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All models| Model | Made by | Type | Open weights | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5.5 | Anthropic | General purpose | No | 4.7/5 |
| Eleven v4 and v4 Turbo | ElevenLabs | Text to speech | No | 4.7/5 |
| GPT Image 2.5 (Flare and Sunburst) | OpenAI | Image generation | No | 4.7/5 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Anthropic | General purpose | No | 4.6/5 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | OpenAI | General purpose | No | 4.6/5 |
| Nano Banana 2.1 | Image generation | No | 4.6/5 | |
| Voyage rerank-3 | Voyage AI (MongoDB) | Embeddings & reranking | No | 4.6/5 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | Anthropic | General purpose | No | 4.5/5 |
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