workhorse. Official intro price $0.75/$3.75 per 1M through Dec 31 2026; 1,048,576-token context (Google blog).

Moonshot AI frontier flagship reasoning and agent swarm model with 256k context and top-tier SWE-bench coding capability.

Workhorse Anthropic model: most of Opus coding quality at a mid-tier price.

Alibaba flagship. Strong math and multilingual code.

Moonshot flagship reasoning model with high-fidelity coding, deep thinking, and tool use across a 200k context.

OpenAI pioneer reasoning foundation model designed for complex science, math, and multi-step reasoning.

Google Jul 21 workhorse. Now shares the 3.7 Flash introductory $0.75/$3.75 rate through Dec 31 2026.

Fast Google frontier-adjacent model. Near-top official SWE-bench at a fraction of Opus price.

Alibaba specialized open reasoning model competing with frontier closed reasoning models.

Zhipu flagship. Strong Chinese/English coding and agents.

Google experimental reasoning model that visualizes thoughts in real-time.

DeepSeek Jul 31 2026 price-performance SKU. Public listings put it near $0.14/$0.28 per 1M tokens.

First Claude 4 Opus generation. Baseline for opus 4 vs opus 5.

Previous xAI flagship.

MiniMax coding model. Tied near the top of official SWE-bench bash-only in Feb 2026.

01.AI ultra-fast reasoning model delivering top LiveBench efficiency.

Zhipu high-throughput multimodal vision model with sub-second latency and competitive coding.

ByteDance Seed 2.1 Turbo, listed on public model timelines as an Aug 10 2026 API drop.

ByteDance flagship enterprise model with ultra-low token cost and 128k context.

Meta natively multimodal open-weight flagship.

OpenAI 5.6 fast/cheap tier. Official API $0.20/$1.20 per 1M after the Jul 30 80% Luna cut.

Moonshot foundation model with strong native bilingual reasoning and 65.8% SWE-bench Verified coding baseline.

Mistral European flagship with strong function calling.

First Sonnet 4 generation. Bridge between 3.5/3.7 and Sonnet 5.

Baidu current multimodal enterprise foundation model with broad Chinese knowledge.

Alibaba balanced flagship API model with high-throughput general reasoning.

OpenAI high-speed, cost-effective reasoning model optimized for STEM, math, and code generation.

Open-weight Qwen3 mixture-of-experts.

Anthropic cheap/fast Claude SKU. Official Claude Platform list price $1/$5 per 1M tokens (Anthropic Haiku page).

01.AI full-scale dense model for complex instruction following.

Alibaba dedicated open-weight code generation model with near-frontier SWE-bench Verified coding capability.

Moonshot ultra-long context model supporting up to 2 million tokens per request.

Meta open-weight Llama 4 long-context sibling of Maverick. Common public API lists sit near $0.08–$0.30 / $0.30–$0.70 per 1M; we store a conservative hosted list until OpenRouter overwrites.

Cost-efficient GPT-5 distill for high-volume agents.

Previous xAI generation before Grok 4. Kept for grok 3 vs grok 4.

Alibaba open-weight 27B drop dated Aug 14 2026. Dense enough to self-host; not a frontier MoE.

Meta flagship open-weight 405B dense foundation model with 128k context window.

DeepSeek open-weight Mixture-of-Experts coding model supporting 338 programming languages and 128k context.

Hybrid-reasoning Sonnet from 2025. Kept for historical compare pages.

ByteDance high-speed lightweight model priced at sub-cent levels.

Open-weights reasoning model trained with large-scale RL.

Previous Google long-context flagship.

Cohere enterprise RAG and tool-use model.

Previous OpenAI flagship. Still a common compare baseline on legacy pages.

Mistral code-specialist model.

Prior DeepSeek flagship. Baseline for v3 vs v4.

Previous Google speed workhorse.

Previous Meta 70B open-weight workhorse.

2024 workhorse. Still a high-intent compare against GPT-4o.

Legacy small OpenAI model. Useful as a cheap baseline.

First million-token Gemini Pro. Baseline for 1.5 vs 2.5 vs 3.x Pro.

GPT-4 Turbo 128k. Historical flagship for gpt-4 turbo vs gpt-4o / gpt-5.

Original Claude 3 flagship. Kept so opus 3 vs later Opus and vs GPT-4o still resolve.

Llama 3.1 70B instruct. Predecessor to 3.3 70B and Llama 4.

Previous cheap Claude. Haiku 4.5 is the current $1/$5 SKU.

OpenAI flagship diffusion-transformer image synthesis model with supreme prompt adherence, realistic textures, and complex text composition.

Fast distilled tier of GPT Image 2 designed for high-throughput interactive creative workflows at 70% lower price.

Previous OpenAI image generation flagship. High fidelity with proven enterprise reliability.

Legacy OpenAI image model benchmark baseline. Retained for historical comparisons.

State-of-the-art cinematic image synthesis foundation model known for photorealistic lighting and aesthetic composition.

Google DeepMind frontier multimodal image generation flagship with Deep Research and complex multi-object spatial reasoning.

Google high-speed multimodal generative model delivering top Elo performance at half the latency and cost of Pro.

Sub-1.5 second ultra-low latency tier for real-time applications and mobile game asset pipelines.

Black Forest Labs maximum-capacity flow-matching model with photoreal anatomy and leading typography fidelity.

Flexible step-distilled variant of FLUX.2 offering 99% of Max quality with 45% faster generation speeds.

First-generation professional API model from Black Forest Labs, renowned for 6x faster generation than original FLUX.1 Pro.

Open-weights non-commercial base model with 12B parameters, serving as the foundation for the open-source fine-tuning ecosystem.

Apache 2.0 4-step distilled open weights model optimized for local inference and instant preview generation.

Industry-leading typography, graphic design, and in-image text layout model with precise kerning and complex banner generation.

Open-weight release of Ideogram 4.0, bringing world-class text rendering to self-hosted enterprise infrastructure.

Specialized generative model for vector art, icon sets, illustrations, and commercial design assets with native brand color matching.

High-resolution real-time generation model tuned for artistic composition and dynamic concept art.

Sub-2 second interactive generation engine delivering ultra-affordable $15/1k image generation.

Alibaba multimodal image synthesis foundation model with strong bilingual Chinese/English typography and cultural asset fidelity.

Alibaba high-efficiency open video/image unified transformer backbone.

ByteDance flagship image generation model with high photorealism and fine facial structure rendering.

High-value ByteDance image foundation model at $30/1k images.

Midjourney v7 premier creative image generation model with unparalleled stylistic nuances, coherent hands/anatomy, and cinematic grading.

Previous standard in aesthetic digital art generation, retained as a historical compare baseline.

Microsoft AI proprietary foundation image model for Copilot Studio and enterprise creative workflows.

Cost-optimized Microsoft AI image model delivering sub-2 second responses at $20/1k images.

HiDream high-definition visual generator optimized for photorealism and accurate complex lighting.

Luma Labs universal 3D-aware image synthesis engine with spatial geometry consistency.