Ranking AI Models

Ranking AI Models

My current view of the AI models I use. Favorites reflect my personal preference; Memex evidence shows how much firsthand experience sits behind each opinion.

Evidence updated:

Models I reach for first

This order is manual. Usage evidence shows familiarity, not model quality.

  1. Rank 1

    GPT-5.6 Sol

    Frontier

    OpenAI Codex

    My current first choice for demanding coding work.

    Best for: Large implementations and careful repository-wide changes.

    Review and evidence

    Observed by Memex

    Usage events
    20,249
    Active days
    36
    Last observed
    Aug 21, 2026

  2. Rank 2

    Kimi K3

    Daily driver

    OpenCode Go

    A useful alternative when I want to compare another model's approach.

    Best for: Second opinions and alternative implementation ideas.

    Review and evidence

    Observed by Memex

    Usage events
    354
    Active days
    9
    Last observed
    Aug 4, 2026

Used, not reviewed

Models observed by Memex that do not have a manually written review yet.

See 81 models

gpt-5.5

Active days
38
Usage events
13,489

deepseek-v4-flash

Active days
48
Usage events
9,819

gpt-5.5

Active days
39
Usage events
5,953

gpt-5.6-terra

Active days
39
Usage events
6,865

gpt-5.3-codex

Active days
32
Usage events
4,202

claude-sonnet-4-5

Active days
32
Usage events
3,486

gpt-5.6-sol

Active days
8
Usage events
1,561

gpt-5.4

Active days
21
Usage events
3,181

glm-5.1

Active days
15
Usage events
2,703

glm-4.6

Active days
33
Usage events
2,498

glm-5.2

Active days
9
Usage events
2,005

deepseek-v4-pro

Active days
13
Usage events
1,353

grok-code

Active days
22
Usage events
1,187

qwen3.7-max

Active days
15
Usage events
1,490

kimi-k2.6

Active days
2
Usage events
34

grok-4.5

Active days
13
Usage events
674

grok-4.6

Active days
8
Usage events
447

gpt-5.3-codex

Active days
7
Usage events
741

kimi-k2.5-free

Active days
16
Usage events
945

claude-opus-4.5

Active days
7
Usage events
674

google/gemini-3.7-flash

Active days
5
Usage events
604

claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929

Active days
12
Usage events
496

kimi-k2.6

Active days
8
Usage events
470

gpt-5.6-luna

Active days
13
Usage events
892

gpt-5

Active days
6
Usage events
414

claude-opus-4.6

Active days
4
Usage events
353

claude-opus-4-5

Active days
13
Usage events
295

grok-4.5

Active days
8
Usage events
363

gpt-5.6-terra

Active days
6
Usage events
243

claude-sonnet-4-5

Active days
3
Usage events
121

glm-5.1

Active days
1
Usage events
14

gpt-5.4

Active days
2
Usage events
158

claude-opus-4-5

Active days
9
Usage events
244

gemini-3-flash-preview

Active days
13
Usage events
402

gpt-5.2-codex

Active days
4
Usage events
221

glm-4.7-free

Active days
8
Usage events
287

gpt-5.2-codex

Active days
2
Usage events
181

gpt-5.2

Active days
5
Usage events
253

gpt-5.4-mini

Active days
4
Usage events
176

grok-4.5

Active days
3
Usage events
98

claude-sonnet-4.5

Active days
2
Usage events
94

qwen3-coder

Active days
3
Usage events
91

deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731

Active days
6
Usage events
250

gemini-3-flash

Active days
10
Usage events
175

glm-5.1

Active days
2
Usage events
101

gpt-5.4

Active days
2
Usage events
152

gemini-3.1-pro-preview

Active days
1
Usage events
103

google/gemini-3-pro-preview

Active days
4
Usage events
146

gemini-3.5-flash

Active days
1
Usage events
1

qwen3.6-plus-free

Active days
2
Usage events
83

gpt-5.3-codex

Active days
1
Usage events
67

anthropic/claude-opus-4.5

Active days
3
Usage events
76

kimi-k2.5

Active days
1
Usage events
98

gpt-5.4-mini

Active days
4
Usage events
38

glm-4.5

Active days
2
Usage events
45

gemini-3-pro-preview

Active days
1
Usage events
34

glm-4.5

Active days
3
Usage events
60

gpt-5.4-mini

Active days
2
Usage events
34

gpt-5.2-codex

Active days
2
Usage events
44

minimax-m2.5-free

Active days
2
Usage events
44

glm-5.3

Active days
1
Usage events
25

qwen3.8-max

Active days
2
Usage events
29

minimax/minimax-m2

Active days
1
Usage events
20

glm-4.6v

Active days
2
Usage events
21

qwen3.6-plus

Active days
2
Usage events
16

big-pickle

Active days
4
Usage events
20

gpt-5.6-luna

Active days
2
Usage events
29

minimax-m2.1-free

Active days
2
Usage events
17

anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

Active days
1
Usage events
9

moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking

Active days
1
Usage events
8

claude-haiku-4-5

Active days
1
Usage events
5

gpt-5.1-codex-max

Active days
1
Usage events
4

gemini-3-pro

Active days
1
Usage events
3

kimi-k2-thinking

Active days
1
Usage events
2

qwen3.6-plus

Active days
1
Usage events
3

gpt-4.1

Active days
1
Usage events
1

sonar-pro

Active days
2
Usage events
3

zai-org/glm-4.6v-flash

Active days
1
Usage events
1

claude-sonnet-4-20250514

Active days
1
Usage events
1

qwen/qwen3-vl-4b

Active days
1
Usage events
1

qwen/qwen3-4b-2507

Active days
1
Usage events
1