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9 models ranked
Best open-weight AI models you can run and self-host for free, ranked by editorial score.
| # | Model | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Llama 4 405B | Meta | Open weightsReasoning | 95 | ▲ 3 | 66 t/s |
| 2 | Flux 1.1 Pro | Black Forest | Open weightsPhotoreal | 95 | ▲ 9 | — |
| 3 | LangGraph | LangChain | AgentOpen weights | 94 | ▲ 18 | — |
| 4 | Qwen3 235B | Alibaba | MultilingualOpen weights | 93 | ▲ 7 | 71 t/s |
| 5 | DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek | Open weightsCheap | 92 | ▼ 4 | 69 t/s |
| 6 | CrewAI | CrewAI | AgentOpen weights | 91 | ▲ 15 | — |
| 7 | Aider | Aider | Open weightsAgent | 89 | ▲ 4 | 59 t/s |
| 8 | Stable Diffusion 3.5 | Stability | Open weightsCustomizable | 89 | ▼ 2 | — |
| 9 | Continue Dev | Continue | Open weightsIDE | 84 | ▲ 2 | 55 t/s |
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Free models AI model?
As of the latest weekly update, the top-scored Free models model is Llama 4 405B with 95 out of 100. That said, the best model depends on your use case — budget, context length, speed, privacy and tooling all matter. Compare the top contenders side by side to find the right fit.
How are Free models AI models ranked?
Scores come from community-voted LMArena Elo ratings mapped to a 0–100 scale, where 1000 Elo equals 0 and 1400 Elo equals 100. When no arena rating exists, the Hugging Face trending score is used as a fallback. Rankings refresh daily and combine speed and pricing data from OpenRouter and Artificial Analysis.