The Best AI Models for Vision

Compare the top frontier models for **Vision** tasks, balanced for intelligence and API cost.

Top Frontier Leaders

Frontier Model	LMArena Elo	API Cost (1M)	Throughput
qwen3.5-397b-a17b	1240	$3.9e-7	50
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview	1235	$2.5e-7	76
qwen3.5-27b	1227	$1.95e-7	59
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-2025	1226	$1e-7	70
gemma-3-27b-it	1157	$8e-8	34
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05	1134	$7.5e-8	55
mistral-small-3.1-24b-instruct-2503	1128	$3e-8	1

*These models represent the Pareto Frontier (optimal cost-to-performance).*