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 85 models, scored for data analysis
| # | Model | Provider | Task score | $/in | $/out | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super | NNVIDIA | 4.75/5.0 | $0.090 | $0.450 | 1M |
| 02 | DeepSeek V4 Pro | DDeepSeek | 4.75/5.0 | $0.435 | $0.870 | 1.0M |
| 03 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | QQwen | 4.75/5.0 | $0.139 | $1.00 | 262K |
| 04 | GLM-4.7 | ZZhipu AI | 4.75/5.0 | $0.400 | $1.75 | 203K |
| 05 | Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | QQwen | 4.75/5.0 | $0.300 | $1.80 | 1M |
| 06 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus | QQwen | 4.75/5.0 | $0.325 | $1.95 | 1M |
| 07 | GPT-5 Mini | OOpenAI | 4.75/5.0 | $0.250 | $2.00 | 400K |
| 08 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Omni | XXiaomi | 4.75/5.0 | $0.400 | $2.00 | 262K |
| 09 | xAI: Grok Build 0.1 | XXAI | 4.75/5.0 | $1.00 | $2.00 | 256K |
| 10 | o4 Mini | OOpenAI | 4.75/5.0 | $1.10 | $4.40 | 200K |
| 11 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview | QQwen | 4.75/5.0 | $1.04 | $6.24 | 262K |
| 12 | Qwen 3.7 Max | QQwen | 4.75/5.0 | $2.50 | $7.50 | 1M |
| 13 | GPT-5 | OOpenAI | 4.75/5.0 | $1.25 | $10.00 | 400K |
| 14 | Gemma 4 26B A4B | GGoogle | 4.50/5.0 | $0.060 | $0.330 | 262K |
| 15 | Gemma 4 31B | GGoogle | 4.50/5.0 | $0.120 | $0.370 | 262K |
| 16 | DeepSeek V3.2 | DDeepSeek | 4.50/5.0 | $0.252 | $0.378 | 131K |
| 17 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | DDeepSeek | 4.50/5.0 | $0.270 | $0.950 | 164K |
| 18 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B | QQwen | 4.50/5.0 | $0.150 | $1.00 | 262K |
| 19 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash | QQwen | 4.50/5.0 | $0.188 | $1.13 | 1M |
| 20 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | GGoogle | 4.50/5.0 | $0.250 | $1.50 | 1.0M |
| 21 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | GGoogle | 4.50/5.0 | $0.250 | $1.50 | 1.0M |
| 22 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B | QQwen | 4.50/5.0 | $0.300 | $2.00 | 262K |
| 23 | MiMo-V2.5 | XXiaomi | 4.50/5.0 | $0.400 | $2.00 | 1.0M |
| 24 | R1 0528 | DDeepSeek | 4.50/5.0 | $0.500 | $2.15 | 164K |
| 25 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GGoogle | 4.50/5.0 | $0.500 | $3.00 | 1.0M |
| 26 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | XXiaomi | 4.50/5.0 | $1.00 | $3.00 | 1.0M |
| 27 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Pro | XXiaomi | 4.50/5.0 | $1.00 | $3.00 | 1.0M |
| 28 | o3 | OOpenAI | 4.50/5.0 | $2.00 | $8.00 | 200K |
| 29 | Gemini 3.5 Flash | GGoogle | 4.50/5.0 | $1.50 | $9.00 | 1.0M |
| 30 | GPT-5.2 | OOpenAI | 4.50/5.0 | $1.75 | $14.00 | 400K |
| 31 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | AAnthropic | 4.50/5.0 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1M |
| 32 | Grok 4 | XXAI | 4.50/5.0 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 256K |
| 33 | Grok 3 | XXAI | 4.50/5.0 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 131K |
| 34 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B | QQwen | 4.25/5.0 | $0.040 | $0.150 | 262K |
| 35 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b | OOpenAI | 4.25/5.0 | $0.039 | $0.180 | 131K |
| 36 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | NNVIDIA | 4.25/5.0 | $0.050 | $0.200 | 262K |
| 37 | DeepSeek V4 Flash | DDeepSeek | 4.25/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.200 | 1.0M |
| 38 | GPT-5 Nano | OOpenAI | 4.25/5.0 | $0.050 | $0.400 | 400K |
| 39 | GLM-4.7 Flash | ZZhipu AI | 4.25/5.0 | $0.060 | $0.400 | 203K |
| 40 | Grok 4.1 Fast | XXAI | 4.25/5.0 | $0.200 | $0.500 | 2M |
| 41 | DeepSeek V3.1 | DDeepSeek | 4.25/5.0 | $0.210 | $0.790 | 164K |
| 42 | Mistral Medium 3.1 | MMistral | 4.25/5.0 | $0.400 | $2.00 | 131K |
