300 AI models ranked for developer use cases. Scored by quality plus bonus for function calling, JSON mode, streaming, and reasoning - the capabilities that matter most when building with AI APIs.
| # | Model | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI | 94 |
| 2 | GPT-5.4OpenAI | 94 |
| 3 | GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI | 93 |
| 4 | GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI | 93 |
| 5 | GPT-5.2OpenAI | 93 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | 92 |
| 7 | GPT-5 ProOpenAI | 92 |
| 8 | o3 Deep ResearchOpenAI | 92 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic | 90 |
| 10 | GPT-5OpenAI | 90 |
| 11 | Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle | 89 |
| 12 | Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | 89 |
| 13 | Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | 89 |
| 14 | o3 ProOpenAI | 88 |
| 15 | Grok 4.1 FastxAI | 87 |
| 16 | Grok 4.20 BetaxAI | 86 |
| 17 | Grok 4xAI | 86 |
| 18 | Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle | 86 |
| 19 | o3OpenAI | 86 |
| 20 | GPT-5.1OpenAI | 85 |
| 21 | MiMo-V2-OmniXiaomi | 85 |
| 22 | MiMo-V2-ProXiaomi | 85 |
| 23 | GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI | 85 |
| 24 | Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance | 85 |
| 25 | Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba | 85 |
| 26 | Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance | 85 |
| 27 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle | 85 |
| 28 | GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI | 85 |
| 29 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba | 85 |
| 30 | Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI | 85 |
Let AI models call your functions and APIs. Essential for building agents, chatbots that take actions, and AI-powered workflows that interact with databases and external services.
Force AI responses into valid JSON for reliable parsing. Critical for data extraction, API responses, and any application that needs to process AI output programmatically.
Stream tokens as they generate for responsive user interfaces. Server-sent events (SSE) let you show AI responses in real-time - a must for any consumer-facing AI product.
Use premium models for complex reasoning and code generation. Use budget models for classification, extraction, and simple chat. Use open-source models for privacy and cost control.
Based on our composite scoring updated hourly, the top-ranked models are shown at the top of this page. Rankings consider benchmarks, pricing, capabilities, and community adoption.
Yes, several models listed on this page offer free tiers or are fully open-source. Look for models marked as Free in the pricing column above.
We use a composite scoring system combining benchmark performance, capability matching, pricing, context window size, and community adoption. Scores are updated hourly.
Rankings refresh every hour using real-time data from benchmarks, API testing, and community metrics. The data shown always reflects the most current performance.