the ranking
| # | Model | $/1M input | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeepSeek V4 Pro openDeepSeek | $0.435/1M | 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 | $0.60/1M | 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 | Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic | $2/1M | The best closed-model value — near-Opus scores at ~2.5× less, and the default daily driver for most developers. |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic | $5/1M | The hardest agentic refactors and long, autonomous multi-file tasks where every point of accuracy saves a human review cycle. |
From our full AI Coding Leaderboard (2026-07-02). We only rank scores confirmed against primary sources.