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Best AI APIs for chat & assistants
Models you can call through a paid API, ranked from public benchmarks, with their price in this task’s unit.
STop ranked: Gemini 4 Argon (Google), 1,524 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control).50 options listed · data verified 19 Oct 2026
Ranked list
| Tier | Name | Approach | Runs | Rated by | Price | Skill | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S |  Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle | Models | Cloud | 1,524 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $4/M tokens | — | |
| S | Muse Wonder Meta | Models | Cloud | 1,509 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $8/M tokens | — | vs Gemini 4 Argon |
| S |  Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic | Models | Cloud | 1,508 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $8/M tokens | — | vs Gemini 4 Argon |
| S | Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic | Models | Cloud | 1,502 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $20/M tokens | — | vs Gemini 4 Argon |
| S | Gemini 3.8 Flash Google | Models | Cloud | 1,496 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $1.5/M tokens | — | vs Gemini 4 Argon |
| S | Muse Spark 1.3 Meta | Models | Cloud | 1,494 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $2/M tokens | — | |
| S | Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview) Google | Models | Cloud | 1,487 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $4.5/M tokens | — | |
| S |  Kimi K3Moonshot AI | Models | Local | 1,487 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~1600 GB VRAM | — | |
| S |  GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI | Models | Cloud | 1,484 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $4/M tokens | — | |
| A | Qwen3.8-Max Alibaba (Qwen) | Models | Cloud | 1,482 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $3/M tokens | — | |
| A |  MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi | Models | Local | 1,479 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~585 GB VRAM | — | |
| A |  GLM-5.3Z.ai | Models | Local | 1,479 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~425 GB VRAM | — | |
| A | GPT-6 Astra OpenAI | Models | Cloud | 1,477 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $20/M tokens | — | vs Gemini 4 Argon |
| A | Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic | Models | Cloud | 1,475 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $4/M tokens | — | vs Gemini 4 Argon |
| A |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017DeepSeek | Models | Local | 1,475 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~320 GB VRAM | — | |
| A | GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | Models | Local | 1,474 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~185 GB VRAM | — | |
| A | DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 DeepSeek | Models | Local | 1,465 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~920 GB VRAM | — | |
| A |  Qwen3.7-PlusAlibaba (Qwen) | Models | Cloud | 1,456 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $0.56/M tokens | — | |
| A | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google | Models | Cloud | 1,455 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $0.85/M tokens | — | |
| A |  Gemma 4 (31B)Google DeepMind | Models | Local | 1,452 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~19 GB VRAM | — | |
| A | MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi | Models | Local | 1,451 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~178 GB VRAM | — | |
| A |  Step 5 PreviewStepFun | Models | Local | 1,447 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~346 GB VRAM | — | |
| A |  Grok 4.7xAI | Models | Cloud | 1,444 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $3/M tokens | — | |
| A | GPT-6 Luna OpenAI | Models | Cloud | 1,443 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $0.2/M tokens | — | |
| A |  MiniMax-M3MiniMax | Models | Local | 1,441 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~245 GB VRAM | — | |
| A |  InklingThinking Machines Lab | Models | Local | 1,441 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~557 GB VRAM | — | |
| A |  Qwen3.8-27BAlibaba (Qwen) | Models | Local | 1,438 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~17 GB VRAM | — | |
| A |  Mistral Large 4 (preview)Mistral AI | Models | Cloud | 1,432 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $2.06/M tokens | — | |
| A |  Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI | Models | Local | 1,426 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~75 GB VRAM | — | |
| A |  Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B-A55BNVIDIA | Models | Local | 1,426 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~321 GB VRAM | — | |
| A |  Muse Glimmer 30BMeta | Models | Local | 1,425 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~19 GB VRAM | — | |
| B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B NVIDIA | Models | Local | 1,416 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~72 GB VRAM | — | |
| B | Inkling Small Thinking Machines Lab | Models | Local | 1,404 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~159 GB VRAM | — | |
| B |  Solar Pro 4Upstage | Models | Cloud | 1,386 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | $0.52/M tokens | — | |
| B | Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropic | Models | Cloud | 43 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | $0.2/M tokens | — | |
| B |  Trinity Large ThinkingArcee AI | Models | Local | 1,367 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~229 GB VRAM | — | |
| B |  Ling-3.1-flashinclusionAI (Ant Group) | Models | Local | 41 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | ~321 GB VRAM | — | |
| B |  gpt-oss-120bOpenAI | Models | Local | 1,352 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~80 GB VRAM | — | |
| B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVIDIA | Models | Local | 1,351 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~20 GB VRAM | — | |
| B | Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B Alibaba (Qwen) | Models | Local | 40 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | ~1370 GB VRAM | — | |
| C | Muse Spark Open (816B-A42B) Meta | Models | Local | 39 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | ~470 GB VRAM | — | |
| C |  Llama 4 MaverickMeta | Models | Local | 1,327 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~230 GB VRAM | — | |
| C | gpt-oss-20b OpenAI | Models | Local | 1,317 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | ~16 GB VRAM | — | |
| C |  Beam 1.0 (501B-A23B)Reflection AI | Models | Local | 30 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | ~287 GB VRAM | — | |
| C | Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI | Models | Local | 26 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | ~587 GB VRAM | — | |
| C |  LongCat-2.0Meituan (LongCat) | Models | Local | 19 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | ~1014 GB VRAM | — | |
| C |  Command A+ (05-2026)Cohere | Models | Local | 13 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | ~126 GB VRAM | — | |
| C |  Mercury 2.5Inception | Models | Cloud | 12 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | $0.34/M tokens | — | |
| C | Ministral 3 14B (2512) Mistral AI | Models | Local | 6 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | ~9 GB VRAM | — | |
| C | Mistral Small 4 (2603) Mistral AI | Models | Local | 11 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | ~69 GB VRAM | — |
Tiers come only from public benchmarks (LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control), Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index); tools without a result of their own inherit the tier of the best model they offer. How we rank.