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Best LLMs for Coding (2026)

These are the strongest LLMs for writing code, refactoring, and answering programming questions, based on the LMArena coding category. Arena Elo comes from real human side-by-side comparisons, which makes it harder to game than synthetic benchmarks like HumanEval. Pricing is pulled from OpenRouter so you can pick the model that fits your budget.

Top Pick

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking)

Arena Elo: text + coding

#1Elo 1553

Input / 1M

$5.00

Output / 1M

$25.00

Blended (4:1 in:out): $9.00/1M

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Best Value

Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro

Pareto knee, $0.522/1M blended

#24Elo 1518

Input / 1M

$0.435

Output / 1M

$0.870

Blended (4:1 in:out): $0.522/1M

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Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus

Frontier middle pick, $0.512/1M blended

#35Elo 1511

Input / 1M

$0.320

Output / 1M

$1.28

Blended (4:1 in:out): $0.512/1M

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All matching models (131)

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Rank	Model	Elo	Value	In / 1M	Output	Votes
#1	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) claude-opus-4-7-thinking	1553	1457	$5.00	$25.00	13,772
#2	Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 claude-fable-5	1551	1425	$10.00	$50.00	2,459
#3	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) claude-opus-4-6-thinking	1550	1455	$5.00	$25.00	15,751
#6	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (thinking) claude-opus-4-8-thinking	1535	1440	$5.00	$25.00	8,002
#8	Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 muse-spark-1.1	1532	1505	$1.25	$4.25	1,718
#9	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (thinking-32k) claude-opus-4-5-20251101-thinking-32k	1530	1435	$5.00	$25.00	7,614
#10	MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 kimi-k3	1529	1456	$3.00	$15.00	798
#11	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6	1527	1454	$3.00	$15.00	15,132
#12	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max qwen3.7-max-preview	1527	1496	$1.48	$4.42	1,123
#15	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (high) claude-sonnet-5-high	1523	1468	$2.00	$10.00	3,111
#17	Z.ai: GLM 5.1 glm-5.1	1521	1507	$0.966	$3.04	8,056
#18	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview gemini-3.1-pro-preview	1521	1461	$2.00	$12.00	22,312
#19	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) gpt-5.4-high	1521	1451	$2.50	$15.00	15,319
#20	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (thinking-32k) claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929-thinking-32k	1520	1447	$3.00	$15.00	19,288
#21	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) gpt-5.5-high	1519	1419	$5.00	$30.00	12,012
#22	xAI: Grok 4.5 grok-4.5	1519	1474	$2.00	$6.00	1,662
#24	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro mimo-v2.5-pro	1518	1546	$0.435	$0.870	10,969
#25	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210	1516	1453	$1.75	$14.00	9,152
#26	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 kimi-k2.6	1515	1496	$0.950	$4.00	10,359
#33	Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (max) glm-5.2 (max)	1512	1535	$0.413	$1.30	4,382
#35	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus qwen3.7-plus	1511	1540	$0.320	$1.28	5,873
#38	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview gemini-3-flash	1509	1509	$0.500	$3.00	6,386
#39	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) gemini-3.5-flash-medium	1508	1460	$1.50	$9.00	3,510
#41	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview qwen3.6-max-preview	1508	1476	$1.04	$6.24	1,548
#44	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 claude-opus-4-1-20250805	1505	1362	$15.00	$75.00	15,506
#47	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro deepseek-v4-pro	1502	1530	$0.435	$0.870	12,705
#49	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) kimi-k2.5-thinking	1502	1500	$0.570	$2.85	16,650
#50	MiniMax: MiniMax M3 minimax-m3	1500	1532	$0.300	$1.20	7,543
#54	Z.ai: GLM 5 glm-5	1498	1483	$0.950	$3.15	7,210
#55	OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat gpt-5.3-chat-latest	1497	1435	$1.75	$14.00	8,785
#56	Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo glm-5v-turbo	1497	1472	$1.20	$4.00	1,522
#57	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) gpt-5.4-mini-high	1496	1479	$0.750	$4.50	15,091
#58	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus qwen3.6-plus	1494	1512	$0.325	$1.95	12,690
#62	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B qwen3.5-397b-a17b	1491	1502	$0.390	$2.34	16,015
