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AI Model Comparisons
361 matchupsEvery matchup compares published token rates, context windows and benchmark scores, with the price difference worked out for a real job size. For an interactive comparison of any models you like, use the side-by-side tool.
Flagship matchups
253The top model from each major lab, against the top model from every other.
Claude Fable 5 vs DeepSeek-R1Claude Fable 5 vs DeepSeek-V3Claude Fable 5 vs DeepSeek-V4-FlashClaude Fable 5 vs Gemini 2.5 FlashClaude Fable 5 vs Gemini 2.5 ProClaude Fable 5 vs Gemini 3.1 ProClaude Fable 5 vs Gemini 3.6 FlashClaude Fable 5 vs Llama 4 MaverickClaude Fable 5 vs Muse Spark 1.2Claude Fable 5 vs Kimi K3Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-4.1Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.5Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.6 LunaClaude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.6 TerraClaude Fable 5 vs o3Claude Fable 5 vs Grok 3Claude Fable 5 vs Grok 4.3Claude Opus 4.6 vs DeepSeek-R1Claude Opus 4.6 vs DeepSeek-V3Claude Opus 4.6 vs Gemini 2.5 FlashClaude Opus 4.6 vs Llama 4 MaverickClaude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-4.1Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-5.6 LunaClaude Opus 4.6 vs o3Claude Opus 4.6 vs Grok 3Claude Opus 4.7 vs DeepSeek-R1Claude Opus 4.7 vs DeepSeek-V3Claude Opus 4.7 vs Gemini 2.5 FlashClaude Opus 4.7 vs Llama 4 MaverickClaude Opus 4.7 vs GPT-4.1Claude Opus 4.7 vs GPT-5.5Claude Opus 4.7 vs GPT-5.6 LunaClaude Opus 4.7 vs o3Claude Opus 4.7 vs Grok 3Claude Opus 5 vs DeepSeek-R1Claude Opus 5 vs DeepSeek-V3Claude Opus 5 vs DeepSeek-V4-FlashClaude Opus 5 vs Gemini 2.5 FlashClaude Opus 5 vs Gemini 2.5 ProClaude Opus 5 vs Gemini 3.1 ProClaude Opus 5 vs Gemini 3.6 FlashClaude Opus 5 vs Llama 4 MaverickClaude Opus 5 vs Muse Spark 1.2Claude Opus 5 vs Kimi K3Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-4.1Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.5Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.6 LunaClaude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.6 TerraClaude Opus 5 vs o3Claude Opus 5 vs Grok 3Claude Opus 5 vs Grok 4.3Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs DeepSeek-R1Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs DeepSeek-V3Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemini 2.5 FlashClaude Sonnet 4.6 vs Llama 4 MaverickClaude Sonnet 4.6 vs GPT-4.1Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs o3Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Grok 3Claude Sonnet 5 vs DeepSeek-R1Claude Sonnet 5 vs DeepSeek-V3Claude Sonnet 5 vs DeepSeek-V4-FlashClaude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 2.5 FlashClaude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 2.5 ProClaude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 3.1 ProClaude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 3.6 FlashClaude Sonnet 5 vs Llama 4 MaverickClaude Sonnet 5 vs Muse Spark 1.2Claude Sonnet 5 vs Kimi K3Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-4.1Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5.5Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5.6 LunaClaude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5.6 TerraClaude Sonnet 5 vs o3Claude Sonnet 5 vs Grok 3Claude Sonnet 5 vs Grok 4.3DeepSeek-R1 vs Gemini 2.5 FlashDeepSeek-R1 vs Llama 4 MaverickDeepSeek-R1 vs GPT-4.1DeepSeek-R1 vs o3DeepSeek-R1 vs Grok 3DeepSeek-V3 vs Gemini 2.5 FlashDeepSeek-V3 vs GPT-4.1DeepSeek-V3 vs o3DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs