AI Release Timeline

Gemini 3.6 Flash launched by Google. Google's speed-optimized Gemini 3.6 Flash with frontier-level intelligence at lower cost than prior Flash tiers.

API endpoint `gemini-3.6-flash` available for Gemini 3.6 Flash.

Initial pricing set at $1.50/M input and $7.50/M output tokens.

Gemini 3.6 Flash ships with 1M token context window.

Gemini 3.6 Flash adds native vision and image understanding capabilities.

Gemini 3.6 Flash supports audio input and multimodal voice workflows.

Gemini 3.6 Flash supports function calling and structured tool use.

Gemini 3.6 Flash introduces extended reasoning and chain-of-thought capabilities.

Gemini 3.6 Flash achieves 94/100 multimodal benchmark score — top-tier performance.

Kimi K3 launched by Moonshot AI. Moonshot flagship open-frontier model with ~2.8T parameters, native vision, and a 1M-token context window.

API endpoint `kimi-k3` available for Kimi K3.

Initial pricing set at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output tokens.

Kimi K3 ships with 1M token context window.

Kimi K3 adds native vision and image understanding capabilities.

Kimi K3 supports function calling and structured tool use.

Kimi K3 introduces extended reasoning and chain-of-thought capabilities.

Kimi K3 achieves 94/100 reasoning benchmark score — top-tier performance.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 launched by Anthropic. Anthropic's balanced Sonnet 4.5 for production coding and agent workflows.

API endpoint `claude-sonnet-4-5` available for Claude Sonnet 4.5.

Initial pricing set at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output tokens.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 adds native vision and image understanding capabilities.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 supports function calling and structured tool use.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 introduces extended reasoning and chain-of-thought capabilities.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 achieves 95/100 coding benchmark score — top-tier performance.

GPT-5 launched by OpenAI. OpenAI flagship GPT-5 generation for general and agentic workloads.

API endpoint `gpt-5` available for GPT-5.

Initial pricing set at $5.00/M input and $20.00/M output tokens.

GPT-5 adds native vision and image understanding capabilities.

GPT-5 supports audio input and multimodal voice workflows.

GPT-5 supports function calling and structured tool use.

GPT-5 introduces extended reasoning and chain-of-thought capabilities.

GPT-5 achieves 96/100 reasoning benchmark score — top-tier performance.

GPT-5 Mini launched by OpenAI. Cost-efficient GPT-5 family model for high-volume production.

API endpoint `gpt-5-mini` available for GPT-5 Mini.

Initial pricing set at $0.40/M input and $1.60/M output tokens.

GPT-5 Mini adds native vision and image understanding capabilities.

GPT-5 Mini supports function calling and structured tool use.

GPT-5 Mini introduces extended reasoning and chain-of-thought capabilities.

DeepSeek V4 launched by DeepSeek. Next-gen DeepSeek general model emphasizing coding and cost efficiency.

API endpoint `deepseek-v4` available for DeepSeek V4.

Initial pricing set at $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output tokens.

DeepSeek V4 supports function calling and structured tool use.

DeepSeek V4 introduces extended reasoning and chain-of-thought capabilities.

DeepSeek V4 achieves 92/100 coding benchmark score — top-tier performance.

DeepSeek V4 available for fine-tuning and custom deployment via DeepSeek.

Claude Opus 4.1 launched by Anthropic. Anthropic's latest Opus-class model for deep reasoning, coding, and long-form analysis.

API endpoint `claude-opus-4-1` available for Claude Opus 4.1.

Initial pricing set at $15.00/M input and $75.00/M output tokens.

Claude Opus 4.1 adds native vision and image understanding capabilities.

Claude Opus 4.1 supports function calling and structured tool use.

Claude Opus 4.1 introduces extended reasoning and chain-of-thought capabilities.

Claude Opus 4.1 achieves 97/100 reasoning benchmark score — top-tier performance.

Gemini 3 Pro launched by Google. Google Gemini 3 Pro frontier tier for complex multimodal reasoning and long-context workloads.

API endpoint `gemini-3-pro` available for Gemini 3 Pro.

Initial pricing set at $3.60/M input and $14.00/M output tokens.

Gemini 3 Pro ships with 1M token context window.

Gemini 3 Pro adds native vision and image understanding capabilities.

Gemini 3 Pro supports audio input and multimodal voice workflows.

Gemini 3 Pro supports function calling and structured tool use.

Gemini 3 Pro introduces extended reasoning and chain-of-thought capabilities.

Gemini 3 Pro achieves 96/100 multimodal benchmark score — top-tier performance.

Grok 4 launched by xAI. xAI Grok 4 with real-time retrieval emphasis and strong general capability.

API endpoint `grok-4` available for Grok 4.

Initial pricing set at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output tokens.

Grok 4 adds native vision and image understanding capabilities.

Grok 4 supports function calling and structured tool use.

Grok 4 introduces extended reasoning and chain-of-thought capabilities.