LLM Comparison Matrix

Ratings are directional, not absolute. Updated August 7, 2026 with latest releases and pricing changes. Use 1-5 ranking to compare faster, then sort by what matters most for your product.

Latest matrix includes: Claude Opus 4.9 (new frontier), GPT-5.7 (1.2M context), Gemini 3.6 Pro (stable), Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Sonnet 5 (speed/intelligence), GPT-5.6 Sol, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Llama 4.1 (multilingual MoE), DeepSeek V4.1-DSpark (920B), Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B (262K–1M context), Kimi K3 (2.8T), GLM-5.3 (753B), and Mistral Medium 3.5.

Model Overall Reasoning Coding Cost Efficiency Latency Context Quality Deployment Control
Claude Opus 4.9 4.7/5★★★★★ 5/5★★★★★ 5/5★★★★★ 2/5★★☆☆☆ 3/5★★★☆☆ 5/5★★★★★ 2/5★★☆☆☆
GPT-5.7 4.6/5★★★★★ 5/5★★★★★ 5/5★★★★★ 2/5★★☆☆☆ 3/5★★★☆☆ 5/5★★★★★ 2/5★★☆☆☆
Gemini 3.6 Pro 4.5/5★★★★★ 5/5★★★★★ 5/5★★★★★ 3/5★★★☆☆ 3/5★★★☆☆ 5/5★★★★★ 2/5★★☆☆☆
Claude Opus 4.8 4.5/5★★★★★ 5/5★★★★★ 5/5★★★★★ 3/5★★★☆☆ 3/5★★★☆☆ 5/5★★★★★ 2/5★★☆☆☆
GPT-5.5-Pro 4.3/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 5/5★★★★★ 2/5★★☆☆☆ 2/5★★☆☆☆ 5/5★★★★★ 2/5★★☆☆☆
GPT-5.5 4.2/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 5/5★★★★★ 3/5★★★☆☆ 3/5★★★☆☆ 5/5★★★★★ 2/5★★☆☆☆
GPT-5.4 mini 4.0/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 2/5★★☆☆☆
Claude Sonnet 4.6 4.0/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 5/5★★★★★ 3/5★★★☆☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 2/5★★☆☆☆
Claude Haiku 4.5 3.5/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 3/5★★★☆☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 3/5★★★☆☆ 2/5★★☆☆☆
Gemini 3.5 Flash 3.8/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 4/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 4/5★★★★☆ 2/5★★☆☆☆
Gemma 4 31B 4.1/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 4/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★
Llama 4 Maverick 4.3/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★
Llama 4 Scout 4.0/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 5/5★★★★★ 3/5★★★☆☆ 5/5★★★★★
Mistral Medium 3.5 3.8/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 3/5★★★☆☆ 4/5★★★★☆
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 4.0/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 5/5★★★★★ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆
DeepSeek V4-Pro 4.0/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 3/5★★★☆☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆
Llama 4.1 4.4/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★
DeepSeek V4.1-DSpark 4.2/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 5/5★★★★★ 4/5★★★★☆ 3/5★★★☆☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆
Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B 4.1/5★★★★☆ 4/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 5/5★★★★★ 4/5★★★★☆ 5/5★★★★★ 4/5★★★★☆

Score key: 5 = excellent, 4 = strong, 3 = medium, 2 = low.

Interpreting the Matrix

For customer-facing quality, prioritize reasoning + context quality. For internal automation at scale, prioritize cost efficiency + latency.