AI Reasoning Benchmark

How do reasoning models stack up against standard LLMs? This benchmark compares 345 reasoning models against 105 standard models on composite score, pricing, and capabilities - helping you decide when chain-of-thought thinking is worth the trade-off.

Reasoning vs Standard - Head-to-Head

Reasoning Models

345

Models

Top Score

Avg Score

$-2889.83

Avg $/1M Out

Standard Models

105

Models

Top Score

Avg Score

$-9520.64

Avg $/1M Out

Reasoning models from 51 providers. Score difference: +5 points average for reasoning models.

Reasoning Models - Ranked by Score

#	Model	Provider	Score	Context	$/1M Out
1	Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic	Anthropic	96	1M	$50.00
2	Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	96	1M	$25.00
3	Claude Fable 5Anthropic	Anthropic	96	1M	$50.00
4	Claude Fable 5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	96	1M	$25.00
5	Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic	Anthropic	95	1M	$20.00
6	Claude Opus 5Anthropic	Anthropic	95	1M	$25.00
7	Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic	Anthropic	95	1M	$25.00
8	Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic	Anthropic	95	1M	$25.00
9	GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	93	1.1M	$180.00
10	GPT-5.5 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	93	1.1M	$90.00
11	GPT-5.5OpenAI	OpenAI	93	1.1M	$30.00
12	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle	Google	92	1.0M	$12.00
13	Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle	Google	92	1.0M	$12.00
14	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)Google	Google	92	1.0M	$6.00
15	GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	92	1.1M	$180.00
16	GPT-5.4 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	92	1.1M	$90.00
17	GPT-5.4OpenAI	OpenAI	92	1.1M	$15.00
18	GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	91	400K	$14.00
19	GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	91	400K	$14.00
20	GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	91	400K	$168.00
21	GPT-5.2 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	91	400K	$84.00
22	GPT-5.2OpenAI	OpenAI	91	400K	$14.00
23	Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic	Anthropic	90	1M	$25.00
24	GPT-5.6 Luna ProOpenAI	OpenAI	89	1.1M	$1.20
25	GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	1.1M	$0.60
26	GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI	OpenAI	89	1.1M	$1.20
27	GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	1.1M	$0.60
28	GPT-5.6 Terra ProOpenAI	OpenAI	89	1.1M	$12.00
29	GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	1.1M	$6.00
30	GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI	OpenAI	89	1.1M	$12.00
31	GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	1.1M	$6.00
32	GPT-5.6 Sol ProOpenAI	OpenAI	89	1.1M	$20.00
33	GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	1.1M	$10.00
34	GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI	OpenAI	89	1.1M	$20.00
35	GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	1.1M	$10.00
36	GPT-5.5 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	1.1M	$15.00
37	GPT-5.4 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	1.1M	$7.50
38	Grok 4.7xAI	xAI	89	500K	$6.00
39	Grok 4.6xAI	xAI	89	500K	$6.00
40	Grok 4.5xAI	xAI	89	500K	$6.00
41	Grok 4.3xAI	xAI	89	1M	$2.50
42	Grok 4.20xAI	xAI	89	2M	$2.50
43	GPT-5.2 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	400K	$7.00
44	GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI	OpenAI	89	400K	$10.00
45	GPT-5.1OpenAI	OpenAI	89	400K	$10.00
46	GPT-5.1 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	400K	$5.00
47	GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	89	400K	$10.00
48	GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	89	400K	$2.00
49	GPT-5 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	89	400K	$120.00
50	GPT-5 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	400K	$60.00
51	GPT-5OpenAI	OpenAI	89	400K	$10.00
52	GPT-5 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	400K	$5.00
53	Grok 4.3 (batch)xAI	xAI	89	1M	$2.00
54	Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle	Google	88	1.0M	$3.00
55	Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)Google	Google	88	1.0M	$1.50
56	Grok 4.7 (batch)xAI	xAI	88	500K	$4.80
57	Grok 4.6 (batch)xAI	xAI	88	500K	$4.80
58	Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentxAI	xAI	88	2M	$2.50
59	o3 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	87	200K	$80.00
60	o3OpenAI	OpenAI	87	200K	$8.00
61	o3 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	87	200K	$4.00
62	Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic	Anthropic	85	1M	$10.00