Claude Opus 4.6DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs Claude Opus 4.7DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs Claude Sonnet 4.6DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs Gemini 2.5 FlashDeepSeek-V4-Flash vs Llama 4 MaverickDeepSeek-V4-Flash vs GPT-4.1DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs GPT-5.5DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs GPT-5.6 LunaDeepSeek-V4-Flash vs o3DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs Grok 3Gemini 2.5 Flash vs GPT-4.1Gemini 2.5 Flash vs o3Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Claude Opus 4.6Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Claude Opus 4.7Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Claude Sonnet 4.6Gemini 2.5 Pro vs DeepSeek-R1Gemini 2.5 Pro vs DeepSeek-V3Gemini 2.5 Pro vs DeepSeek-V4-FlashGemini 2.5 Pro vs Llama 4 MaverickGemini 2.5 Pro vs Muse Spark 1.2Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Kimi K3Gemini 2.5 Pro vs GPT-4.1Gemini 2.5 Pro vs GPT-5.5Gemini 2.5 Pro vs GPT-5.6 LunaGemini 2.5 Pro vs o3Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Grok 3Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Claude Opus 4.6Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Claude Opus 4.7Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Claude Sonnet 4.6Gemini 3.1 Pro vs DeepSeek-R1Gemini 3.1 Pro vs DeepSeek-V3Gemini 3.1 Pro vs DeepSeek-V4-FlashGemini 3.1 Pro vs Llama 4 MaverickGemini 3.1 Pro vs Muse Spark 1.2Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Kimi K3Gemini 3.1 Pro vs GPT-4.1Gemini 3.1 Pro vs GPT-5.5Gemini 3.1 Pro vs GPT-5.6 LunaGemini 3.1 Pro vs o3Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Grok 3Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Grok 4.3Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Claude Opus 4.6Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Claude Opus 4.7Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Claude Sonnet 4.6Gemini 3.6 Flash vs DeepSeek-R1Gemini 3.6 Flash vs DeepSeek-V3Gemini 3.6 Flash vs DeepSeek-V4-FlashGemini 3.6 Flash vs Llama 4 MaverickGemini 3.6 Flash vs Muse Spark 1.2Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Kimi K3Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GPT-4.1Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GPT-5.5Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GPT-5.6 LunaGemini 3.6 Flash vs o3Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Grok 3Llama 4 Maverick vs DeepSeek-V3Llama 4 Maverick vs Gemini 2.5 FlashLlama 4 Maverick vs GPT-4.1Llama 4 Maverick vs o3Muse Spark 1.2 vs Claude Opus 4.6Muse Spark 1.2 vs Claude Opus 4.7Muse Spark 1.2 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6Muse Spark 1.2 vs DeepSeek-R1Muse Spark 1.2 vs DeepSeek-V3Muse Spark 1.2 vs DeepSeek-V4-FlashMuse Spark 1.2 vs Gemini 2.5 FlashMuse Spark 1.2 vs GPT-4.1Muse Spark 1.2 vs GPT-5.5Muse Spark 1.2 vs GPT-5.6 LunaMuse Spark 1.2 vs o3Muse Spark 1.2 vs Grok 3Kimi K3 vs Claude Opus 4.6Kimi K3 vs Claude Opus 4.7Kimi K3 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6Kimi K3 vs DeepSeek-R1Kimi K3 vs DeepSeek-V3Kimi K3 vs DeepSeek-V4-FlashKimi K3 vs Gemini 2.5 FlashKimi K3 vs Llama 4 MaverickKimi K3 vs Muse Spark 1.2Kimi K3 vs GPT-4.1Kimi K3 vs GPT-5.5Kimi K3 vs GPT-5.6 LunaKimi K3 vs o3Kimi K3 vs Grok 3GPT-5.5 vs Claude Opus 4.6GPT-5.5 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6GPT-5.5 vs DeepSeek-R1GPT-5.5 vs DeepSeek-V3GPT-5.5 vs Gemini 2.5 FlashGPT-5.5 vs Llama 4 MaverickGPT-5.5 vs Grok 3GPT-5.6 Luna vs Claude Sonnet 4.6GPT-5.6 