Best AI for data analysis
Querying, transforming, and interpreting structured data.
Data analysis sits at the intersection of coding, structured reasoning, and communication. The model needs to write correct SQL or Python, handle messy schema, and explain findings without oversimplifying. A model that writes beautiful code but interprets results incorrectly is dangerous.
What matters: structured output fidelity (the model must produce valid, executable code), math reasoning (to interpret statistical results correctly), and instruction-following (to respect schema constraints and output formats). Tool-use capability matters for agentic data pipelines. For raw table comprehension, see our dedicated tabular data benchmark.
Our data-analysis rank weights structured output (2×), math (1.5×), reasoning (1×), and tool-use (0.5×). For interactive analysis notebooks, speed is also a factor — nobody wants to wait 30 seconds for a pivot table.
Full rankings
All 137 models, scored for data analysis
| # | Model | Provider | Task score | $/in | $/out | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max | QQwen | 5.00/5.0 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 1M |
| 02 | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash | QQwen | 4.75/5.0 | $0.030 | $0.130 | 1M |
| 03 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | DDeepSeek | 4.75/5.0 | $0.140 | $0.280 | 1.3M |
| 04 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super | NNVIDIA | 4.75/5.0 | $0.085 | $0.400 | 1M |
| 05 | inclusionAI: Ring-2.6-1T | IInclusionai | 4.75/5.0 | $0.075 | $0.625 | 262K |
| 06 | Inception: Mercury 2 | IInception | 4.75/5.0 | $0.250 | $0.750 | 128K |
| 07 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna | OOpenAI | 4.75/5.0 | $0.200 | $1.20 | 1.1M |
| 08 | MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 | MMinimax | 4.75/5.0 | $0.300 | $1.20 | 205K |
| 09 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | QQwen | 4.75/5.0 | $0.250 | $1.25 | 262K |
| 10 | DeepSeek V4 Pro | DDeepSeek | 4.75/5.0 | $0.790 | $1.58 | 1.0M |
| 11 | GLM-4.7 | ZZhipu AI | 4.75/5.0 | $0.400 | $1.75 | 205K |
| 12 | Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | QQwen | 4.75/5.0 | $0.300 | $1.80 | 1M |
| 13 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus | QQwen | 4.75/5.0 | $0.325 | $1.95 | 1M |
| 14 | GPT-5 Mini | OOpenAI | 4.75/5.0 | $0.250 | $2.00 | 400K |
| 15 | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 | BBytedance-seed | 4.75/5.0 | $0.250 | $2.00 | 262K |
| 16 | xAI: Grok Build 0.1 | XXAI | 4.75/5.0 | $1.00 | $2.00 | 256K |
| 17 | Z.ai: GLM 5.2 | ZZhipu AI | 4.75/5.0 | $1.19 | $3.74 | 1.0M |
| 18 | o4 Mini | OOpenAI | 4.75/5.0 | $1.10 | $4.40 | 200K |
| 19 | Qwen 3.7 Max | QQwen | 4.75/5.0 | $1.48 | $4.42 | 1M |
| 20 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview | QQwen | 4.75/5.0 | $1.03 | $6.16 | 262K |
| 21 | GPT-5 | OOpenAI | 4.75/5.0 | $1.25 | $10.00 | 400K |
| 22 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 | AAnthropic | 4.75/5.0 | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1M |
| 23 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra | OOpenAI | 4.75/5.0 | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1.1M |
| 24 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro | OOpenAI | 4.75/5.0 | $2.50 | $15.00 | 1.1M |
| 25 | Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 | AAnthropic | 4.75/5.0 | $10.00 | $50.00 | 1M |
| 26 | MiMo-V2.5 | XXiaomi | 4.50/5.0 | $0.140 | $0.280 | 1.1M |
