Model Matchbook: what changedhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new2026-10-16T10:00:31.275ZModel Matchbookhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/decisions-open#v18Best Open-Weight Decision Model for Self-Hosting revised: #1 is Winnow-12B Q82026-10-16T10:00:31.275Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/vision-charts#v97Best LLM for Charts & Diagrams revised: #1 is Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-10-16T09:59:42.942Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/vision-images#v102Best LLM for Image Understanding revised: #1 is GPT-6.1 Sol2026-10-16T09:59:34.754Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/budget-value#v108Best Value LLM revised: #1 is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash2026-10-16T09:59:11.537Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/vision-ocr#v100Best LLM for OCR & Documents revised: #1 is Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-10-16T09:58:42.278Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/budget-open#v108Best Open-Weight LLM for Self-Hosting revised: #1 is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash2026-10-16T09:57:15.211Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/reasoning-general#v103Best LLM for Logic & Problem Solving revised: #1 is Gemini 4 Argon2026-10-16T09:56:16.023Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/math-competition#v103Best LLM for Competition Math revised: #1 is Claude Fable 5.12026-10-16T09:56:02.118Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/extraction-documents#v101Best LLM for Document Parsing revised: #1 is Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-10-16T09:55:41.340Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/budget-cheapest#v102Cheapest Capable LLM revised: #1 is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash2026-10-16T09:55:27.894Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/extraction-scale#v99Best LLM for High-Volume Extraction revised: #1 is DeepSeek V4 Flash 07312026-10-16T09:53:32.691Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/extraction-schema#v105Best LLM for JSON & Schema Output revised: #1 is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash2026-10-16T09:53:13.239Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/summarization-documents#v100Best LLM for Document Summarization revised: #1 is Gemini 4 Argon2026-10-16T09:52:54.174Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/summarization-fast#v104Best LLM for Fast Summaries revised: #1 is Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-10-16T09:52:52.522Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/translation-nuanced#v101Best LLM for Literary Translation revised: #1 is Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-10-16T09:51:24.969Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/translation-general#v102Best LLM for Everyday Translation revised: #1 is Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-10-16T09:51:08.645Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/chat-character#v99Best LLM for Roleplay & Character revised: #1 is Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-10-16T09:50:20.506Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/agents-openhands#v94Best LLM for OpenHands revised: #1 is Claude Opus 5.52026-10-16T09:49:55.570Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/agents-goose#v94Best LLM for Goose revised: #1 is Claude Opus 5.52026-10-16T09:48:21.874Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/chat-assistant#v106Best LLM for a General Assistant revised: #1 is Gemini 4 Argon2026-10-16T09:47:56.591Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/rag-grounded#v103Best LLM for Grounded RAG revised: #1 is Gemini 4 Argon2026-10-16T09:47:34.225Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/agents-hermes#v96Best LLM for Hermes Agent revised: #1 is Claude Opus 5.52026-10-16T09:47:29.396Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/rag-huge-context#v101Best LLM for Massive Context revised: #1 is Claude Fable 5.12026-10-16T09:45:52.730Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/agents-openclaw#v95Best LLM for OpenClaw revised: #1 is Claude Opus 5.52026-10-16T09:45:15.906Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/agents-autonomous#v109Best LLM for Autonomous Agents revised: #1 is Claude Opus 5.52026-10-16T09:44:59.440Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/agents-tool-use#v107Best LLM for Tool & Function Calling revised: #1 is Claude Fable 5.12026-10-16T09:44:11.660Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/agents-computer-use#v103Best LLM for Computer & Browser Use revised: #1 is Claude Opus 5.52026-10-16T09:43:05.180Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/writing-marketing#v102Best LLM for Marketing Copy revised: #1 is Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-10-16T09:42:33.966Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/writing-creative#v102Best LLM for Creative Writing revised: #1 is Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-10-16T09:41:53.930Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/writing-professional#v101Best LLM for Business Writing revised: #1 is Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-10-16T09:41:40.169Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/math-reasoning#v102Best LLM for Math & Reasoning revised: #1 is Claude Fable 5.12026-10-16T09:41:10.049Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/decisions#v17Best Decision Model for Agent Routing and Scoring revised: #1 is Sage 1.3.0 (Levanto Labs)2026-10-16T09:39:31.221Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/vision-documents#v102Best LLM for Vision & Documents revised: #1 is Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-10-16T09:39:20.324Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/budget-high-volume#v107Best Cheap LLM for High Volume revised: #1 is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash2026-10-16T09:39:09.368Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/structured-extraction#v108Best LLM for Structured Data Extraction revised: #1 is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash2026-10-16T09:37:51.057Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/summarization#v102Best LLM for Summarization revised: #1 is Gemini 4 Argon2026-10-16T09:37:41.029Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/rag-long-context#v105Best LLM for RAG & Long Context revised: #1 is Gemini 4 Argon2026-10-16T09:36:58.665Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/translation#v104Best LLM for Translation revised: #1 is Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-10-16T09:36:53.333Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/chat-roleplay#v103Best LLM for Chat & Roleplay revised: #1 is Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-10-16T09:35:42.109Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/agents#v111Best LLM for AI Agents revised: #1 is Claude Opus 5.52026-10-16T09:34:12.465Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/writing#v105Best LLM for Writing revised: #1 is Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-10-16T09:34:11.787Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/coding-review#v111Best LLM for Debugging & Code Review