Category
Best AI for Reasoning
| # | Model | Region | Tier | Price in / out | Context | Strengths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-6 AstraOpenAI | 🇺🇸 US | Frontier | $10 / $50 | Unknown | Top-tier OpenAI pro model | src |
| 2 | Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic | 🇺🇸 US | Frontier | $10 / $50 | 1M | Anthropic's top model | src |
| 3 | Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic | 🇺🇸 US | Frontier | $4 / $20 | 1M | Strong coding & agentic work | src |
| 4 | Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle | 🇺🇸 US | Frontier | $2 / $10 | 1M | Google flagship; intro price matches Sol/Sonnet until Nov 30 Introductory $2/$10 through 2026-11-30; then $4/$20 from Dec 1 | src |
| 5 | Kimi K3Moonshot AI · open | 🇨🇳 CN | Frontier | $3 / $15 | 1M | China's top-priced reasoning model; open-weight | src |
| 6 | GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI | 🇺🇸 US | Pro | $2 / $10 | Unknown | Flagship value, cheap cached input ($0.10) | src |
| 7 | Grok 4.7xAI | 🇺🇸 US | Pro | $2 / $6 | 500K | xAI's most capable; low output price | src |
| 8 | DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek · open | 🇨🇳 CN | Pro | $1.32 / $3.96 | 1M | Low price; 50% off-peak Peak cache-miss rate; open-weights status: verify | src |
| 9 | Qwen3.8-MaxAlibaba (Qwen) | 🇨🇳 CN | Pro | $2 / $6 | 1M | Alibaba flagship; thinking + non-thinking modes International deployment price | src |