| 27 | StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash | SStepfun | 4.50/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.300 | 262K |
| 28 | Gemma 4 26B A4B | GGoogle | 4.50/5.0 | $0.070 | $0.340 | 262K |
| 29 | Gemma 4 31B | GGoogle | 4.50/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.340 | 262K |
| 30 | ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini | BBytedance-seed | 4.50/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.400 | 262K |
| 31 | DeepSeek V3.2 | DDeepSeek | 4.50/5.0 | $0.260 | $0.380 | 164K |
| 32 | inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-1T | IInclusionai | 4.50/5.0 | $0.075 | $0.625 | 262K |
| 33 | Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking | AArcee-ai | 4.50/5.0 | $0.220 | $0.850 | 262K |
| 34 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | XXiaomi | 4.50/5.0 | $0.435 | $0.870 | 1.1M |
| 35 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B | QQwen | 4.50/5.0 | $0.140 | $1.00 | 262K |
| 36 | Nex-N2-Pro | NNex AGI | 4.50/5.0 | $0.250 | $1.00 | 262K |
| 37 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | DDeepSeek | 4.50/5.0 | $0.270 | $1.00 | 164K |
| 38 | MiniMax: MiniMax M2 | MMinimax | 4.50/5.0 | $0.255 | $1.02 | 205K |
| 39 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash | QQwen | 4.50/5.0 | $0.188 | $1.13 | 1M |
| 40 | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | MMinimax | 4.50/5.0 | $0.300 | $1.20 | 1.0M |
| 41 | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus | QQwen | 4.50/5.0 | $0.320 | $1.28 | 1M |
| 42 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | GGoogle | 4.50/5.0 | $0.250 | $1.50 | 1.0M |
| 43 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | GGoogle | 4.50/5.0 | $0.250 | $1.50 | 1.0M |
| 44 | R1 0528 | DDeepSeek | 4.50/5.0 | $0.500 | $2.15 | 164K |
| 45 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | GGoogle | 4.50/5.0 | $0.300 | $2.50 | 1.0M |
| 46 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GGoogle | 4.50/5.0 | $0.500 | $3.00 | 1.0M |
| 47 | ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Code | BBytedance-seed | 4.50/5.0 | $0.500 | $3.00 | 262K |
| 48 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B | QQwen | 4.50/5.0 | $0.320 | $3.20 | 262K |
| 49 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra | NNVIDIA | 4.50/5.0 | $0.600 | $3.60 | 512K |
| 50 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GGoogle | 4.50/5.0 | $0.750 | $3.75 | 1.0M |
| 51 | Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 | MMeta | 4.50/5.0 | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1.0M |
| 52 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro | OOpenAI | 4.50/5.0 | $1.00 | $6.00 | 1.1M |
| 53 | o3 | OOpenAI | 4.50/5.0 | $2.00 | $8.00 | 200K |
| 54 | Gemini 3.5 Flash | GGoogle | 4.50/5.0 | $1.50 | $9.00 | 1.0M |
| 55 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol | OOpenAI | 4.50/5.0 | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1.1M |
| 56 | GPT-5.2 | OOpenAI | 4.50/5.0 | $1.75 | $14.00 | 400K |
| 57 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | AAnthropic | 4.50/5.0 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1M |
| 58 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 | MMoonshotAI | 4.50/5.0 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1.0M |
| 59 | Grok 4 | XXAI | 4.50/5.0 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 256K |
| 60 | Grok 3 | XXAI | 4.50/5.0 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 131K |
| 61 | Claude Opus 5 | AAnthropic | 4.50/5.0 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M |