63	Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic	Anthropic	85	1M	$10.00
64	Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic	Anthropic	85	1M	$15.00
65	Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic	Anthropic	85	200K	$25.00
66	Claude Opus 4.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	85	200K	$12.50
67	Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	84	1M	$12.50
68	Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	84	1M	$12.50
69	Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	84	1M	$12.50
70	Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle	Google	84	1.0M	$10.00
71	Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google	Google	84	1.0M	$10.00
72	DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek	DeepSeek	83	164K	$0.38
73	Claude Opus 4.1 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	83	200K	$37.50
74	Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic	Anthropic	82	1M	$15.00
75	Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic	Anthropic	82	200K	$75.00
76	GPT-6 AstraOpenAI	OpenAI	82	1.1M	$50.00
77	GPT-6 Astra (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	82	1.1M	$25.00
78	GPT-6 Astra ProOpenAI	OpenAI	82	1.1M	$50.00
79	GPT-6 Astra Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	82	1.1M	$25.00
80	o4 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	81	200K	$2.20
81	Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle	Google	81	1.0M	$4.13
82	Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)Google	Google	81	1.0M	$1.88
83	R1 0528DeepSeek	DeepSeek	79	164K	$2.15
84	GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI	OpenAI	79	400K	$1.25
85	GPT-5.4 Nano (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	79	400K	$0.63
86	GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	79	400K	$4.50
87	GPT-5.4 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	79	400K	$2.25
88	Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle	Google	79	1.0M	$0.40
89	Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle	Google	79	1.0M	$2.50
90	Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle	Google	79	1.0M	$2.50
91	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)Google	Google	79	1.0M	$1.25
92	Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle	Google	79	1.0M	$9.00
93	Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch)Google	Google	79	1.0M	$4.50
94	GPT-5 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	77	400K	$1.00
95	GPT-5 NanoOpenAI	OpenAI	77	400K	$0.40
96	GPT-5 Nano (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	77	400K	$0.20
97	Gemma 4 31BGoogle	Google	76	262K	$0.40
98	Gemma 4 31B (free)Google	Google	76	262K	Free
99	Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	75	1M	$7.50
100	Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	75	1M	$7.50
101	o3 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	74	200K	$2.20
102	DeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeek	DeepSeek	72	164K	$0.41
103	DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeek	DeepSeek	72	164K	$0.95
104	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle	Google	71	1.0M	$1.50
105	Qwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba	Alibaba	71	262K	$3.60
106	Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic	Anthropic	70	1M	$0.50
107	Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic	Anthropic	70	200K	$5.00
108	Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	70	200K	$2.50
109	Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba	Alibaba	70	262K	$2.08
110	GLM 5.3 FlashX LegalZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	70	1.0M	$1.25
111	GLM 5.3 FlashXZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	70	1.0M	$1.25
112	GLM 5.3 FlashZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	70	1.0M	$0.50
113	GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	70	1.0M	$0.18
114	Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba	Alibaba	69	262K	$2.60
115	GLM 5V TurboZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	69	203K	$4.00
116	GLM 5.3 PrimeZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	69	1M	$8.80
117	GLM 5.3Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	69	1.0M	$1.40
118	GLM 5.3 (batch)Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	69	1.0M	$2.00
119	GLM 5.2Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	69	1.0M	$6.80
120	Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba	Alibaba	69	262K	$1.00
121	Mistral Large 4Mistral AI	Mistral AI	68	1.0M	$2.10
122	GLM 5.1Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	68	205K	$4.40
123	GLM 5 TurboZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	68	203K	$4.00
124	GLM 5Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	68	205K	$3.20
