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LLM Intelligence Dashboard

Compare Frontier
AI Models

Side-by-side benchmarks, capabilities, context windows, pricing, and parameters for every major LLM. Make informed decisions about which model to use for your use case.

Explore Models Research Hub
11Models Tracked
6Benchmark Suites
8Capability Dimensions
LivePricing Data
Benchmark Reference
MMLU0–100%
Massive Multitask Language Understanding

57-subject academic benchmark covering STEM, humanities, law, and social sciences. Tests general knowledge breadth.

HumanEval0–100%
OpenAI HumanEval

Python coding benchmark. Measures ability to generate functionally correct code from docstring descriptions.

GSM8K0–100%
Grade School Math 8K

8,500 grade-school math word problems requiring multi-step reasoning to solve correctly.

MATH0–100%
MATH Benchmark

12,500 competition-level math problems from AMC/AIME. Tests advanced mathematical reasoning.

HellaSwag0–100%
HellaSwag NLI

Commonsense natural language inference. Tests ability to complete sentences in a contextually coherent way.

ARC0–100%
AI2 Reasoning Challenge

Science questions from 3rd–9th grade. Tests scientific reasoning and knowledge application.

Model Comparison Dashboard

11 models · Select up to 3 to compare side-by-side

ModelProviderParamsLicenseCompare
GPT-4o
★ Featured
OpenAI88.7%90.2%97%76.6%128K~200B (estimated)$5.00Proprietary
DeepSeek-V3
★ Featured
DeepSeek88.5%89.1%97.1%79.8%128K671B MoE (37B active)$0.27Open-Weights
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
★ Featured
Anthropic88.3%92%96.4%71.1%200K~175B (estimated)$3.00Proprietary
Grok-2
xAI87.5%88.4%92%76.1%128K~314B (estimated)$2.00Proprietary
Qwen 2.5 72B
Alibaba86%87.2%95.5%75.5%128K72B$0.50Open-Weights
Llama 3.2 90B Vision
Meta86%72%92.5%—128K90B$0.88Open-Weights
Gemini 1.5 Pro
★ Featured
Google85.9%84.1%91.7%58.5%1M~170B (estimated)$3.50Proprietary
Phi-4
Microsoft84.8%82.6%95.8%80.4%16K14B$0.07Open-Weights
Mistral Large 2
Mistral AI84%92%93%69%128K123B$3.00Open-Weights
Llama 3.1 70B
Meta83.6%80.5%95.1%68%128K70B$0.88Open-Weights
Command R+
Cohere75.7%71.7%85.5%—128K104B$2.50Proprietary

Benchmarks are latest publicly reported scores from official model cards, academic papers, and provider documentation as of March 2026. Parameter counts are estimates where not officially disclosed. Pricing reflects API rates at time of publication and may change. For the most current data, always refer to the provider's official documentation.

Model Rankings

Top models ranked per benchmark. Green = world-class · Gold = strong · Grey = good. Higher is always better.

🧠 General Intelligence (MMLU)
57-subject academic breadth
#1
GPT-4o88.7%
#2
DeepSeek-V388.5%
#3
Claude 3.5 Sonnet88.3%
#4
Grok-287.5%
#5
Mistral Large 284%
💻 Coding (HumanEval)
Python function generation
#1
Claude 3.5 Sonnet92%
#2
Mistral Large 292%
#3
GPT-4o90.2%
#4
DeepSeek-V389.1%
#5
Grok-288.4%
➗ Math Reasoning (GSM8K)
Grade-school word problems
#1
GPT-4o97%
#2
DeepSeek-V397.1%
#3
Phi-495.8%
#4
Claude 3.5 Sonnet96.4%
#5
Qwen 2.5 72B95.5%
💰 Best Value (Quality ÷ Price)
Top MMLU score per dollar
#1
DeepSeek-V3$0.27/1M · 88.5% MMLU
#2
Phi-4$0.07/1M · 84.8% MMLU
#3
Qwen 2.5 72B$0.50/1M · 86.0% MMLU
#4
Llama 3.1 70B$0.88/1M · 83.6% MMLU
#5
Claude 3.5 Sonnet$3.00/1M · 88.3% MMLU
Trending in AI Research — 2026

The hottest areas researchers and engineers are actively publishing, debating, and building in right now.

🤖HOT
Agentic AI & Multi-Agent Systems

Building AI that plans, uses tools, and completes long tasks autonomously. Think mini-teams of AI workers that can browse the web, write code, and call APIs.

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🧩RISING
Reasoning Models (Chain-of-Thought)

Models like o1/o3 that think step-by-step before answering. Massively improves accuracy on math, logic, and multi-step coding tasks.

heat
📚HOT
Long Context & Memory

Models with 500K–1M token windows that can read entire codebases or books at once. Solving the "the model forgot" problem for ever.

heat
🔍RISING
RAG 2.0 — Smarter Retrieval

Going beyond basic vector search: hybrid retrieval, re-ranking, agentic document parsing, and real-time knowledge grounding.

