Model intelligence
26 AI models
Capability (Epoch Capabilities Index and individual benchmarks from Epoch AI), API list prices and context windows (OpenRouter), release dates and open-weight status. Benchmarks are shown individually - never merged into one invented score.
Epoch Capabilities Index by release date
Capability frontier
Source: Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0). ECI is Epoch's item-response model over many benchmarks; each model page shows its 90% confidence interval.
Blended $/1M tokens (3:1 input:output) vs ECI
Price vs capability
Only models with both an ECI score and an OpenRouter price. Normalisation: 75% input + 25% output price. Click a point to open the model.
| # | Model | ECI ↓ | Context | In $/M | Weights | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | 155.3 | 1M | $2.00 | Closed | 1 Sep 2026 |
| 2 | Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | 147.4 | 1M | $0.32 | Closed | 2 Jun 2026 |
| 3 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | 146.6 | 262K | $0.55 | Open source | 13 Feb 2026 |
| 4 | Qwen3.6 27B Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | 146.5 | 262K | $0.32 | Open source | 22 Apr 2026 |
| 5 | Qwen3.7 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | 144.6 | 1M | $0.030 | Closed | 27 Jul 2026 |
| 6 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | 142.5 | 262K | $0.16 | Open source | 24 Feb 2026 |
| 7 | Qwen3.5-9B Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | 139.4 | 262K | $0.10 | Open source | 24 Feb 2026 |
| 8 | Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | — | 1M | $0.053 | Open source | 14 Aug 2026 |
| 9 | Qwen3.6 35B A3B Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | — | 262K | $0.15 | Open source | 27 Apr 2026 |
| 10 | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | — | 262K | $0.26 | Open source | 25 Feb 2026 |
| 11 | Qwen3.8 Max Prime Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | — | 1M | $4.00 | ? | 23 Sep 2026 |
| 12 | Qwen3.8 Omni Flash Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | — | 1M | $0.15 | ? | 21 Sep 2026 |
| 13 | Qwen3.8 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | — | 1M | $0.15 | Open source | 26 Aug 2026 |
| 14 | Qwen3.6 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | — | 1M | $0.19 | ? | 27 Apr 2026 |
| 15 | Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | — | 1M | $0.33 | ? | 2 Apr 2026 |
| 16 | Qwen3.5-27B Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | — | 262K | $0.20 | Open source | 25 Feb 2026 |
| 17 | Qwen3.5-Flash Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | — | 1M | $0.065 | ? | 25 Feb 2026 |
| 18 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | — | 1M | $0.26 | ? | 16 Feb 2026 |
| 19 | Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct | — | 131K | $0.10 | Open source | 23 Oct 2025 |
| 20 | Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | — | 131K | $0.18 | Open source | 14 Oct 2025 |
| 21 | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | — | 262K | $0.12 | Open source | 14 Oct 2025 |
| 22 | Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | — | 262K | $0.20 | Open source | 6 Oct 2025 |
| 23 | Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | — | 262K | $0.15 | Open source | 6 Oct 2025 |
| 24 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking Alibaba (Qwen)· reasoning | — | 131K | $0.40 | Open source | 23 Sep 2025 |
| 25 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | — | 262K | $0.21 | Open source | 23 Sep 2025 |
| 26 | Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct | — | 128K | $0.80 | Open source | 1 Feb 2025 |
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