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Best models for search engine optimisation tasks.

Updated June 30, 2026
33 Models tracked
14 Providers
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Leading right now Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B 262K context Ā· $0.10/1M in 82 Score

Best models for search engine optimisation tasks.

# Model Score AI Index Context Input / 1M Output / 1M Caps
1Qwen: Qwen3.5-9Bqwen8221.4262K$0.1000$0.1500
2Gemini 1.5 Flash-8BGoogle825.5FreeFree
3DeepSeek: R1 0528deepseek8210.4164K$0.5000$2.15
4Google: Gemma 4 31Bgoogle8229.4262K$0.1200$0.3500
5inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flashinclusionai8219.3262K$0.0100$0.0300
6OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Previewopenai8212.6128K$0.1500$0.6000
7Google: Gemma 4 26B A4Bgoogle8225.7262K$0.0600$0.3300
8Mistral: Mistral Small Creativemistralai824.733K$0.1000$0.3000
9Tencent: Hy3 previewtencent8233.6262K$0.0630$0.2100
10Qwen2.5 72B Instructqwen829.6131K$0.3600$0.4000
11DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek Best Value8240.31M$0.0980$0.1960
12Mistral: Ministral 3 14B 2512mistralai8216262K$0.2000$0.2000
13Mistral Large 3Mistral8215.9$0.5000$1.50
14Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512mistralai8214.8262K$0.1500$0.1500
15OpenAI: GPT-4o-miniopenai826.9128K$0.1500$0.6000
16Magistral Small 1.2Mistral8211.3$0.5000$1.50
17Perplexity: Sonar Pro Searchperplexity8215.5200K$3.00$15.00
18Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10Bqwen8232.3262K$0.2600$2.08
19Magistral Medium 1.2Mistral8217.9$2.00$5.00
20DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1deepseek8220.7164K$0.2100$0.7900
21Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3Bqwen8223.4262K$0.1400$1.00
22Nova 2.0 Lite (Non-reasoning)Amazon8211.8$0.3000$2.50
23OpenAI: GPT-5 Miniopenai8233400K$0.2500$2.00
24Qwen: Qwen3.5-27Bqwen8233.8262K$0.1950$1.56
25Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning)NVIDIA828.7$0.1000$0.4000
26OpenAI: GPT-5 Nanoopenai8219.9400K$0.0500$0.4000
27Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Previewgoogle82251M$0.2500$1.50
28Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)Alibaba8216$0.0300$0.1500
29OpenAI: gpt-oss-120bopenai8223.8131K$0.0300$0.1500
30Upstage: Solar Pro 3upstage8214.1128K$0.1500$0.6000
31Gemini 1.5 Flash (Sep ’24)Google828FreeFree
32Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Litegoogle826.91M$0.1000$0.4000
33OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)openai34.6128K$0.1500$0.6000
#182
Qwen: Qwen3.5-9Bqwen
AI 21.4262K ctx$0.1000/M in
#282
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8BGoogle
AI 5.5Free/M in
#382
DeepSeek: R1 0528deepseek
AI 10.4164K ctx$0.5000/M in
#482
Google: Gemma 4 31Bgoogle
AI 29.4262K ctx$0.1200/M in
#582
inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flashinclusionai
AI 19.3262K ctx$0.0100/M in
#682
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Previewopenai
AI 12.6128K ctx$0.1500/M in
#782
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4Bgoogle
AI 25.7262K ctx$0.0600/M in
#882
Mistral: Mistral Small Creativemistralai
AI 4.733K ctx$0.1000/M in
#982
Tencent: Hy3 previewtencent
AI 33.6262K ctx$0.0630/M in
#1082
Qwen2.5 72B Instructqwen
AI 9.6131K ctx$0.3600/M in
#11Best Value82
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek
AI 40.31M ctx$0.0980/M in
#1282
Mistral: Ministral 3 14B 2512mistralai
AI 16262K ctx$0.2000/M in
#1382
Mistral Large 3Mistral
AI 15.9$0.5000/M in
#1482
Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512mistralai
AI 14.8262K ctx$0.1500/M in
#1582
OpenAI: GPT-4o-miniopenai
AI 6.9128K ctx$0.1500/M in
#1682
Magistral Small 1.2Mistral
AI 11.3$0.5000/M in
#1782
Perplexity: Sonar Pro Searchperplexity
AI 15.5200K ctx$3.00/M in
#1882
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10Bqwen
AI 32.3262K ctx$0.2600/M in
#1982
Magistral Medium 1.2Mistral
AI 17.9$2.00/M in
#2082
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1deepseek
AI 20.7164K ctx$0.2100/M in
#2182
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3Bqwen
AI 23.4262K ctx$0.1400/M in
#2282
Nova 2.0 Lite (Non-reasoning)Amazon
AI 11.8$0.3000/M in
#2382
OpenAI: GPT-5 Miniopenai
AI 33400K ctx$0.2500/M in
#2482
Qwen: Qwen3.5-27Bqwen
AI 33.8262K ctx$0.1950/M in
#2582
Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning)NVIDIA
AI 8.7$0.1000/M in
#2682
OpenAI: GPT-5 Nanoopenai
AI 19.9400K ctx$0.0500/M in
#2782
Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Previewgoogle
AI 251M ctx$0.2500/M in
#2882
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)Alibaba
AI 16$0.0300/M in
#2982
OpenAI: gpt-oss-120bopenai
AI 23.8131K ctx$0.0300/M in
#3082
Upstage: Solar Pro 3upstage
AI 14.1128K ctx$0.1500/M in
#3182
Gemini 1.5 Flash (Sep ’24)Google
AI 8Free/M in
#3282
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Litegoogle
AI 6.91M ctx$0.1000/M in
#3334.6
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)openai
128K ctx$0.1500/M in

How we rank AI models

The Design for Online AI Model Leaderboard scores 590 models on a single 0–100 scale built from four weighted dimensions: intelligence (reasoning and knowledge benchmarks), technical capability (coding and tool use), content quality (writing and instruction-following) and value (capability per dollar).

Underlying data is aggregated from the OpenRouter API for pricing and availability, Artificial Analysis for intelligence, coding and agentic indices, and the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard for open-model benchmarks. We refresh these sources daily and layer our own editorial review on top, so a model that benchmarks well but is impractical to deploy will not automatically top the table.

Models are grouped into tiers (Frontier, Professional, Specialist, Efficient, Emerging and Legacy) to make like-for-like comparison easier, and newly released models are flagged so you can see what has just landed.

Leaderboard FAQ

How often is the leaderboard updated?

Pricing, availability and benchmark data are synced daily from our sources, and editorial scores are reviewed whenever a significant new model is released.

How is the overall score calculated?

Each model is graded 0–10 on intelligence, technical capability, content quality and value; those dimensions are weighted and combined into the 0–100 overall score used to rank the table.

Where does the data come from?

From the OpenRouter API, Artificial Analysis and the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard, combined with hands-on editorial testing by the Design for Online team.