Themed ranking
Best for coding
Ranked by real coding-task usage share, weighted across nine real OpenRouter coding tags (file I/O, debugging, code review, and more).
As of September 23, 2026, Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) ranks #1 for best for coding at coding traffic share 24.7%.
- #1 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) - Coding traffic share 24.7%
- #2 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) - Coding traffic share 21.4%
- #3 OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) - Coding traffic share 13.1%
- #4 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 - Coding traffic share 9.2%
- #5 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - Coding traffic share 8.1%
- #6 Tencent: Hy4 preview - Coding traffic share 4.9%
- #7 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) - Coding traffic share 4.4%
- #8 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - Coding traffic share 4.2%
- #9 Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) - Coding traffic share 2.0%
- #10 OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch) - Coding traffic share 1.6%
| # | Model | Coding traffic share |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) | 24.7% |
| 02 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) | 21.4% |
| 03 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) | 13.1% |
| 04 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 | 9.2% |
| 05 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | 8.1% |
| 06 | Tencent: Hy4 preview | 4.9% |
| 07 | Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) | 4.4% |
| 08 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) | 4.2% |
| 09 | Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) | 2.0% |
| 10 | OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch) | 1.6% |
| 11 | Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) | 1.5% |
| 12 | Tencent: Hy3 | 1.4% |
| 13 | Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor | 1.3% |
| 14 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch) | 1.1% |
| 15 | Upstage: Solar Pro 4 | 0.7% |
| 16 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | 0.6% |
Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of September 23, 2026.
Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).
Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology
Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.