Best Open-Source LLMs

The best open-weight AI models — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable — ranked by intelligence. Open-source alternatives to proprietary frontier models.

1. 1M
   minimax-m3

   ReasoningToolsJSON+154.7 intel · $0.300/M · 47 t/s
   54.7

   Intelligence
2. 2X
   mimo-v2.5-pro

   ReasoningToolsJSON53.8 intel · $0.435/M · 32 t/s
   53.8

   Intelligence
3. 3Z
   glm-5

   ReasoningToolsJSON49.8 intel · $0.600/M · 112 t/s
   49.8

   Intelligence
4. 4M
   minimax-m2.7

   ReasoningToolsJSON49.6 intel · $0.250/M · 334 t/s
   49.6

   Intelligence
5. 5X
   mimo-v2.5

   ReasoningToolsJSON+249.0 intel · $0.140/M · 49 t/s
   49.0

   Intelligence
6. 6N
   nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free

   ReasoningTools47.7 intel · Free/M · 64 t/s
   47.7

   Intelligence
7. 7N
   nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

   ReasoningToolsJSON47.7 intel · $0.500/M · 64 t/s
   47.7

   Intelligence
8. 8D
   deepseek-v4-flash

   ReasoningToolsJSON46.0 intel · $0.098/M · 79 t/s
   46.0

   Intelligence
9. 9Z
   glm-5.1

   ReasoningToolsJSON43.8 intel · $0.980/M · 93 t/s
   43.8

   Intelligence
10. 10M
    kimi-k2.6

    ReasoningToolsJSON+142.9 intel · $0.680/M · 116 t/s
    42.9

    Intelligence
11. 11S
    step-3.7-flash

    ReasoningToolsJSON+142.6 intel · $0.200/M · 76 t/s
    42.6

    Intelligence
12. 12Z
    glm-4.7

    ReasoningToolsJSON42.1 intel · $0.400/M · 474 t/s
    42.1

    Intelligence
13. 13T
    hy3-preview

    ReasoningTools41.9 intel · $0.063/M · 62 t/s
    41.9

    Intelligence
14. 14M
    minimax-m2.5

    ReasoningToolsJSON41.9 intel · $0.150/M · 199 t/s
    41.9

    Intelligence
15. 15D
    deepseek-v3.2

    ReasoningToolsJSON41.7 intel · $0.229/M · 83 t/s
    41.7

    Intelligence
16. 16Q
    qwen3.5-397b-a17b

    ReasoningToolsJSON+140.1 intel · $0.390/M · 134 t/s
    40.1

    Intelligence
17. 17M
    minimax-m2.1

    ReasoningToolsJSON39.4 intel · $0.290/M · 129 t/s
    39.4

    Intelligence
18. 18D
    deepseek-v4-pro

    ReasoningToolsJSON39.3 intel · $0.435/M · 62 t/s
    39.3

    Intelligence
19. 19G
    gemma-4-31b-it:free

    ReasoningToolsJSON+139.2 intel · Free/M · 64 t/s
    39.2

    Intelligence
20. 20G
    gemma-4-31b-it

    ReasoningToolsJSON+139.2 intel · $0.120/M · 64 t/s
    39.2

    Intelligence
21. 21S
    step-3.5-flash

    ReasoningToolsJSON37.8 intel · $0.090/M · 39 t/s
    37.8

    Intelligence
22. 22M
    kimi-k2.5

    ReasoningToolsJSON+137.3 intel · $0.375/M · 117 t/s
    37.3

    Intelligence
23. 23Q
    qwen3.5-27b

    ReasoningToolsJSON+137.2 intel · $0.195/M · 35 t/s
    37.2

    Intelligence
24. 24Q
    qwen3.6-27b

    ReasoningToolsJSON+137.1 intel · $0.288/M · 76 t/s
    37.1

    Intelligence
25. 25M
    minimax-m2

    ReasoningToolsJSON36.1 intel · $0.255/M · 134 t/s
    36.1

    Intelligence