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Chat & reasoning
Claude Opus 5
Chat & reasoning
Anthropic's everyday flagship for complex agentic coding and enterprise work. Ranks first overall on the AA Intelligence Index v4.1 at 63 with max effort.
Try Claude Opus 5→Claude Fable 5
Chat & reasoning
Anthropic's highest-capability model for the hardest reasoning and long-horizon agentic work. Scores 62 on the AA Intelligence Index v4.1, just behind Opus 5 at max effort.
Try Claude Fable 5→Grok 4.6
NewChat & reasoning
xAI's frontier model for long-running agents, codebase work, and ambitious interactive or visual projects. Scores 61 on the AA Intelligence Index with 500K context and always-on reasoning.
Try Grok 4.6→GPT-5.6 Sol
Chat & reasoning
OpenAI's flagship. Scores 61 on the AA Intelligence Index v4.1 and sets the state of the art on the Coding Agent Index (80), with an `ultra` multi-agent mode for the hardest work.
Try GPT-5.6 Sol→Claude Opus 4.8
Chat & reasoning
Frontier all-rounder. Leads SWE-bench Pro (69%) at AA Intelligence Index v4.1 of 56 — the value pick just below Fable 5.
Try Claude Opus 4.8→Grok 4.5
Chat & reasoning
xAI's previous-generation coding and agentic model, trained alongside Cursor. Scores 56 on the AA Intelligence Index with 500K context, always-on reasoning, and optional web search.
Try Grok 4.5→Gemini 3.7 Flash
NewChat & reasoning
Google's most intelligent Flash workhorse for coding and agents. Scores 56 on the AA Intelligence Index with 1M context, multimodal input, and introductory half-price token rates through 2026.
Try Gemini 3.7 Flash→GPT-5.6 Terra
Chat & reasoning
Balanced GPT-5.6 tier — matches GPT-5.5 quality (AA Intelligence Index 55) at roughly half the cost, tuned for everyday professional work.
Try GPT-5.6 Terra→GPT-5.5
Chat & reasoning
OpenAI's previous flagship. AA Intelligence Index v4.1 of 54.8 — a strong all-round frontier model, now succeeded by the GPT-5.6 family.
Try GPT-5.5→Claude Sonnet 5
Chat & reasoning
Anthropic's current fast workhorse — near-Opus quality at much lower latency and cost.
Try Claude Sonnet 5→Gemini 3.6 Flash
Chat & reasoning
Google's previous Flash workhorse, scoring 52 on the AA Intelligence Index. Retained for its 1M context, multimodal input, and low-latency minimal reasoning mode.
Try Gemini 3.6 Flash→GPT-5.6 Luna
Chat & reasoning
Fastest, most affordable GPT-5.6 tier — outperforms Claude Opus 4.8 on the Coding Agent Index at roughly a quarter of the cost.
Try GPT-5.6 Luna→GLM-5.2
Chat & reasoning
Zhipu's GLM-5.2 — the leading open-weights model on the AA Intelligence Index.
Try GLM-5.2→Muse Spark 1.1
Chat & reasoning
Meta Superintelligence Labs' multimodal reasoning model, built for agentic work. 1M-token context, image + video understanding, search grounding, and strong coding — served on the new OpenAI-compatible Meta Model API at value pricing.
Try Muse Spark 1.1→Gemini 3.1 Pro
Chat & reasoning
Google DeepMind frontier. 2M context, fully multimodal, and an AA Intelligence Index v4.1 score of 46.
Try Gemini 3.1 Pro→MiniMax M3
Chat & reasoning
MiniMax M3 — Apache-licensed, matches Gemini 3.1 Pro on coding at open-weights pricing.
Try MiniMax M3→DeepSeek V4 Pro
Chat & reasoning
Flagship open-source MoE (1.6T) — frontier reasoning + coding with a 1M-token context, at open-weights pricing.
Try DeepSeek V4 Pro→Kimi K2.6
Chat & reasoning
Moonshot's K2.6 — open-weights, 80%+ SWE-bench Verified, top-tier agentic reasoning.
Try Kimi K2.6→Qwen 3.7 Plus
Chat & reasoning
Alibaba's flagship closed model — strong reasoning + function calling, served exclusively on Fireworks outside Alibaba's own cloud.
Try Qwen 3.7 Plus→Grok 4.3
Chat & reasoning
xAI flagship. Configurable reasoning, 1M context, and optional live web knowledge at low frontier pricing.
Try Grok 4.3→GPT-5
Chat & reasoning
OpenAI workhorse — strong general purpose at lower cost than 5.5.
Try GPT-5→Image generation
GPT Image 2
Image generation
OpenAI's latest image model. Native edit support, photorealistic.
Try GPT Image 2→Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
Image generation
Google's fastest and lowest-cost image model, optimized for 1K generation and editing with object references.
Try Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)→Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)
Image generation
Google's recommended all-around image model, balancing quality, speed, text rendering, and up to 14 references.
Try Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)→Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)
Image generation
Google's premium image model for complex design, precise text, and blending up to 14 reference images.
Try Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)→FLUX 2 Pro
Image generation
Black Forest Labs' flagship image model. Excellent prompt adherence.
Try FLUX 2 Pro→Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
Image generation
Google's original Nano Banana for fast 1K generation and editing with up to 3 references; retires October 2, 2026.
Try Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)→Recraft v4 Pro
Image generation
Recraft v4's higher-fidelity tier — best for posters, logos, vector art.
Try Recraft v4 Pro→Recraft v4
Image generation
Recraft's text + vector + raster image model.
Try Recraft v4→Seedream 5 Lite
Image generation
ByteDance's Seedream 5 Lite via FAL — fast and cheap.
Try Seedream 5 Lite→Ideogram v3 Quality
Image generation
Ideogram's text-rendering specialist — top tier (graphic design, posters).
Try Ideogram v3 Quality→Ideogram v3 Balanced
Image generation
Ideogram v3 mid tier — great text rendering at a lower price.
Try Ideogram v3 Balanced→Image editing
Video generation
Seedance 2.0 Pro
Video generation
ByteDance's flagship — #1 on the Artificial Analysis text-to-video arena, best for multi-shot and brand consistency.
Try Seedance 2.0 Pro→Kling 3.0 Pro
Video generation
Kuaishou's Kling 3.0 — 4K/60fps, precise shot control and character consistency for ads.
Try Kling 3.0 Pro→Veo 3.1
Video generation
Google's flagship video model with native audio.
Try Veo 3.1→Kling v2.1 Master
Video generation
Kuaishou's Kling v2.1 Master on Replicate — cinematic motion + character consistency.
Try Kling v2.1 Master→Grok Imagine
Video generation
xAI's text-to-video with native audio — the value pick for fast, high-volume social clips.
Try Grok Imagine→Music generation
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