Open-weight ranking

Best open-weight LLMs

Language models whose weights can be downloaded — openly or behind a licence gate — ordered by their position on the live ModelCap Index. The same evidence, the same uncertainty, restricted to models you can self-host.

Snapshot as of 22 September 2026

MiMo-V2.6-Pro from Xiaomi leads the open-weight LLM list as of 22 September 2026 with an Index score of 88.1, holding ModelCap Index position #5; 167 models qualify.

Models on this list

167

With openly downloadable weights

With a listed API price

Best open-weight LLMs (top 100 of 167)

Every row is a current, canonical language model with a public position on the ModelCap Index; the list filters by a published fact and orders by a published figure.

Best open-weight LLMs: current, canonical language models with a public ModelCap Index position whose weight access is open or gated on the Hugging Face Hub, ordered by ModelCap Index rank
#	Model	Weights	ModelCap Index	Input $/1M	Output $/1M	Context
1	MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi	Open weights	#588.1	$0.435	$0.87	1M
2	MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi	Open weights	#1084.4	$0.14	$0.28	1M
3	GLM 5.3 FlashZ.ai	Open weights	#1481.9	$0.15	$0.50	1.3M
4	LongCat 2.0Meituan	Open weights	#1681.7	$0.30	$1.20	1M
5	DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek	Open weights	#1980.5	$0.15	$0.60	1M
6	Nex N2.5 MaxNex AGI	Open weights	#2080.4	—	—	—
7	Nex-N2.5-ProNex AGI	Open weights	#2379.7	$0.075	$0.25	262K
8	Ornith 1.5 397BOrnith Ai	Open weights	#2479.4	—	—	—
9	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek	Open weights	#2778.5	$0.66	$1.98	1M
10	Hy4 previewTencent	Open weights	#2876.4	$0.834	$2.50	1M
11	Gemma 4 31BGoogle	Open weights	#2973.8	$0.09	$0.34	262K
12	Nex-N2.5-MiniNex AGI	Open weights	#3173.2	$0.025	$0.10	262K
13	K2 Horizon 375B A23BIFM	Open weights	#3272.5	—	—	—
14	Muse Glimmer 30BMeta	Open weights	#3571.4	$0.30	$1.20	131K
15	Qwen3.8 27BQwen	Open weights	#3671.0	$0.42	$3.00	1M
16	Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle	Open weights	#3870.2	$0.09	$0.30	262K
17	Ornith 1.5 35B A3BOrnith Ai	Open weights	#3970.2	—	—	—
18	KAT Coder V2.5 DevKwaipilot	Open weights	#4070.2	—	—	—
19	Qwen3.5 397B A17BQwen	Open weights	#4269.7	$0.55	$3.50	262K
20	MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi	Open weights	#4369.6	$0.14	$0.28	1M
21	Laguna M.1Poolside	Open weights	#4469.1	—	—	—
22	InklingThinking Machines	Open weights	#4668.6	$1.00	$4.05	1M
23	Ling 3.0 Flash VLInclusionAI	Open weights	#5067.0	$0.06	$0.18	131K
24	MiMo V2 FlashXiaomiMiMo	Open weights	#5166.8	—	—	—
25	gemma 4 12B itGoogle	Open weights	#5266.7	—	—	—
26	LongCat Flash Thinking 2601Meituan Longcat	Open weights	#5466.4	—	—	—
27	Step3 VL 10BStepfun Ai	Open weights	#5565.6	—	—	—
28	Ornith 1.5 9BOrnith Ai	Open weights	#5665.4	—	—	—
29	Xing4.0 29B A4BXingChen AGI	Open weights	#5765.4	—	—	—
30	Ling 3.0 Flash FinInclusionAI	Open weights	#5865.1	$0.06	$0.18	262K
31	Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Qwen	Open weights	#6063.6	$0.087	$0.35	262K
32	DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek	Open weights	#6163.4	$0.269	$0.40	164K
33	R1 0528DeepSeek	Open weights	#6263.1	$0.50	$2.15	164K
34	Qwen SEA LION v4.5 27B ITAisingapore	Open weights	#6561.7	—	—	—
35	Qwen Image BenchQwen	Open weights	#6661.7	—	—	—
36	UI Mate 27BTencent	Open weights	#6761.7	—	—	—
37	UI Mate democua 27BTencent	Open weights	#6861.7	—	—	—
38	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen	Open weights	#6961.4	$0.21	$1.90	262K
39	DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeek	Open weights	#7161.1	$0.27	$1.00	164K
40	Qwen3.5-122B-A10BQwen	Open weights	#7360.8	$0.26	$2.08	262K
41	Qwen3.6 35B A3BQwen	Open weights	#7460.8	$0.15	$1.00	262K
42	Intern S2 PreviewInternlm	Open weights	#7560.2	—	—	—
43	LongCat Flash ChatMeituan Longcat	Open weights	#7659.6	—	—	—
44	Ring 2.6 1TInclusionAI	Open weights	#7759.3	—	—	—
45	Ling 3.0 FlashInclusionAI	Open weights	#7859.0	$0.021	$0.063	262K
46	K2 Horizon MoVA 36B A4BIFM	Open weights	#7958.9	—	—	—
47	Laguna XS.2Poolside	Open weights	#8257.0	—	—	—
48	Fara1.5 27BMicrosoft	Open weights	#8356.8	—	—	—
49	Inkling SmallThinking Machines	Open weights	#8456.6	$0.45	$1.20	1M
50	MiniMax M1 80kMiniMaxAI	Open weights	#8556.5	—	—	1M
51	Qwen3 235B A22BQwen	Open weights	#8656.0	$0.455	$1.82	131K
52	Agent.XortronDarkc0de	Open weights	#8855.6	—	—	—
53	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructQwen	Open weights	#8955.4	$0.09	$1.10	262K