#63	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) gpt-5.1-high	1491	1443	$1.25	$10.00	8,205
#65	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 mimo-v2.5	1490	1568	$0.140	$0.280	11,841
#66	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) gpt-5.2-high	1489	1427	$1.75	$14.00	11,746
#68	xAI: Grok 4.3 grok-4.3	1487	1470	$1.25	$2.50	12,461
#71	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 glm-4.7	1485	1503	$0.400	$1.75	2,410
#72	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash deepseek-v4-flash	1482	1575	$0.098	$0.196	12,454
#73	Thinking Machines: Inkling inkling	1482	1462	$1.00	$4.05	454
#78	Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 claude-haiku-4-5-20251001	1479	1454	$1.00	$5.00	26,430
#79	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 minimax-m2.7	1479	1519	$0.250	$1.00	13,908
#80	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 mistral-medium-3.5	1479	1436	$1.50	$7.50	3,080
#83	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 (thinking) deepseek-v3.2-exp-thinking	1475	1528	$0.269	$0.400	1,918
#83	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp (thinking) deepseek-v3.2-exp-thinking	1475	1527	$0.270	$0.410	1,918
#84	Qwen: Qwen3 Max qwen3-max-preview	1474	1460	$0.780	$3.90	2,040
#84	Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking qwen3-max-preview	1474	1460	$0.780	$3.90	2,040
#88	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 (thinking-32k) claude-sonnet-4-20250514-thinking-32k	1473	1400	$3.00	$15.00	6,403
#93	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) gpt-5-high	1468	1420	$1.25	$10.00	6,358
#95	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 kimi-k2-0905-preview	1467	1468	$0.600	$2.50	2,241
#96	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct	1465	1491	$0.210	$1.90	2,317
#98	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro gemini-2.5-pro	1465	1417	$1.25	$10.00	26,537
#98	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 gemini-2.5-pro	1465	1417	$1.25	$10.00	26,537
#99	DeepSeek: R1 0528 deepseek-r1-0528	1465	1473	$0.500	$2.15	2,725
#100	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 claude-opus-4-20250514	1464	1321	$15.00	$75.00	7,896
#101	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat gpt-5-chat	1463	1416	$1.25	$10.00	5,986
#102	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (thinking) deepseek-v3.1-terminus-thinking	1463	1501	$0.270	$1.00	635
#104	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) gpt-5.4-nano-high	1462	1500	$0.200	$1.25	15,304
#107	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B qwen3.5-122b-a10b	1459	1480	$0.260	$2.08	7,807
#109	OpenAI: o3 o3-2025-04-16	1459	1409	$2.00	$8.00	11,741
#110	Z.ai: GLM 4.6 glm-4.6	1459	1469	$0.500	$2.00	7,474
#112	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview	1457	1487	$0.250	$1.50	16,838
#112	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview	1457	1487	$0.250	$1.50	16,838
#115	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 gpt-4.1-2025-04-14	1456	1406	$2.00	$8.00	9,310
#117	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking (thinking) qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking	1455	1469	$0.260	$2.60	1,629
#118	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 glm-4.5	1454	1458	$0.600	$2.20	4,770
#120	StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash step-3.5-flash	1450	1536	$0.100	$0.300	13,482
#121	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B qwen3.5-27b	1450	1464	$0.260	$2.60	7,527
#125	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct	1446	1498	$0.100	$1.10	4,790
#125	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct	1446	n/a	n/a	n/a	4,790
#127	DeepSeek: R1 deepseek-r1	1445	1442	$0.700	$2.50	2,317
#128	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 minimax-m2.5	1444	1497	$0.150	$0.900	10,887
#130	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507	1442	1479	$0.150	$1.50	1,611
#131	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking trinity-large-preview	1441	1486	$0.250	$0.800	7,633
#132	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507	1439	1525	$0.100	$0.300	4,658
#133	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 minimax-m2.1-preview	1439	1471	$0.300	$1.20	3,415
#140	OpenAI: o3 Mini (high) o3-mini-high	1435	1410	$1.10	$4.40	2,596
#140	OpenAI: o3 Mini High (high) o3-mini-high	1435	1410	$1.10	$4.40	2,596
#141	Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B qwen3.5-35b-a3b	1434	1485	$0.140	$1.00	7,981
#143	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14	1433	1453	$0.400	$1.60	6,915
#145	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B qwen3-235b-a22b	1433	1447	$0.455	$1.82	4,340