revised: #1 is Claude Sonnet 5.52026-10-16T09:33:39.429Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/coding-local#v113Best Local LLM for Coding revised: #1 is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash2026-10-16T09:33:37.628Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/coding-agentic#v113Best LLM for Agentic Coding revised: #1 is Claude Opus 5.52026-10-16T09:31:19.643Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/coding-frontend#v109Best LLM for Frontend & UI revised: #1 is Claude Opus 5.52026-10-16T09:31:17.927Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/coding#v118Best LLM for Coding revised: #1 is Claude Opus 5.52026-10-16T09:31:10.825Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/best/coding-completion#v110Best LLM for Code Completion revised: #1 is Claude Sonnet 5.52026-10-16T09:30:00.003Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#added-moondream/moondream3-preview-20261013-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00New model: Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview2026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-mistralai/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00Price change: Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B2026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00Price change: DeepSeek: DeepSeek V32026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#capability_changed-z-ai/glm-5.3-flash-20260826-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00Capability change: Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash2026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#added-meta/muse-spark-open-20261015-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00New model: Meta: Muse Spark Open2026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-z-ai/glm-5.3-flash-20260826-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00Price change: Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash2026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00Price change: Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct2026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#capability_changed-qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct-2509-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00Capability change: Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct2026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#capability_changed-deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00Capability change: DeepSeek: DeepSeek V32026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-z-ai/glm-5.3-20260816-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00Price change: Z.ai: GLM 5.32026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-20260731-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00Price change: DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 07312026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-google/gemini-3.8-flash-20260902-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00Price change: Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#added-nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl-20261015-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00New model: NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL2026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-stepfun/step-5-preview-20261008-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00Price change: StepFun: Step 5 Preview2026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-moonshotai/kimi-k3-20260715-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00Price change: MoonshotAI: Kimi K32026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#capability_changed-meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00Capability change: Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct2026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-z-ai/glm-5.2-20260616-2026-10-16T09:11:12.063157+00:00Price change: Z.ai: GLM 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27B2026-10-16T09:11:12.063Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-z-ai/glm-5-20260211-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Price change: Z.ai: GLM 52026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#capability_changed-z-ai/glm-5.3-flash-20260826-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Capability change: Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash2026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#capability_changed-z-ai/glm-5.1-20260406-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Capability change: Z.ai: GLM 5.12026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b-20260415-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Price change: Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B2026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-google/gemma-4-31b-it-20260402-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Price change: Google: Gemma 4 31B2026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-moonshotai/kimi-k3-20260715-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Price change: MoonshotAI: Kimi K32026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-minimax/minimax-m2.5-20260211-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Price change: MiniMax: MiniMax M2.52026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-z-ai/glm-5.3-20260816-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Price change: Z.ai: GLM 5.32026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-openai/gpt-5.6-sol-pro-20260709-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Price change: OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol Pro2026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#capability_changed-z-ai/glm-5-20260211-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Capability change: Z.ai: GLM 52026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-z-ai/glm-5.1-20260406-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Price change: Z.ai: GLM 5.12026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#capability_changed-qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b-20260415-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Capability 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gpt-oss-120b2026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-z-ai/glm-5.3-flash-20260826-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Price change: Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash2026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-mistralai/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Price change: Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B2026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-openai/gpt-oss-120b-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Price change: OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b2026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#price_changed-qwen/qwen3.8-27b-20260814-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Price change: Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B2026-10-15T09:17:48.144Zhttps://modelmatchbook.com/whats-new#capability_changed-minimax/minimax-m2.5-20260211-2026-10-15T09:17:48.144777+00:00Capability change: MiniMax: MiniMax 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