LLMs head to head 7 use case scenarios · Equal conditions · one results list
How well do open-weight models hold up against proprietary API models and license-restricted restricted-weight models? Using everyday tasks under identical conditions, all license models and weight classes land in the same scoreboard.
The total score shows the best all-rounder. The profiles below answer the real everyday question: is this model sufficient for the task at hand — even if it's a small, local specialist rather than a cloud giant?
The scoreboard's strength lies in comparability. Filtering by size class or model type doesn't hide anything. Non-matching entries are visually de-emphasized but remain in context. This makes it easy to see directly where an open-weight desktop model stands relative to a proprietary frontier model, and whether the performance difference justifies the price difference.
Three license models compete against each other in the scoreboard. Proprietary models neither release training data nor publish weights; access runs exclusively through the vendor's API. Restricted-weight models publish their weights and can be run locally or in the cloud, but the license typically restricts use to academic or non-commercial purposes. Open-weight models are available without restrictions: download, self-host, use commercially.
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1
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GLM-5.3
Restricted
Server
Cloud
|
82.3
|
Thinking
|
80Tool-Use supported, Score: 80
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137 t/s
|
$1.57
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Report |
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2
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Claude Opus 5.5
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
81.0
|
Thinking
|
77Tool-Use supported, Score: 77
|
0.5 t/s
|
$1.36
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Report |
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3
|
Qwen 3.8 Flash-Next (Thinking)
Open Weight
Server
vLLM
|
81.0
|
Thinking
|
85Tool-Use supported, Score: 85
|
41.2 t/s
|
–
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Report |
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4
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GLM-5.3-Flash (EXL3, TensorFold)
Open Weight
Server
TensorFold
|
80.9
|
Thinking
|
74Tool-Use supported, Score: 74
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55.5 t/s
|
–
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Report |
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5
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Claude Opus 4.8
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
80.6
|
Adaptive
|
78Tool-Use supported, Score: 78
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0.3 t/s
|
$1.14
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Report |
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6
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Swift Qwen 3.8 27B (Thinking)
Restricted
Workstation
vLLM
|
80.5
|
Thinking
|
75Tool-Use supported, Score: 75
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16.3 t/s
|
–
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Report |
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7
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GLM-5.3-Flash
Open Weight
Server
Cloud
|
79.7
|
Thinking
|
80Tool-Use supported, Score: 80
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79.4 t/s
|
$0.14
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Report |
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8
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Qwen 3.8 27B Uncensored (Thinking)
Open Weight
Workstation
vLLM
|
79.7
|
Thinking
|
79Tool-Use supported, Score: 79
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16.6 t/s
|
–
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Report |
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9
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Kimi K3
Open Weight
Frontier
Cloud
|
79.3
|
Thinking
|
81Tool-Use supported, Score: 81
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91.4 t/s
|
$3.23
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Report |
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10
|
Claude Opus 5
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
78.7
|
Thinking
|
83Tool-Use supported, Score: 83
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0.3 t/s
|
$1.56
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Report |
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11
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Xiaomi MiMo V2.5 Pro
Open Weight
Frontier
Cloud
|
78.7
|
Adaptive
|
73Tool-Use supported, Score: 73
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32.7 t/s
|
$0.11
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Report |
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12
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Xiaomi MiMo V2.6 Pro
Open Weight
Frontier
Cloud
|
78.3
|
Standard
|
75Tool-Use supported, Score: 75
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27.1 t/s
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$0.14
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Report |
