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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 1555

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

#15Elo 1520

Input / 1M

$0.435

Output / 1M

$0.870

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Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

Frontier middle pick, $0.100/1M blended

#114Elo 1442

Input / 1M

$0.100

Output / 1M

$0.100

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All matching models (129)

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Rank	Model	Elo	Value	In / 1M	Output	Votes
#1	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) claude-opus-4-7-thinking	1555	1460	$5.00	$25.00	5,578
#2	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) claude-opus-4-6-thinking	1551	1456	$5.00	$25.00	8,335
#5	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (thinking-32k) claude-opus-4-5-20251101-thinking-32k	1530	1435	$5.00	$25.00	7,628
#6	Z.ai: GLM 5.1 glm-5.1	1527	1513	$0.980	$3.08	3,756
#8	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max qwen3.7-max-preview	1525	1501	$1.25	$3.75	1,137
#9	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview gemini-3.1-pro-preview	1525	1464	$2.00	$12.00	11,296
#10	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) gpt-5.5-high	1522	1422	$5.00	$30.00	4,494
#11	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6	1522	1448	$3.00	$15.00	7,216
#12	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) gpt-5.4-high	1521	1451	$2.50	$15.00	7,181
#14	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (thinking-32k) claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929-thinking-32k	1520	1447	$3.00	$15.00	17,763
#15	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro mimo-v2.5-pro	1520	1548	$0.435	$0.870	4,275
#17	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210	1518	1455	$1.75	$14.00	8,304
#23	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 kimi-k2.6	1514	1505	$0.684	$3.42	4,237
#23	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 (free) kimi-k2.6	1514	n/a	n/a	n/a	4,237
#29	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview gemini-3-flash	1509	1509	$0.500	$3.00	6,383
#31	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash gemini-3.5-flash	1506	1459	$1.50	$9.00	2,592
#32	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview qwen3.6-max-preview	1506	1474	$1.04	$6.24	1,327
#34	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 claude-opus-4-1-20250805	1505	1362	$15.00	$75.00	15,538
#35	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) kimi-k2.5-thinking	1503	1519	$0.400	$1.90	9,469
#38	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro deepseek-v4-pro	1500	1529	$0.435	$0.870	4,940
#40	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) gpt-5.4-mini-high	1499	1481	$0.750	$4.50	6,903
#43	OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat gpt-5.3-chat-latest	1497	1434	$1.75	$14.00	7,910
#45	Z.ai: GLM 5 glm-5	1495	1499	$0.600	$2.08	5,384
#47	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B qwen3.5-397b-a17b	1493	1504	$0.390	$2.34	8,580
#48	xAI: Grok 4.3 grok-4.3	1493	1475	$1.25	$2.50	4,422
#50	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus qwen3.6-plus	1492	1510	$0.325	$1.95	5,403
#51	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) gpt-5.2-high	1491	1429	$1.75	$14.00	11,036
#53	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) gpt-5.1-high	1490	1443	$1.25	$10.00	8,210
#54	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 mimo-v2.5	1490	1567	$0.140	$0.280	4,584
#57	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 glm-4.7	1486	1503	$0.400	$1.75	2,411
#61	Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 claude-haiku-4-5-20251001	1479	1454	$1.00	$5.00	18,302
#63	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash deepseek-v4-flash	1479	1571	$0.098	$0.197	4,780
#65	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 minimax-m2.7	1475	1508	$0.279	$1.20	6,572
#66	Qwen: Qwen3 Max qwen3-max-preview	1475	1460	$0.780	$3.90	2,042
#66	Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking qwen3-max-preview	1475	1460	$0.780	$3.90	2,042
#69	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 (thinking) deepseek-v3.2-exp-thinking	1474	1534	$0.229	$0.343	1,919
#69	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp (thinking) deepseek-v3.2-exp-thinking	1474	1527	$0.270	$0.410	1,919
