> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.boostgpt.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Model Comparison

> Compare AI models across all providers

## Overview

Compare 50+ AI models across 9 providers to find the perfect model for your use case. Filter by speed, cost, reasoning capability, and context window.

## Quick Comparison by Use Case

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Best Overall Value" icon="star">
    **Gemini 2.5 Flash** - 2 credits

    Fast, excellent reasoning, 1M context
  </Card>

  <Card title="Fastest Response" icon="bolt">
    **Llama 3.1 Instant (Groq)** - 1 credit

    Ultra-fast on Groq's LPU hardware
  </Card>

  <Card title="Best Reasoning" icon="brain">
    **O1 (OpenAI)** - 6 credits

    Deep analytical thinking
  </Card>

  <Card title="Largest Context" icon="database">
    **Gemini 2.5 Pro** - 3 credits

    2 million token context window
  </Card>

  <Card title="Most Affordable" icon="dollar-sign">
    **GPT-4.1 Nano** - 0.5 credits

    Lowest cost per request
  </Card>

  <Card title="Best for Production" icon="circle-check">
    **Claude Sonnet 4.5** - 3 credits

    Balanced performance and safety
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## All Models Comparison

### OpenAI Models

| Model            | Credits | Context | Speed     | Reasoning   | Type      | Best For                |
| ---------------- | ------- | ------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | ----------------------- |
| **GPT-5**        | 5       | 200K    | Medium    | Exceptional | General   | Complex tasks, creative |
| **GPT-5 Mini**   | 3       | 200K    | Fast      | Excellent   | General   | Everyday workhorse      |
| **GPT-5 Nano**   | 2       | 128K    | Very Fast | Good        | General   | High-volume             |
| **GPT-5.1**      | 4       | 200K    | Medium    | Exceptional | Reasoning | Enhanced reasoning      |
| **O1**           | 6       | 200K    | Slow      | Exceptional | Reasoning | Deep analysis           |
| **O1 Mini**      | 3       | 128K    | Medium    | Excellent   | Reasoning | Faster reasoning        |
| **O3 Mini**      | 3       | 128K    | Medium    | Excellent   | Reasoning | Next-gen reasoning      |
| **GPT-4o**       | 5       | 128K    | Medium    | Excellent   | General   | Specialized tasks       |
| **GPT-4o Mini**  | 1       | 128K    | Fast      | Good        | General   | Budget option           |
| **GPT-4.1 Nano** | 0.5     | 64K     | Very Fast | Basic       | General   | Cheapest option         |
| **GPT-4.1 Mini** | 1       | 128K    | Fast      | Good        | General   | Cost-effective          |

### Google (Gemini) Models

| Model                         | Credits | Context | Speed     | Reasoning   | Type      | Best For       |
| ----------------------------- | ------- | ------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | -------------- |
| **Gemini 3 Pro Preview**      | 5       | 2M      | Medium    | Exceptional | Preview   | Cutting edge   |
| **Gemini 2.5 Pro**            | 3       | 2M      | Slow      | Exceptional | General   | Long documents |
| **Gemini 2.5 Flash**          | 2       | 1M      | Fast      | Excellent   | General   | Production     |
| **Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite**     | 1       | 1M      | Very Fast | Good        | General   | High-volume    |
| **Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking** | 3       | 1M      | Medium    | Excellent   | Reasoning | Analysis       |

### Anthropic (Claude) Models

| Model                      | Credits | Context | Speed  | Reasoning   | Type      | Best For         |
| -------------------------- | ------- | ------- | ------ | ----------- | --------- | ---------------- |
| **Claude Opus 4.1**        | 5       | 200K    | Medium | Exceptional | General   | Complex analysis |
| **Claude Sonnet 4.5**      | 3       | 200K    | Medium | Excellent   | General   | Production       |
| **Claude Haiku 4.5**       | 4       | 200K    | Fast   | Good        | General   | Fast responses   |
| **Claude 3 Opus Extended** | 6       | 200K    | Slow   | Exceptional | Reasoning | Deep thinking    |