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13
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Qwen3.8-Flash
Open Weight
Server
Cloud
|
78.2
|
Thinking
|
80Tool-Use supported, Score: 80
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60.8 t/s
|
$0.05
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Report |
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14
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Qwen 3.8 27B (Thinking)
Open Weight
Workstation
vLLM
|
78.2
|
Thinking
|
79Tool-Use supported, Score: 79
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21.3 t/s
|
–
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Report |
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15
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Meta Muse Spark 1.2
Commercial
Frontier
Cloud
|
77.7
|
Adaptive
|
78Tool-Use supported, Score: 78
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162 t/s
|
$0.54
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Report |
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16
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Claude Sonnet 4.6
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
77.7
|
Adaptive
|
67Tool-Use supported, Score: 67
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0.2 t/s
|
$0.66
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Report |
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17
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Kimi K2.6
Open Weight
Frontier
Cloud
|
77.4
|
Adaptive
|
82Tool-Use supported, Score: 82
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51.8 t/s
|
$1.05
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Report |
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18
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Claude Haiku 5.5
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
77.3
|
Thinking
|
77Tool-Use supported, Score: 77
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197 t/s
|
$0.09
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Report |
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19
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MiniMax M3
Open Weight
Server
Cloud
|
77.3
|
Adaptive
|
80Tool-Use supported, Score: 80
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85.3 t/s
|
$0.16
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Report |
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20
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Gemini 3.5 Flash
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
77.2
|
Adaptive
|
76Tool-Use supported, Score: 76
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58.7 t/s
|
$0.49
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Report |
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21
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Claude Sonnet 5
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
76.7
|
Thinking
|
79Tool-Use supported, Score: 79
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0.4 t/s
|
$0.46
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Report |
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22
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GPT-5.5
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
76.7
|
Thinking
|
78Tool-Use supported, Score: 78
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81.6 t/s
|
$2.90
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Report |
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23
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Kimi K2.5
Open Weight
Frontier
Cloud
|
76.6
|
Thinking
|
77Tool-Use supported, Score: 77
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37.7 t/s
|
$0.39
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Report |
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24
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Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B
Open Weight
Frontier
Cloud
|
76.5
|
Thinking
|
81Tool-Use supported, Score: 81
|
95.0 t/s
|
$2.22
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Report |
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25
|
GLM 4.6
Restricted
Server
Cloud
|
76.2
|
Standard
|
53Tool-Use supported, Score: 53
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46.1 t/s
|
$0.25
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Report |
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26
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Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B
Open Weight
Workstation
vLLM
|
76.0
|
Thinking
|
76Tool-Use supported, Score: 76
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61.0 t/s
|
–
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Report |
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27
|
Qwen 3.7 Max
Commercial
Frontier
Cloud
|
75.8
|
Adaptive
|
60Tool-Use supported, Score: 60
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62.6 t/s
|
$0.75
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Report |
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28
|
Ornith 1.0 35B
Open Weight
Workstation
vLLM
|
75.8
|
Thinking
|
63Tool-Use supported, Score: 63
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35.5 t/s
|
–
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Report |
