Anthropic
Claude Fable 5
claude-fable-5- Context
- 1M
- Max output
- 128K
- Distribution
- Hosted API
- Input / output price
- $10 / $50
Available until at least Jun 9, 2027
text inputimage inputadaptive thinkingvisiontool use
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| Attribute | OpenAI GPT-5.6 Terra | Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifecycle | Active No retirement announced | Active Available until at least Jun 30, 2027 | Active No retirement announced |
| API / checkpoint ID | gpt-5.6-terra | claude-sonnet-5 | gemini-3.6-flash |
| Distribution | Hosted API | Hosted API | Hosted API |
| Context window | 1.05M tokens | 1M tokens | 1.05M tokens |
| Maximum output | 128K tokens | 128K tokens | 65.5K tokens |
| Modalities | text, image → text | text, image → text | text, image, video, audio, pdf → text |
| Capabilities | reasoningfunction callingstructured outputsstreamingtool use | adaptive thinkingvisiontool useprompt cachingbatch processing | thinkingfunction callingstructured outputscode executionsearch groundingcontext caching |
| Standard text price | $2.50 input / $15 output USD per 1M tokens | $2 input / $10 output USD per 1M tokens | $1.50 input / $7.50 output USD per 1M tokens |
| Open-weight details | Hosted API only | Hosted API only | Hosted API only |
| Official source | GPT-5.6 Terra model card ↗ | Claude models overview ↗ | Gemini 3.6 Flash model card ↗ |
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Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001- Context
- 200K
- Max output
- 64K
- Distribution
- Hosted API
- Input / output price
- $1 / $5
Available until at least Oct 15, 2026
text inputimage inputextended thinkingvisiontool use
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.8
claude-opus-4-8- Context
- 1M
- Max output
- 128K
- Distribution
- Hosted API
- Input / output price
- $5 / $25
Available until at least May 28, 2027
text inputimage inputadaptive thinkingvisiontool use
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 5
claude-sonnet-5- Context
- 1M
- Max output
- 128K
- Distribution
- Hosted API
- Input / output price
- $2 / $10
Available until at least Jun 30, 2027
text inputimage inputadaptive thinkingvisiontool use
Gemini 3.5 Flash
gemini-3.5-flash- Context
- 1.05M
- Max output
- 65.5K
- Distribution
- Hosted API
- Input / output price
- $1.50 / $9
No retirement announced
text inputimage inputvideo inputaudio inputpdf inputthinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
gemini-3.5-flash-lite- Context
- 1.05M
- Max output
- 65.5K
- Distribution
- Hosted API
- Input / output price
- $0.30 / $2.50
No retirement announced
text inputimage inputvideo inputaudio inputpdf inputthinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
Gemini 3.6 Flash
gemini-3.6-flash- Context
- 1.05M
- Max output
- 65.5K
- Distribution
- Hosted API
- Input / output price
- $1.50 / $7.50
No retirement announced
text inputimage inputvideo inputaudio inputpdf inputthinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
Gemma 4 31B
gemma-4-31b-it- Context
- 256K
- Max output
- Not published
- Distribution
- API + open weights
- Input / output price
- Varies by host
No retirement announced
text inputimage inputreasoningfunction callingcoding
OpenAI
GPT-5.6 Luna
gpt-5.6-luna- Context
- 1.05M
- Max output
- 128K
- Distribution
- Hosted API
- Input / output price
- $1 / $6
No retirement announced
text inputimage inputreasoningfunction callingstructured outputs
OpenAI
GPT-5.6 Sol
gpt-5.6-sol- Context
- 1.05M
- Max output
- 128K
- Distribution
- Hosted API
- Input / output price
- $5 / $30
No retirement announced
text inputimage inputreasoningfunction callingstructured outputs
OpenAI
GPT-5.6 Terra
gpt-5.6-terra- Context
- 1.05M
- Max output
- 128K
- Distribution
- Hosted API
- Input / output price
- $2.50 / $15
No retirement announced
text inputimage inputreasoningfunction callingstructured outputs
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 4
mistral-small-2603+1- Context
- 256K
- Max output
- Not published
- Distribution
- API + open weights
- Input / output price
- $0.15 / $0.60
No retirement announced
text inputimage inputreasoningfunction callingstructured outputs
OpenAI
gpt-oss-120b
gpt-oss-120b- Context
- 131.1K
- Max output
- 131.1K
- Distribution
- Open weights
- Input / output price
- Varies by host
No retirement announced
text inputreasoningfunction callingstructured outputs
OpenAI
gpt-oss-20b
gpt-oss-20b- Context
- 131.1K
- Max output
- 131.1K
- Distribution
- Open weights
- Input / output price
- Varies by host
No retirement announced
text inputreasoningfunction callingstructured outputs
Meta
Llama 4 Maverick
llama-4-maverick- Context
- 1M
- Max output
- Not published
- Distribution
- Open weights
- Input / output price
- Varies by host
No retirement announced
text inputimage inputmixture of expertsmultilingualself-hosting
Meta
Llama 4 Scout
llama-4-scout- Context
- 10M
- Max output
- Not published
- Distribution
- Open weights
- Input / output price
- Varies by host
No retirement announced
text inputimage inputmixture of expertsmultilingualself-hosting
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
gemini-3.1-pro-preview- Context
- 1.05M
- Max output
- 65.5K
- Distribution
- Hosted API
- Input / output price
- $2 / $12
No retirement date published
text inputimage inputvideo inputaudio inputpdf inputthinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
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