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Best AI model for coding

52 charts · 11 publishers

The best model for coding, in the charts

Coding benchmarks (SWE-bench, Terminal-Bench and more) as the labs and trackers posted them, newest first.

Artificial AnalysisArenaEpoch AIGoogleMetaFinancial TimesKimi (Moonshot AI)Cursora16zMETRQwen

Artificial Analysis line chart: GPU throughput vs output speed

Artificial Analysis·Oct 2026

GPU throughput vs output speed

21.4K views165 likes1.1% eng.

Artificial Analysis scatter plot: AI coding cost analysis

Artificial Analysis·Oct 2026

AI coding cost analysis

33.8K views285 likes1.1% eng.

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Arena benchmark bar chart: Code Arena Webdev Rankings

13x

Arena·Oct 2026

Code Arena Webdev Rankings

31.6K views255 likes0.9% eng.

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Arena scatter plot: AI model price-performance

21x

Arena·Oct 2026

AI model price-performance

40K views429 likes1.1% eng.

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Arena benchmark bar chart: WebDev model leaderboard

21x

Arena·Oct 2026

WebDev model leaderboard

26.1K views411 likes1.8% eng.

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Arena scatter plot: Mistral Large 4 vs Frontier

18x

Arena·Oct 2026

Mistral Large 4 vs Frontier

51.6K views352 likes0.8% eng.

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Epoch AI line chart: Coding-agent spending growth

Epoch AI·Oct 2026

Coding-agent spending growth

118.4K views713 likes0.8% eng.

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Artificial Analysis benchmark bar chart: AI safety refusal rates

Artificial Analysis·Oct 2026

AI safety refusal rates

29.3K views248 likes1.1% eng.

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Arena benchmark bar chart: Claude Sonnet WebDev ranking

25x

Arena·Oct 2026

Claude Sonnet WebDev ranking

88.3K views506 likes0.7% eng.

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185x

Arena·Sep 2026

Code Arena WebDev Rankings

881.4K views3.7K likes0.5% eng.

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Google table chart: Gemini 4 Argon benchmark comparison

5.7x

Google·Sep 2026

Gemini 4 Argon benchmark comparison

3.9M views25.9K likes0.8% eng.

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31x

Arena·Sep 2026

Code Arena WebDev Rankings

115.9K views624 likes0.6% eng.

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27x

Arena·Sep 2026

Claude Sonnet WebDev ranking

92.9K views535 likes0.6% eng.

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Artificial Analysis benchmark bar chart: AI model benchmark scores

Artificial Analysis·Sep 2026

AI model benchmark scores

257.8K views1K likes0.5% eng.

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Artificial Analysis benchmark bar chart: Coding Agent Index

Artificial Analysis·Sep 2026

Coding Agent Index

66K views1K likes1.8% eng.

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Artificial Analysis benchmark bar chart: AI model intelligence index

Artificial Analysis·Sep 2026

AI model intelligence index

723.7K views2K likes0.3% eng.

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Artificial Analysis·Sep 2026

AI model intelligence index

412.5K views3K likes0.9% eng.

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0.9x

Meta·Sep 2026

AIRA Test-Time Scaling

22.4K views120 likes0.6% eng.

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Epoch AI scatter plot: Frontier model ECI trends

Epoch AI·Sep 2026

Frontier model ECI trends

640.4K views2.2K likes0.4% eng.

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Financial Times line chart: CS student enrollment boom

Financial Times·Sep 2026

CS student enrollment boom

879.5K views4.1K likes0.6% eng.

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Meta table chart: AI model benchmark comparison

Meta·Sep 2026

AI model benchmark comparison

3.8M views19.9K likes0.6% eng.

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Kimi (Moonshot AI) grouped bar chart: AI model benchmark comparison

8.6x

Kimi (Moonshot AI)·Jun 2026

AI model benchmark comparison

2.7M views13.9K likes0.6% eng.

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Kimi (Moonshot AI) scatter plot: LLM Inference Performance

0.7x

Kimi (Moonshot AI)·Apr 2026

LLM Inference Performance

84K views1.2K likes1.6% eng.

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11x

Kimi (Moonshot AI)·Apr 2026

AI model benchmark comparison

7.6M views17.9K likes0.3% eng.

