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Best AI models for agents

Good agent models need three things: tool use, reasoning, and enough context to remember the task. We weight all three in the score below.

Top 25 models for autonomous agents

#ModelProviderContextInput price / 1MTier
1Anthropic: Claude Fable 5Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$10.00Premium
2Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 (batch)Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$5.00Standard
3Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$10.00Premium
4Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$5.00Standard
5Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.10Budget
6Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch)Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.05Budget
7Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$5.00Standard
8Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$2.50Standard
9Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$5.00Standard
10Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$2.50Standard
11Anthropic: Claude Opus 5Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$5.00Standard
12Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch)Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$2.50Standard
13Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$4.00Standard
14Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch)Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$2.00Standard
15Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$3.00Standard
16Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$1.50Standard
17Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$3.00Standard
18Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$1.50Standard
19Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$2.00Standard
20Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)Anthropic1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$1.00Standard
21DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.02Budget
22DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (batch)DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.11Budget
23DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (free)DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.00Budget
24DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.22Budget
25DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp (batch)DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.11Budget

Frequently asked questions

What makes a model good for agents?

Reliable tool calling, strong reasoning, large context for memory, and reasonable per-token cost (agents fan out a lot of calls).

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