### xAI (Grok) Models

| Model                | Credits | Context | Speed  | Reasoning | Type      | Best For        |
| -------------------- | ------- | ------- | ------ | --------- | --------- | --------------- |
| **Grok 4.1 Fast**    | 2       | 128K    | Fast   | Good      | General   | Real-time apps  |
| **Grok 4 Fast**      | 2       | 128K    | Fast   | Good      | General   | Quick responses |
| **Grok 3**           | 2       | 128K    | Medium | Excellent | General   | Versatile       |
| **Grok 3 Mini**      | 1       | 64K     | Fast   | Good      | General   | Simple tasks    |
| **Grok 3 Reasoning** | 4       | 128K    | Medium | Excellent | Reasoning | Analytical      |

### DeepSeek Models

| Model           | Credits | Context | Speed  | Reasoning | Type      | Best For          |
| --------------- | ------- | ------- | ------ | --------- | --------- | ----------------- |
| **DeepSeek V3** | 1       | 64K     | Fast   | Good      | General   | Chat              |
| **DeepSeek R1** | 2       | 64K     | Medium | Excellent | Reasoning | Complex reasoning |

### Mistral AI Models

| Model              | Credits | Context | Speed  | Reasoning | Type    | Best For       |
| ------------------ | ------- | ------- | ------ | --------- | ------- | -------------- |
| **Mistral Large**  | 4       | 128K    | Medium | Excellent | General | Complex apps   |
| **Mistral Medium** | 3       | 32K     | Medium | Excellent | General | Balanced use   |
| **Mistral Small**  | 1       | 32K     | Fast   | Good      | General | Cost-effective |

### Cohere Models

| Model           | Credits | Context | Speed     | Reasoning   | Type    | Best For         |
| --------------- | ------- | ------- | --------- | ----------- | ------- | ---------------- |
| **Command R+**  | 5       | 128K    | Medium    | Exceptional | General | Enterprise       |
| **Command A**   | 5       | 128K    | Medium    | Exceptional | General | High-performance |
| **Command R7B** | 5       | 128K    | Very Fast | Excellent   | General | Fast at scale    |

### Groq Models

| Model                       | Credits | Context | Speed      | Reasoning | Type      | Best For            |
| --------------------------- | ------- | ------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | ------------------- |
| **DeepSeek Llama 70B**      | 2       | 64K     | Fast       | Excellent | Reasoning | Efficient reasoning |
| **Llama 3.3 Versatile 70B** | 3       | 128K    | Fast       | Excellent | General   | Versatile apps      |
| **Llama 3.1 Instant 8B**    | 1       | 128K    | Ultra Fast | Good      | General   | Real-time           |
| **Qwen QWQ 32B**            | 2       | 32K     | Fast       | Excellent | Reasoning | Multilingual        |
| **Qwen 3 32B**              | 2       | 32K     | Fast       | Excellent | General   | Instructions        |
| **Mistral Saba 24B**        | 2       | 32K     | Fast       | Excellent | General   | Balanced            |
| **LLaMA 4 Maverick 17B**    | 3       | 128K    | Medium     | Excellent | General   | Advanced tasks      |
| **LLaMA 4 Scout 17B**       | 1       | 128K    | Fast       | Good      | General   | Light workloads     |

### Ollama Models (Local)

| Model              | Credits | Context | Speed  | Reasoning   | Type  | Best For        |
| ------------------ | ------- | ------- | ------ | ----------- | ----- | --------------- |
| **Llama 3.3 70B**  | 2       | 128K    | Medium | Excellent   | Local | Local power     |
| **Llama 3.1 405B** | 4       | 128K    | Slow   | Exceptional | Local | Maximum local   |
| **Llama 3.1 70B**  | 2       | 128K    | Medium | Excellent   | Local | Balanced local  |
| **Llama 3.1 8B**   | 1       | 128K    | Fast   | Good        | Local | Efficient local |