Luna vs DeepSeek-R1GPT-5.6 Luna vs DeepSeek-V3GPT-5.6 Luna vs Gemini 2.5 FlashGPT-5.6 Luna vs Llama 4 MaverickGPT-5.6 Luna vs Grok 3GPT-5.6 Sol vs Claude Fable 5GPT-5.6 Sol vs Claude Opus 4.6GPT-5.6 Sol vs Claude Opus 4.7GPT-5.6 Sol vs Claude Opus 5GPT-5.6 Sol vs Claude Sonnet 4.6GPT-5.6 Sol vs Claude Sonnet 5GPT-5.6 Sol vs DeepSeek-R1GPT-5.6 Sol vs DeepSeek-V3GPT-5.6 Sol vs DeepSeek-V4-FlashGPT-5.6 Sol vs Gemini 2.5 FlashGPT-5.6 Sol vs Gemini 2.5 ProGPT-5.6 Sol vs Gemini 3.1 ProGPT-5.6 Sol vs Gemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.6 Sol vs Llama 4 MaverickGPT-5.6 Sol vs Muse Spark 1.2GPT-5.6 Sol vs Kimi K3GPT-5.6 Sol vs Grok 3GPT-5.6 Sol vs Grok 4.3GPT-5.6 Terra vs Claude Opus 4.6GPT-5.6 Terra vs Claude Opus 4.7GPT-5.6 Terra vs Claude Sonnet 4.6GPT-5.6 Terra vs DeepSeek-R1GPT-5.6 Terra vs DeepSeek-V3GPT-5.6 Terra vs DeepSeek-V4-FlashGPT-5.6 Terra vs Gemini 2.5 FlashGPT-5.6 Terra vs Gemini 2.5 ProGPT-5.6 Terra vs Gemini 3.1 ProGPT-5.6 Terra vs Gemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.6 Terra vs Llama 4 MaverickGPT-5.6 Terra vs Muse Spark 1.2GPT-5.6 Terra vs Kimi K3GPT-5.6 Terra vs Grok 3GPT-5.6 Terra vs Grok 4.3GPT-5 vs Claude Opus 4.6GPT-5 vs Claude Opus 4.7GPT-5 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6GPT-5 vs DeepSeek-R1GPT-5 vs DeepSeek-V3GPT-5 vs DeepSeek-V4-FlashGPT-5 vs Gemini 2.5 FlashGPT-5 vs Gemini 2.5 ProGPT-5 vs Gemini 3.1 ProGPT-5 vs Gemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5 vs Llama 4 MaverickGPT-5 vs Muse Spark 1.2GPT-5 vs Kimi K3GPT-5 vs Grok 3GPT-5 vs Grok 4.3Grok 3 vs DeepSeek-V3Grok 3 vs Gemini 2.5 FlashGrok 3 vs Llama 4 MaverickGrok 3 vs GPT-4.1Grok 3 vs o3Grok 4.3 vs Claude Opus 4.6Grok 4.3 vs Claude Opus 4.7Grok 4.3 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6Grok 4.3 vs DeepSeek-R1Grok 4.3 vs DeepSeek-V3Grok 4.3 vs DeepSeek-V4-FlashGrok 4.3 vs Gemini 2.5 FlashGrok 4.3 vs Gemini 2.5 ProGrok 4.3 vs Gemini 3.6 FlashGrok 4.3 vs Llama 4 MaverickGrok 4.3 vs Muse Spark 1.2Grok 4.3 vs Kimi K3Grok 4.3 vs GPT-4.1Grok 4.3 vs GPT-5.5Grok 4.3 vs GPT-5.6 LunaGrok 4.3 vs o3
Same provider, different tier or generation
38Whether to upgrade, and which tier of a family fits the workload.
Nova Pro vs Nova LiteNova Pro vs Nova PremierClaude Fable 5 vs Claude Opus 4.6Claude Opus 4.6 vs Claude Opus 4.5Claude Opus 4.6 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6Claude Opus 4.7 vs Claude Opus 4.6Claude Opus 5 vs Claude Fable 5Claude Opus 5 vs Claude Opus 4.7Claude Opus 5 vs Claude Opus 4.8Claude Opus 5 vs Claude Sonnet 5Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Claude Haiku 4.5Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5Claude Sonnet 5 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6DeepSeek-R1 vs DeepSeek-V3DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs DeepSeek-V3Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Gemini 2.0 FlashGemini 2.5 Pro vs Gemini 2.5 FlashGemini 3.1 Pro vs Gemini 2.5 ProGemini 3.1 Pro vs Gemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.1 Pro vs Gemini 3 ProGemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemini 3.5 FlashLlama 4 Maverick vs Llama 3.3 70BLlama 4 Maverick vs Llama 4 ScoutMuse Spark 1.2 vs Llama 4 MaverickMistral Large 3 vs Mistral Small 4Kimi K3 vs Kimi k1.5GPT-4.1 vs GPT-4oGPT-5.6 Sol vs GPT-5GPT-5.6 Sol vs GPT-5.5GPT-5.6 Sol vs GPT-5.6 LunaGPT-5.6 Sol vs GPT-5.6 TerraGPT-5.6 Terra vs GPT-5.6 LunaGPT-5 vs GPT-4.1GPT-5 vs GPT-5.5GPT-5 vs o3o3 vs o4-miniGrok 3 vs Grok 3 miniGrok 4.3 vs Grok 3
Category rivals
47Models in the same class from competing providers.