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🏃HOT
Open Source vs Proprietary

Llama 3.1, DeepSeek-V3, Qwen 2.5 are now nearly matching GPT-4o at 1/10th the cost. Open-weights models are closing the gap fast.

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🗜️GROWING
Model Compression & Edge AI

Quantization, pruning, and distillation to run powerful models on laptops and phones. Phi-4 (14B) outperforms many 70B models.

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🌐GROWING
Multimodal Foundation Models

Models that see, hear, speak, and read images natively. GPT-4o, Gemini 1.5, Llama 3.2 Vision unify all modalities in one model.

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🛡️CRITICAL
AI Safety & Alignment

Red-teaming, constitutional AI, and RLHF to make models honest and safe. Increasingly required by enterprise buyers and regulators.

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Build with Open Source AI

The essential tools every AI builder needs. Pick the right platform for your project — explained plainly, with starter code.

🦙
OllamaRun Locally

Run any open-source LLM on your own Mac or PC — no cloud needed, no API bill.

Best for: Privacy-first apps, offline use, rapid prototyping without cost
Install
brew install ollama && ollama run llama3.1
Starter Code
# Pull a model and chat instantly
ollama run llama3.1

# Use from Python
import ollama
response = ollama.chat(model='llama3.1', messages=[
    {'role': 'user', 'content': 'Explain RAG in simple terms'}
])
print(response['message']['content'])
🤗
HuggingFaceModel Hub

The GitHub of AI — 500K+ open models, datasets, and Spaces. Download, fine-tune, and deploy anything.

Best for: Finding models, fine-tuning, hosting demos, sharing research
Install
pip install transformers torch
Starter Code
from transformers import pipeline

# Load any model from the hub in 2 lines
classifier = pipeline("text-classification",
    model="distilbert-base-uncased-finetuned-sst-2-english")

result = classifier("This research paper is excellent!")
print(result)  # [{'label': 'POSITIVE', 'score': 0.9998}]
⛓️
LangChainLLM Framework

Build LLM-powered apps that chain prompts, tools, memory, and retrieval together. Works with any model.

Best for: Chatbots with memory, document Q&A, multi-step pipelines, RAG
Install
pip install langchain langchain-openai
Starter Code
from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI
from langchain.chains import RetrievalQA
from langchain_community.vectorstores import FAISS

# Build a document Q&A chatbot in minutes
llm = ChatOpenAI(model="gpt-4o-mini")
qa_chain = RetrievalQA.from_chain_type(
    llm=llm, retriever=vectorstore.as_retriever()
)
answer = qa_chain.invoke("What does the paper conclude?")
👥
CrewAIMulti-Agent

Build teams of AI agents that talk to each other and collaborate on complex tasks — like having a mini startup inside your code.

Best for: Research workflows, automated content, data pipelines, autonomous teams
Install
pip install crewai
Starter Code
from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew

researcher = Agent(role="AI Researcher",
    goal="Find the latest LLM benchmark results",
    backstory="Expert at reading papers and extracting key findings")

writer = Agent(role="Technical Writer",
    goal="Write a clear summary for engineers",
    backstory="Explains complex AI research in plain English")

task = Task(description="Summarise GPT-4o vs Claude benchmarks",
    agent=researcher)

crew = Crew(agents=[researcher, writer], tasks=[task])
result = crew.kickoff()
🟢
OpenAI SDKGPT / Automation

The official Python/Node SDK for GPT-4o, DALL·E, and Whisper. Perfect for production automation workflows.

Best for: GPT-4o apps, code automation, structured outputs, batch jobs
Install
pip install openai
Starter Code
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI()  # reads OPENAI_API_KEY from env

# Structured JSON output — great for automation
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o",
    response_format={"type": "json_object"},
    messages=[{"role": "user",
               "content": "List top 3 AI trends as JSON array"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
🟠
Anthropic SDKClaude / Automation

Build with Claude 3.5 Sonnet — best for long documents, complex coding, and safe enterprise automation.

Best for: Document analysis, safe automation, coding assistants, long context tasks
Install
pip install anthropic
Starter Code
import anthropic

client = anthropic.Anthropic()  # reads ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

# 200K context — send a whole codebase
message = client.messages.create(
    model="claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
    max_tokens=1024,
    messages=[{"role": "user",
               "content": "Review this code for security issues:\n" + code}]
)
print(message.content[0].text)

How agentic AI works — simply

The Agentic AI Stack Explained in Plain English

1
LLM Brain
GPT-4o / Claude / Llama

The model that reasons, plans, and decides what to do next.

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2
Orchestration
LangChain / CrewAI

Manages memory, chains steps together, and routes tasks between agents.

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3
Local Inference
Ollama / HuggingFace

Run open models privately on your own hardware — no cloud bill.

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4
Tools & APIs
Search, Code, Databases

Agents browse the web, write & run code, and read your documents.

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5
Output
Answer / Action / Report

The final result: a written report, a working app, an automated task.

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