Automated Model Intelligence Hub

OpenRouter Coding Models Observatory

Daily automated evaluation tracking qualifying OpenRouter models under $0.50/M input/output tokens. Dual-mode analytics: quality benchmark indexing (Artificial Analysis) and real-world 30-day community adoption rankings.

25 Quality / 41 Popular
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Quality Benchmark Ranking (Artificial Analysis)

Formula: 40% Coding + 20% Intelligence + 15% Context + 15% Parameters + 10% Cost Efficiency.

Rank	Model	Score	Coding Index	Intel Index	Context	In $/M	Out $/M	Tools	Struct	Reasoning
1	meta/muse-spark-1.3-contributor	99.4	76.5	45.1	1.05M	$0.10	$0.20	✓	✓	✓
2	moonshotai/kimi-k3	98.4	76.2	43.6	1.05M	$0.239	$10.80	✓	✓	✓
3	z-ai/glm-5.3	97.9	74.8	44.8	1.05M	$0.079	$1.40	✓	✓	✓
4	z-ai/glm-5.3-flash	93.6	71.5	41.8	1.05M	$0.15	$0.50	✓	✓	✓
5	meta/muse-spark-1.2-contributor	93.0	72.2	39.6	1.05M	$0.10	$0.20	✓	✓	✓
6	z-ai/glm-5.3-flashx	92.9	74.8	44.8	1.05M	$0.37	$1.25	✓	✗	✓
7	openai/gpt-5.6-luna-pro	91.1	71.4	37.3	1.05M	$0.20	$1.20	✓	✓	✓
8	openai/gpt-5.6-luna	91.1	71.4	37.3	1.05M	$0.20	$1.20	✓	✓	✓
9	z-ai/glm-5.2	87.0	68.8	33.7	1.05M	$0.0341	$7.00	✓	✓	✓
10	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	86.3	68.1	33.7	1.00M	$0.20	$2.50	✓	✓	✓
11	deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp	84.6	65	34.8	1.05M	$0.2156	$0.6468	✓	✓	✓
12	deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro	77.7	59.4	30.4	1.05M	$0.4696	$0.9393	✓	✓	✓
13	minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash	76.4	58.6	29.2	1.05M	$0.15	$0.60	✓	✓	✓
14	minimax/minimax-m3	76.4	58.6	29.2	1.05M	$0.30	$1.20	✓	✓	✓
15	xiaomi/mimo-v2.5-pro	75.9	60.2	26	1.05M	$0.3045	$0.609	✓	✓	✓
16	qwen/qwen3.7-plus	71.9	55.9	25.2	1.00M	$0.32	$1.28	✓	✓	✓
17	deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731	71.7	56.2	24.2	1.05M	$0.0444	$0.1333	✓	✓	✓
18	deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash	71.7	56.2	24.2	1.05M	$0.091	$0.182	✓	✓	✓
19	qwen/qwen3.6-plus	71.7	54.5	27	1.00M	$0.325	$1.95	✓	✓	✓
20	xiaomi/mimo-v2.5	70.9	56.8	21.8	1.05M	$0.119	$0.238	✓	✓	✓
21	tencent/hy3	70.8	58.8	25.3	262K	$0.132	$0.528	✓	✓	✓
22	upstage/solar-pro4	69.3	52.7	28.2	524K	$0.15	$0.60	✓	✓	✓
23	openai/gpt-5.4-nano	67.2	56.1	20.7	400K	$0.20	$1.25	✓	✓	✓
24	inclusionai/ling-3.0-flash-vl	67.1	57	24.6	131K	$0.06	$0.18	✓	✓	✓
25	tencent/hy3-preview	65.8	58.8	25.3	262K	$0.18	$0.60	✓	✗	✓

Community Popularity Ranking (30-Day OpenRouter Traffic)

Formula: 30% Popularity + 20% Consistency + 25% Context + 15% Parameters + 10% Cost Efficiency.