125	GLM 4.5VZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	68	66K	$1.80
126	GLM 4.7Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	67	205K	$2.20
127	GLM 4.6Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	67	205K	$2.00
128	GLM 4.5Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	67	131K	$2.20
129	Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba	Alibaba	67	262K	$0.25
130	Composer 2Cursor	Cursor	66	200K	$2.50
131	Composer 2 FastCursor	Cursor	66	200K	$7.50
132	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Alibaba	Alibaba	65	128K	$3.50
133	MiniMax M1MiniMax	MiniMax	64	1M	$2.20
134	GLM 4.5 AirZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	64	131K	$0.85
135	MiniMax M2.7MiniMax	MiniMax	64	205K	$0.84
136	MiniMax M2.5MiniMax	MiniMax	64	205K	$1.20
137	Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	58	1M	$0.25
138	Command A+Cohere	Cohere	52	192K	$1.50
139	Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	48	262K	$3.41
140	Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	48	262K	$2.50
141	GPT-5 MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	41	400K	$2.00
142	LFM3-1.7BLiquid AI	Liquid AI	40	262K	$0.20
143	LFM3-1.7B (free)Liquid AI	Liquid AI	40	262K	Free
144	Hy4Tencent	Tencent	40	1.0M	$1.25
145	Particle-1particle-ai	particle-ai	40	1.0M	$0.50
146	GPT-6.1 Terra ProOpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$5.00
147	GPT-6.1 Terra Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$2.50
148	GPT-6.1 TerraOpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$5.00
149	GPT-6.1 Terra (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$2.50
150	Kimi K3.1 ProMoonshot AI	Moonshot AI	40	1.0M	$10.00
151	Flint (free)recursive	recursive	40	262K	Free
152	MiniMax M3.1 FlashMiniMax	MiniMax	40	1.0M	$0.60
153	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek	DeepSeek	40	1.0M	$0.60
154	Glimpseelorian	elorian	40	262K	$3.00
155	Xing4.0 29B A4B (free)xingchen-agi	xingchen-agi	40	262K	Free
156	Beam 1.0 501B A23Breflection	reflection	40	1.0M	$1.00
157	Mercury 3Inception	Inception	40	1M	$0.35
158	Ternary Bonsai 2 9Bprism-ml	prism-ml	40	262K	$0.13
159	Moondream 3 Previewmoondream	moondream	40	32K	$2.50
160	Moondream 3.1moondream	moondream	40	32K	$2.50
161	Muse Spark Openmeta	meta	40	1.0M	$4.25
162	Nemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA	NVIDIA	40	1.0M	$0.50
163	Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)NVIDIA	NVIDIA	40	1M	Free
164	LFM2.5-24B-A2BLiquid AI	Liquid AI	40	128K	$0.70
165	Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle	Google	40	1.0M	$10.00
166	Gemini 4 Argon (batch)Google	Google	40	1.0M	$5.00
167	Muse Wondermeta	meta	40	1.0M	$20.00
168	Step 5 PreviewStepFun	StepFun	40	1.0M	$2.70
169	Ling 3.1 Flashinclusionai	inclusionai	40	1M	$0.14
170	GPT-6.1 Sol ProOpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$10.00
171	GPT-6.1 Sol Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$5.00
172	GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$10.00
173	GPT-6.1 Sol (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$5.00
174	Claude Sonnet 5.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	40	1M	$5.00
175	Perceptron Mk1.5perceptron	perceptron	40	37K	$1.50
176	Ember-1fireworks	fireworks	40	1.0M	$15.00
177	Qwen3.8 Max PrimeAlibaba	Alibaba	40	1M	$12.00
178	Aion 3.5 Miniaion-labs	aion-labs	40	262K	$1.40
179	Aion 3.5aion-labs	aion-labs	40	262K	$6.00
180	Solar Mini 4Upstage	Upstage	40	524K	$0.20
181	GPT-6 Luna ProOpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$0.50
182	GPT-6 Luna Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$0.25
183	GPT-6 LunaOpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$0.50
184	GPT-6 Luna (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$0.25
185	GPT-6 Sol ProOpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$10.00
186	GPT-6 Sol Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$5.00
187	GPT-6 SolOpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$10.00
188	GPT-6 Sol (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	1.1M	$5.00
189	Claude Opus 5.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	40	1M	$10.00
190	MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeedXiaomi	Xiaomi	40	1.0M	$8.70
191	MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi	Xiaomi	40	1.1M	$0.28
192	MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi	Xiaomi	40	1.1M	$0.87
193	Qwen3.8 Omni FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	40	1M	$0.47
194	Ternary Bonsai 2 27Bprism-ml	prism-ml	40	262K	$0.50
195	DeepSeek Pro Latest~deepseek	~deepseek	40	1.0M	$8.00
196	DeepSeek Flash Latest~deepseek	~deepseek	40	1.0M	$0.50
197	GPT Astra Latest~openai	~openai	40	1.1M	$50.00
