Complex Reasoning

19 recommended models

Solving complex problems, mathematical reasoning, and logical analysis

Best Models for Complex Reasoning

Claude Opus 4

by Anthropic

Anthropic's most capable model, excelling at complex analysis, nuanced content creation, and advanced coding tasks. Features superior reasoning and the ability to work autonomously on extended tasks.

200K contextFrom $15/MTokAPI Available

o1

by OpenAI

OpenAI's reasoning model designed to solve hard problems across science, coding, and math using chain-of-thought reasoning.

200K contextFrom $15/MTokAPI Available

o3-mini

by OpenAI

Fast, cost-efficient reasoning model excelling at STEM tasks. Offers adjustable reasoning effort levels.

200K contextFrom $1.10/MTokAPI Available

Mistral Large

by Mistral AI

Mistral's flagship model with top-tier reasoning, coding, and multilingual capabilities. Strong at complex tasks.

128K contextFrom $2/MTokAPI Available

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

by Google

Experimental reasoning model that shows its thought process. Optimized for complex multi-step problems and explanations.

1000K contextAPI Available

Llama 3.1 405B

by Meta

Meta's largest open-source model with 405 billion parameters. Competitive with leading closed models on benchmarks.

128K contextAPI Available

DeepSeek-V3

by DeepSeek

Highly efficient 671B MoE model trained on 14.8T tokens. Achieves top benchmark scores at fraction of typical training cost.

128K contextFrom $0.27/MTokAPI Available

DeepSeek-R1

by DeepSeek

Reasoning-focused model achieving strong performance on math and coding benchmarks through reinforcement learning.

64K contextFrom $0.55/MTokAPI Available

Qwen 2.5 72B

by Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba's flagship open-source model with strong coding and math capabilities. Supports 29 languages.

128K contextAPI Available

GPT-4.1

by OpenAI

OpenAI's latest flagship model with improved coding, instruction following, and long-context understanding. Excels at complex multi-step tasks with a 1M token context window.

1000K contextFrom $2.00/MTokAPI Available

o3

by OpenAI

OpenAI's most powerful reasoning model. Uses extended thinking time to solve complex problems in math, science, and coding. Achieves expert-level performance on technical benchmarks.

200K contextFrom $10.00/MTokAPI Available

o4-mini

by OpenAI

A cost-effective reasoning model that balances strong logical capabilities with faster response times. Great for everyday reasoning tasks.

200K contextFrom $1.10/MTokAPI Available

o1-mini

by OpenAI

A smaller, faster reasoning model optimized for coding and STEM tasks. Offers strong logical capabilities at a lower cost than o1.

128K contextFrom $1.10/MTokAPI Available

o1-pro

by OpenAI

The enhanced version of o1 with more compute for complex reasoning. Best for the most challenging problems requiring deep analysis.

200K contextFrom $150.00/MTokAPI Available

GPT-5

by OpenAI

OpenAI's most advanced language model to date. Features unprecedented reasoning, creativity, and multimodal understanding. Represents a major leap in AI capabilities across all domains.

1000K contextFrom $5.00/MTokAPI Available

GPT-5.1

by OpenAI

The latest iteration of GPT-5 with improved instruction following, reduced hallucinations, and enhanced safety. Offers the best balance of capability and reliability for production use.

1000K contextFrom $5.00/MTokAPI Available

GPT-5.2

by OpenAI

GPT-5.2 is OpenAI's flagship model series for 2025, achieving unprecedented performance in reasoning, coding, and mathematics. Available in three variants—Instant (optimized for speed), Thinking (step-by-step reasoning), and Pro (maximum capability)—it sets new industry benchmarks including a perfect 100% on AIME 2025 and 55.6% on SWE-Bench Pro. The model excels at professional knowledge work including complex spreadsheets, presentations, and business documents. It demonstrates 30% fewer hallucinations than GPT-5.1 and introduces improved agentic capabilities for executing multi-step tasks with high reliability. Key improvements include enhanced tool calling, superior front-end code generation, and better long-context reasoning.

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Alpamayo-R1

by NVIDIA

Nvidia announced Alpamayo-R1, an open reasoning vision language model designed for autonomous driving research. This model is positioned as the first vision language action model focused specifically on autonomous driving, enabling vehicles to process both text and images to perceive their surroundings and make informed decisions. Alpamayo-R1 is based on Nvidia's Cosmos-Reason model, which emphasizes reasoning in decision-making, and is critical for achieving level 4 autonomous driving, which entails full autonomy in defined areas under specific conditions.

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DeepSeek-V3.2

by DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V3.2 is the official successor to V3.2-Exp, designed as a reasoning-first model built for agents. It is positioned as a daily driver with performance at the GPT-5 level, balancing inference and length. The V3.2-Speciale variant pushes the boundaries of reasoning capabilities, rivaling Gemini-3.0-Pro, and is currently available only via API. The model excels in complex tasks, achieving gold-level results in prestigious competitions such as IMO, CMO, ICPC World Finals, and IOI 2025.

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