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Best LLM for Autonomous Coding
Benchmark-backed ranking of models for end-to-end autonomous software engineering and issue resolution.
#1 Recommendation
Kimi K2 Thinking
Strong on SWE-bench Verified Leaderboard swe_verified_resolved_pct (80%) and Sonar Java Quality Leaderboard functional_skill_pct (88%)
external/kimi/kimi-k2-thinking
16.8%
Score
42.9%
Confidence
26
Evidence
Ranked Models
25
Evidence Quality
82%
Scoring
Benchmark-backed
Top Signal
SWE-bench Verified Leaderboard: swe_verified_resolved_pct
All Ranked Models
| Rank | Model | Score |
|---|---|---|
| #8 | Kimi K2 Thinking | 16.8% |
| #9 | GLM-5 | 16.8% |
| #10 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | 16.6% |
| #13 | gemini-3-pro-preview | 15.2% |
| #15 | gemini-2.5-pro | 14.3% |
| #16 | openai/gpt-4.1 | 14.1% |
| #17 | kimi/kimi-k2.5-thinking | 13.9% |
| #18 | gpt-4.1-20250414 | 13.5% |
| #19 | claude-opus-4-5-20251101 | 13.4% |
| #21 | gpt-5.2-2025-12-11 | 12.8% |
| #24 | minimax/minimax-m2.1 | 11.2% |
| #25 | gpt-4o | 11.1% |
| #26 | deepseek/deepseek-r1 | 10.6% |
| #28 | o3-20250416 | 10.1% |
| #30 | Grok-4-0709 | 9.2% |
| #31 | claude-sonnet-4-20250514 | 9.1% |
| #32 | gpt-4.1-mini-20250414 | 8.9% |
| #33 | gpt-4o-20241120 | 8.8% |
| #34 | z-ai/glm-4.7 | 8.7% |
| #35 | Kimi-K2-Instruct | 8.6% |
| #36 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 | 8.4% |
| #37 | gpt-4o-2024-08-06 | 8.2% |
| #39 | o4-mini-20250416 | 7.6% |
| #40 | GLM-4.7 | 7.1% |
| #48 | openai/gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 | 2.6% |
Head-to-Head: #1 vs #2
#8
Top PickKimi K2 Thinking
Strong on SWE-bench Verified Leaderboard swe_verified_resolved_pct (80%) and Sonar Java Quality Leaderboard functional_skill_pct (88%)
Conf 42.9%
#9
GLM-5
Strong on OpenHands Issue Resolution issue_resolution_score_pct (59%) and Sonar Java Quality Leaderboard functional_skill_pct (92%)
Conf 29.8%
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