198	GPT Sol Latest~openai	~openai	40	1.1M	$10.00
199	GPT Terra Latest~openai	~openai	40	1.1M	$5.00
200	GPT Luna Latest~openai	~openai	40	1.1M	$0.50
201	Fugu Ultra v2sakana	sakana	40	1M	$30.00
202	Fugu Maxsakana	sakana	40	1M	$6.00
203	Ling 3.0 Flash VLinclusionai	inclusionai	40	131K	$0.18
204	DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek	DeepSeek	40	1.0M	$0.57
205	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)DeepSeek	DeepSeek	40	1.0M	$0.34
206	Mercury 2.5Inception	Inception	40	260K	$0.15
207	Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alibaba	Alibaba	40	1M	$6.00
208	Muse Spark 1.3 Contributormeta	meta	40	1.0M	$0.20
209	Muse Spark 1.3meta	meta	40	1.0M	$4.25
210	Granite 4.2 8BIBM	IBM	40	131K	$0.25
211	Hy4 previewTencent	Tencent	40	1.0M	$2.50
212	GLM Flash Latest~z-ai	~z-ai	40	1.0M	$0.09
213	Qwen3.8 FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	40	1M	$0.47
214	Muse Spark 1.2 Contributormeta	meta	40	1.0M	$0.20
215	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek	DeepSeek	40	1.0M	$1.32
216	GLM Latest~z-ai	~z-ai	40	1.0M	$1.40
217	Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba	Alibaba	40	1.0M	$1.88
218	Qwen3.8 27B (batch)Alibaba	Alibaba	40	262K	$2.00
219	Dots3-Note Preview (free)dots-studio	dots-studio	40	512K	Free
220	Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle	Google	40	1.0M	$3.75
221	Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)Google	Google	40	1.0M	$1.88
222	Seed 2.1 TurboByteDance	ByteDance	40	262K	$2.50
223	Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba	Alibaba	40	1.0M	$6.00
224	Seed-2.0-CodeByteDance	ByteDance	40	262K	$3.00
225	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek	DeepSeek	40	1.0M	$4.66
226	LFM2.5-2.6BLiquid AI	Liquid AI	40	128K	$0.50
227	LFM2.5-2.6B (free)Liquid AI	Liquid AI	40	66K	Free
228	Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA	NVIDIA	40	262K	$0.20
229	Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)NVIDIA	NVIDIA	40	1M	Free
230	Sakana Namazusakana	sakana	40	262K	$4.00
231	Solar Pro 4Upstage	Upstage	40	524K	$0.60
232	Muse Glimmer 30Bmeta	meta	40	131K	$1.20
233	Muse Glimmer 30B (batch)meta	meta	40	131K	$0.96
234	Ling 3.0 Tinyinclusionai	inclusionai	40	262K	$0.04
235	Muse Spark 1.2meta	meta	40	1.0M	$4.25
236	DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest~deepseek	~deepseek	40	1.0M	$0.30
237	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek	DeepSeek	40	1.0M	$0.30
238	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (batch)DeepSeek	DeepSeek	40	1.0M	$0.14
239	Inkling Smallthinkingmachines	thinkingmachines	40	524K	$1.20
240	Inkling Small (batch)thinkingmachines	thinkingmachines	40	524K	$0.96
241	Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	40	1M	$0.13
242	Claude Opus 5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	40	1M	$12.50
243	Ling 3.0 Flashinclusionai	inclusionai	40	262K	$0.06
244	Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle	Google	40	1.0M	$3.75
245	Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)Google	Google	40	1.0M	$1.88
246	LongCat 2.0Meituan	Meituan	40	1.0M	$1.20
247	Inklingthinkingmachines	thinkingmachines	40	524K	$4.05
248	Kimi K3Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	40	1.0M	$16.00
249	Kimi K3 (batch)Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	40	1.0M	$11.40
250	Muse Spark 1.1meta	meta	40	1.0M	$4.25
251	Grok Latest~x-ai	~x-ai	40	500K	$6.00
252	Aion-3.0-Miniaion-labs	aion-labs	40	131K	$1.40
253	Aion-3.0aion-labs	aion-labs	40	131K	$6.00
254	Hy3Tencent	Tencent	40	262K	$0.53
255	Jev Routertypesafe	typesafe	40	1M	$-1000000.00
256	Gemini Omni 1.2 FlashGoogle	Google	-	131K	$9.00
257	Gemini Omni 1.1 FlashGoogle	Google	-	131K	$9.00
258	Crouton Alphastealth	stealth	-	1.0M	Free
259	Nano Banana 2.1Google	Google	-	66K	$7.50
260	Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	-	1M	$5.00
261	Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)Google	Google	-	66K	$1.50
262	Fugu Ultrasakana	sakana	-	1M	$30.00
263	Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)Google	Google	-	131K	$3.00
264	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)Google	Google	-	131K	$12.00
265	North Mini Code (free)Cohere	Cohere	-	256K	Free
266	Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI	Moonshot AI	-	262K	$3.50
267	Claude Fable Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	-	1M	$50.00
268	Nemotron 3.5 Content SafetyNVIDIA	NVIDIA	-	131K	$0.20
269	Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA	NVIDIA	-	262K	$2.40
270	Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)NVIDIA	NVIDIA	-	1M	Free
271	Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba	Alibaba	-	1M	$1.28
272	Qwen3.7 Plus (batch)Alibaba	Alibaba	-	262K	$0.92