| 62 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 | AAnthropic | 4.50/5.0 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M |
| 63 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol Pro | OOpenAI | 4.50/5.0 | $5.00 | $30.00 | 1.1M |
| 64 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) | AAnthropic | 4.50/5.0 | $10.00 | $50.00 | 1M |
| 65 | Claude Opus 5 (Fast) | AAnthropic | 4.50/5.0 | $10.00 | $50.00 | 1M |
| 66 | Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 | PPoolside | 4.25/5.0 | $0.060 | $0.120 | 262K |
| 67 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b | OOpenAI | 4.25/5.0 | $0.037 | $0.170 | 131K |
| 68 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B | QQwen | 4.25/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.150 | 262K |
| 69 | DeepSeek V4 Flash | DDeepSeek | 4.25/5.0 | $0.089 | $0.177 | 1.0M |
| 70 | Poolside Laguna S 2.1 | PPoolside | 4.25/5.0 | $0.090 | $0.180 | 1.0M |
| 71 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | NNVIDIA | 4.25/5.0 | $0.050 | $0.200 | 262K |
| 72 | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash | BBytedance-seed | 4.25/5.0 | $0.075 | $0.300 | 262K |
| 73 | GPT-5 Nano | OOpenAI | 4.25/5.0 | $0.050 | $0.400 | 400K |
| 74 | GLM-4.7 Flash | ZZhipu AI | 4.25/5.0 | $0.060 | $0.400 | 203K |
| 75 | Grok 4.1 Fast | XXAI | 4.25/5.0 | $0.200 | $0.500 | 2M |
| 76 | MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 | MMinimax | 4.25/5.0 | $0.270 | $1.08 | 205K |
| 77 | StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash | SStepfun | 4.25/5.0 | $0.200 | $1.15 | 262K |
| 78 | Thinking Machines: Inkling Small | TThinkingmachines | 4.25/5.0 | $0.450 | $1.20 | 1.0M |
| 79 | DeepSeek V3.1 | DDeepSeek | 4.25/5.0 | $0.550 | $1.65 | 164K |
| 80 | ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite | BBytedance-seed | 4.25/5.0 | $0.250 | $2.00 | 262K |
| 81 | Mistral Medium 3.1 | MMistral | 4.25/5.0 | $0.400 | $2.00 | 131K |
| 82 | Grok 4.20 | XXAI | 4.25/5.0 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 2M |
| 83 | Grok 4.3 | XXAI | 4.25/5.0 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 1M |
| 84 | KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5 | KKwaipilot | 4.25/5.0 | $0.740 | $2.96 | 256K |
| 85 | Kimi K2.7 Code | MMoonshot AI | 4.25/5.0 | $0.670 | $3.40 | 262K |
| 86 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 | MMoonshotAI | 4.25/5.0 | $0.950 | $4.00 | 262K |
| 87 | Thinking Machines: Inkling | TThinkingmachines | 4.25/5.0 | $0.950 | $4.05 | 1.0M |
| 88 | Grok 4.6 | XXAI | 4.25/5.0 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500K |
| 89 | Grok 4.5 | XXAI | 4.25/5.0 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500K |
| 90 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | MMistral | 4.25/5.0 | $1.50 | $7.50 | 262K |
| 91 | GPT-4.1 | OOpenAI | 4.25/5.0 | $2.00 | $8.00 | 1.0M |
| 92 | GPT-5.1 | OOpenAI | 4.25/5.0 | $1.25 | $10.00 | 400K |
| 93 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | GGoogle | 4.25/5.0 | $1.25 | $10.00 | 1.0M |
| 94 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | GGoogle | 4.25/5.0 | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1.0M |
| 95 | GPT-5.4 | OOpenAI | 4.25/5.0 | $2.50 | $15.00 | 1.1M |
| 96 | Claude Opus 4.7 | AAnthropic | 4.25/5.0 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M |
| 97 | Claude Opus 4.6 | AAnthropic | 4.25/5.0 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M |
| 98 | GPT-5.5 | OOpenAI | 4.25/5.0 | $5.00 | $30.00 | 1.1M |
