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MODEL NAMES, TRANSLATED

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OPENAIGPT-5.6 familyView family  ↗
SolBest qualityDifficult, important professional workMaximum
TerraEveryday choiceStrong balance for daily workBalanced
LunaFast & affordableSimple, repetitive, high-volume tasksValue
ANTHROPICClaude familyView family  ↗
FableMaximum capabilityAmbitious, long-running workMaximum
OpusDifficult daily workResearch, coding, professional decisionsPowerful
SonnetEveryday professionalDaily work and agents at scaleBalanced
MythosRestricted specialistVetted cyber and biology researchLimited
GOOGLEGemini familyView family  ↗
ProComplex problemsAdvanced reasoning and difficult workPreview
FlashEveryday choiceFast, capable, multimodal workBalanced
Flash-LiteFast & affordableFrequent, lightweight tasksValue
SpecialistsImage, voice & videoPurpose-built creative modelsCreative
ALIBABA / QWENQwen familyView family  ↗
MaxMost capableHard reasoning and important workMaximum
PlusEveryday workStrong general-purpose helpBalanced
OpenRun it yourselfFlexible open-weight optionsOpen
DEEPSEEKDeepSeek familyView family  ↗
RThink harderDeliberate reasoning and complex analysisReasoning
VEveryday workGeneral writing, chat, and codingBalanced
OpenRun it yourselfPrivate and flexible deploymentsOpen
Z.AI / GLMGLM familyView family  ↗
FlagshipHard professional workComplex tasks and long projectsMaximum
AirEveryday choiceCapable work at a practical costBalanced
FlashFast & affordableFrequent, straightforward requestsValue
METALlama familyView family  ↗
LargeBest local qualityWhen your own hardware can handle itOpen
Mid-sizePractical local workUseful balance of speed and qualityBalanced
SmallLightweight tasksOn-device and high-volume workValue
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OGPT-5.6 SolOpenAIvsAClaude Opus 5Anthropic
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Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro by Google. Google announcement. Provider-reported evaluations.

TopLLM Fit 92%Reasoning 93%Coding 91%Context 1.0MInput $1.25
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