Best LLMs for Agents

AI models ranked by the Artificial Analysis Agentic Index — measuring multi-step tool use, planning and task completion (including Tau²-Bench). The best models for building autonomous agents and agentic workflows.

1. 1A
   claude-fable-5

   ReasoningToolsJSON+164.9 intel · $10.00/M · 1M ctx
   80.6

   Agentic
2. 2A
   claude-opus-4.8

   ReasoningToolsJSON+161.4 intel · $5.00/M · 58 t/s
   77.8

   Agentic
3. 3A
   claude-opus-4.7

   ReasoningToolsJSON+157.3 intel · $5.00/M · 60 t/s
   71.3

   Agentic
4. 4O
   gpt-5.5

   ReasoningToolsJSON+156.7 intel · $5.00/M · 37 t/s
   69.4

   Agentic
5. 5M
   minimax-m3

   ReasoningToolsJSON+154.7 intel · $0.300/M · 47 t/s
   68.6

   Agentic
6. 6A
   claude-opus-4.6

   ReasoningToolsJSON+152.9 intel · $5.00/M · 46 t/s
   67.6

   Agentic
7. 7X
   mimo-v2.5-pro

   ReasoningToolsJSON53.8 intel · $0.435/M · 32 t/s
   67.4

   Agentic
8. 8Q
   qwen3.7-max

   ReasoningToolsJSON56.6 intel · $1.25/M · 39 t/s
   66.6

   Agentic
9. 9Z
   glm-5-turbo

   ReasoningToolsJSON46.8 intel · $1.20/M · 15 t/s
   66.1

   Agentic
10. 10Z
    glm-5.1

    ReasoningToolsJSON43.8 intel · $0.980/M · 93 t/s
    66.0

    Agentic
11. 11X
    grok-4.3

    ReasoningToolsJSON+153.2 intel · $1.25/M · 135 t/s
    65.9

    Agentic
12. 12X
    mimo-v2.5

    ReasoningToolsJSON+249.0 intel · $0.140/M · 49 t/s
    65.5

    Agentic
13. 13Q
    qwen3.7-plus

    ReasoningToolsJSON+153.3 intel · $0.320/M · 29 t/s
    65.1

    Agentic
14. 14Q
    qwen3.6-max-preview

    ReasoningToolsJSON51.8 intel · $1.04/M · 48 t/s
    64.8

    Agentic
15. 15D
    deepseek-v4-pro

    ReasoningToolsJSON39.3 intel · $0.435/M · 62 t/s
    63.3

    Agentic
16. 16Z
    glm-5

    ReasoningToolsJSON49.8 intel · $0.600/M · 112 t/s
    63.1

    Agentic
17. 17D
    deepseek-v4-flash

    ReasoningToolsJSON46.0 intel · $0.098/M · 79 t/s
    62.3

    Agentic
18. 18Q
    qwen3.6-plus

    ReasoningToolsJSON+150.0 intel · $0.325/M · 36 t/s
    61.7

    Agentic
19. 19M
    minimax-m2.7

    ReasoningToolsJSON49.6 intel · $0.250/M · 334 t/s
    61.5

    Agentic
20. 20Q
    qwen3.6-27b

    ReasoningToolsJSON+137.1 intel · $0.288/M · 76 t/s
    60.9

    Agentic
21. 21O
    gpt-5.3-codex

    ReasoningToolsJSON+153.6 intel · $1.75/M · 45 t/s
    60.5

    Agentic
22. 22S
    step-3.7-flash

    ReasoningToolsJSON+142.6 intel · $0.200/M · 76 t/s
    59.5

    Agentic
23. 23A
    claude-opus-4.5

    ReasoningToolsJSON+143.1 intel · $5.00/M · 51 t/s
    59.2

    Agentic
24. 24M
    kimi-k2.6

    ReasoningToolsJSON+142.9 intel · $0.680/M · 116 t/s
    58.7

    Agentic
25. 25A
    claude-sonnet-4.6

    ReasoningToolsJSON+142.6 intel · $3.00/M · 48 t/s
    57.5

    Agentic