| 99 | inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash | IInclusionai | 4.00/5.0 | $0.010 | $0.030 | 262K |
| 100 | Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | QQwen | 4.00/5.0 | $0.048 | $0.193 | 262K |
| 101 | Ministral 3 14B 2512 | MMistral | 4.00/5.0 | $0.200 | $0.200 | 262K |
| 102 | Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | QQwen | 4.00/5.0 | $0.090 | $0.550 | 262K |
| 103 | Kwaipilot: KAT-Coder-Pro V2 | KKwaipilot | 4.00/5.0 | $0.300 | $1.20 | 262K |
| 104 | GPT-5.4 Nano | OOpenAI | 4.00/5.0 | $0.200 | $1.25 | 400K |
| 105 | Grok Code Fast 1 | XXAI | 4.00/5.0 | $0.200 | $1.50 | 256K |
| 106 | Mistral Large 3 2512 | MMistral | 4.00/5.0 | $0.500 | $1.50 | 262K |
| 107 | Seed 2.1 Turbo | BByteDance | 4.00/5.0 | $0.500 | $2.50 | 262K |
| 108 | GPT-5.4 Mini | OOpenAI | 4.00/5.0 | $0.750 | $4.50 | 400K |
| 109 | Claude Haiku 4.5 | AAnthropic | 4.00/5.0 | $1.00 | $5.00 | 200K |
| 110 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b | OOpenAI | 3.75/5.0 | $0.030 | $0.130 | 131K |
| 111 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Flash | XXiaomi | 3.75/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.300 | 262K |
| 112 | KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 | KKwaipilot | 3.75/5.0 | $0.150 | $0.600 | 256K |
| 113 | MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 | MMinimax | 3.75/5.0 | $0.300 | $1.20 | 205K |
| 114 | GPT-4.1 Mini | OOpenAI | 3.75/5.0 | $0.400 | $1.60 | 1.0M |
| 115 | Devstral 2 2512 | MMistral | 3.75/5.0 | $0.440 | $2.20 | 262K |
| 116 | R1 | DDeepSeek | 3.75/5.0 | $0.700 | $2.50 | 64K |
| 117 | IBM: Granite 4.1 8B | IIbm-granite | 3.50/5.0 | $0.050 | $0.100 | 131K |
| 118 | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | MMeta | 3.50/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.320 | 131K |
| 119 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | GGoogle | 3.50/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.400 | 1.0M |
| 120 | Mistral Small 4 | MMistral | 3.50/5.0 | $0.150 | $0.600 | 262K |
| 121 | Gemini 2.5 Flash | GGoogle | 3.50/5.0 | $0.300 | $2.50 | 1.0M |
| 122 | Ministral 3 8B 2512 | MMistral | 3.25/5.0 | $0.150 | $0.150 | 262K |
| 123 | Llama 4 Scout | MMeta | 3.25/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.300 | 1.3M |
| 124 | GPT-4.1 Nano | OOpenAI | 3.25/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.400 | 1.0M |
| 125 | Grok 3 Mini | XXAI | 3.25/5.0 | $0.300 | $0.500 | 131K |
| 126 | Llama 4 Maverick | MMeta | 3.25/5.0 | $0.200 | $0.800 | 1.0M |
| 127 | GPT-4o | OOpenAI | 3.25/5.0 | $2.50 | $10.00 | 128K |
| 128 | Ministral 3 3B 2512 | MMistral | 3.00/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.100 | 131K |
| 129 | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | MMistral | 3.00/5.0 | $0.075 | $0.200 | 131K |
| 130 | Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | QQwen | 3.00/5.0 | $0.070 | $0.280 | 262K |
| 131 | GPT-4o-mini | OOpenAI | 3.00/5.0 | $0.150 | $0.600 | 128K |
| 132 | Codestral 2508 | MMistral | 3.00/5.0 | $0.300 | $0.900 | 256K |
| 133 | MiniMax: MiniMax-01 | MMinimax | 3.00/5.0 | $0.200 | $1.10 | 1.0M |
| 134 | MiniMax: MiniMax M1 | MMinimax | 3.00/5.0 | $0.550 | $2.20 | 1M |
| 135 | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | MMistral | 2.75/5.0 | $0.351 | $0.555 | 128K |
| 136 | MiniMax: MiniMax M2-her | MMinimax | 2.75/5.0 | $0.300 | $1.20 | 66K |
| 137 | IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro | IIbm-granite | 2.50/5.0 | $0.017 | $0.112 | 131K |
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