Best AI Models for Coding

Best AI Models for Coding

Determining the most effective proprietary and open-weight AI models for software engineering tasks, including code generation and complex multi-file refactoring.

16 Contenders· 38 Picks· Growing Consensus

Current Standings

1

Fable 5

Currently leadingWins: 7 | Losses: 0
2

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Growing ConsensusWins: 7 | Losses: 1
3

GPT-5.6 Sol

Growing ConsensusWins: 4 | Losses: 0
4

Claude Opus 4.6

Growing ConsensusWins: 6 | Losses: 2
5

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Growing ConsensusWins: 7 | Losses: 4
6

Gemini 3.5 Flash

Growing ConsensusWins: 2 | Losses: 3
7

Composer 2.5

Growing ConsensusWins: 0 | Losses: 1
8

GPT-5.6 Terra

Growing ConsensusWins: 0 | Losses: 1
9

Grok 4.5

Growing ConsensusWins: 0 | Losses: 1
10

GPT-5.6 Luna

Growing ConsensusWins: 0 | Losses: 1
11

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

autoWins: 5 | Losses: 6
Follows complex instructions better
12

Codestral

autoWins: 0 | Losses: 2
13

Qwen2.5-Coder

autoWins: 0 | Losses: 3
14

DeepSeek-Coder-V2

autoWins: 0 | Losses: 3
15

OpenAI o3-mini

autoWins: 0 | Losses: 4
16

Gemini 1.5 Pro

ai_modelWins: 0 | Losses: 6