Best Agentic AI Models (2026)
Ranked by agentic benchmarks — Terminal-Bench (live terminal tasks) and τ²-Bench (multi-turn tool-and-user tasks). These models are best at calling tools and executing long-horizon work without losing the thread.
| # | Model | Agentic avg | Price / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GLM 5.2 | 81% | $1.46 |
| 2 |  GPT-5.5 | 78.2% | $11.25 |
| 3 |  Claude Opus 4.8 | 74.6% | $10.00 |
| 4 |  Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | 68.5% | $4.50 |
| 5 |  DeepSeek V4 Pro | 67.9% | $0.54 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.7 | 66.1% | $10.00 |
| 7 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 59.1% | $6.00 |
| 8 |  MiniMax M2.7 | 57% | $0.32 |
| 9 | DeepSeek V4 Flash | 56.9% | $0.11 |
| 10 |  Kimi K2 Thinking | 47.1% | $1.07 |
Based on verified public benchmarks; see methodology. Prices are blended 3:1 input:output per million tokens.
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FAQ
What is the best agentic ai models?
GLM 5.2 leads this ranking with 81%. The full top 20 is in the table above, updated as new benchmark results land.
How is this ranking calculated?
Ranked by agentic benchmarks — Terminal-Bench (live terminal tasks) and τ²-Bench (multi-turn tool-and-user tasks). These models are best at calling tools and executing long-horizon work without losing the thread. We only use publicly verifiable benchmark results with cited sources — no estimates. See our methodology page for the exact formula.
How often does this list change?
Pricing and model availability refresh hourly from OpenRouter; benchmark scores update whenever a lab publishes new official results. The ranking reflects the latest verified data.