Model Benchmarks

Top 5 developer models ranked

Side-by-side comparison of the best AI models for software development. Scores derived from HumanEval, SWE-bench, MMLU, and LiveCodeBench — updated regularly.

Coding Score

Based on HumanEval & LiveCodeBench

Reasoning Score

Based on MMLU & GPQA benchmarks

SWE-bench

Real-world software engineering tasks

Free Models

Best free models for developers

Open-source and free-tier models that deliver strong coding performance without any cost barrier.

1

DeepSeek V3

Top Pick
DeepSeek

Context

128K

Coding91%
Reasoning87%
SWE-bench42%
~85 tok/s

Best for: Complex coding tasks

2

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B

Alibaba

Context

128K

Coding88%
Reasoning82%
SWE-bench38%
~70 tok/s

Best for: Code generation & completion

3

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Google

Context

1M

Coding85%
Reasoning84%
SWE-bench35%
~120 tok/s

Best for: Long context & fast iteration

4

Llama 4 Scout

Meta

Context

10M

Coding82%
Reasoning80%
SWE-bench31%
~95 tok/s

Best for: Massive context windows

5

Mistral Codestral

Mistral

Context

256K

Coding80%
Reasoning76%
SWE-bench28%
~110 tok/s

Best for: Fill-in-the-middle tasks

Paid Models

Best paid models for developers

Premium frontier models offering the highest benchmark scores and most advanced reasoning capabilities.

All available via Kodo
1

Claude Opus 4

Top Pick
Anthropic

Context

200K

Coding96%
Reasoning95%
SWE-bench72%
~45 tok/s

Best for: Complex agent workflows

2

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Google

Context

2M

Coding93%
Reasoning92%
SWE-bench63%
~60 tok/s

Best for: Large codebase analysis

3

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Anthropic

Context

200K

Coding92%
Reasoning91%
SWE-bench62%
~80 tok/s

Best for: Best speed-quality balance

4

GPT-4.1

OpenAI

Context

128K

Coding94%
Reasoning90%
SWE-bench55%
~75 tok/s

Best for: Instruction following

5

Grok 3

xAI

Context

131K

Coding90%
Reasoning88%
SWE-bench48%
~90 tok/s

Best for: Real-time knowledge tasks

Benchmark scores are aggregated from publicly available evaluations including HumanEval, LiveCodeBench, SWE-bench Verified, MMLU, and GPQA. Scores reflect averages across multiple runs and may differ slightly from provider-reported numbers. Speed estimates are approximate and vary by hardware. Last updated June 2026.