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Best LLMs for Coding (2026)

Top large language models ranked by their ability to generate, debug, and understand code across multiple programming languages and frameworks.

#1Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
ELO 1280
Input

$3.00/M

Output

$15.00/M

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#2Claude Opus 4
Anthropic
ELO 1330
Input

$15.00/M

Output

$75.00/M

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#3GPT-4.1
OpenAI
ELO 1290
Input

$2.00/M

Output

$8.00/M

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#4DeepSeek V3
DeepSeek
ELO 1280
Input

$0.270/M

Output

$1.10/M

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#5Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google
ELO 1340
Input

$1.25/M

Output

$10.00/M

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#6GPT-4o
OpenAI
ELO 1260
Input

$2.50/M

Output

$10.00/M

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