Rank	Model	Score	30-Day Tokens	Days in Top 50	Context	In $/M	Out $/M	Free	Tools	Struct	Reasoning
1	deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash	90.5	124,867B	30/30	1.05M	$0.02	$1.00	PAID	✓	✓	✓
2	nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b	87.6	25,756B	30/30	262K	Free	Free	FREE	✓	✓	✓
3	z-ai/glm-5.3-flash	87.2	49,494B	30/30	1.05M	$0.15	$0.50	PAID	✓	✓	✓
4	xiaomi/mimo-v2.6-flash	87.0	41,020B	30/30	1.05M	$0.14	$0.28	PAID	✓	✓	✓
5	deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash	85.4	22,762B	30/30	1.05M	$0.091	$0.182	PAID	✓	✓	✓
6	openai/gpt-6-luna	85.0	27,273B	30/30	1.05M	$0.10	$0.50	PAID	✓	✓	✓
7	z-ai/glm-5.3	82.6	17,279B	30/30	1.05M	$0.079	$1.40	PAID	✓	✓	✓
8	meta/muse-spark-1.3-contributor	82.0	9,868B	30/30	1.05M	$0.10	$0.20	PAID	✓	✓	✓
9	openai/gpt-5.6-luna	81.7	13,669B	30/30	1.05M	$0.20	$1.20	PAID	✓	✓	✓
10	poolside/laguna-s-2.1	81.7	4,176B	30/30	1.05M	Free	Free	FREE	✓	✗	✓
11	dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:free	80.9	2,596B	29/30	512K	Free	Free	FREE	✓	✓	✓
12	nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning	79.8	3,579B	30/30	262K	Free	Free	FREE	✓	✓	✓
13	moonshotai/kimi-k3	79.4	8,380B	30/30	1.05M	$0.239	$10.80	PAID	✓	✓	✓
14	xiaomi/mimo-v2.6-pro	78.6	6,085B	30/30	1.05M	$0.435	$0.87	PAID	✓	✓	✓
15	minimax/minimax-m3	78.2	5,572B	30/30	1.05M	$0.30	$1.20	PAID	✓	✓	✓
16	z-ai/glm-5.2	77.7	5,378B	30/30	1.05M	$0.0341	$7.00	PAID	✓	✓	✓
17	deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro	77.1	4,247B	30/30	1.05M	$0.4696	$0.9393	PAID	✓	✓	✓
18	tencent/hy3	75.1	11,170B	30/30	262K	$0.132	$0.528	PAID	✓	✓	✓
19	xiaomi/mimo-v2.5	75.1	3,100B	27/30	1.05M	$0.119	$0.238	PAID	✓	✓	✓
20	qwen/qwen3.8-flash	74.4	2,338B	29/30	1.00M	$0.15	$0.47	PAID	✓	✓	✓
21	google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite	74.4	2,137B	30/30	1.05M	$0.25	$1.50	PAID	✓	✓	✓
22	minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash	74.0	13,678B	4/30	1.05M	Free	Free	FREE	✓	✓	✓
23	google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite	73.7	2,454B	27/30	1.05M	$0.10	$0.40	PAID	✓	✓	✓
24	nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b	71.9	1,850B	22/30	262K	Free	Free	FREE	✓	✓	✓
25	upstage/solar-pro4	70.8	3,369B	26/30	524K	$0.15	$0.60	PAID	✓	✓	✓
26	upstage/solar-mini4	69.4	3,131B	22/30	524K	$0.05	$0.20	PAID	✓	✓	✓
27	anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5	69.0	5,295B	16/30	1.00M	$0.10	$0.50	PAID	✓	✓	✓
28	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	68.9	1,619B	24/30	1.00M	$0.20	$2.50	PAID	✓	✓	✓
29	google/gemma-4-31b-it	68.6	2,075B	30/30	262K	$0.20	$0.40	PAID	✓	✓	✓
30	nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl	68.3	1,595B	8/30	1.05M	Free	Free	FREE	✓	✓	✓
31	google/gemini-2.5-flash	66.4	1,343B	21/30	1.05M	$0.30	$2.50	PAID	✓	✓	✓
32	openai/gpt-6-luna-pro	65.9	1,348B	19/30	1.05M	$0.10	$0.50	PAID	✓	✓	✓
33	openai/gpt-oss-120b	65.0	2,256B	29/30	131K	$0.15	$0.60	PAID	✓	✓	✓
34	qwen/qwen3.7-flash	59.9	934B	16/30	1.00M	$0.03	$0.13	PAID	✓	✗	✓
35	google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it	59.5	1,011B	19/30	262K	$0.0675	$0.225	PAID	✓	✓	✓
36	inclusionai/ling-3.1-flash	54.0	962B	11/30	262K	$0.075	$0.225	PAID	✓	✓	✓
37	inclusionai/ling-3.0-flash	52.3	789B	5/30	262K	Free	Free	FREE	✓	✗	✓
38	deepseek/deepseek-v3.2	49.7	621B	12/30	164K	$0.28	$0.42	PAID	✓	✓	✓
39	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	48.2	879B	5/30	262K	$0.10	$0.95	PAID	✓	✓	✓
40	mistralai/mistral-nemo	42.9	192B	4/30	131K	$0.029	$0.03	PAID	✓	✓	✗
41	z-ai/glm-5.3-flashx	36.0	59B	1/30	1.05M	$0.37	$1.25	PAID	✓	✗	✓