the ranking
| # | Model | SWE-bench Verified | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeepSeek V4 Pro openDeepSeek | 80.6% | The cheapest frontier-class coder — top open-weights score at ~11× less than Opus. Best pick when cost or self-hosting rules. |
| 2 | MiniMax M3 openMiniMax | 80.5% | Open weights with 1M context, multimodal input and computer use — beats GPT-5.5 on SWE-bench Pro at 5–10% of the cost. |
| 3 | Kimi K2.6 openMoonshot AI | 80.2% | A top-three open coder whose 58.6% SWE-bench Pro beats several closed flagships. |
From our full AI Coding Leaderboard (2026-07-02). We only rank scores confirmed against primary sources.