#71	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 (thinking-32k) claude-sonnet-4-20250514-thinking-32k	1473	1400	$3.00	$15.00	6,414
#77	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 kimi-k2-0905-preview	1467	1468	$0.600	$2.50	2,243
#78	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) gpt-5-high	1467	1419	$1.25	$10.00	6,360
#80	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct	1466	1513	$0.200	$0.880	2,315
#81	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro gemini-2.5-pro	1465	1417	$1.25	$10.00	25,765
#81	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 gemini-2.5-pro	1465	1417	$1.25	$10.00	25,765
#82	DeepSeek: R1 0528 deepseek-r1-0528	1465	1473	$0.500	$2.15	2,728
#84	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 claude-opus-4-20250514	1464	1321	$15.00	$75.00	7,903
#85	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat gpt-5-chat	1464	1416	$1.25	$10.00	5,991
#86	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (thinking) deepseek-v3.1-terminus-thinking	1463	1503	$0.270	$0.950	636
#89	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) gpt-5.4-nano-high	1460	1499	$0.200	$1.25	6,894
#91	Z.ai: GLM 4.6 glm-4.6	1460	1475	$0.430	$1.74	7,481
#93	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview	1459	1489	$0.250	$1.50	9,137
#93	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview	1459	1489	$0.250	$1.50	9,137
#95	OpenAI: o3 o3-2025-04-16	1459	1408	$2.00	$8.00	11,756
#98	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 gpt-4.1-2025-04-14	1456	1406	$2.00	$8.00	9,316
#100	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking (thinking) qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking	1455	1469	$0.260	$2.60	1,625
#101	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B qwen3.5-122b-a10b	1455	1476	$0.260	$2.08	7,029
#102	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 glm-4.5	1454	1458	$0.600	$2.20	4,772
#105	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B qwen3.5-27b	1448	1481	$0.195	$1.56	6,863
#107	StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash step-3.5-flash	1447	1535	$0.090	$0.300	8,364
#108	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct	1446	1500	$0.090	$1.10	4,794
#108	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct	1446	n/a	n/a	n/a	4,794
#110	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Flash (thinking, non-thinking) mimo-v2-flash (non-thinking)	1445	1531	$0.100	$0.300	11,214
#111	DeepSeek: R1 deepseek-r1	1444	1442	$0.700	$2.50	2,317
#112	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 minimax-m2.5	1444	1490	$0.150	$1.15	9,266
#114	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507	1442	1542	$0.100	$0.100	1,611
#115	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking trinity-large-preview	1441	1487	$0.220	$0.850	6,942
#116	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507	1440	1556	$0.043	$0.172	4,660
#117	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 minimax-m2.1-preview	1439	1477	$0.290	$0.950	3,426
#121	Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B qwen3.5-35b-a3b	1437	1488	$0.140	$1.00	7,198
#124	OpenAI: o3 Mini (high) o3-mini-high	1435	1410	$1.10	$4.40	2,596
#124	OpenAI: o3 Mini High (high) o3-mini-high	1435	1410	$1.10	$4.40	2,596
#126	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B qwen3-235b-a22b	1433	1447	$0.455	$1.82	4,339
#128	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14	1433	1453	$0.400	$1.60	6,918
#132	OpenAI: o4 Mini o4-mini-2025-04-16	1432	1408	$1.10	$4.40	8,721
#132	OpenAI: o4 Mini High o4-mini-2025-04-16	1432	1408	$1.10	$4.40	8,721
#134	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) gpt-5-mini-high	1430	1452	$0.250	$2.00	5,502
#138	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air glm-4.5-air	1427	1484	$0.125	$0.850	6,104
#138	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air (free) glm-4.5-air	1427	n/a	n/a	n/a	6,104
#139	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash gemini-2.5-flash	1424	1437	$0.300	$2.50	25,169
#140	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 Flash glm-4.7-flash	1423	1513	$0.060	$0.400	2,687
#141	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking (thinking) qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking	1421	1484	$0.098	$0.780	2,677
#142	Z.ai: GLM 4.6V glm-4.6v	1420	1458	$0.300	$0.900	536
#144	OpenAI: o1 o1-2024-12-17	1417	1279	$15.00	$60.00	5,123
#146	MiniMax: MiniMax M1 minimax-m1	1416	1428	$0.400	$2.20	6,489