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29
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Gemini 3.8 Flash
Commercial
Frontier
Cloud
|
75.7
|
Thinking
|
83Tool-Use supported, Score: 83
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114 t/s
|
$0.40
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Report |
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30
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Qwen 3.6 27B (Thinking)
Open Weight
Workstation
vLLM
|
75.6
|
Thinking
|
73Tool-Use supported, Score: 73
|
25.2 t/s
|
–
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Report |
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31
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GLM-5.2
Open Weight
Server
Cloud
|
75.5
|
Adaptive
|
51Tool-Use supported, Score: 51
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65.7 t/s
|
$0.40
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Report |
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32
|
Qwen 3.6 Plus
Commercial
Frontier
Cloud
|
75.5
|
Adaptive
|
68Tool-Use supported, Score: 68
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56.3 t/s
|
$0.41
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Report |
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33
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Upstage Solar Pro4
Commercial
Frontier
Cloud
|
75.4
|
Standard
|
71Tool-Use supported, Score: 71
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35.9 t/s
|
$0.01
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Report |
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34
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Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash
Commercial
Frontier
Cloud
|
75.3
|
Thinking
|
78Tool-Use supported, Score: 78
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42.1 t/s
|
$0.19
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Report |
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35
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Occamy 1.0 35B-A3B (Accio-Lab) (Thinking)
Open Weight
Workstation
vLLM
|
75.3
|
Thinking
|
70Tool-Use supported, Score: 70
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33.9 t/s
|
–
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Report |
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36
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Xiaomi MiMo V2.6 Flash
Open Weight
Server
Cloud
|
75.0
|
Standard
|
73Tool-Use supported, Score: 73
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43.2 t/s
|
$0.03
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Report |
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37
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Gemma 4 26B-A4B Instruct (Thinking)
Open Weight
Workstation
vLLM
|
74.9
|
Thinking
|
74Tool-Use supported, Score: 74
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27.3 t/s
|
–
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Report |
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38
|
Claude Haiku 4.5
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
74.8
|
Standard
|
67Tool-Use supported, Score: 67
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98.4 t/s
|
$0.43
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Report |
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39
|
Mistral 3 Large
Open Weight
Server
API
|
74.8
|
Standard
|
69Tool-Use supported, Score: 69
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50.7 t/s
|
$0.10
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Report |
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40
|
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Open Weight
Server
Cloud
|
74.8
|
Thinking
|
80Tool-Use supported, Score: 80
|
99.9 t/s
|
$0.12
|
Report |
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41
|
Grok 4.6
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
74.7
|
Thinking
|
73Tool-Use supported, Score: 73
|
13.6 t/s
|
$0.44
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Report |
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42
|
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash (EXL3) (Thinking)
Open Weight
Server
vLLM
|
74.5
|
Thinking
|
78Tool-Use supported, Score: 78
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30.5 t/s
|
–
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Report |
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43
|
Ministral 3 14B (Unsloth)
Open Weight
Desktop
llama.cpp
|
74.5
|
Standard
|
61Tool-Use supported, Score: 61
|
15.8 t/s
|
–
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Report |
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44
|
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Commercial
Frontier
Cloud
|
74.4
|
Adaptive
|
80Tool-Use supported, Score: 80
|
115 t/s
|
$0.34
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Report |
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45
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Occamy 1.0 35B-A3B (Accio-Lab)
Open Weight
Workstation
vLLM
|
74.4
|
Standard
|
69Tool-Use supported, Score: 69
|
30.0 t/s
|
–
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Report |
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46
|
GPT-OSS 120B (Thinking)
Open Weight
Server
vLLM
