Best Open Source AI Models

Open-source AI models ranked by benchmark score. Compare Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, and other open-weight models.

179
Models
27
Providers
179
Open Source
$0.27
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1DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3.2 Speciale🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen95.2-----------------0.037.929.4--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------96.086.728.691.780.985.5------------------------------------$0.40164KDec 2511mo ago
2stepfun logoStep 3.5 Flash🇨🇳 stepfunOpen89.5-----------------52.031.637.8-------------1393.3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------95.783.721.693.283.983.5------------------------------------$0.10262KJan 269mo ago
3DeepSeek logoDeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen85.9--89.6--------------------71.7-------------------------------------------82.8------------------------71.2--------------------------------67.8------------------------80.0--------72.6n/a-Jan 242y ago
4xiaomi logoMiMo-V2-Flash🇨🇳 xiaomiOpen81.7-----------------48.833.541.5------------1336.51392.1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------92.982.120.589.571.883.1------------------------------------$0.09262KDec 2511mo ago
5Microsoft logophi-3-small 7.4B🇺🇸 MicrosoftOpen79.237.1-87.6--------------------72.1-------------------------------------------69.3------------------------67.6------------------------84.0--------------------------------58.1--------63.0n/a-Jan 242y ago
6Alibaba logoQwen2 7B Instruct🇨🇳 AlibabaOpen76.5------------------------37.8----------------------------6.4----------------56.889.1-56.581.389.6-51.7-----------27.6---31.6-50.743.461.860.857.145.154.159.056.654.060.160.234.330.27.4--------------------------------------------------n/a-Jun 242y ago
7OpenAI logogpt-oss-120b (free)🇺🇸 OpenAIOpen74.2-----41.8-----------13.230.423.8--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------93.478.918.390.278.479.7------------------------------------Free131KAug 251y ago
8DeepSeek logoDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen73.6------------------------40.7---------0.0------------------18.326.3---------------43.893.7-63.482.489.8-56.8-----------57.087.1--40.7---------------28.7------50.5-------------------------------------------n/a-Jan 251y ago
9nousresearch logoHermes 3 70B Instruct🇺🇸 nousresearchOpen73.2------------------------53.8----------------------------14.9----------------76.6------------------21.0---41.4---------------23.4--------------------------------------------------$0.70131KAug 242y ago
10minimax logoMiniMax M2🇨🇳 minimaxOpen72.4--------------------------------1296.61343.4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------79.178.713.490.274.081.6------------------------------------$0.30205KOct 251y ago
11z-ai logoGLM 4.5🇨🇳 z-aiOpen72.3---------------------------------1411.3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------85.879.516.985.465.082.7------------------------------------$0.60131KJul 251y ago
12Alibaba Qwen logoQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen71.4--60.7--16.471.4-----------------52.3--------1270.6-------------------13.2-91.1-----------77.3--72.7------------------49.5--72.137.9---------------13.7-------------------------------------------------61.6$0.6633KNov 242y ago
13Alibaba logoQwen2.5 14B Instruct🇨🇳 AlibabaOpen71.0------------------------48.6----------------------------10.5----------------81.4------------------55.3---43.2---------------10.6--------------------------------------------------n/a-Sep 242y ago
14Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.7 Max🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen69.9-----------------30.666.046.0--------------23.2-----87.19.5------34.168.0----91.5------------------------51.774.271.874.079.785.374.383.351.8--------------------------25.1-95.5------------26.0--------77.3-----64.555.8--------------$1.481.0MMay 265mo ago
15Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.5 397B A17B🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen69.3-24.9-----0.914.686.119.851.664.352.744.835.683.919.948.221.4------------1399.41441.88.5-----79.1--------32.9----85.2--------------------------------44.6--------------------------9.7-88.9-92.388.427.591.583.087.6------------------------------------$0.60262KFeb 268mo ago
16Microsoft logophi-3-medium 14B🇺🇸 MicrosoftOpen69.233.7-88.8--------------------75.2------------------------------3.6------------76.5----------------------17.6-70.7------------------------83.2--------------------------------73.9--------63.0n/a-Jan 242y ago
17DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen68.6-----------------31.156.240.3-------------1436.0------77.3--------------------------------------50.069.268.063.170.179.767.370.642.2--------------------------------------------------------35.6------------45.6--$0.091.0MApr 266mo ago
18DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen68.4-69.8-94.578.1-----------------------------43.2-------------46.375.0----94.7-----------------------------------------------------------43.8-99.4----------------------------42.5------------22.1-$0.011.0MOct 2625d ago
19Mistral AI logoMixtral 8x7B Instruct🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen68.232.8-83.1---------------------------------------------------7.574.4-----------82.3----------------------9.9-60.8------------------------81.1-------67.2------------------------82.2--------54.4$0.5433KDec 232y ago
20Alibaba logoQwen2 VL 7B Instruct🇨🇳 AlibabaOpen64.9------------------------35.9----------------------------9.3----------------46.087.8-56.374.489.9-53.0-----------19.9---34.4---------------13.6--------------------------------------------------n/a-Aug 242y ago
21z-ai logoGLM 5.2🇨🇳 z-aiOpen64.4-45.2-77.022.8------------43.168.851.1------------1593.31471.017.9----43.889.39.5------29.362.324.5---92.9------------------------73.379.773.762.376.289.876.278.653.9--------------------------10.8-86.4---------31.7--35.0--------78.7-----50.634.2-55.6---------70.1--$0.011.0MJun 264mo ago
22TII logoFalcon 2 11B TIIOpen64.3-------------------------------------------------------53.8-----------77.2------------------------44.5------------------------------------------------------------------56.6n/a-Jan 242y ago
23z-ai logoGLM 5🇨🇳 z-aiOpen64.2-17.2-44.74.9---------------------------1434.01457.610.018.7----------16.42.1------83.8------------------------55.073.667.955.377.583.568.869.1-----------------------------80.0-95.885.328.193.286.285.2--13.9-----------72.1-----43.8---52.4--------48.2--$1.00205KFeb 269mo ago
24Alibaba logoQwen2.5 Coder 14B Instruct🇨🇳 AlibabaOpen64.1--54.7---69.2-----------------44.2----------------------------7.3-88.7-----------73.6--69.1------------------32.5--66.932.7---------------7.0-------------------------------------------------53.6n/a-Nov 242y ago
25Meta logoMeta Llama 3 8B🇺🇸 MetaOpen64.0------------------------48.7----------------------------19.7----------------16.082.9-44.760.988.9-48.9-----------18.6---41.2---------------16.0--------------------------------------------------n/a-Apr 242y ago
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All open-source and open-weight AI models ranked by average benchmark score. Includes models with publicly available weights that can be self-hosted or fine-tuned.

What are the best open-source AI models?

Open-source rankings change frequently. The leaderboard above shows all open-weight models ranked by benchmark performance.

Can I self-host open-source AI models?

Yes. Open-weight models can be self-hosted using frameworks like vLLM, Ollama, or llama.cpp. Smaller models can run on consumer hardware.

Are open-source models as good as closed models?

The gap has narrowed significantly. Top open-source models from DeepSeek, Meta, and Alibaba now rival closed models on many benchmarks.