// current models
What counts as current.
Cards name whatever the source named. If it's not on this list, we flag it amber as an older model. We never rewrite what a source said. List checked 2026-10-14.
| model | lab | released | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 Astra | OpenAI | 2026-09-03 | si.info/news/september-2026-frontier-mod |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | OpenAI | 2026-09-29 | thursdai.news/topics/frontier-models |
| GPT-6 Sol / GPT-6 Luna | OpenAI | 2026-10-07 (ChatGPT) | openai.com/index/gpt-6-for-everyone/ |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | 2026-09-01 | si.info/news/september-2026-frontier-mod |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | Anthropic | 2026-09-22 | www.anthropic.com/claude-opus-5-5 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Anthropic | 2026-09-28 | thursdai.news/topics/frontier-models |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | Anthropic | 2026-10-08 | thursdai.news/topics/frontier-models |
| Gemini 4 Argon | 2026-10-13 (GA) | blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and | |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | 2026-09-02 | si.info/news/september-2026-frontier-mod | |
| Grok 4.7 | xAI | 2026-09-21 | x.ai/news/grok-4-7 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | DeepSeek | 2026-09-10 | vanja.io/deepseek-glm/ |
| DeepSeek V4-Pro-0813 | DeepSeek | 2026-08-13 | www.brandon-ta.com/blog/chinese-ai-model |
| Qwen3.8-Max / Qwen3.8-27B | Alibaba Qwen | 2026-08-02 / 08-14 | asiaai.fyi/guides/china-frontier-models- |
| Kimi K3 | Moonshot AI | 2026-07-16 | asiaai.fyi/guides/china-frontier-models- |
| GLM-5.3 / GLM-5.3-Flash | Z.ai (Zhipu) | 2026-08-14 | asiaai.fyi/guides/china-frontier-models- |
| MiniMax M3 | MiniMax | 2026-06-01 | asiaai.fyi/guides/china-frontier-models- |
| Mistral Large 4 | Mistral AI | 2026-10-08 | thursdai.news/topics/frontier-models |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | Meta | 2026-09-02 | si.info/news/september-2026-frontier-mod |
| Step 5 Preview | StepFun | OpenRouter #2 by tokens (to 2026-10-13) | openrouter.ai/rankings |
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Xiaomi | OpenRouter #4 by tokens | openrouter.ai/rankings |
| Hy4 preview | Tencent | OpenRouter #5 by tokens | openrouter.ai/rankings |
| Nemotron 3 Ultra | NVIDIA | OpenRouter #6 by tokens | openrouter.ai/rankings |