|
74.4
|
Thinking
|
76Tool-Use supported, Score: 76
|
31.4 t/s
|
–
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Report |
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47
|
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B (Unsloth)
Open Weight
Workstation
llama.cpp
|
74.3
|
Adaptive
|
72Tool-Use supported, Score: 72
|
69.3 t/s
|
–
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Report |
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48
|
Kimi K2.7 Code
Open Weight
Frontier
Cloud
|
74.3
|
Thinking
|
63Tool-Use supported, Score: 63
|
83.0 t/s
|
$0.57
|
Report |
|
49
|
Mistral Medium 3.5
Open Weight
Server
API
|
74.2
|
Standard
|
71Tool-Use supported, Score: 71
|
106 t/s
|
$0.46
|
Report |
|
50
|
Qwen 3 Coder Next
Open Weight
Server
llama.cpp
|
74.1
|
Standard
|
71Tool-Use supported, Score: 71
|
48.5 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
51
|
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B (Unsloth) (Thinking)
Open Weight
Workstation
vLLM
|
74.1
|
Thinking
|
77Tool-Use supported, Score: 77
|
84.6 t/s
|
–
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Report |
|
52
|
GLM-4.7
Restricted
Server
Cloud
|
74.0
|
Adaptive
|
71Tool-Use supported, Score: 71
|
47.7 t/s
|
$0.25
|
Report |
|
53
|
Grok 4.5
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
73.8
|
Standard
|
77Tool-Use supported, Score: 77
|
25.6 t/s
|
$0.52
|
Report |
|
54
|
GPT 5.6 Luna
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
73.6
|
Thinking
|
80Tool-Use supported, Score: 80
|
87.6 t/s
|
$0.10
|
Report |
|
55
|
Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q5_K_M (ARA-Abliterated)
Open Weight
Workstation
llama.cpp
|
73.3
|
Standard
|
76Tool-Use supported, Score: 76
|
53.5 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
56
|
GLM-5.1
Open Weight
Server
Cloud
|
73.3
|
Adaptive
|
68Tool-Use supported, Score: 68
|
63.5 t/s
|
$0.52
|
Report |
|
57
|
Mistral Small 4
Open Weight
Server
API
|
73.3
|
Standard
|
20Tool-Use supported, Score: 20
|
117 t/s
|
$0.03
|
Report |
|
58
|
Signal 3.8 27B
Open Weight
Workstation
llama.cpp
|
73.2
|
Standard
|
77Tool-Use supported, Score: 77
|
14.5 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
59
|
Gemma 4 31B Instruct
Open Weight
Workstation
Cloud
|
73.2
|
Standard
|
74Tool-Use supported, Score: 74
|
30.6 t/s
|
$0.02
|
Report |
|
60
|
Qwen 3.5 397B A17B
Open Weight
Server
Cloud
|
73.2
|
Adaptive
|
74Tool-Use supported, Score: 74
|
20.4 t/s
|
$0.46
|
Report |
|
61
|
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
73.2
|
Adaptive
|
71Tool-Use supported, Score: 71
|
29.7 t/s
|
$0.68
|
Report |
|
62
|
MiniMax M2.7
Restricted
Server
Cloud
|
73.0
|
Adaptive
|
65Tool-Use supported, Score: 65
|
48.0 t/s
|
$0.13
|
Report |
|
63
|
Gemma 4 12B Instruct (Unsloth, Q6_K_XL) — Instruct-Profil
Open Weight
Desktop
llama.cpp
|
72.9
|
Standard
|
75Tool-Use supported, Score: 75
|
13.3 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
64
|
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Open Weight
Server
Cloud
|
72.9
|
Adaptive
|
78Tool-Use supported, Score: 78
|
29.9 t/s
|
$0.01
|
Report |
|
65
|
Gemma 4 12B Instruct (Unsloth, Q6_K_XL)
Open Weight
Desktop
llama.cpp
|
72.7
|
Thinking
|
71Tool-Use supported, Score: 71
|
16.6 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
66
|
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Open Weight
Frontier
Cloud
|
72.6
|
Adaptive
|
77Tool-Use supported, Score: 77
|
53.3 t/s
|
$0.30
|
Report |
|
67
|
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B
Open Weight
Server
Cloud
|
72.5
|
Adaptive
|
55Tool-Use supported, Score: 55
|
97.0 t/s
|
$0.37
|
Report |
|
68
|
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Commercial
Frontier
Cloud
|
72.5
|
Thinking
|
74Tool-Use supported, Score: 74
|
164 t/s
|
$0.14
|
Report |
|
69
|
Gemma 4 E4B
Open Weight
Edge
llama.cpp
|
71.9
|
Adaptive
|
73Tool-Use supported, Score: 73
|
48.2 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
70
|
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B (Uncensored)
Open Weight
Workstation
llama.cpp
|
71.7
|
Adaptive
|
60Tool-Use supported, Score: 60
|
53.9 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
71
|
Muse Glimmer 30B
Open Weight
Workstation
vLLM
|
71.6
|
Thinking
|
73Tool-Use supported, Score: 73
|
10.6 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
72
|
Ministral 3 8B (Unsloth)
Open Weight
Edge
llama.cpp
|
71.3
|
Standard
|
60Tool-Use supported, Score: 60
|
24.9 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
73
|
Grok 4.7
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
71.1
|
Thinking
|
72Tool-Use supported, Score: 72
|
17.4 t/s
|
$0.56
|
Report |
|
74
|
Qwen 3.5 27B
Open Weight
Workstation
vLLM
|
71.0
|
Thinking
|
66Tool-Use supported, Score: 66
|
17.8 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
75
|
Xiaomi MiMo V2.5
Open Weight
Server
Cloud
|
70.4
|
Adaptive
|
71Tool-Use supported, Score: 71
|
43.0 t/s
|
$0.03
|
Report |
|
76
|
Devstral 2
Open Weight
Server
API
|
70.2
|
Standard
|
55Tool-Use supported, Score: 55
|
56.2 t/s
|
$0.13
|
Report |
|
77
|
GPT-5.4 Mini
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
70.2
|
Standard
|
68Tool-Use supported, Score: 68
|
120 t/s
|
$0.25
|
Report |
|
78
|
Qwen 3.5 4B (Unsloth)
Open Weight
Nano
llama.cpp
|
69.9
|
Adaptive
|