Nova Premier vs Command ANova Premier vs Command A+Nova Premier vs Sonar ProNova Premier vs Yi-LargeNova Premier vs GLM-4-PlusClaude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 2.0 FlashClaude Haiku 4.5 vs Llama 3.3 70BClaude Haiku 4.5 vs Llama 4 ScoutClaude Haiku 4.5 vs Grok 3 miniClaude Opus 4.5 vs Llama 3.1 405BClaude Opus 4.5 vs Mistral Large 3Claude Opus 4.5 vs Qwen2.5-MaxClaude Sonnet 4.5 vs GPT-4oCommand A+ vs Sonar ProCommand A+ vs Yi-LargeCommand A+ vs GLM-4-PlusGemini 2.0 Flash vs Llama 3.3 70BGemini 2.0 Flash vs Llama 4 ScoutGemini 2.0 Flash vs Grok 3 miniGemini 2.5 Flash vs Claude Sonnet 4.5Gemini 2.5 Flash vs GPT-4oLlama 3.1 405B vs Nova PremierLlama 3.1 405B vs Command A+Llama 3.1 405B vs Sonar ProLlama 3.1 405B vs Yi-LargeLlama 3.1 405B vs GLM-4-PlusLlama 3.3 70B vs Mistral Small 4Llama 4 Scout vs Grok 3 miniMistral Large 3 vs Nova PremierMistral Large 3 vs Llama 3.1 405BMistral Large 3 vs Qwen2.5-MaxMistral Small 4 vs Nova LiteKimi k1.5 vs Phi-4GPT-4.1 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5o4-mini vs Kimi k1.5Sonar Pro vs Command ASonar Pro vs Yi-LargeQwen2.5-Max vs Nova PremierQwen2.5-Max vs Command A+Qwen2.5-Max vs Llama 3.1 405BQwen2.5-Max vs GLM-4-PlusGrok 3 mini vs Llama 3.3 70BGrok 3 mini vs Mistral Small 4Yi-Large vs Command AGLM-4-Plus vs Command AGLM-4-Plus vs Sonar ProGLM-4-Plus vs Yi-Large
Frequently searched
3Matchups people look for that the rules above do not reach.
Provider head-to-heads
20Vendor-level comparisons: catalogue size, the price floor and ceiling on each side, and the largest context window either offers.
Anthropic vs DeepSeekAnthropic vs GoogleAnthropic vs MetaAnthropic vs MistralAnthropic vs Moonshot AIDeepSeek vs Moonshot AIDeepSeek vs QwenGoogle vs DeepSeekGoogle vs MetaGoogle vs xAIMeta vs MistralOpenAI vs AmazonOpenAI vs AnthropicOpenAI vs CohereOpenAI vs DeepSeekOpenAI vs GoogleOpenAI vs MetaOpenAI vs MistralOpenAI vs Moonshot AIOpenAI vs xAI
Frequently asked questions
How should I compare two AI models?
Start with the token rates on both sides, but weight them by your own traffic: input price dominates retrieval workloads while output price dominates generation and agent loops, so the cheaper model on a blended figure is not always cheaper for you. Then check the context window against the largest request you need to send, and use benchmarks last, to break a tie between options you have already priced.
Is the most expensive model always the best?
No. Price tracks the compute a model burns per token, which correlates with capability on hard reasoning and coding work but says nothing about routine tasks. For classification, extraction, summarisation and routing, models many times cheaper are frequently indistinguishable in output quality.
Where do these numbers come from?
Token rates are the prices each provider publishes, and benchmark figures are as reported by the provider or a public leaderboard. Blended rates and job costs are calculated comparison metrics, labelled as such wherever they appear. Nothing on these pages is estimated to fill a gap, a value we do not hold is shown as unavailable.
Other ways to narrow the field
Matchups are limited to models with a curated profile and sourced benchmarks, so every comparison has real data on both sides. Prices checked 12 August 2026.