Model comparisons

94 side-by-side pages, each ending in a decision: which model, for what, and why. Grouped by the question you are asking.

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Flagships

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GPT-4o
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Claude 3.7 Sonnet

GPT-4o for multimodal breadth, Claude 3.7 for coding-heavy workflows.

GPT-4o
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Claude 3 Opus

Claude 3 Opus for highest reasoning quality, GPT-4o for production ecosystem and speed.

GPT-4o
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Gemini 2.0 Flash

Gemini 2.0 Flash for cost efficiency and 1M context, GPT-4o for mature tool ecosystem.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
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Claude 3 Opus

Claude 3 Opus for maximum capability on complex tasks, Claude 3.7 Sonnet for best price-to-performance in Claude family.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
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Gemini 2.0 Flash

Claude 3.7 for coding and instruction following, Gemini 2.0 Flash for large document and video understanding.

Claude 3 Opus
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Gemini 2.0 Flash

Claude 3 Opus for advanced reasoning and analysis, Gemini 2.0 Flash for cost-efficient long-context processing.

GPT-4o
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Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro for research-grade long-context tasks, GPT-4o for reliable production API coverage.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
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Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro for massive document analysis and multimodal reasoning, Claude 3.7 Sonnet for code and agentic workflows.

Claude 3 Opus
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Gemini 2.5 Pro

Both premium reasoning models — Gemini 2.5 Pro wins on context window and multimodal depth, Claude 3 Opus on nuanced analysis.

GPT-4o
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet

GPT-4o for newer model with multimodal improvements, Claude 3.5 Sonnet for proven reliability at a lower price point.

Budget

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GPT-4o mini
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Claude 3.5 Haiku

GPT-4o mini for OpenAI ecosystem integration, Claude 3.5 Haiku for Anthropic reliability in high-volume applications.

GPT-4o mini
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Gemini 1.5 Flash

Pick based on your ecosystem: OpenAI tool stack vs Google long-context integration.

GPT-4o mini
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Mistral Small

GPT-4o mini for broader capability coverage and tool use, Mistral Small for EU-hosted deployments and fine-tuning flexibility.

GPT-4o mini
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Command R

Command R for retrieval-augmented enterprise workflows, GPT-4o mini for general-purpose low-cost API access.

GPT-4o mini
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Llama 3.1 8B

GPT-4o mini for hosted quality, Llama 3.1 8B for self-hosting and offline deployment.

GPT-4o mini
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Qwen2.5 7B

Qwen2.5 7B for multilingual and self-hosted use cases, GPT-4o mini for English-centric hosted API.

Gemini 1.5 Flash
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Claude 3.5 Haiku

Gemini 1.5 Flash for 1M context window and multimodal inputs, Claude 3.5 Haiku for instruction-following reliability.

Gemini 1.5 Flash
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Mistral Small

Gemini 1.5 Flash for large context, Mistral Small for European data residency and fine-tuning.

Mistral Small
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Command R

Command R for enterprise RAG pipelines, Mistral Small for general lightweight API workloads.

Llama 3.1 8B
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Qwen2.5 7B

Qwen2.5 7B for non-English and multilingual workloads, Llama 3.1 8B for English and ecosystem tooling.

Reasoning

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DeepSeek R1
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o3-mini

DeepSeek R1 for open-model flexibility, o3-mini for managed reliability.

DeepSeek R1
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o1

o1 for highest reasoning quality in OpenAI stack, DeepSeek R1 for open-weight and cost-efficient reasoning.

o1
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o3-mini

o1 for maximum reasoning depth on hard problems, o3-mini for cost-efficient reasoning in production pipelines.

DeepSeek R1
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Claude 3.7 Sonnet

DeepSeek R1 for math and coding reasoning benchmarks, Claude 3.7 Sonnet for general instruction-following and agentic tasks.

o1
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Claude 3 Opus

Both premium for complex reasoning — o1 wins on chain-of-thought math and code, Claude 3 Opus on broad analytical capability.

DeepSeek R1
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GPT-4o

DeepSeek R1 for technical reasoning tasks, GPT-4o for general-purpose multimodal production use.

o3-mini
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Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Claude 3.7 Sonnet for broader task coverage and tool use, o3-mini for structured reasoning under a cost ceiling.

DeepSeek R1
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Claude 3 Opus

Claude 3 Opus for nuanced long-form analysis, DeepSeek R1 for math-heavy and competitive programming tasks.

o1
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Gemini 2.5 Pro

o1 for deliberate chain-of-thought on code and math, Gemini 2.5 Pro for long-document multimodal reasoning.

o3-mini
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GPT-4o

o3-mini for reasoning-optimized tasks at lower cost, GPT-4o for general-purpose and when reasoning is not the bottleneck.