54	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen	Open weights	#9055.4	$0.23	$2.30	131K
55	MiniCPM5 2BOpenbmb	Open weights	#9155.2	—	—	—
56	Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructQwen	Open weights	#9254.8	$0.07	$0.28	262K
57	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingQwen	Open weights	#9354.6	$0.40	$4.00	131K
58	AReaL SEA 235B A22BInclusionAI	Open weights	#9554.2	—	—	—
59	Qwen3 Nemotron 235B A22B GenRM 2603NVIDIA	Open weights	#9654.2	—	—	—
60	Step 3.7 FlashStepFun	Open weights	#9754.2	$0.20	$1.15	262K
61	Mistral Small 4Mistral AI	Open weights	#9854.1	$0.15	$0.60	262K
62	MAI DS R1Microsoft	Open weights	#10053.3	—	—	—
63	K2 Horizon 32BIFM	Open weights	#10253.1	—	—	—
64	North Mini CodeCohere	Open weights	#10352.8	Free	Free	256K
65	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen	Open weights	#10452.3	$0.30	$1.00	262K
66	Qwen3 Coder NextQwen	Open weights	#10552.1	$0.12	$0.80	262K
67	Intern S2 Preview 397BInternlm	Open weights	#10651.8	—	—	—
68	Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Qwen	Open weights	#10850.5	$0.048	$0.193	262K
69	Nanbeige4.1 3BNanbeige	Open weights	#10949.3	—	—	—
70	GLM 4.6VZ.ai	Open weights	#11048.5	$0.30	$0.90	131K
71	gemma 4 E4B itGoogle	Open weights	#11248.2	—	—	—
72	GLM 4.5 AirZ.ai	Open weights	#11348.1	$0.13	$0.85	131K
73	Qwen3.5-9BQwen	Open weights	#11547.2	$0.10	$0.15	262K
74	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingQwen	Open weights	#11746.7	$0.15	$1.20	262K
75	gemma 4 E2B itGoogle	Open weights	#11846.1	—	—	—
76	Fara1.5 9BMicrosoft	Open weights	#12046.0	—	—	—
77	UI Mate 9BTencent	Open weights	#12146.0	—	—	—
78	MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9BXiaomiMiMo	Open weights	#12246.0	—	—	—
79	Qwen2.5 VL 32B InstructQwen	Open weights	#12345.8	—	—	—
80	Gemma SEA LION v4.5 E2B ITAisingapore	Open weights	#12444.9	—	—	—
81	Qwen3.5 4BQwen	Open weights	#12544.6	—	—	—
82	Phi mini MoE instructMicrosoft	Open weights	#12744.2	—	—	—
83	Gemma 3 27BGoogle	Gated access · Licence-restricted · gemma	#12843.7	$0.08	$0.45	131K
84	Fara1.5 4BMicrosoft	Open weights	#13043.4	—	—	—
85	Qwen Drive 1.0 4BQwen	Open weights	#13143.4	—	—	—
86	gpt-oss-120bOpenAI	Open weights	#13243.3	$0.15	$0.60	131K
87	Mistral Small 3.2 24BMistral AI	Open weights	#13441.9	$0.094	$0.25	256K
88	Command ACohere	Gated access · Licence-restricted · cc-by-nc-4.0	#13740.5	$2.50	$10.00	256K
89	Qwen3 32BQwen	Open weights	#14039.8	$0.08	$0.28	131K
90	gpt oss safeguard 120bOpenAI	Open weights	#14239.3	—	—	—
91	command a reasoning 08 2025CohereLabs	Gated access · Licence-restricted · cc-by-nc-4.0	#14339.3	—	—	—
92	command a translate 08 2025CohereLabs	Gated access · Licence-restricted · cc-by-nc-4.0	#14439.3	—	—	—
93	Qwen SEA LION v4 32B ITAisingapore	Open weights	#14638.6	—	—	—
94	GDN primed HQwen3 32B InstructAmazon	Open weights	#14738.6	—	—	—
95	GKA primed HQwen3 32B InstructAmazon	Open weights	#14838.6	—	—	—
96	GKA primed HQwen3 32B ReasonerAmazon	Open weights	#14938.6	—	—	—
97	FrogBoss 32B 2510Microsoft	Open weights	#15038.6	—	—	—
98	granite 4.2 30bIBM Granite	Open weights	#15338.5	—	—	131K
99	Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507Qwen	Open weights	#15437.5	—	—	262K
100	QwQ 32BQwen	Open weights	#15536.8	—	—	—

Best open-weight LLMs: common questions

Which model tops the open-weight LLM list right now?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro (Xiaomi), as of 22 September 2026, with an Index score of 88.1 and ModelCap Index position #5.

How is the open-weight LLM list built?

It contains current, canonical language models with a public ModelCap Index position whose weight access is open or gated on the Hugging Face Hub, ordered by ModelCap Index rank. Nothing is estimated for the list itself: the filter is a published fact and the order is a published figure, and every row links to the model page that shows its evidence.

How many models qualify for the open-weight LLM list?

167 models qualify; the page shows the first 100. The population is the live ModelCap Index, so a model appears here the moment it holds a public position and meets the filter.

What is the cheapest model on the open-weight LLM list?

Ling 3.0 Flash lists the lowest blended API price at $0.032 per 1M tokens ($0.021 input / $0.063 output).

How current is the open-weight LLM list?

It is rendered from the sealed dataset published 22 September 2026 and re-renders within a minute of each refresh; positions, prices and context figures are the ones shown on the live rankings at the same instant.