#148	OpenAI: o4 Mini o4-mini-2025-04-16	1432	1408	$1.10	$4.40	8,712
#148	OpenAI: o4 Mini High o4-mini-2025-04-16	1432	1408	$1.10	$4.40	8,712
#150	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) gpt-5-mini-high	1431	1453	$0.250	$2.00	5,496
#154	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air glm-4.5-air	1426	1483	$0.130	$0.850	6,104
#155	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash gemini-2.5-flash	1424	1437	$0.300	$2.50	25,883
#156	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 Flash glm-4.7-flash	1423	1512	$0.061	$0.400	2,683
#157	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking (thinking) qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking	1421	1484	$0.098	$0.780	2,674
#159	Z.ai: GLM 4.6V glm-4.6v	1418	1456	$0.300	$0.900	534
#160	OpenAI: o1 o1-2024-12-17	1416	1278	$15.00	$60.00	5,123
#161	MiniMax: MiniMax M1 minimax-m1	1416	1422	$0.550	$2.20	6,482
#170	Qwen: Qwen3 32B qwen3-32b	1407	1500	$0.080	$0.280	513
#172	Z.ai: GLM 4.5V glm-4.5v	1405	1412	$0.600	$1.80	992
#178	Inception: Mercury 2 mercury-2	1397	1442	$0.250	$0.750	770
#183	OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b gpt-oss-120b	1390	1510	$0.037	$0.170	6,491
#190	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B qwen3-30b-a3b	1387	1455	$0.130	$0.520	4,526
#193	MiniMax: MiniMax M2 minimax-m2	1385	1424	$0.255	$1.02	1,544
#197	OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (high) gpt-5-nano-high	1383	1475	$0.050	$0.400	1,683
#201	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14	1374	1454	$0.100	$0.400	807
#205	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b gpt-oss-20b	1369	1500	$0.030	$0.130	2,168
#205	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (free) gpt-oss-20b	1369	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,168
#214	AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Think olmo-3-32b-think	1364	1430	$0.150	$0.500	1,053
#219	OpenAI: GPT-4o gpt-4o-2024-05-13	1360	1300	$2.50	$10.00	7,318
#219	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) gpt-4o-2024-05-13	1360	1276	$5.00	$15.00	7,318
#219	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) gpt-4o-2024-05-13	1360	1300	$2.50	$10.00	7,318
#219	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) gpt-4o-2024-05-13	1360	1300	$2.50	$10.00	7,318
#221	Google: Gemma 3 27B gemma-3-27b-it	1358	1443	$0.100	$0.300	8,073
#227	Mistral Large 2407 mistral-large-2407	1354	1309	$2.00	$6.00	7,589
#231	IBM: Granite 4.1 8B granite-4.1-8b	1352	1474	$0.050	$0.100	1,084
#233	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18	1349	1411	$0.150	$0.600	10,927
#233	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18	1349	1411	$0.150	$0.600	10,927
#234	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09	1347	1233	$10.00	$30.00	17,104
#234	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo Preview gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09	1347	1233	$10.00	$30.00	17,104
#237	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct llama-3.3-70b-instruct	1345	1419	$0.130	$0.400	8,747
#237	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) llama-3.3-70b-instruct	1345	n/a	n/a	n/a	8,747
#246	Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct llama-3.1-70b-instruct	1333	1373	$0.400	$0.400	9,389
#254	Google: Gemma 3 12B gemma-3-12b-it	1316	1432	$0.050	$0.150	543
#258	Mistral: Mistral Small 3 mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501	1312	1437	$0.050	$0.080	2,083
#263	Google: Gemma 3n 4B gemma-3n-e4b-it	1308	1422	$0.060	$0.120	3,526
#266	Microsoft: Phi 4 phi-4	1306	1414	$0.070	$0.140	3,305
#269	Google: Gemma 2 27B gemma-2-27b-it	1305	1324	$0.650	$0.650	12,088
#271	Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku claude-3-haiku-20240307	1300	1335	$0.250	$1.25	20,898
#278	Cohere: Command R (08-2024) command-r-08-2024	1281	1343	$0.150	$0.600	1,783
#279	Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) command-r-plus-08-2024	1280	1219	$2.50	$10.00	1,675
#286	Google: Gemma 3 4B gemma-3-4b-it	1274	1396	$0.050	$0.100	605
#297	Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct llama-3.1-8b-instruct	1260	1385	$0.050	$0.080	8,582
#303	Google Gemini Pro Latest gemini-pro	1248	1188	$2.00	$12.00	678
#335	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct llama-3.2-3b-instruct	1176	1272	$0.051	$0.335	1,351
#335	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free) llama-3.2-3b-instruct	1176	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,351
#350	Meta: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct llama-3.2-1b-instruct	1148	1269	$0.027	$0.201	1,346

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