8 models
Ranked by Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index
Reasoning Tools JSON 61.2

Stronger Opus tier for advanced software work and high-stakes reasoning

anthropic/claude-opus-4-7 2026-04-16 1M context $5/M input $25/M output
44 providers
Reasoning Tools JSON 60.4

Default frontier GPT for coding, computer use, research, and knowledge work

openai/gpt-5.5 2026-04-23 1.05M context $5/M input $30/M output
50 providers
Reasoning Tools JSON 53.6

Agent-ready GPT for coding and computer-use workflows at a lower cost

openai/gpt-5.4 2026-03-05 1.05M context $2.5/M input $15/M output
46 providers
Reasoning Tools JSON Open weights 52.7

Strong GLM coding model for agentic engineering, terminals, and repository generation

zhipuai/glm-5.1 2026-04-07 200K context $0.896/M input $3.585/M output
47 providers
Reasoning Tools JSON 51.3

High-end Claude for difficult coding, planning, and slower expert reasoning

anthropic/claude-opus-4-6 2026-02-05 1M context $5/M input $25/M output
40 providers
Reasoning Tools JSON Open weights 50.5

Multimodal Kimi workhorse for agent loops, coding tasks, and visual context

moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 2026-04-20 262.144K context $0.95/M input $4/M output
69 providers
Reasoning Tools Open weights 50.1

Open MoE flagship with million-token context for coding and long agent runs

deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro 2026-04-24 1M context $0.66/M input $1.98/M output
71 providers
Reasoning Tools JSON 49.4

Claude workhorse for coding agents, careful analysis, and production cost control

anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 2026-02-17 1M context $3/M input $15/M output
49 providers