Tool Use

Models with strong tool-use and function-calling support.

Updated July 4, 2026

Models with strong tool-use and function-calling support.

# Model Score AI Index Context Input / 1M Output / 1M Caps
1Anthropic: Claude Fable 5anthropic New Top Pick93.359.91M$10.00$50.00
2Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5anthropic New In-House Pick9353.41M$2.00$10.00
3Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8anthropic Top Pick In-House Pick92.355.71M$5.00$25.00
4Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewgoogle89.846.51M$2.00$12.00
5Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7anthropic89.453.51M$5.00$25.00
6Google: Gemini 3.5 Flashgoogle88.950.21M$1.50$9.00
7OpenAI: GPT-5.5openai Top Pick88.354.81.1M$5.00$30.00
8OpenAI: GPT-5.4openai8751.41.1M$2.50$15.00
9Z.ai: GLM 5.2z-ai New86.151.11M$0.7700$2.42
10Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6anthropic85.147.21M$3.00$15.00
11Qwen: Qwen3.7 Maxqwen83.5461M$1.25$3.75
12Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6anthropic8337.81M$5.00$25.00
13DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Prodeepseek82.144.31M$0.4350$0.8700
14OpenAI: GPT-5.3-Codexopenai8244.3400K$1.75$14.00
15Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinkingqwen8219.7131K$0.1300$1.56
16OpenAI: gpt-oss-20bopenai8214.9131K$0.0290$0.1400
17Qwen: Qwen3 8Bqwen828.3131K$0.1170$0.4550
18OpenAI: o1openai8223.4200K$15.00$60.00
19Z.ai: GLM 5.1z-ai8240.2203K$0.9660$3.04
20Qwen3.6 27B (Non-reasoning)Alibaba8229.3$0.6000$3.60
21Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plusqwen82391M$0.3200$1.28
22Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3prime-intellect8215.6131K$0.2000$1.10
23xAI: Grok 4 Fastx-ai8216.52M$0.2000$0.5000
24MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711moonshotai8219.4131K$0.5700$2.30
25Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haikuanthropic8212.3200K$0.8000$4.00
26Qwen: Qwen3.5-9Bqwen8221.4262K$0.1000$0.1500
27inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flashinclusionai8219.3262K$0.0100$0.0300
28Grok Build 0.1 0616xAI New8239.8$1.00$2.00
29MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1minimax8231.4205K$0.3000$1.20
30Amazon: Nova Premier 1.0amazon8212.71M$2.50$12.50
31OpenAI: GPT-4o Audioopenai8212.8128K$2.50$10.00
32xAI: Grok 3x-ai8218.4131K$3.00$15.00
33Mistral: Sabamistralai826.433K$0.2000$0.6000
34Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Proxiaomi8240.31M$1.00$3.00
35Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3Bqwen8231.6262K$0.1400$1.00
36Z.ai: GLM 4.6Vz-ai8216.8131K$0.3000$0.9000
37Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instructqwen8210262K$0.1300$0.5200
38Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1anthropic8233.7200K$15.00$75.00
39Qwen: Qwen3 14Bqwen8210.4132K$0.1000$0.2400
40Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)meta-llama829.4131KFreeFree
41StepFun: Step 3.5 Flashstepfun8226262K$0.1000$0.3000
42Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5anthropic8234.7200K$5.00$25.00
43Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinkingqwen8216.7262K$0.0975$0.7800
44Mistral: Devstral Mediummistralai8212.4131K$0.4000$2.00
45Meta: Llama 4 Maverickmeta-llama8214.31M$0.1500$0.6000
46Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnetanthropic829.9200K$6.00$30.00
47DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek Best Value8240.31M$0.0900$0.1800
48IBM: Granite 4.1 8Bibm-granite826.7131K$0.0500$0.1000
49Z.ai: GLM 4.7z-ai8233.7203K$0.4000$1.75
50NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VLnvidia824.6131K$0.2000$0.6000
#1NewTop Pick93.3
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5anthropic
AI 59.91M ctx$10.00/M in
#2NewIn-House Pick93
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5anthropic
AI 53.41M ctx$2.00/M in