#151	Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3 intellect-3	1409	1451	$0.200	$1.10	973
#154	Qwen: Qwen3 32B qwen3-32b	1408	1500	$0.080	$0.280	513
#156	Z.ai: GLM 4.5V glm-4.5v	1405	1412	$0.600	$1.80	991
#163	Inception: Mercury 2 mercury-2	1396	1442	$0.250	$0.750	768
#166	OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b gpt-oss-120b	1391	1508	$0.039	$0.180	6,494
#166	OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (free) gpt-oss-120b	1391	n/a	n/a	n/a	6,494
#173	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B qwen3-30b-a3b	1387	1466	$0.090	$0.450	4,531
#177	Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku claude-3-5-haiku-20241022	1384	1369	$0.800	$4.00	11,248
#178	MiniMax: MiniMax M2 minimax-m2	1384	1424	$0.255	$1.00	1,547
#181	OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (high) gpt-5-nano-high	1382	1474	$0.050	$0.400	1,684
#185	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14	1374	1453	$0.100	$0.400	807
#189	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b gpt-oss-20b	1370	1499	$0.029	$0.140	2,167
#189	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (free) gpt-oss-20b	1370	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,167
#198	AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Think olmo-3-32b-think	1364	1430	$0.150	$0.500	1,055
#203	OpenAI: GPT-4o gpt-4o-2024-05-13	1360	1300	$2.50	$10.00	7,318
#203	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) gpt-4o-2024-05-13	1360	1276	$5.00	$15.00	7,318
#203	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) gpt-4o-2024-05-13	1360	1300	$2.50	$10.00	7,318
#203	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) gpt-4o-2024-05-13	1360	1300	$2.50	$10.00	7,318
#204	IBM: Granite 4.1 8B granite-4.1-8b	1360	1482	$0.050	$0.100	944
#206	Google: Gemma 3 27B gemma-3-27b-it	1358	1460	$0.080	$0.160	8,077
#212	Mistral Large 2407 mistral-large-2407	1353	1309	$2.00	$6.00	7,589
#217	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18	1349	1411	$0.150	$0.600	10,927
#217	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18	1349	1411	$0.150	$0.600	10,927
#219	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09	1347	1232	$10.00	$30.00	17,104
#219	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo Preview gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09	1347	1232	$10.00	$30.00	17,104
#221	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct llama-3.3-70b-instruct	1345	1429	$0.100	$0.320	8,748
#221	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) llama-3.3-70b-instruct	1345	n/a	n/a	n/a	8,748
#226	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) gpt-4-1106-preview	1339	1224	$10.00	$30.00	15,605
#230	Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct llama-3.1-70b-instruct	1333	1373	$0.400	$0.400	9,389
#236	OpenAI: GPT-4 (older v0314) gpt-4-0314	1328	1172	$30.00	$60.00	8,306
#237	Google: Gemma 3 12B gemma-3-12b-it	1317	1441	$0.040	$0.130	543
#242	Mistral: Mistral Small 3 mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501	1312	1437	$0.050	$0.080	2,083
#246	Google: Gemma 3n 4B gemma-3n-e4b-it	1309	1423	$0.060	$0.120	3,530
#250	Microsoft: Phi 4 phi-4	1306	1416	$0.065	$0.140	3,305
#252	Meta: Llama 3 70B Instruct llama-3-70b-instruct	1305	1331	$0.510	$0.740	28,126
#253	Google: Gemma 2 27B gemma-2-27b-it	1305	1324	$0.650	$0.650	12,088
#255	Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku claude-3-haiku-20240307	1300	1335	$0.250	$1.25	20,898
#262	Cohere: Command R (08-2024) command-r-08-2024	1280	1342	$0.150	$0.600	1,783
#264	Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) command-r-plus-08-2024	1279	1219	$2.50	$10.00	1,675
#268	Google: Gemma 3 4B gemma-3-4b-it	1275	1406	$0.040	$0.080	605
#281	Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct llama-3.1-8b-instruct	1259	1418	$0.020	$0.050	8,582
#284	Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct llama-3-8b-instruct	1252	1392	$0.040	$0.040	18,374
#287	Google Gemini Pro Latest gemini-pro	1248	1187	$2.00	$12.00	678
#319	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct llama-3.2-3b-instruct	1175	1272	$0.051	$0.335	1,351
#319	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free) llama-3.2-3b-instruct	1175	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,351
#334	Meta: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct llama-3.2-1b-instruct	1148	1269	$0.027	$0.201	1,346

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