78Tool-Use supported, Score: 78
|
51.3 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
79
|
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B (Thinking)
Open Weight
Workstation
vLLM
|
69.6
|
Thinking
|
73Tool-Use supported, Score: 73
|
93.5 t/s
|
–
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Report |
|
80
|
o4-mini
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
69.5
|
Thinking
|
63Tool-Use supported, Score: 63
|
69.7 t/s
|
$0.40
|
Report |
|
81
|
GPT-5.4
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
69.4
|
Standard
|
43Tool-Use supported, Score: 43
|
76.9 t/s
|
$0.89
|
Report |
|
82
|
Laguna S 2.1
Open Weight
Server
vLLM
|
69.1
|
Thinking
|
63Tool-Use supported, Score: 63
|
17.2 t/s
|
$0.02
|
Report |
|
83
|
Hermes 4 70B
Open Weight
Server
Cloud
|
69.0
|
Adaptive
|
76Tool-Use supported, Score: 76
|
76.8 t/s
|
$0.03
|
Report |
|
84
|
Gemma 3 12B IT
Restricted
Desktop
llama.cpp
|
68.9
|
Standard
|
64Tool-Use supported, Score: 64
|
39.1 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
85
|
Qwen 3.5 9B (Unsloth)
Open Weight
Edge
llama.cpp
|
68.7
|
Adaptive
|
57Tool-Use supported, Score: 57
|
34.3 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
86
|
Hermes 4 405B
Restricted
Server
Cloud
|
68.4
|
Adaptive
|
69Tool-Use supported, Score: 69
|
31.1 t/s
|
$0.17
|
Report |
|
87
|
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Open Weight
Workstation
Cloud
|
68.3
|
Adaptive
|
66Tool-Use supported, Score: 66
|
35.4 t/s
|
$0.02
|
Report |
|
88
|
Hermes 4 14B (Abliterated)
Open Weight
Desktop
llama.cpp
|
68.2
|
Adaptive
|
70Tool-Use supported, Score: 70
|
25.4 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
89
|
Gemma 4 E2B (Unsloth)
Open Weight
Edge
llama.cpp
|
68.1
|
Thinking
|
59Tool-Use supported, Score: 59
|
67.1 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
90
|
GPT-5.4 Nano
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
68.1
|
Standard
|
49Tool-Use supported, Score: 49
|
125 t/s
|
$0.07
|
Report |
|
91
|
o3-mini
Commercial
Frontier
API
|
68.0
|
Thinking
|
73Tool-Use supported, Score: 73
|
71.2 t/s
|
$0.37
|
Report |
|
92
|
Hermes 4.3 36B (Thinking)
Open Weight
Server
vLLM
|
68.0
|
Thinking
|
67Tool-Use supported, Score: 67
|
13.3 t/s
|
–
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Report |
|
93
|
Qwen 3 14B
Open Weight
Desktop
llama.cpp
|
67.7
|
Adaptive
|
66Tool-Use supported, Score: 66
|
23.9 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
94
|
Hermes 4 14B
Open Weight
Desktop
llama.cpp
|
67.3
|
Adaptive
|
67Tool-Use supported, Score: 67
|
30.3 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
95
|
Hermes 4.3 36B
Open Weight
Server
vLLM
|
67.1
|
Standard
|
67Tool-Use supported, Score: 67
|
12.7 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
96
|
Ornith 1.0 9B (Unsloth)
Open Weight
Desktop
llama.cpp
|
65.9
|
Thinking
|
71Tool-Use supported, Score: 71
|
25.1 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
97
|
Codestral 25.08
Restricted
Desktop
API
|
65.5
|
Standard
|
69Tool-Use supported, Score: 69
|
192 t/s
|
$0.05
|
Report |
|
98
|
Ministral 3 3B (Unsloth)
Open Weight
Nano
llama.cpp
|
64.8
|
Standard
|
56Tool-Use supported, Score: 56
|
53.0 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
99
|
GPT-OSS 20B
Open Weight
Desktop
vLLM
|
64.3
|
Standard
|
28Tool-Use supported, Score: 28
|
41.5 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
100
|
Llama 8B (Unsloth, provenance unverified)
Restricted
Edge
llama.cpp
|
62.7
|
Standard
|
No Tool-Use
|
25.5 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
101
|
Gemma 3 4B (Unsloth)
Restricted
Nano
llama.cpp
|
61.5
|
Standard
|
No Tool-Use
|
44.5 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
102
|
Qwen 3 4B
Open Weight
Nano
llama.cpp
|
60.9
|
Adaptive
|
71Tool-Use supported, Score: 71
|
74.0 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
103
|
Hermes 3 8B
Restricted
Edge
llama.cpp
|
58.8
|
Standard
|
56Tool-Use supported, Score: 56
|
48.0 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
104
|
Phi-4 Mini (Unsloth)
Open Weight
Nano
llama.cpp
|
58.4
|
Standard
|
66Tool-Use supported, Score: 66
|
46.1 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
105
|
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
Open Weight
Desktop
llama.cpp
|
58.3
|
Standard
|
No Tool-Use
|
15.0 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
106
|
Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B
Open Weight
Edge
llama.cpp
|
55.3
|
Standard
|
58Tool-Use supported, Score: 58
|
37.4 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
107
|
Llama 3.2 3B (Unsloth)
Restricted
Nano
llama.cpp
|
52.0
|
Standard
|
48Tool-Use supported, Score: 48
|
55.0 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
108
|
Llama 3.2 1B (Unsloth)
Restricted
Nano
llama.cpp
|
44.4
|
Standard
|
No Tool-Use
|
130 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
109
|
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
Open Weight
Edge
llama.cpp
|
42.6
|
Standard
|
No Tool-Use
|
29.3 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
110
|
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
Open Weight
Nano
llama.cpp
|
35.4
|
Standard
|
No Tool-Use
|
110 t/s
|
–
|
Report |
|
111
|
Gemma 3 270M (Unsloth)
Restricted
Nano
llama.cpp
|
23.6
|
Standard
|
No Tool-Use
|
211 t/s
|
–
|
Report |