## Comparison by Category

### Best for Speed

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion icon="bolt" title="Ultra Fast (<1s)">
    * **Llama 3.1 Instant (Groq)** - 1 credit
    * **GPT-4.1 Nano** - 0.5 credits
    * **Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite** - 1 credit
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="zap" title="Fast (1-2s)">
    * **Gemini 2.5 Flash** - 2 credits
    * **GPT-5 Mini** - 3 credits
    * **Claude Haiku 4.5** - 4 credits
    * **Grok models** - 1-2 credits
    * **Groq models** - 1-3 credits
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="gauge" title="Medium (2-5s)">
    * **GPT-5** - 5 credits
    * **Claude Sonnet 4.5** - 3 credits
    * **Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking** - 3 credits
    * **Most general-purpose models**
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="clock" title="Slow (5-10s+)">
    * **O1** - 6 credits
    * **Gemini 2.5 Pro** - 3 credits
    * **Claude 3 Opus Extended** - 6 credits
    * **Reasoning models** (worth the wait!)
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

### Best for Cost

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion icon="dollar-sign" title="Budget (<1 credit)">
    * **GPT-4.1 Nano** - 0.5 credits
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="coins" title="Affordable (1 credit)">
    * **GPT-4o Mini** - 1 credit
    * **Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite** - 1 credit
    * **DeepSeek V3** - 1 credit
    * **Mistral Small** - 1 credit
    * **Grok 3 Mini** - 1 credit
    * **Llama 3.1 Instant (Groq)** - 1 credit
    * **Ollama 8B** - 1 credit
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="money-bill" title="Mid-Range (2-3 credits)">
    * **Gemini 2.5 Flash** - 2 credits (best value!)
    * **GPT-5 Nano** - 2 credits
    * **Claude Sonnet 4.5** - 3 credits
    * **GPT-5 Mini** - 3 credits
    * **DeepSeek R1** - 2 credits
    * **Groq models** - 1-3 credits
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="credit-card" title="Premium (5-6 credits)">
    * **O1** - 6 credits
    * **Claude 3 Opus Extended** - 6 credits
    * **GPT-5** - 5 credits
    * **Claude Opus 4.1** - 5 credits
    * **Gemini 3 Pro Preview** - 5 credits
    * **Cohere models** - 5 credits
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

### Best for Context Window

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion icon="database" title="Massive Context (1M-2M tokens)">
    * **Gemini 2.5 Pro** - 2M tokens (largest!)
    * **Gemini 3 Pro Preview** - 2M tokens
    * **Gemini 2.5 Flash** - 1M tokens
    * **Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite** - 1M tokens
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="hard-drive" title="Large Context (128K-200K tokens)">
    * **GPT-5 series** - 200K tokens
    * **Claude models** - 200K tokens
    * **Mistral Large** - 128K tokens
    * **Grok models** - 128K tokens
    * **Cohere models** - 128K tokens
    * **Groq Llama models** - 128K tokens
    * **Ollama models** - 128K tokens
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="circle" title="Standard Context (32K-64K tokens)">
    * **DeepSeek models** - 64K tokens
    * **Mistral Small/Medium** - 32K tokens
    * **Groq Qwen/Mistral** - 32K tokens
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

### Best for Reasoning

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion icon="brain" title="Exceptional Reasoning">
    * **O1** - 6 credits (deepest thinking)
    * **Claude 3 Opus Extended** - 6 credits
    * **GPT-5.1** - 4 credits
    * **GPT-5** - 5 credits
    * **Claude Opus 4.1** - 5 credits
    * **Gemini 2.5 Pro** - 3 credits
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="lightbulb" title="Excellent Reasoning">
    * **O1 Mini** - 3 credits
    * **O3 Mini** - 3 credits
    * **Gemini 2.5 Flash** - 2 credits
    * **Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking** - 3 credits
    * **Claude Sonnet 4.5** - 3 credits
    * **GPT-5 Mini** - 3 credits
    * **DeepSeek R1** - 2 credits
    * **Grok 3 Reasoning** - 4 credits
    * **Most Groq models** - 1-3 credits
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="circle-check" title="Good Reasoning">
    * **GPT-4o Mini** - 1 credit
    * **Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite** - 1 credit
    * **DeepSeek V3** - 1 credit
    * **Claude Haiku 4.5** - 4 credits
    * **Mistral Small** - 1 credit
    * **Grok 3 Mini** - 1 credit
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Use Case Recommendations

