How these pairs are chosen
From current, paid text-output models with safe IDs and numeric prices, we select the 10 providers with the most eligible models, take each provider’s newest three, and choose the highest 3:1 blended-price model as its flagship. The meta and meta-llama names count as one Meta provider. The list contains every cross-provider flagship pair and every pair within each provider’s newest three.
Cross-provider flagships
- Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 vs DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
- Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 vs Google: Gemini 4 Argon
- Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 vs Meta: Muse Wonder
- Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7
- Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 vs Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5
- Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K3.1 Pro
- Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 vs OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol Pro
- Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime
- Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs Google: Gemini 4 Argon
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs Meta: Muse Wonder
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K3.1 Pro
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol Pro
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime
- Google: Gemini 4 Argon vs Meta: Muse Wonder
- Google: Gemini 4 Argon vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7
- Google: Gemini 4 Argon vs Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5
- Google: Gemini 4 Argon vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K3.1 Pro
- Google: Gemini 4 Argon vs OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol Pro
- Google: Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime
- Google: Gemini 4 Argon vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime
- Meta: Muse Wonder vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7
- Meta: Muse Wonder vs Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5
- Meta: Muse Wonder vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K3.1 Pro
- Meta: Muse Wonder vs OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol Pro
- Meta: Muse Wonder vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime
- Meta: Muse Wonder vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime
- MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 vs Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5
- MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K3.1 Pro
- MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 vs OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol Pro
- MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime
- MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime
- Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K3.1 Pro
- Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 vs OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol Pro
- Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime
- Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime
- MoonshotAI: Kimi K3.1 Pro vs OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol Pro
- MoonshotAI: Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime
- MoonshotAI: Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime
- OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol Pro vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime
- OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol Pro vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime
- Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime
Same-provider comparisons
- Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5
- Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5
- Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 vs Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
- Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Google: Gemini 4 Argon
- Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Google: Nano Banana 2.1
- Google: Gemini 4 Argon vs Google: Nano Banana 2.1
- Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor vs Meta: Muse Spark Open
- Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor vs Meta: Muse Wonder
- Meta: Muse Spark Open vs Meta: Muse Wonder
- MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 vs MiniMax: MiniMax M3
- MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 vs MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash
- MiniMax: MiniMax M3 vs MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash
- Mistral: Mistral Large 4 vs Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5
- Mistral: Mistral Large 4 vs Mistral: Mistral Small 4
- Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Mistral: Mistral Small 4
- MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K3
- MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K3.1 Pro
- MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K3.1 Pro
- OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol Pro vs OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Terra
- OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol Pro vs OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Terra Pro
- OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Terra vs OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Terra Pro
- Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max (0902) vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime
- Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max (0902) vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Omni Flash
- Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Omni Flash
- Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX
- Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime
- Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime
Data updated 2026-10-30