273	MiniMax M3MiniMax	MiniMax	-	1.0M	$1.20
274	MiniMax M3 (batch)MiniMax	MiniMax	-	524K	$0.88
275	Step 3.7 FlashStepFun	StepFun	-	262K	$1.15
276	Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba	Alibaba	-	1M	$4.42
277	Grok Build 0.1xAI	xAI	-	256K	$2.00
278	Perceptron Mk1perceptron	perceptron	-	33K	$1.50
279	Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogle	Google	-	1.0M	$1.50
280	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)Google	Google	-	1.0M	$0.75
281	Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI	Mistral AI	-	262K	$7.50
282	Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch)Mistral AI	Mistral AI	-	262K	$3.75
283	Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)NVIDIA	NVIDIA	-	256K	Free
284	Claude Haiku Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	-	1M	$0.50
285	GPT Mini Latest~openai	~openai	-	400K	$4.50
286	Gemini Pro Latest~google	~google	-	1.0M	$10.00
287	Kimi Latest~moonshotai	~moonshotai	-	1.0M	$10.55
288	Gemini Flash Latest~google	~google	-	1.0M	$3.75
289	Claude Sonnet Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	-	1M	$10.00
290	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20Alibaba	Alibaba	-	1M	$1.80
291	Qwen3.6 FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	-	1M	$1.13
292	Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba	Alibaba	-	262K	$0.90
293	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba	Alibaba	-	262K	$2.70
294	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeek	DeepSeek	-	1.0M	$1.90
295	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeek	DeepSeek	-	1.0M	$0.18
296	Hy3 previewTencent	Tencent	-	262K	$0.60
297	MiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomi	Xiaomi	-	1.1M	$1.80
298	MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi	Xiaomi	-	1M	$2.00
299	GPT-5.4 Image 2OpenAI	OpenAI	-	272K	$15.00
300	Claude Opus Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	-	1M	$20.00
301	Gemma 4 26B A4B Google	Google	-	262K	$0.22
302	Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)Google	Google	-	262K	Free
303	Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba	Alibaba	-	1M	$1.95
304	Mistral Small 4Mistral AI	Mistral AI	-	262K	$0.60
305	Nemotron 3 SuperNVIDIA	NVIDIA	-	1.0M	$0.40
306	Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance	ByteDance	-	262K	$2.00
307	Mercury 2Inception	Inception	-	128K	$0.75
308	Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance	ByteDance	-	262K	$0.40
309	Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)Google	Google	-	66K	$3.00
310	Qwen3.5-FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	-	1M	$0.26
311	Aion-2.0aion-labs	aion-labs	-	131K	$1.60
312	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba	Alibaba	-	1M	$1.56
313	Step 3.5 FlashStepFun	StepFun	-	262K	$0.30
314	GLM 4.7 FlashZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	-	200K	$0.40
315	Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance	ByteDance	-	262K	$0.30
316	Seed 1.6ByteDance	ByteDance	-	262K	$2.00
317	Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA	NVIDIA	-	262K	$0.24
318	GLM 4.6VZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	-	131K	$0.90
319	Nova 2 LiteAmazon	Amazon	-	1M	$2.50
320	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)Google	Google	-	66K	$12.00
321	Kimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AI	Moonshot AI	-	262K	$2.50
322	Sonar Pro SearchPerplexity	Perplexity	-	200K	$15.00
323	gpt-oss-safeguard-20bOpenAI	OpenAI	-	131K	$0.30
324	GPT-5 Image MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	-	400K	$2.00
325	GPT-5 ImageOpenAI	OpenAI	-	400K	$10.00
326	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba	Alibaba	-	262K	$1.00
327	DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeek	DeepSeek	-	164K	$1.00
328	gpt-oss-120bOpenAI	OpenAI	-	131K	$0.04
329	gpt-oss-120b (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	-	131K	$0.14
330	gpt-oss-20bOpenAI	OpenAI	-	131K	$0.13
331	gpt-oss-20b (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	-	131K	$0.11
332	Hunyuan A13B InstructTencent	Tencent	-	131K	$0.57
333	Qwen3 30B A3BAlibaba	Alibaba	-	41K	$0.50
334	Qwen3 14BAlibaba	Alibaba	-	41K	$0.24
335	Qwen3 32BAlibaba	Alibaba	-	131K	$0.28
336	Reka Flash 3rekaai	rekaai	-	66K	$0.20
337	Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexity	Perplexity	-	128K	$8.00
338	Sonar Deep ResearchPerplexity	Perplexity	-	128K	$8.00
339	SWE-1.5Windsurf	Windsurf	-	0	Free
340	Falcon-H1-Arabic 34B InstructTII	TII	-	262K	Free
341	Falcon-H1-Arabic 7B InstructTII	TII	-	262K	Free
342	Falcon-H1-Arabic 3B InstructTII	TII	-	131K	Free
343	Falcon Arabic 7B InstructTII	TII	-	33K	Free
344	Falcon3 10B InstructTII	TII	-	33K	Free
345	Falcon3 7B InstructTII	TII	-	33K	Free