| 43 | Grok 4.3 | XXAI | 4.25/5.0 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 1M |
| 44 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 | MMoonshotAI | 4.25/5.0 | $0.730 | $3.49 | 262K |
| 45 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | MMistral | 4.25/5.0 | $1.50 | $7.50 | 262K |
| 46 | GPT-4.1 | OOpenAI | 4.25/5.0 | $2.00 | $8.00 | 1.0M |
| 47 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | GGoogle | 4.25/5.0 | $1.25 | $10.00 | 1.0M |
| 48 | GPT-5.1 | OOpenAI | 4.25/5.0 | $1.25 | $10.00 | 400K |
| 49 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | GGoogle | 4.25/5.0 | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1.0M |
| 50 | GPT-5.4 | OOpenAI | 4.25/5.0 | $2.50 | $15.00 | 1.1M |
| 51 | Claude Opus 4.7 | AAnthropic | 4.25/5.0 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M |
| 52 | Claude Opus 4.6 | AAnthropic | 4.25/5.0 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M |
| 53 | GPT-5.5 | OOpenAI | 4.25/5.0 | $5.00 | $30.00 | 1.1M |
| 54 | Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | QQwen | 4.00/5.0 | $0.071 | $0.100 | 262K |
| 55 | Ministral 3 14B 2512 | MMistral | 4.00/5.0 | $0.200 | $0.200 | 262K |
| 56 | Grok Code Fast 1 | XXAI | 4.00/5.0 | $0.200 | $1.50 | 256K |
| 57 | Mistral Large 3 2512 | MMistral | 4.00/5.0 | $0.500 | $1.50 | 262K |
| 58 | GPT-5.4 Mini | OOpenAI | 4.00/5.0 | $0.750 | $4.50 | 400K |
| 59 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b | OOpenAI | 3.75/5.0 | $0.030 | $0.140 | 131K |
| 60 | GPT-4.1 Mini | OOpenAI | 3.75/5.0 | $0.400 | $1.60 | 1.0M |
| 61 | Devstral 2 2512 | MMistral | 3.75/5.0 | $0.400 | $2.00 | 262K |
| 62 | R1 | DDeepSeek | 3.75/5.0 | $0.700 | $2.50 | 164K |
| 63 | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | MMeta | 3.50/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.320 | 131K |
| 64 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | GGoogle | 3.50/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.400 | 1.0M |
| 65 | Mistral Small 4 | MMistral | 3.50/5.0 | $0.150 | $0.600 | 262K |
| 66 | Gemini 2.5 Flash | GGoogle | 3.50/5.0 | $0.300 | $2.50 | 1.0M |
| 67 | Grok 4.20 | XXAI | 3.50/5.0 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 2M |
| 68 | Llama 4 Scout | MMeta | 3.25/5.0 | $0.080 | $0.300 | 10M |
| 69 | Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | QQwen | 3.25/5.0 | $0.090 | $0.300 | 262K |
| 70 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Flash | XXiaomi | 3.25/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.300 | 262K |
| 71 | GPT-4.1 Nano | OOpenAI | 3.25/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.400 | 1.0M |
| 72 | Grok 3 Mini | XXAI | 3.25/5.0 | $0.300 | $0.500 | 131K |
| 73 | Llama 4 Maverick | MMeta | 3.25/5.0 | $0.150 | $0.600 | 1.0M |
| 74 | GPT-5.4 Nano | OOpenAI | 3.25/5.0 | $0.200 | $1.25 | 400K |
| 75 | Devstral Medium | MMistral | 3.25/5.0 | $0.400 | $2.00 | 131K |
| 76 | Claude Haiku 4.5 | AAnthropic | 3.25/5.0 | $1.00 | $5.00 | 200K |
| 77 | GPT-4o | OOpenAI | 3.25/5.0 | $2.50 | $10.00 | 128K |
| 78 | Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | QQwen | 3.00/5.0 | $0.070 | $0.270 | 160K |
| 79 | Ministral 3 8B 2512 | MMistral | 2.75/5.0 | $0.150 | $0.150 | 262K |
| 80 | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | MMistral | 2.75/5.0 | $0.351 | $0.555 | 128K |
| 81 | Ministral 3 3B 2512 | MMistral | 2.50/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.100 | 131K |
| 82 | Devstral Small 1.1 | MMistral | 2.50/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.300 | 131K |
| 83 | GPT-4o-mini | OOpenAI | 2.50/5.0 | $0.150 | $0.600 | 128K |
| 84 | Codestral 2508 | MMistral | 2.50/5.0 | $0.300 | $0.900 | 256K |
| 85 | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | MMistral | 2.25/5.0 | $0.075 | $0.200 | 128K |
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