DeepSeek R1
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DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek R1 for chain-of-thought reasoning tasks, DeepSeek V3 for general-purpose open-weight language.

o1
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DeepSeek R1

o1 for highest managed reasoning quality, DeepSeek R1 for open-weight and competitive programming use cases.

o3-mini
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DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3 for general open-weight language tasks, o3-mini for structured reasoning under cost constraints.

DeepSeek R1
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Gemini 2.5 Pro

DeepSeek R1 for math and coding reasoning, Gemini 2.5 Pro for multimodal long-context understanding.

o1
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Claude 3.7 Sonnet

o1 for deliberate reasoning on hard problems, Claude 3.7 Sonnet for general coding and agentic tasks without reasoning overhead.

DeepSeek R1
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Mistral Large

DeepSeek R1 for open-weight reasoning, Mistral Large for EU-hosted general-purpose premium deployment.

o3-mini
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Llama 3.1 70B

o3-mini for structured reasoning in OpenAI stack, Llama 3.1 70B for self-hosted general-purpose inference.

o1
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Gemini 2.0 Flash

o1 for chain-of-thought reasoning quality, Gemini 2.0 Flash for high-speed multimodal inference.

DeepSeek R1
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Llama 3.1 405B

DeepSeek R1 for reasoning-specific optimization, Llama 3.1 405B for self-hosted broad language capability.

o3-mini
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Qwen2.5 72B

o3-mini for reasoning-focused tasks, Qwen2.5 72B for self-hosted multilingual general workloads.

Coding

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Claude 3.7 Sonnet
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GPT-4o

Claude 3.7 Sonnet for agentic coding and long-file editing, GPT-4o for speed and OpenAI ecosystem tooling.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
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DeepSeek V3

Claude 3.7 Sonnet for production coding reliability, DeepSeek V3 for open-weight and cost-sensitive workloads.

GPT-4o
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DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3 for open-source deployment and cost efficiency, GPT-4o for broad production API coverage.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
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Mistral Large

Claude 3.7 Sonnet for coding quality, Mistral Large for EU data residency and fine-tuning flexibility.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
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Qwen2.5 Coder 32B

Claude 3.7 Sonnet for premium IDE integration and complex debugging, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B for open-source code generation.

GPT-4o
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Qwen2.5 Coder 32B

GPT-4o for broad production coding tasks, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B for self-hosted code-focused inference.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
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Llama 3.1 70B

Claude 3.7 Sonnet for coding quality and reliability, Llama 3.1 70B for self-hosted and fine-tuning control.

GPT-4o
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Mistral Large

GPT-4o for ecosystem and multimodal breadth, Mistral Large for EU-hosted production and cost efficiency.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
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Command R+

Command R+ for enterprise RAG and retrieval pipelines, Claude 3.7 Sonnet for coding and general instruction following.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
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DeepSeek R1

Claude 3.7 Sonnet for IDE integration and general coding, DeepSeek R1 for competitive programming and math.

GPT-4o
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DeepSeek R1

DeepSeek R1 for technical reasoning benchmarks, GPT-4o for production coding and OpenAI ecosystem.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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DeepSeek V3

Claude 3.5 Sonnet for reliable production coding, DeepSeek V3 for open-weight cost efficiency.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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GPT-4o

GPT-4o for newer model and multimodal, Claude 3.5 Sonnet for proven coding reliability at a similar price.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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Mistral Large

Claude 3.5 Sonnet for coding quality and reliability, Mistral Large for EU deployment and fine-tuning.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
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GPT-4o mini

Claude 3.7 Sonnet for premium coding quality, GPT-4o mini for high-volume cost-sensitive workloads.

DeepSeek V3
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Qwen2.5 Coder 32B

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B for specialized open-source code generation, DeepSeek V3 for broader language and coding mix.

Claude 3.5 Haiku
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GPT-4o mini

GPT-4o mini for OpenAI ecosystem integration, Claude 3.5 Haiku for Anthropic reliability in fast high-volume tasks.

Vision & multimodal

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GPT-4o
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Gemini 1.5 Pro

Gemini 1.5 Pro for video understanding and 1M context, GPT-4o for image-to-text reliability and ecosystem.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
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Gemini 1.5 Pro

Gemini 1.5 Pro for document and video analysis, Claude 3.7 Sonnet for image understanding and code generation.

GPT-4o mini
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Gemini 1.5 Pro

Gemini 1.5 Pro for large-scale document processing, GPT-4o mini for cost-efficient image understanding.

Gemini 1.5 Pro
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Gemini 2.0 Flash

Gemini 1.5 Pro for maximum context depth, Gemini 2.0 Flash for high-speed inference with 1M context.

Claude 3 Opus
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Gemini 1.5 Pro

Claude 3 Opus for nuanced analytical reasoning, Gemini 1.5 Pro for massive-scale multimodal understanding.

Claude 3 Opus
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GPT-4o

Claude 3 Opus for deep analysis and complex reasoning, GPT-4o for speed, multimodal, and ecosystem.

