Model Rankings

AI Model Quality Rankings

Every live model on Frontière AI is ranked by two criteria: Best Value (capability-to-price ratio — bigger, smarter models at lower prices rank higher) and Best Performance (raw capability, verified score, multimodality, and context length). Sovereign EU models get a +30% boost in the value ranking.

Rankings

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Best Value

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Gemma 4 26B (A4B MoE)

26B · 6/6 ✓ · EU sovereign · €0.0168/100k in

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Gemma 3 27B (Google)

27B · 4/6 ✓ · Fast access (US) · €0.0135/100k in

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Mistral Small 4 119B

119B · 5/6 ✓ · EU sovereign · €0.0278/100k in

4
Kolibri 1 (Aleph Alpha)

78B · 6/6 ✓ · EU sovereign · €0.0252/100k in

5
GPT-OSS 120B (OpenAI)

117B · 6/6 ✓ · EU sovereign · €0.0252/100k in

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Best Performance

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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (552B MoE, 1M context)

763B · 6/6 ✓ · EU sovereign · €0.1008/100k in

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DeepSeek V4 Pro (1.6T MoE)

1.6T · 5/6 ✓ · Fast access (US) · €0.2453/100k in

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Kimi K3 (2.8T parameters, 1M context)

2.8T · 3/6 ✓ · Fast access (US) · €0.4536/100k in

4
Mistral Large 4 (preview, 512K context)

1T · 4/6 ✓ · EU sovereign · €0.2514/100k in

5
GLM-5.2 (Zhipu/Z.ai)

753B · 6/6 ✓ · EU sovereign · €0.3024/100k in

Full catalog

#ModelSizePrice (input)JurisdictionVerified Score
1Gemma 4 26B (A4B MoE)26B€0.0168EU sovereign6/6
2Gemma 3 27B (Google)27B€0.0135Fast access (US)4/6
3Mistral Small 4 119B119B€0.0278EU sovereign5/6
4Kolibri 1 (Aleph Alpha)78B€0.0252EU sovereign6/6
5GPT-OSS 120B (OpenAI)117B€0.0252EU sovereign6/6
6Qwen3.8 27B (multimodal)27.8B€0.0252EU sovereign6/6
7Mistral Small 3.2 24B24B€0.0252EU sovereign5/6
8Qwen3 Coder 30B30.5B€0.0336EU sovereign6/6
9Qwen3.6 35B A3B (multimodal)36B€0.042EU sovereign6/6
10Pixtral 12B (vision)12B€0.0336EU sovereign5/6
11DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731284B€0.0672EU sovereign6/6
12DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (552B MoE, 1M context)763B€0.1008EU sovereign6/6
13Qwen3.5 397B (multimodal)397B€0.1008EU sovereign6/6
14GLM-5.3 Flash (Zhipu/Z.ai)320B€0.0689Fast access (US)0/6
15Qwen3 235B (instruct)235B€0.126EU sovereign5/6
16Apertus v1.5 70B (Swiss open model)72B€0.1294EU sovereign5/6
17Mistral Large 4 (preview, 512K context)1T€0.2514EU sovereign4/6
18Llama 3.3 70B70B€0.1512EU sovereign5/6
19DeepSeek V4 Pro (1.6T MoE)1.6T€0.2453Fast access (US)5/6
20GLM-5.2 (Zhipu/Z.ai)753B€0.3024EU sovereign6/6
21GLM-5.3 (Zhipu/Z.ai)753B€0.3024EU sovereign6/6
22Kimi K3 (2.8T parameters, 1M context)2.8T€0.4536Fast access (US)3/6
23Muse Spark 1.1 (1M context)?€0.205Fast access (US)3/6
24Muse Spark 1.2 (1M context)?€0.205Fast access (US)3/6
25Qwen3.8 Flash (Qwen)?€0.0252Fast access (US)3/6

Ranking methodology

Two rankings: Best Value computes a capability-to-price score (log-scale parameters × sovereignty +30% × context bonus × multimodality × verified score) divided by input price. Best Performance ranks by raw capability (log-scale parameters, with a +5% bonus per confirmed Verified criterion, multimodality and context length). The goal: help you pick the right model for your use case, not just the cheapest one.

Frequently asked questions

How are models ranked on Frontière AI?
Two rankings: Best Value scores capability-to-price ratio (bigger, smarter models at lower prices rank higher). Best Performance ranks by raw capability, verified score, and features like multimodality and context length. Sovereign EU models get a +30% value boost.
What is the Frontière Verified score?
The Frontière Verified score measures 6 criteria: license verified, provenance verified, security analyzed, GDPR assessed, benchmarked, and API tested. A criterion counts only once its check has been run, recorded and passed; a model with 6/6 is Frontière Verified.
Why are sovereign models ranked higher?
Frontière AI prioritizes EU data sovereignty. Models hosted on sovereign providers (OVHcloud, Scaleway) get a +30% value score boost because EU data residency matters for GDPR and AI Act compliance.

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