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Model Benchmarks

Same prompt, every model. Each chart shows how one model ranks coding, image, video, and web motion leaders. Models design their own chart. Click a chart for the full write-up; compare slots against each other and real benchmarks (SWE-bench, Terminal-Bench, video Elo).

Jul 9, 2026 Built with Cursor
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Grok Proof Lab

Free-reign capability demo from Cursor Grok 4.5 High Fast: live physics, generative fields, typed code that runs.

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Claude Opus 4.8 Pending
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Composer 2.5 Fast
Jul 9, 2026

Rankings from public benchmarks and product status as of July 2026. Coding leans on SWE-bench Pro and Terminal-Bench 2.1. GPT-5.6 Sol and Mythos Preview marked preview-only. Sora 2 deprecated.

Chart
CODING Opus 4.8 GPT-5.6 Sol GPT-5.5 IMAGE Midjourney v7 Flux 2 Pro Imagen 4 VIDEO Veo 3.1 Runway Gen-4.5 Kling 3.0 WEB / MOTION Claude Opus 4.8 v0 (Vercel)
Rankings
Coding
  • 1. Claude Opus 4.8 — SWE-bench Pro leader (69.2%)
  • 2. GPT-5.6 Sol — Terminal-Bench 88.8%, preview only
  • 3. GPT-5.5 — Strong Codex / CLI agent
  • 4. Gemini 3.1 Pro — 2M context, best value
  • 5. Composer 2.5 Fast — Fast Cursor agent, not frontier SWE
Image
  • 1. Midjourney v7
  • 2. Flux 2 Pro
  • 3. Imagen 4
  • 4. GPT Image
  • 5. Ideogram 3
Video
  • 1. Veo 3.1
  • 2. Runway Gen-4.5
  • 3. Kling 3.0
  • 4. Seedance 2.0
  • 5. Sora 2 (deprecated)
Web / motion / physics
  • 1. Claude Opus 4.8
  • 2. v0 (Vercel)
  • 3. GPT-5.5
  • 4. Gemini 3.1 Pro
  • 5. Rive + AI assist
Best in class
  • Coding: Claude Opus 4.8
  • Image: Midjourney v7
  • Video: Veo 3.1
  • Web motion: Claude Opus 4.8
Cursor Grok 4.5 High Fast
Jul 9, 2026 · free-reign chart redo

Methodology: Rankings as of July 9, 2026 from public boards and product status. Coding uses SWE-bench Pro / Verified where reported. Claude Fable 5 returned July 1 at ~80.3% SWE-bench Pro (highest ceiling). Opus 4.8 remains the practical GA flagship at ~69.2%. GPT-5.6 Sol is government-restricted preview. Image leans on preference boards and text-in-image quality (ChatGPT Images 2.0). Video: Veo 3.1 leads after Sora 2 consumer retirement (API sunset Sep 24, 2026). Confidence: high for coding and video status, medium for image aesthetics. Chart is a 2×2 podium, not bars.

Chart
Coding
1Claude Fable 5
2Claude Opus 4.8
3Claude Sonnet 5
4GPT-5.5
5DeepSeek V4
Image
1ChatGPT Images 2.0
2Midjourney V8.1
3FLUX.2
4Ideogram 4.0
5Gemini image / Nano Banana
Video
1Google Veo 3.1
2Kling 3.5
3Runway Gen-4.5
4Seedance 2.0
5Sora 2 (deprecated)
Web / motion
1Claude Opus 4.8
2v0 (Vercel)
3GPT-5.5
4Gemini 3.1 Pro
5Rive + AI assist

Podium cards, not bars. #1 bolded per domain. Fable 5 = highest coding ceiling; Opus = everyday GA pick.

Rankings
Coding
  • 1. Claude Fable 5 — Returned July 1; ~80.3% SWE-bench Pro, highest coding ceiling
  • 2. Claude Opus 4.8 — Best everyday GA flagship (~69.2% SWE-bench Pro)
  • 3. Claude Sonnet 5 — Best value; beats GPT-5.5 on comparable benches at lower price
  • 4. GPT-5.5 — Strong SWE-bench Verified + Codex ecosystem
  • 5. DeepSeek V4 — Best open-weight / price-performance coding option
Image
  • 1. ChatGPT Images 2.0 — Best text-in-image and editing preference boards
  • 2. Midjourney V8.1 — Aesthetics specialist for art-directed stills
  • 3. FLUX.2 — Best open-weight / self-host path
  • 4. Ideogram 4.0 — Dense typography and layout control
  • 5. Gemini image / Nano Banana — Strong free + Google ecosystem option
Video
  • 1. Google Veo 3.1 — Best overall after Sora consumer retirement; native audio, production APIs
  • 2. Kling 3.5 — Best cost-conscious / high-volume creator pick
  • 3. Runway Gen-4.5 — Best cinematic motion control toolkit
  • 4. Seedance 2.0 — Strong multi-shot / lip-sync narrative option
  • 5. Sora 2 — Deprecated for new consumer pipelines (API until Sep 24, 2026)
Web / motion / physics
  • 1. Claude Opus 4.8 — Best Three.js / CSS / canvas / physics-aware implementation
  • 2. v0 (Vercel) — Fastest prompt-to-polished React UI
  • 3. GPT-5.5 — Strong interactive prototypes and animation logic
  • 4. Gemini 3.1 Pro — Large design-system refactors across many files
  • 5. Rive + AI assist — Best runtime-interactive motion (not generated video)
Best in class
  • Coding ceiling: Claude Fable 5 · Everyday coding: Claude Opus 4.8
  • Image: ChatGPT Images 2.0
  • Video: Google Veo 3.1 · Value video: Kling 3.5
  • Web motion: Claude Opus 4.8

GPT-5.6 Sol omitted from top 5 coding (preview-locked). No single model wins all four domains.

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Benchmark prompt
You are evaluating leading AI models as of July 9, 2026. Task: Rank the strongest publicly known models across four capability domains: 1. Coding — software engineering, debugging, multi-file refactors, agentic terminal work, and shipping production code. 2. Image generation — still images, illustration, photorealism, typography in images, and controllable style. 3. Video generation — motion quality, clip length, native audio, character consistency, and production-ready pipelines. 4. Web, animation, and physics — UI/UX implementation, CSS and canvas animation, Three.js/WebGL, interactive motion design, and believable physics in browser or real-time contexts. Requirements: - Use publicly reported benchmarks, product docs, and real-world usage where available. Do not invent benchmark numbers. - Rank the top 5 models per domain. Different domains may have different winners. - Design the chart however you want. Free reign on layout, style, density, and format (SVG, HTML/CSS, canvas, tables, whatever fits). Do not copy another model's chart design. Make it yours. - State your methodology, confidence level, and what is preview-only, deprecated, or region-locked. - Separate "best overall coding model" from "best video model" — no single model wins everything. - End with a short "best in class by domain" summary. Output structure: 1. Methodology (5–8 sentences) 2. Your chart (designed by you) 3. Domain rankings with 1–2 sentence rationale per model 4. Best-in-class summary