Best AI Models for Windsurf

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Windsurf (formerly Codeium) is an AI-native IDE with deep codebase understanding. Models need strong code completion, multi-file awareness, and fast inference.

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Gemini 3.5 Flash

Google

Tool Score

Output $/M

$9.00

Arena Elo

1477

Claude Opus 5.5

Anthropic

Tool Score

Output $/M

$20.00

Claude Fable 5.1

Anthropic

Tool Score

Output $/M

$50.00

What Matters for Windsurf

Function CallingStreamingJSON ModeLarge ContextStrong Coding

Best Models for Windsurf

Top 15 by tool-optimized score

LMMarketCap.com

All Models Ranked for Windsurf (438 models)

Scored by: benchmark performance (90%) from MMLU, GPQA, HumanEval, SWE-bench, and 15+ standardized evaluations, with capabilities and context as tiebreakers (10%).

#	Model	Provider	Score	Coding	Caps	Output $/M	Context
1	Gemini 3.5 Flash Arena Elo: 1477	Google	86	96	100%	$9.00	1.0M
2	Claude Opus 5.5	Anthropic	85	95	100%	$20.00	1.0M
3	Claude Fable 5.1	Anthropic	85	96	100%	$50.00	1.0M
4	Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)	Anthropic	85	96	100%	$25.00	1.0M
5	Claude Opus 5	Anthropic	85	95	100%	$25.00	1.0M
6	Claude Fable 5 SWE-bench: 95%	Anthropic	85	95	100%	$50.00	1.0M
7	Claude Fable 5 (batch)	Anthropic	85	96	100%	$25.00	1.0M
8	GPT-5.5 Pro (batch)	OpenAI	84	93	100%	$90.00	1.1M
9	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools	Google	84	92	100%	$12.00	1.0M
10	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)	Google	84	92	100%	$6.00	1.0M
11	GPT-5.4 Pro	OpenAI	83	92	100%	$180.00	1.1M
12	GPT-5.4 Pro (batch)	OpenAI	83	92	100%	$90.00	1.1M
13	GPT-5.3-Codex	OpenAI	83	91	100%	$14.00	400K
14	GPT-5.2-Codex	OpenAI	83	91	100%	$14.00	400K
15	GPT-5.2 Pro	OpenAI	83	91	100%	$168.00	400K
16	GPT-5.2 Pro (batch)	OpenAI	83	91	100%	$84.00	400K
17	Grok 4.7	xAI	82	89	100%	$6.00	500K
18	Grok 4.7 (batch)	xAI	82	88	100%	$4.80	500K
19	Grok 4.6	xAI	82	89	100%	$6.00	500K
20	Grok 4.6 (batch)	xAI	82	88	100%	$4.80	500K
21	GPT-5.6 Luna Pro	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$1.20	1.1M
22	GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$0.600	1.1M
23	GPT-5.6 Luna	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$1.20	1.1M
24	GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$0.600	1.1M
25	GPT-5.6 Terra Pro	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$12.00	1.1M
26	GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (batch)	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$6.00	1.1M
27	GPT-5.6 Terra	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$12.00	1.1M
28	GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$6.00	1.1M
29	GPT-5.6 Sol Pro	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$20.00	1.1M
30	GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch)	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$10.00	1.1M
31	GPT-5.6 Sol	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$20.00	1.1M
32	GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$10.00	1.1M
33	Grok 4.5	xAI	82	89	100%	$6.00	500K
34	Claude Opus 4.8 SWE-bench: 88.6%	Anthropic	82	89	100%	$25.00	1.0M
35	Grok 4.3	xAI	82	89	100%	$2.50	1.0M
36	Grok 4.3 (batch)	xAI	82	89	100%	$2.00	1.0M
37	GPT-5.5 Pro SWE-bench: 88.7%	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$180.00	1.1M
38	GPT-5.5 SWE-bench: 88.7%	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$30.00	1.1M
39	GPT-5.5 (batch)	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$15.00	1.1M
40	Grok 4.20	xAI	82	89	100%	$2.50	2.0M
41	GPT-5.4 (batch)	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$7.50	1.1M
42	Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)	Google	82	88	100%	$1.50	1.0M
43	GPT-5.2 (batch)	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$7.00	400K
44	GPT-5.1-Codex-Max	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$10.00	400K
45	GPT-5.1 (batch)	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$5.00	400K
46	GPT-5.1-Codex	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$10.00	400K
47	GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$2.00	400K
48	Claude Haiku 4.5 HumanEval: 89.8%	Anthropic	82	90	100%	$5.00	200K
49	GPT-5 Pro	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$120.00	400K
50	GPT-5 Pro (batch)	OpenAI	82	89	100%	$60.00	400K

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Frequently Asked Questions

Based on our analysis of coding benchmarks, capability matching, and pricing, Gemini 3.5 Flash currently ranks #1 for Windsurf. Rankings are rebuilt as benchmark, pricing, and provider data refresh.

We score models using benchmark performance (90%) from LMArena, HumanEval, SWE-bench, MMLU, and 15+ standardized evaluations. Capabilities and context serve as tiebreakers (10%). Only models with the capabilities Windsurf needs are included in the tool-specific rankings.

We currently track 438 AI models compatible with Windsurf. This includes models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, and other providers accessible via API.

Many open-source models are compatible with Windsurf through API providers like OpenRouter, Together AI, and Groq. Check our rankings to see which open-source models perform best.

Rankings refresh whenever the underlying benchmark, pricing, and catalog sources refresh. That means some signals update faster than others, and the page reflects the latest verified source data available.