Coding Models
AI models ranked for software development, code generation, and debugging performance.
AI models ranked for software development, code generation, and debugging performance.
Models
15
in category
Providers
6
represented
Avg. API Cost
$29.68
combined in+out / 1M
Top Model
Kimi K3
Coding
Coding Models Rankings
Sorted by coding
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude 4 Opus | Anthropic | 200K | $15.00 |
| 2 | Claude Opus 4.1 | Anthropic | 200K | $15.00 |
| 3 | Claude 4 Sonnet | Anthropic | 200K | $3.00 |
| 4 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Anthropic | 200K | $3.00 |
| 5 | GPT-5 | OpenAI | 400K | $5.00 |
| 6 | OpenAI o3 | OpenAI | 200K | $10.00 |
| 7 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Anthropic | 200K | $3.00 |
| 8 | GPT-4.1 | OpenAI | 1M | $2.00 |
| 9 | DeepSeek R1 | DeepSeek | 64K | $0.55 |
| 10 | Codestral | Mistral | 256K | $0.30 |
Related Models
Kimi K3
Moonshot flagship open-frontier model with ~2.8T parameters, native vision, and a 1M-token context window.
Why: Moonshot AI · Coding leader
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic's balanced Sonnet 4.5 for production coding and agent workflows.
Why: Anthropic · Coding leader
GPT-5
OpenAI flagship GPT-5 generation for general and agentic workloads.
Why: OpenAI · Coding leader
Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic's latest Opus-class model for deep reasoning, coding, and long-form analysis.
Why: Anthropic · Coding leader
Gemini 3 Pro
Google Gemini 3 Pro frontier tier for complex multimodal reasoning and long-context workloads.
Why: Google · Coding leader
Claude 4 Sonnet
Latest Sonnet with improved reasoning and tool use.
Why: Anthropic · Coding leader
Claude 4 Opus
Anthropic flagship for the most demanding tasks.
Why: Anthropic · Coding leader
OpenAI o3
Full o3 reasoning model with vision and tool use.
Why: OpenAI · Coding leader
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Kimi K3 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5
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Kimi K3 vs GPT-5
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Kimi K3 vs Claude Opus 4.1
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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs GPT-5
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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Claude Opus 4.1
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GPT-5 vs Claude Opus 4.1
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the coding models?
- Based on SGO's dataset, GPT-4.1 by OpenAI ranks highly for coding with a coding score of 94. Rankings are computed from structured benchmark and pricing data.
- How are coding models ranked?
- Rankings are derived from the centralized SGO model dataset — benchmark scores, API pricing, context windows, and capability flags. No recommendations are hardcoded.
- How many models match this category?
- 15 models in the SGO catalog currently match this category.
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15 models · Data derived from the SGO intelligence catalog