#3Top PickIn-House Pick92.3
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8anthropic
AI 55.71M ctx$5.00/M in
#489.8
Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewgoogle
AI 46.51M ctx$2.00/M in
#589.4
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7anthropic
AI 53.51M ctx$5.00/M in
#688.9
Google: Gemini 3.5 Flashgoogle
AI 50.21M ctx$1.50/M in
#7Top Pick88.3
OpenAI: GPT-5.5openai
AI 54.81.1M ctx$5.00/M in
#887
OpenAI: GPT-5.4openai
AI 51.41.1M ctx$2.50/M in
#9New86.1
Z.ai: GLM 5.2z-ai
AI 51.11M ctx$0.7700/M in
#1085.1
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6anthropic
AI 47.21M ctx$3.00/M in
#1183.5
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Maxqwen
AI 461M ctx$1.25/M in
#1283
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6anthropic
AI 37.81M ctx$5.00/M in
#1382.1
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Prodeepseek
AI 44.31M ctx$0.4350/M in
#1482
OpenAI: GPT-5.3-Codexopenai
AI 44.3400K ctx$1.75/M in
#1582
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinkingqwen
AI 19.7131K ctx$0.1300/M in
#1682
OpenAI: gpt-oss-20bopenai
AI 14.9131K ctx$0.0290/M in
#1782
Qwen: Qwen3 8Bqwen
AI 8.3131K ctx$0.1170/M in
#1882
OpenAI: o1openai
AI 23.4200K ctx$15.00/M in
#1982
Z.ai: GLM 5.1z-ai
AI 40.2203K ctx$0.9660/M in
#2082
Qwen3.6 27B (Non-reasoning)Alibaba
AI 29.3$0.6000/M in
#2182
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plusqwen
AI 391M ctx$0.3200/M in
#2282
Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3prime-intellect
AI 15.6131K ctx$0.2000/M in
#2382
xAI: Grok 4 Fastx-ai
AI 16.52M ctx$0.2000/M in
#2482
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711moonshotai
AI 19.4131K ctx$0.5700/M in
#2582
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haikuanthropic
AI 12.3200K ctx$0.8000/M in
#2682
Qwen: Qwen3.5-9Bqwen
AI 21.4262K ctx$0.1000/M in
#2782
inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flashinclusionai
AI 19.3262K ctx$0.0100/M in
#28New82
Grok Build 0.1 0616xAI
AI 39.8$1.00/M in
#2982
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1minimax
AI 31.4205K ctx$0.3000/M in
#3082
Amazon: Nova Premier 1.0amazon
AI 12.71M ctx$2.50/M in
#3182
OpenAI: GPT-4o Audioopenai
AI 12.8128K ctx$2.50/M in
#3282
xAI: Grok 3x-ai
AI 18.4131K ctx$3.00/M in
#3382
Mistral: Sabamistralai
AI 6.433K ctx$0.2000/M in
#3482
Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Proxiaomi
AI 40.31M ctx$1.00/M in
#3582
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3Bqwen
AI 31.6262K ctx$0.1400/M in
#3682
Z.ai: GLM 4.6Vz-ai
AI 16.8131K ctx$0.3000/M in
#3782
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instructqwen
AI 10262K ctx$0.1300/M in
#3882
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1anthropic
AI 33.7200K ctx$15.00/M in
#3982
Qwen: Qwen3 14Bqwen
AI 10.4132K ctx$0.1000/M in
#4082
Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)meta-llama
AI 9.4131K ctxFree/M in
#4182
StepFun: Step 3.5 Flashstepfun
AI 26262K ctx$0.1000/M in
#4282
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5anthropic
AI 34.7200K ctx$5.00/M in
#4382
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinkingqwen
AI 16.7262K ctx$0.0975/M in
#4482
Mistral: Devstral Mediummistralai
AI 12.4131K ctx$0.4000/M in
#4582
Meta: Llama 4 Maverickmeta-llama
AI 14.31M ctx$0.1500/M in
#4682
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnetanthropic
AI 9.9200K ctx$6.00/M in
#47Best Value82
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek
AI 40.31M ctx$0.0900/M in
#4882
IBM: Granite 4.1 8Bibm-granite
AI 6.7131K ctx$0.0500/M in
#4982
Z.ai: GLM 4.7z-ai
AI 33.7203K ctx$0.4000/M in
#5082
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VLnvidia
AI 4.6131K ctx$0.2000/M in

How we rank AI models

The Design for Online AI Model Leaderboard scores 592 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.