### Customer Support Chatbots

**Recommended:**

* **Gemini 2.5 Flash** (2 credits) - Best balance
* **Claude Sonnet 4.5** (3 credits) - Safety-focused
* **GPT-5 Mini** (3 credits) - General purpose

**Budget Option:**

* **Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite** (1 credit)
* **GPT-4o Mini** (1 credit)

### Code Analysis & Debugging

**Recommended:**

* **O1 Mini** (3 credits) - Fast reasoning
* **DeepSeek R1** (2 credits) - Cost-effective
* **Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking** (3 credits)

**Premium:**

* **O1** (6 credits) - Most thorough

### Content Generation

**Recommended:**

* **GPT-5** (5 credits) - Most creative
* **Claude Opus 4.1** (5 credits) - Nuanced writing
* **GPT-5 Mini** (3 credits) - Balanced

**Budget Option:**

* **Gemini 2.5 Flash** (2 credits)

### Long Document Analysis

**Recommended:**

* **Gemini 2.5 Pro** (3 credits) - 2M context!
* **Gemini 2.5 Flash** (2 credits) - 1M context

**Alternative:**

* **GPT-5** (5 credits) - 200K context

### Real-Time Applications

**Recommended:**

* **Llama 3.1 Instant (Groq)** (1 credit) - Ultra-fast
* **Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite** (1 credit)
* **GPT-4.1 Nano** (0.5 credits)

### High-Volume Production

**Recommended:**

* **Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite** (1 credit)
* **DeepSeek V3** (1 credit)
* **Mistral Small** (1 credit)
* **Groq models** (1-3 credits) - Very fast

### Privacy-Sensitive Applications

**Recommended:**

* **Ollama models** (local, no API calls)
* Use BYOK with any provider

## Provider Comparison

| Provider      | Models | Avg Cost    | Speed       | Strength             |
| ------------- | ------ | ----------- | ----------- | -------------------- |
| **OpenAI**    | 11     | 1-6 credits | Fast-Slow   | Most comprehensive   |
| **Google**    | 5      | 1-5 credits | Fast-Slow   | Largest context (2M) |
| **Anthropic** | 4      | 3-6 credits | Medium-Slow | Safety & nuance      |
| **Groq**      | 8      | 1-3 credits | Ultra Fast  | Speed champion       |
| **DeepSeek**  | 2      | 1-2 credits | Fast-Medium | Best value reasoning |
| **Ollama**    | 4      | 1-4 credits | Fast-Slow   | Local/private        |
| **xAI**       | 5      | 1-4 credits | Fast-Medium | Real-time knowledge  |
| **Mistral**   | 3      | 1-4 credits | Fast-Medium | Open & efficient     |
| **Cohere**    | 3      | 5 credits   | Fast-Medium | Enterprise-grade     |

## Decision Tree

```
Need reasoning? 
├─ Yes → Budget?
│  ├─ Premium → O1 (6 credits)
│  └─ Budget → DeepSeek R1 (2 credits)
└─ No → Need speed?
   ├─ Ultra-fast → Llama 3.1 Instant (1 credit)
   └─ Balanced → Need long context?
      ├─ Yes → Gemini 2.5 Pro (3 credits, 2M context)
      └─ No → Gemini 2.5 Flash (2 credits) ⭐ Best Overall
```

## Next Steps

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  <Card title="Provider Overview" icon="list" href="/providers/overview">
    Detailed provider information
  </Card>

  <Card title="Reasoning Models" icon="brain" href="/providers/reasoning-models">
    Deep dive into reasoning
  </Card>

  <Card title="Bring Your Own Keys" icon="key" href="/providers/bring-your-own-keys">
    Use your own API keys
  </Card>

  <Card title="Get Started" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Build your first bot
  </Card>
</CardGroup>