Top Standard Models (Non-Reasoning) - For Comparison

#	Model	Provider	Score	Context	$/1M Out
1	GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAI	OpenAI	91	128K	$14.00
2	Gemma 2 27BGoogle	Google	77	8K	$0.65
3	GPT-4o (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	72	128K	$5.00
4	DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeek	DeepSeek	72	164K	$1.14
5	GPT-4o (2024-11-20)OpenAI	OpenAI	71	128K	$10.00
6	GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAI	OpenAI	71	128K	$10.00
7	GPT-4oOpenAI	OpenAI	71	128K	$10.00
8	GPT-4o (2024-05-13)OpenAI	OpenAI	71	128K	$15.00
9	Llama 4 MaverickMeta	Meta	70	524K	$1.00
10	DeepSeek V3DeepSeek	DeepSeek	70	164K	$0.89

Understanding AI Reasoning Benchmarks

What Is Chain-of-Thought?

Chain-of-thought (CoT) prompting enables AI models to break down complex problems into intermediate steps before producing a final answer. Models like OpenAI o1 and DeepSeek R1 internalize this process, generating hidden reasoning traces that dramatically improve accuracy on math, logic, and multi-step tasks compared to direct answering.

When Reasoning Helps

Reasoning models shine on tasks that require multiple logical steps: mathematical proofs, complex coding challenges, scientific analysis, strategic planning, and any problem where standard models tend to hallucinate or skip steps. For simple Q&A or creative writing, standard models are often faster and equally effective.

Speed vs Accuracy

Reasoning models consume more tokens and take longer to respond because they generate internal thinking traces. This trade-off is worthwhile when correctness matters more than latency - for example in code generation, financial analysis, or exam-style problems. For real-time chat, standard models remain the better choice.

Emerging Reasoning Models

The reasoning model landscape is evolving rapidly. OpenAI's o1 and o3 series led the way, followed by DeepSeek R1 bringing open-source reasoning. Google, Anthropic, and other providers have since introduced their own reasoning-capable models, driving down costs and expanding access to chain-of-thought capabilities.

Reasoning Models Best for Math Best for Coding Speed Comparison Compare Models LLM Leaderboard Scores Explained Choosing Guide

Frequently Asked Questions

AI reasoning benchmarks test a model's ability to solve complex problems requiring logical thinking, mathematical reasoning, scientific analysis, and multi-step problem solving - tasks that go beyond simple pattern matching.

DeepSeek R1, OpenAI o3, and Claude with extended thinking lead on reasoning benchmarks. These models use chain-of-thought processing to break down complex problems into steps, achieving significantly higher accuracy.

Key reasoning benchmarks include GPQA Diamond (graduate-level science), MATH-500 (mathematical reasoning), AIME (competition math), ARC Challenge (science questions), and GSM8K (grade-school math). Each tests different aspects of reasoning ability.