As of our latest rankings, GPT-5.4 Pro leads the best for coding category with a composite score of 94. Rankings are updated hourly based on benchmarks, adoption metrics, community sentiment, and more.
We use a composite scoring system that combines multiple signals: benchmark performance, Elo ratings, repository popularity, community sentiment, API latency, cost efficiency, adoption rates, and expert reviews. Each signal is normalized and weighted to produce a final score.
We currently track 300 AI models in the best for coding category. Our coverage is expanding as new models are released.
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AI models ranked by coding ability across benchmarks, real-world usage, and developer sentiment.
| Model | ||
|---|---|---|
| #1 | O GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI | 94.0 |
| #2 | O GPT-5.4OpenAI | 94.0 |
| #3 | O GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI | 93.3 |
| #4 | O GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI | 92.7 |
| #5 | O GPT-5.2OpenAI | 92.7 |
| #6 | A Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | 92.1 |
| #7 | O GPT-5 ProOpenAI | 91.9 |
| #8 | O o3 Deep ResearchOpenAI | 91.5 |
| #9 | A Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic | 90.4 |
| #10 | O GPT-5OpenAI | 90.0 |
| #11 | G Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle | 89.4 |
| #12 | A Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | 89.2 |
| #13 | A Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | 89.0 |
| #14 | O o3 ProOpenAI | 87.6 |
| #15 | X | 86.9 |
| #16 | X | 85.7 |
| #17 | X Grok 4xAI | 85.7 |
| #18 | G Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle | 85.5 |
| #19 | O o3OpenAI | 85.5 |
| #20 | O GPT-5.1OpenAI | 85.2 |
| #21 | X MiMo-V2-OmniXiaomi | 85.0 |
| #22 | X MiMo-V2-ProXiaomi | 85.0 |
| #23 | O GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI | 85.0 |
| #24 | B Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance | 85.0 |
| #25 | A Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba | 85.0 |
| #26 | O GPT-5.3 ChatOpenAI | 85.0 |
| #27 | B Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance | 85.0 |
| #28 | 85.0 | |
| #29 | O GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI | 85.0 |
| #30 | A Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba | 85.0 |
| #31 | M Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI | 85.0 |
| #32 | O GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI | 85.0 |
| #33 | B Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance | 85.0 |
| #34 | B Seed 1.6ByteDance | 85.0 |
| #35 | O GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI | 85.0 |
| #36 | O GPT-5.1 ChatOpenAI | 85.0 |
| #37 | O GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI | 85.0 |
| #38 | O GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI | 85.0 |
| #39 | P Sonar Pro SearchPerplexity | 85.0 |
| #40 | A Qwen3 VL 8B ThinkingAlibaba | 85.0 |
| #41 | O o4 Mini Deep ResearchOpenAI | 85.0 |
| #42 | A Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba | 85.0 |
| #43 | O GPT-5 CodexOpenAI | 85.0 |
| #44 | O o4 Mini HighOpenAI | 85.0 |
| #45 | G Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | 84.7 |
| #46 | X | 84.6 |
| #47 | N Nemotron 3 Super (free)NVIDIA | 84.1 |
| #48 | G | 84.1 |
| #49 | 83.6 | |
| #50 | O o4 MiniOpenAI | 83.6 |
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