Model index

Explore the top AI models in more detail.

The leaderboard gives you the quick ranking. This page lets you compare each model's pricing, standout strengths, image and file support, buying power, and ease of use before you drill into a single model.

Standout strengths are subjective buyer guidance, not scored benchmarks. PickAI Conversation Value is our proprietary buying-power benchmark, and Ease of use is the separate accessibility signal.

Snapshot April 7, 2026Next update April 14, 2026Open leaderboard Scoring rules Buyer brief archive

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Google

United States

Monthly price

Google AI Pro: Price unavailable

Free tier

Ease of use: 90% | Ready to use

Rank 01Verified evidence

GeminiOpen app

AI-generated

Choose this when you need the highest reasoning ceiling available and can feed it text, images, audio, or video in the same request.

Standout feature

01 - Gemini 3.1 Pro (Google)

Best-in-class 1M token context window with strong retrieval performance at that length Highest GPQA Diamond score (94.3%) among frontier models - strongest scientific reasoning Native video, audio, image, and document processing in a single call 75% prompt caching discount on repeated content - significant cost saving for heavy users Tiered thinking levels (Low/Medium/High) so you pay only for the reasoning depth you need

Quality 80.7 | Value 80.7View detail

Claude Opus 4.6

Anthropic

United States

Monthly price

Claude Pro: $20/month

~77 conversations equivalent

Ease of use: 90% | Ready to use

Rank 02Verified evidence

ClaudeOpen app

AI-generated

Best if your work involves genuinely hard problems ? deep research, complex code, or legal and financial analysis ? where accuracy matters more than speed.

Standout feature

02 - Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic)

128,000 output tokens per response - can write an entire technical document in one pass Best writing quality and tone control of any current model Highest SWE-bench Verified score among Claude models (80.8%) - strongest for complex multi-file coding Powers Cursor and Claude Code - the model most professional developers actually use daily Extended thinking mode for genuinely hard reasoning tasks

Quality 80.0 | Value 40.0View detail

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Anthropic

United States

Monthly price

Claude Pro: $20/month

~654 conversations equivalent

Ease of use: 90% | Ready to use

Rank 03Verified evidence

ClaudeOpen app

AI-generated

Best if you want near-flagship Claude performance for everyday coding, documents, and knowledge work without paying flagship prices.

Standout feature

04 - Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic)

Best price-to-quality ratio in the Claude family - approaches Opus performance at 40% less cost Highest real-world knowledge work score of any model including Opus (GDPval-AA 1,633 Elo) 89% math accuracy - a 27-point jump over its predecessor, strong for data and financial tasks Default model on Claude.ai - the most tested and production-hardened Anthropic model Prompt caching support reduces costs 30-50% for repeated document workflows

Quality 70.0 | Value 70.7View detail

GPT-5.4

OpenAI

United States

Monthly price

ChatGPT Plus: $20/month

~667 conversations equivalent

Ease of use: 90% | Ready to use

Rank 04Verified evidence

ChatGPTOpen app

AI-generated

Choose this when you need an AI that can operate software and complete professional tasks autonomously, not just advise on them.

Standout feature

03 - GPT-5.4 (OpenAI)

Strongest terminal and computer-use execution - operates IDEs and browsers directly Broadest third-party ecosystem - most tools, plugins, and integrations are built around it Canvas collaborative editing environment for iterative document work Intelligent internal routing - simple queries get fast responses, complex ones get deeper processing Most mature enterprise deployment history of any frontier model

Quality 68.1 | Value 77.2View detail

Gemini 3 Flash

Google

United States

Monthly price

Google AI Pro: Price unavailable

Free tier

Ease of use: 90% | Ready to use

Rank 05Verified evidence

GeminiOpen app

AI-generated

Best if you want fast, capable responses across text, images, and video at a price that works for everyday and high-volume use.

Standout feature

05 - Gemini 3 Flash (Google)

Fastest response speed of the five - best TTFT for real-time and interactive applications Lowest API cost at $0.50/$3.00 per million tokens - roughly 5x cheaper than Sonnet Benchmark scores approaching its own Pro predecessor at a fraction of the price Full multimodal support including video and audio - unusual at this price point Best fit for high-volume production workloads where cost per call matters most

Quality 62.0 | Value 76.7View detail

Qwen 3.6 Plus Preview

Qwen

China

Monthly price

Qwen3.6 Plus Preview: $7.5/month

Unlimited conversations equivalent

Ease of use: 90% | Ready to use

Rank 06Verified evidence

QwenOpen app

AI-generated

Choose this when you want a free, frontier-capable model for coding agents and long-document work and your data isn't confidential.

Standout feature

Budget-friendly API access

Qwen 3.6 Plus Preview keeps API pricing low at $0 / 1M input and $0 / 1M output while still offering a hosted app.

Images and files

Qwen 3.6 Plus Preview includes hosted multimodal support where verified, but the current snapshot keeps the summary conservative.

Quality 59.7 | Value 87.6View detail

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

Google

United States

Monthly price

Google AI Pro: Price unavailable

Free tier

Ease of use: 90% | Ready to use

Rank 07Verified evidence

GeminiOpen app

AI-generated

Best if you're running large volumes of repeatable tasks ? translation, classification, or data extraction ? and cost per request is your primary concern.

Standout feature

Fast hosted access

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is positioned as the speed-first option in its family, but the current consumer plan price is unavailable in this snapshot.

Images and files

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is optimized for quick hosted use; file and image handling is summarized conservatively from the current source pack.

Quality 37.2 | Value 64.1View detail

Kimi K2.5

Moonshot AI

China

Monthly price

Moderato Monthly Membership: $19/month

~6,902 conversations equivalent

Ease of use: 90% | Ready to use

Rank 08Verified evidence

KimiOpen app

AI-generated

Choose this when your task is too large or complex for one AI to handle alone ? its parallel agent swarm completes sprawling research and multi-step work faster than any comparable model.

Standout feature

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Images and files

Kimi K2.5 includes hosted multimodal support where verified, but the current snapshot keeps the summary conservative.

Quality 37.2 | Value 74.2View detail

MiniMax M2.7

MiniMax

China

Monthly price

MiniMax Free: $0/month

Free tier

Ease of use: 90% | Ready to use

Rank 09Verified evidence

MiniMaxOpen app

AI-generated

Best if you need a capable AI for real business workflows ? documents, debugging, financial modelling ? and don't want to pay Western flagship prices to get there.

Standout feature

Free hosted access

MiniMax M2.7 is available for no-cost hosted testing through MiniMax.

Images and files

MiniMax M2.7 includes hosted multimodal support where verified, but the current snapshot keeps the summary conservative.

Quality 34.7 | Value 73.4View detail

DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)

DeepSeek

China

Monthly price

DeepSeek Free: $0/month

Free tier

Ease of use: 90% | Ready to use

Rank 10Verified evidence

DeepSeekOpen app

AI-generated

Choose this when you need serious reasoning power for maths, logic, or complex analysis and want the most affordable frontier model available.

Standout feature

Free hosted access

DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) is available for no-cost hosted testing through DeepSeek.

Images and files

DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) includes hosted multimodal support where verified, but the current snapshot keeps the summary conservative.

Quality 32.4 | Value 67.5View detail

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Standout strengths are subjective buyer guidance, not scored benchmarks. PickAI Conversation Value is our proprietary buying-power benchmark, and Ease of use is the separate accessibility signal.