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Arena benchmark bar chart: AI Code Arena Scores

52x

Arena·Apr 2026

AI Code Arena Scores

174.4K views1K likes0.7% eng.

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Arena leaderboard: GLM-5.1 Code Arena Ranking

128x

Arena·Apr 2026

GLM-5.1 Code Arena Ranking

494.1K views2.6K likes0.6% eng.

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Cursor scatter plot: Bugbot resolution rate

1.0x

Cursor·Apr 2026

Bugbot resolution rate

59.5K views852 likes1.6% eng.

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a16z bar chart: Enterprise AI Investment

1.8x

a16z·Apr 2026

Enterprise AI Investment

127.4K views616 likes0.6% eng.

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Arena table chart: Qwen 3.6 Plus Code Arena

15x

Arena·Apr 2026

Qwen 3.6 Plus Code Arena

58K views295 likes0.6% eng.

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Arena scatter plot: AI model performance pricing

10x

Arena·Apr 2026

AI model performance pricing

17.9K views208 likes1.4% eng.

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Artificial Analysis bar chart: AI model benchmark scores

Artificial Analysis·Mar 2026

AI model benchmark scores

35.7K views155 likes0.5% eng.

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Arena leaderboard: MiMo V2 Pro Arena Ranking

8.3x

Arena·Mar 2026

MiMo V2 Pro Arena Ranking

21.4K views167 likes0.9% eng.

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Cursor scatter plot: Model performance vs tokens

3.3x

Cursor·Mar 2026

Model performance vs tokens

637K views2.9K likes0.5% eng.

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9.7x

Kimi (Moonshot AI)·Jan 2026

AI model benchmark comparison

7.4M views15.6K likes0.3% eng.

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Artificial Analysis benchmark bar chart: AI Benchmark Leaderboard

Artificial Analysis·Oct 2025

AI Benchmark Leaderboard

96.9K views349 likes0.4% eng.

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1.8x

Kimi (Moonshot AI)·Sep 2025

AI model benchmark comparison

641.7K views2.9K likes0.6% eng.

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Artificial Analysis benchmark bar chart: AI Analysis Index

Artificial Analysis·Sep 2025

AI Analysis Index

67.2K views662 likes1.2% eng.

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METR bar chart: Claude 3.7 Sonnet code success

METR·Aug 2025

Claude 3.7 Sonnet code success

153K views550 likes0.4% eng.

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Epoch AI grouped bar chart: Claude Opus 4.1 benchmarks

Epoch AI·Aug 2025

Claude Opus 4.1 benchmarks

8.2K views156 likes2.1% eng.

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107x

Arena·Apr 2025

LLM Arena Rankings

526.8K views2.1K likes0.5% eng.

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Artificial Analysis bar chart: AI Model Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis·Mar 2025

AI Model Intelligence Index

132.9K views952 likes0.8% eng.

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Arena leaderboard: Chatbot Arena Rankings

58x

Arena·Mar 2025

Chatbot Arena Rankings

306.5K views1.2K likes0.5% eng.

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115x

Arena·Mar 2025

AI model leaderboard

5.9M views2.3K likes0.0% eng.

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Arena leaderboard: Claude 3.7 Coding Ranking

26x

Arena·Feb 2025

Claude 3.7 Coding Ranking

47.5K views529 likes1.3% eng.

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Artificial Analysis benchmark bar chart: AI model output speed

Artificial Analysis·Feb 2025

AI model output speed

80K views366 likes0.5% eng.

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Artificial Analysis benchmark bar chart: AI Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis·Feb 2025

AI Intelligence Index

72.8K views575 likes0.9% eng.

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Arena table chart: AI model benchmark rankings

6.6x

Arena·Feb 2025

AI model benchmark rankings

17.5K views132 likes0.9% eng.

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33x

Arena·Feb 2025

AI model benchmark rankings

260.4K views653 likes0.3% eng.

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What is the best ai model for coding right now?

The newest chart we hold is "GPU throughput vs output speed" from Artificial Analysis (Oct 14, 2026). We collect 52 of these charts from Artificial Analysis, Arena, Epoch AI, Google, Meta, Financial Times; rankings move with every launch, so each chart shows its own date and test.