Best AI models for vision and multimodal
Multimodal workloads demand strong vision encoders and generous context. We prefer models with native multimodality over bolt-ons.
The podium
Top 3 picks
🥇DeepSeek
DeepSeek V3Open-weights reasoning at bargain pricing.
reasoning
9.0
value
10.0
128K context$0.27 / $1.10
🥈Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6Sonnet strikes back. The price-performance sweet spot.
reasoning
9.0
value
9.0
1M context$3.00 / $15.00
🥉Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic's flagship. Deep reasoning, long-horizon agents.
reasoning
10.0
value
6.0
1M context$15.00 / $75.00
Full ranking
Runners-up
| # | Model | Context | Price /M | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | GPT-5 OpenAI | 400K | $10.00 / $40.00 | View → |
| 5 | GPT-5 Mini OpenAI | 200K | $0.40 / $1.60 | View → |
| 6 | Gemini 3 Pro Google | 2M | $3.50 / $14.00 | View → |
| 7 | o4 OpenAI | 200K | $15.00 / $60.00 | View → |
| 8 | Grok 4 xAI | 256K | $5.00 / $15.00 | View → |
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