Claude 3 Opus
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3 Opus for highest-tier reasoning tasks, Claude 3.5 Sonnet for best value in the Claude family.

Gemini 2.0 Flash
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Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro for advanced multimodal reasoning, Gemini 2.0 Flash for high-speed 1M context at lower cost.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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Gemini 1.5 Flash

Claude 3.5 Sonnet for coding and instruction quality, Gemini 1.5 Flash for 1M context at budget price.

Long context

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Gemini 1.5 Pro
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Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Gemini 1.5 Pro for 1M token context on large documents, Claude 3.7 Sonnet for coding and instruction quality at 200K.

Gemini 1.5 Pro
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Claude 3 Opus

Gemini 1.5 Pro for scale (1M context), Claude 3 Opus for depth (200K with highest reasoning quality).

Gemini 2.5 Pro
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Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Gemini 2.5 Pro for large codebase and document reasoning, Claude 3.7 Sonnet for coding agents and production reliability.

Gemini 2.5 Pro
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Claude 3 Opus

Claude 3 Opus for maximum reasoning quality, Gemini 2.5 Pro for multimodal long-context understanding.

Jamba 1.5 Large
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Gemini 1.5 Pro

Gemini 1.5 Pro for API simplicity and 1M context, Jamba 1.5 Large for 256K context and self-hosting control.

Jamba 1.5 Large
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Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Claude 3.7 Sonnet for general coding quality, Jamba 1.5 Large for 256K context with self-hosting capability.

Gemini 1.5 Pro
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GPT-4o

Gemini 1.5 Pro for long-document and video understanding, GPT-4o for multimodal breadth and ecosystem.

Gemini 1.5 Flash
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GPT-4o mini

Gemini 1.5 Flash for 1M context on budget, GPT-4o mini for OpenAI tool ecosystem and image understanding.

Command R+
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Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Command R+ for 128K RAG pipelines with retrieval optimization, Claude 3.7 Sonnet for coding and general tasks.

Jamba 1.5 Mini
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GPT-4o mini

GPT-4o mini for general-purpose hosted API, Jamba 1.5 Mini for high-volume long-context workloads.

Open source

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Llama 3.1 405B
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Claude 3 Opus

Claude 3 Opus for maximum quality without infrastructure overhead, Llama 3.1 405B for self-hosted frontier-level deployment.

Llama 3.1 405B
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GPT-4o

GPT-4o for hosted reliability and ecosystem, Llama 3.1 405B for self-hosted and data privacy requirements.

Llama 3.1 70B
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DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3 for cost efficiency and open research, Llama 3.1 70B for ecosystem maturity and tooling.

Llama 3.1 70B
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Mistral Large

Mistral Large for hosted premium quality, Llama 3.1 70B for self-hosted open-weight flexibility.

DeepSeek V3
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Qwen2.5 72B

DeepSeek V3 for coding and reasoning benchmarks, Qwen2.5 72B for multilingual and broad language coverage.

Mistral Large
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DeepSeek V3

Mistral Large for EU-hosted premium deployment, DeepSeek V3 for open-source and cost-sensitive workloads.

Llama 3.1 70B
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Qwen2.5 72B

Llama for ecosystem maturity, Qwen for multilingual strength.

Mistral Large
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Llama 3.1 70B

Mistral Large for hosted premium quality with EU data residency, Llama 3.1 70B for self-hosted ecosystem.

Mixtral 8x7B
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Llama 3.1 70B

Mixtral 8x7B for sparse MoE efficiency, Llama 3.1 70B for newer architecture and broader fine-tuning community.

Mixtral 8x7B
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Qwen2.5 72B

Qwen2.5 72B for newer model and broader capability, Mixtral 8x7B for sparse MoE speed advantage.

Enterprise

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Gemini 2.5 Pro
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GPT-4o

Gemini 2.5 Pro for research-grade multimodal understanding, GPT-4o for reliable production and tool ecosystem.

Llama 3.1 405B
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DeepSeek V3

Llama 3.1 405B for Meta ecosystem and broad tooling, DeepSeek V3 for coding benchmarks and cost efficiency.

Mistral Large
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet for safest default quality, Mistral Large for EU-focused deployment options.

Command R+
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Llama 3.1 70B

Command R+ for enterprise RAG and retrieval pipelines, Llama 3.1 70B for self-hosted general-purpose flexibility.

Gemini 2.0 Flash
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GPT-4o

GPT-4o for production reliability and multimodal ecosystem, Gemini 2.0 Flash for 1M context at a fraction of the cost.

DeepSeek V3
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet for reliable production coding, DeepSeek V3 for open-weight and cost-sensitive deployments.

Gemini 2.0 Flash
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Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Claude 3.7 Sonnet for coding and instruction quality, Gemini 2.0 Flash for 1M context and multimodal depth.

Llama 3.3 70B
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Mistral Large

Mistral Large for hosted premium quality, Llama 3.3 70B for Groq-hosted high-speed open inference.