AI & LLM Index
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AI data stories

100 data stories built from the index. Each one includes a ranked table, a short analysis and a methodology note.

Data stories
100
with tables
Models covered
600
in the dataset
cheapest

Cheapest LLM APIs in 2026

Data story · cheapest

 expensive

Most expensive LLM APIs in 2026

Data story · expensive

 context

Largest context windows in 2026

Data story · context

 small

Best small models in 2026

Data story · small

 open

Best open-weight models in 2026

Data story · open

 proprietary

Best proprietary models in 2026

Data story · proprietary

 value

Price-performance leaders in 2026

Data story · value

 providers

Provider model counts in 2026

Data story · providers

 context growth

Context window growth, 2023 to 2026

Data story · context growth

 saturation

Benchmark saturation in 2026

Data story · saturation

 gap

The open versus proprietary gap in 2026

Data story · gap

 coding

Best coding models in 2026

Data story · coding

 reasoning

Best reasoning models in 2026

Data story · reasoning

 multimodal

Best multimodal models in 2026

Data story · multimodal

 cheap context

Cheapest models with 128K context

Data story · cheap context

 tiers

Model tiers by benchmark average

Data story · tiers

 cadence

Release cadence by provider

Data story · cadence

 license

Open-weight versus proprietary license mix

Data story · license

 leaders

Benchmark leaders by category

Data story · leaders

 spread

The spread between cheap and premium models

Data story · spread

 benchmark

Best models on MMLU-Pro in 2026

Data story · benchmark

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MMLU-Pro: scores, leaders and methodology

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Best models on GPQA Diamond in 2026

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GPQA Diamond: scores, leaders and methodology

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Best models on SWE-bench Verified in 2026

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SWE-bench Verified: scores, leaders and methodology

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Best models on HumanEval in 2026

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HumanEval: scores, leaders and methodology

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Best models on MATH-500 in 2026

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MATH-500: scores, leaders and methodology

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Best models on AIME 2025 in 2026

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AIME 2025: scores, leaders and methodology

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Best models on LiveCodeBench in 2026

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LiveCodeBench: scores, leaders and methodology

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Best models on IFEval in 2026

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IFEval: scores, leaders and methodology

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Best models on TruthfulQA in 2026

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TruthfulQA: scores, leaders and methodology

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Best models on HellaSwag in 2026

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HellaSwag: scores, leaders and methodology

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Best models on MMMU in 2026

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MMMU: scores, leaders and methodology

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Best models on Arena Elo in 2026

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Arena Elo: scores, leaders and methodology

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OpenAI: model lineup and pricing overview

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Anthropic: model lineup and pricing overview

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Google DeepMind: model lineup and pricing overview

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Meta AI: model lineup and pricing overview

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Mistral AI: model lineup and pricing overview

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Cohere: model lineup and pricing overview

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xAI: model lineup and pricing overview

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DeepSeek: model lineup and pricing overview

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Alibaba Cloud: model lineup and pricing overview

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Moonshot AI: model lineup and pricing overview

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Zhipu AI: model lineup and pricing overview

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MiniMax: model lineup and pricing overview

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01.AI: model lineup and pricing overview

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Baidu: model lineup and pricing overview

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Tencent: model lineup and pricing overview

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ByteDance: model lineup and pricing overview

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Amazon: model lineup and pricing overview

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Microsoft: model lineup and pricing overview

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NVIDIA: model lineup and pricing overview

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Allen Institute for AI: model lineup and pricing overview

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EleutherAI: model lineup and pricing overview

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Stability AI: model lineup and pricing overview

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Databricks: model lineup and pricing overview

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Snowflake: model lineup and pricing overview

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Reka AI: model lineup and pricing overview

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Perplexity: model lineup and pricing overview

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Together AI: model lineup and pricing overview

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Fireworks AI: model lineup and pricing overview

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Groq: model lineup and pricing overview

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Cerebras: model lineup and pricing overview

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OpenRouter: model lineup and pricing overview

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Hugging Face: model lineup and pricing overview

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Replicate: model lineup and pricing overview

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Anyscale: model lineup and pricing overview

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Modal: model lineup and pricing overview

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Baseten: model lineup and pricing overview

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DeepInfra: model lineup and pricing overview

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Novita AI: model lineup and pricing overview

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Hyperbolic: model lineup and pricing overview

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Lambda: model lineup and pricing overview

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 cheapest

Cheapest LLM APIs in 2026: full ranking

Data story · cheapest

 expensive

Most expensive LLM APIs in 2026: full ranking

Data story · expensive

 context

Largest context windows in 2026: full ranking

Data story · context

 small

Best small models in 2026: full ranking

Data story · small

 open

Best open-weight models in 2026: full ranking

Data story · open

 proprietary

Best proprietary models in 2026: full ranking

Data story · proprietary

 value

Price-performance leaders in 2026: full ranking

Data story · value

 providers

Provider model counts in 2026: full ranking

Data story · providers

 context growth

Context window growth, 2023 to 2026: full ranking

Data story · context growth

 saturation

Benchmark saturation in 2026: full ranking

Data story · saturation

 gap

The open versus proprietary gap in 2026: full ranking

Data story · gap

 coding

Best coding models in 2026: full ranking

Data story · coding

 reasoning

Best reasoning models in 2026: full ranking

Data story · reasoning

 multimodal

Best multimodal models in 2026: full ranking

Data story · multimodal

 cheap context

Cheapest models with 128K context: full ranking

Data story · cheap context

 tiers

Model tiers by benchmark average: full ranking

Data story · tiers