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Best LLMs Overall

Ranked by composite quality score across 5 dimensions. Price is not included — this ranking answers “which model is most capable,” not “which is cheapest.” For price-aware picks, see best by price.

Score = Intelligence (40) + Context (15) + Speed (10) + Accessibility (10) + Trust (5) = 80 pts max → ÷8 = rating.

top pick overall

Gemini 3 Pro

Google · Quality score 8.8/10 · 70/80 pts

1
Intelligence
37/40
Context
13/15
Speed
6/10
est.
Access
9/10
Trust
5/5
8.8
70/80
Free consumer product
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2
GPT-5.2OpenAI
Intelligence
35/40
Context
11/15
Speed
6/10
est.
Access
9/10
Trust
5/5
8.3
66/80
Free (limited) · $4.81/1M API
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3
Intelligence
33/40
Context
9/15
Speed
8/10
est.
Access
9/10
Trust
5/5
8.0
64/80
Free (limited) · $6.00/1M API
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4
Intelligence
29/40
Context
13/15
Speed
8/10
est.
Access
9/10
Trust
5/5
8.0
64/80
Free (limited) · $6.00/1M API
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5
Llama 4 ScoutMetaopen weights
Intelligence
26/40
est.
Context
15/15
Speed
9/10
Access
5/10
Trust
5/5
7.5
60/80
$0.11/1M API blended
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6
Intelligence
35/40
Context
9/15
Speed
6/10
Access
5/10
Trust
5/5
7.5
60/80
$10.00/1M API blended
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7
Intelligence
27/40
Context
11/15
Speed
6/10
Access
9/10
Trust
5/5
7.3
58/80
Free (limited) · $0.69/1M API
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8
Intelligence
22/40
Context
13/15
Speed
9/10
Access
9/10
Trust
5/5
7.3
58/80
Free consumer product
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9
DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeekopen weights
Intelligence
30/40
Context
7/15
Speed
4/10
est.
Access
8/10
Trust
1/5
6.3
50/80
Free consumer product
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10
Mistral Large 3Mistralopen weights
Intelligence
9/40
Context
9/15
Speed
6/10
Access
8/10
Trust
5/5
4.6
37/80
Free (limited) · $0.75/1M API
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11
Llama 4 MaverickMetaopen weights
Intelligence
3/40
Context
13/15
Speed
9/10
Access
5/10
Trust
5/5
4.4
35/80
$0.44/1M API blended
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Last updated February 2026. Intelligence scores from Artificial Analysis. Speed from AA speed leaderboard. See how we rate for full methodology.