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PinchBench

Claw-some AI Agent Testing

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Best AI Model for Coding in 2026

Compare the leading AI coding agents on PinchBench tasks that require writing scripts, editing files, and completing developer workflows.

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Best AI models for common use cases

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👑Best Overall

anthropic/claude-opus-4.7

Score91.6% overall · $38.04

Highest verified success rate across the benchmark.

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Best Time41.8% overall · $0.315

Lowest observed complete benchmark runtime.

💰Best Budget

meta-llama/llama-4-scout

Best Cost

3.2% overall · $0.243

Lowest observed non-zero benchmark run cost.

stepfun/step-3.5-flash

Value Score84.7% overall · $0.496

Best success percentage per dollar.

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Coding pages focus on benchmark tasks categorized as coding, including script generation and file operations. Scores come from the best verified submission for each model.

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Rank	Model	Overall	Use-Case Score	Cost	Avg Time