15 models
Ranked by Coding Index
Reasoning Tools 76.5

Claude model for creative writing, analysis, and controlled agent workflows

anthropic/claude-fable-5 2026-06-09 1M context $10/M input $50/M output
45 providers
Reasoning Tools JSON Open weights 76.2

Multimodal Kimi model with 1M context and toggleable max-effort thinking for long-horizon agent work

moonshotai/kimi-k3 2026-07-16 1.04858M context $3/M input $15/M output
82 providers
Reasoning Tools JSON Open weights 65.0

Experimental multimodal DeepSeek V4 Flash model for image understanding, coding, and agentic work

deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp 2026-08-21 1M context $0.15/M input $0.6/M output
23 providers
Reasoning Tools JSON Open weights 61.8

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 JSON Open weights 60.8

Coding-focused Kimi model, stronger on long-horizon repo work with less overthinking

moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code 2026-06-12 262.144K context $0.95/M input $4/M output
67 providers
Reasoning Tools Open weights 56.8

Open MiMo model for multimodal coding agents and long-context automation

xiaomi/mimo-v2.5 2026-04-22 1.04858M context $0.14/M input $0.28/M output
27 providers
Reasoning Tools Open weights 52.9

Multimodal MoE reasoning model (276B total, 12B active) for text, image, and audio

thinkingmachines/inkling-small 2026-07-30 1.04858M context $0.3/M input $1.2/M output
15 providers
Reasoning Tools Open weights 52.1

Multimodal MoE reasoning model (975B total, 41B active) for text, image, and audio

thinkingmachines/inkling 2026-07-15 1.04858M context $1.87/M input $4.68/M output
24 providers
Reasoning Tools Open weights 46.8

Earlier Kimi frontier model for long-context agents, coding, and multimodal work

moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 2026-01-27 262.144K context $0.375/M input $2/M output
47 providers
Reasoning Tools Open weights 43.4

Largest Gemma 4 instruction model for open, self-hosted chat and reasoning

google/gemma-4-31b-it 2026-04-02 262.144K context $0.1/M input $0.3/M output
37 providers
Reasoning Tools JSON Open weights 39.6

Newer StepFun flash model for faster agents, coding, and multimodal prompts

stepfun/step-3.7-flash 2026-05-29 256K context $0.202/M input $1.211/M output
21 providers
Reasoning Tools JSON Open weights 39.3

Open Gemma instruction model for efficient chat and self-hosted deployments

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it 2026-04-02 262.144K context $0.042/M input $0.22/M output
25 providers
Tools JSON Open weights 10.1

Largest open Gemma 3 instruction model for multilingual text generation and visual understanding

google/gemma-3-27b-it 2025-03-12 131.072K context $0.08/M input $0.35/M output
13 providers
Tools Open weights 5.8

Open multimodal Gemma instruction model for multilingual text generation and image understanding

google/gemma-3-12b-it 2025-03-12 131.072K context $0.04/M input $0.12/M output
10 providers
Tools Open weights 2.7

Open multimodal Gemma instruction model for efficient text generation and image understanding

google/gemma-3-4b-it 2025-03-12 131.072K context $0.04/M input $0.05/M output
9 providers