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Best AI Model for Agents 2026

Which model should you run in your agent? Compare the models people actually use — Claude, GPT-5, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM, Kimi and more — ranked by output quality, agentic ability, speed, reliability, and value for money, with live pricing from OpenRouter. 29,397 community ratings so far — add yours.

September releases. GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1, and Gemini 3.8 Flash have joined the model collection. Community ratings take time to build after a release. Browse the current catalog.

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The Best AI Models for Agents, Ranked

Overall ranks by capability for agents — weighted toward agentic ability and output quality, calibrated against public benchmarks (SWE-bench, Terminal-Bench, Artificial Analysis, LMArena). Price isn't in this score: switch to Value for $ to rank by quality per dollar instead. Tap any model for the full breakdown.

1
Claude Fable 5Anthropic · 1M ctx · $$$$
Anthropic's Mythos-class flagship (June 2026) — the new benchmark leader for agentic coding, at a premium price.
97/100
$22/1M · 97 community
2
GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI · 1.1M ctx · $$$
OpenAI's new flagship tier (July 2026) — built for the hardest coding and research problems.
95/100
$4.40/1M · 95 community
3
Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic · 1M ctx · $$$$
The output-quality benchmark for agentic coding — the model most coding agents reach for on hard tasks.
94/100
$11/1M · 94 community
4
GPT-5.5OpenAI · 1.1M ctx · $$$$
OpenAI's flagship — frontier reasoning and the model behind Codex's hardest runs.
93/100
$13/1M · 93 community
5
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic · 1M ctx · $$$$
The default daily driver for agents — most of Opus's quality at a fraction of the price.
91/100
$6.60/1M · 91 community
6
GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI · 1.1M ctx · $$$
The balanced tier of the GPT-5.6 family — GPT-5.5-class performance at half the price.
90/100
$5.00/1M · 90 community
7
GPT-5.4OpenAI · 1.1M ctx · $$$$
The value flagship of the GPT-5 line — most of 5.5's ability for less than half the price.
90/100
$6.25/1M · 90 community
8
Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle · 1.0M ctx · $$$
Google's flagship — frontier quality with a massive multimodal 1M-token context.
89/100
$5.00/1M · 89 community
9
GLM 5.2Z.AI · 1.0M ctx · $$$
Z.AI's flagship open-weight model — strong agentic coding with a 1M context.
89/100
$1.59/1M · 89 community
10
Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle · 1.0M ctx · $$$
Fast, capable, and cheap — a favourite default for high-throughput agents.
89/100
$3.75/1M · 89 community
11
Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba (Qwen) · 1M ctx · $$$
Qwen's top hosted model — frontier-class quality with a 1M context at a fair price.
89/100
$2.36/1M · 89 community
12
GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI · 400K ctx · $$$
OpenAI's coding-tuned model — the default behind Codex CLI's local runs.
89/100
$5.42/1M · 89 community
13
Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI · 262K ctx · $$
Open-weight model tuned for agentic coding — a community favourite for cheap, capable dev work.
88/100
$1.48/1M · 88 community
14
DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek · 1.0M ctx · $$
Open-weight near-frontier quality at roughly a tenth of flagship pricing.
88/100
$1.08/1M · 88 community
15
Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI · 262K ctx · $$$
Moonshot's flagship open-weight generalist — broad capability with a long context.
87/100
$1.86/1M · 87 community
16
GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI · 1.1M ctx · $$
The fast, cheap tier of the GPT-5.6 family — routine work and subagents at $1/$6 per million.
85/100
$0.50/1M · 85 community
17
MiniMax M3MiniMax · 1.0M ctx · $$
An open-weight model built for agents — strong tool use with a 1M context at low cost.
85/100
$0.57/1M · 85 community
18
Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic · 200K ctx · $$$
Anthropic's fast, cheap model for high-volume agent steps and subagents.
84/100
$2.20/1M · 84 community
19
Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba (Qwen) · 1M ctx · $$
The value workhorse of the Qwen line — cheap, fast, and a 1M context.
84/100
$0.61/1M · 84 community
20
Grok 4.3xAI · 1M ctx · $$$
xAI's flagship — frontier quality at a surprisingly low price, with a 1M context.
84/100
$1.63/1M · 84 community
21
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek · 1.0M ctx · $
One of the cheapest capable open models — strong for high-volume agent loops.
83/100
$0.11/1M · 83 community
22
Devstral 2Mistral · 262K ctx · $$
Mistral's coding-and-agents specialist — built specifically for SWE-style agent tasks.
83/100
$0.88/1M · 83 community
23
Grok 4.20xAI · 2M ctx · $$$
The 2M-token member of the Grok line — built for very large agent contexts.
83/100
$1.63/1M · 83 community
24
GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI · 400K ctx · $$$
OpenAI's cheap, fast model for high-volume agent calls.
82/100
$1.88/1M · 82 community
25
GLM 4.7Z.AI · 205K ctx · $$
The refinement of GLM 4.6 — slightly stronger coding at the same friendly price.
82/100
$0.81/1M · 82 community
26
Qwen3 235B A22BAlibaba (Qwen) · 262K ctx · $$
A large open-weight MoE you can self-host — capable and extremely cheap to run hosted.
82/100
$0.23/1M · 82 community
27
Mistral Large 3Mistral · 262K ctx · $$
Mistral's open-weight flagship — a capable European generalist at a fair price.
80/100
$0.80/1M · 80 community
28
MiniMax M2.1MiniMax · 205K ctx · $$
The proven agent workhorse of the MiniMax line — excellent value for tool-heavy runs.
80/100
$0.57/1M · 80 community
29
GLM 4.6Z.AI · 205K ctx · $$
The breakout open-weight coding model — exceptional value that won over the agent community.
80/100
$1.04/1M · 80 community
30
DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek · 164K ctx · $$
The proven open-weight value model — a staple of budget agent stacks.
77/100
$0.31/1M · 77 community
31
Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogle · 1.0M ctx · $$
One of the cheapest 1M-context models — built for cheap, high-volume calls.
77/100
$0.63/1M · 77 community
32
Llama 4 MaverickMeta · 1.0M ctx · $$
Meta's open-weight MoE — cheap, fast, and a 1M context, with the broadest tooling support.
76/100
$0.35/1M · 76 community
33
DeepSeek R1 (0528)DeepSeek · 164K ctx · $$
The open-weight reasoning model that put long chain-of-thought in everyone's hands.
75/100
$0.99/1M · 75 community
34
CodestralMistral · 256K ctx · $$
Mistral's fast code-completion model — cheap and quick for inline assistance.
72/100
$0.48/1M · 72 community

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The September 2026 releases to consider include GPT-6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1 for demanding coding and reasoning, and Gemini 3.8 Flash and Qwen 3.8 Flash for everyday workloads. GLM 5.3, Qwen 3.8 27B, and DeepSeek V4 are open-weight alternatives. Compare models on your own tasks and budget; newly released models may not yet have community ratings.