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Best AI models for agents

The best AI models for building agents: tool use, multi-step workflows and autonomous execution, ranked by an agentic benchmark. Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo leads the 25 models below, all on one API through Hormouz.

  1. 1Z.ai: GLM 5V TurboZ.ai · text, image, videoAgentic score: 99
  2. 2Z.ai: GLM 5 TurboZ.ai · textAgentic score: 99
  3. 3Z.ai: GLM 5Z.ai · textAgentic score: 98
  4. 4MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5MiniMax · textAgentic score: 95
  5. 5Z.ai: GLM 4.7Z.ai · textAgentic score: 94
  6. 6Qwen: Qwen3.5-27BQwen · text, image, videoAgentic score: 94
  7. 7SpaceXAI: Grok 4.20xAI · text, imageAgentic score: 93
  8. 8MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AI · textAgentic score: 93
  9. 9OpenAI: GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI · text, imageAgentic score: 92
  10. 10Z.ai: GLM 4.7 FlashZ.ai · textAgentic score: 92
  11. 11Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3BQwen · text, image, videoAgentic score: 89
  12. 12StepFun: Step 3.5 FlashStepFun · textAgentic score: 87
  13. 13MiniMax: MiniMax M2MiniMax · textAgentic score: 87
  14. 14Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic · text, imageAgentic score: 86
  15. 15Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch)Anthropic · text, imageAgentic score: 86
  16. 16OpenAI: GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI · text, imageAgentic score: 86
  17. 17MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1MiniMax · textAgentic score: 85
  18. 18Qwen: Qwen3.5-9BQwen · text, image, videoAgentic score: 85
  19. 19Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic · text, imageAgentic score: 85
  20. 20Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)Anthropic · text, imageAgentic score: 85
  21. 21OpenAI: GPT-5.2OpenAI · text, imageAgentic score: 85
  22. 22OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (batch)OpenAI · text, imageAgentic score: 85
  23. 23Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17BQwen · text, image, videoAgentic score: 84
  24. 24OpenAI: GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI · text, imageAgentic score: 83
  25. 25OpenAI: o3OpenAI · text, imageAgentic score: 81

FAQ

What is the best AI model for building agents?
Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo tops the 25 models ranked here for agentic tasks. Tool calling, multi-step reasoning and autonomous workflows. All reachable through one API.
What makes a model good for agents?
Reliable tool/function calling plus multi-step reasoning. The agentic score reflects measured performance on agent-style benchmarks.

Updated 2026-10-13