Skip to content
Rival
How it worksPrivacyTerms
Explore all of Rival

Explore

  • Compare Models
  • All Models
  • Image Comparison
  • Audio Comparison
  • Image Generation
  • Best AI For...
  • Arena
  • API Pricing
  • Challenges

Discover

  • SubjectiveBench
  • Research
  • Research downloads
  • Rival Kits
  • Find your AI taste
  • UI Glow-Up
  • VoiceLock
  • Cost Cutter
  • Agent skills
  • Benchmarks vs Vibes
  • Brief
  • Jailbreak
  • Model Updates
  • Provider Status
  • AI Creators

Connect

  • Methodology
  • Advertise
  • Partnerships
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms
  • RSS Feed
  1. Home
  2. Best For
  3. SQL Queries

Best AI for SQL Queries

Data reasoning rather than syntax drills: a Postgres-backed editor architecture picked apart, a buy-side memo, a FLOPs estimate from memory.

Updated Jun 2026·3 challenges·20 models

How SQL Queries rankings are computed

20 models tested across 3 sql queries challenges.Composite score: 30% Rival Index, 20% task coverage, 20% challenge-scoped duel performance, 15% recency, 15% tier. Deduplicated by product line. GPT-6 Astra leads at 77.5/100. Drawn from Rival's open dataset of 21,000+ human preference votes.

Rival's Pick·#25 Rival Index·Openai flagship

Too close to call
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astraopenai

Neck and neck with Claude Haiku 4.5. GPT-6 Astra gets the nod on blind votes.

Composite scores combine task evidence, Rival Index, recency, and model tier. Rival’s Pick is a separate editorial recommendation. How ranking works

Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5
anthropic
$1.00·$5.00
77Composite
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra
openai
$10.00·$50.00
77Composite
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Gemini 3.8 Flash
google
$0.75·$3.75
76Composite

Head-to-Head

GPT-6 Astra logo
GPT-6 Astra
vs
Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 logo
GPT-6 Astra logo
GPT-6 Astra
vs
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Gemini 3.8 Flash logo
Claude Haiku 4.5 logo
Claude Haiku 4.5
vs
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Gemini 3.8 Flash logo

What the top three actually wrote

Opening lines from 6 answers across every prompt behind this ranking. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Estimate Complexity

Estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without searching online. Explain your reasoning step by step.

GPT-6 Astra236 words
For the 175-billion-parameter GPT-3 model, I estimate approximately \(3.2 \times 10^{23}\) FLOPs for its main training run, using remembered model specifications rather than an online search.
Read the full answer
Gemini 3.8 Flash323 words
To estimate the total floating-point operations (FLOPs) required to train the full GPT-3 model, we can use the standard theoretical scaling law for dense Transformer language models established by Kaplan et al. (2020) and widely applied in deep learning.
Read the full answer

Advanced Investment Memo (IC Memo)

You are writing an internal investment committee memo for a long/short equity fund. Company (fictional): LedgerLift (ticker: LLLT) – B2B…

GPT-6 Astra1,000 words
LedgerLift (LLLT): Internal IC Memo Fictional exercise; not investment advice. Dollar figures in millions unless noted. Recommendation: PASS 12-month valuation/PT range: $30–$46, versus $46 currently; bear-case downside reference approximately $18.
Read the full answer
Claude Haiku 4.51,006 words
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM TO: Investment Committee FROM: Research Team RE: LedgerLift (LLLT) – Long/Short/Pass Recommendation DATE: [Today] RECOMMENDATION LONG 12-month PT: $58–$72 Base case fair value: $64/share Thesis: LedgerLift is a best-in-class B2B SaaS operator in a large TAM (spend management + AP…
Read the full answer

Debug This Architecture

Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…

Claude Haiku 4.51,373 words
Critical Analysis: Real-Time Collaborative Editor Architecture 🔴 CRITICAL ISSUES Split-Brain Synchronization Between Servers Problem: Clients connected to different servers can't see each other's changes in real-time.
Read the full answer
Gemini 3.8 Flash1,282 words
This architecture contains several catastrophic flaws that will cause silent data corruption, severe database exhaustion, high latency, and security vulnerabilities. Here is the breakdown of every failure mode, race condition, and scaling bottleneck, along with proposed solutions and trade-offs.
Read the full answer

Full Rankings

20 models
#
Model
Coverage
Index
Price
Composite
4
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 logo
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05google
3/3
#35
$1.25·$10.00
75
5
Qwen3.6 27B logo
Qwen3.6 27Bqwen
3/3
#1
$0.33·$3.25
74
6
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview logo
Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewgoogle
3/3
#6
$2.00·$12.00
74
7
GPT OSS 120B logo
GPT OSS 120Bopenai
3/3
#127
$0.18·$0.80
74
8
Gemma 4 26B A4B logo
Gemma 4 26B A4Bgoogle
3/3
#26
$0.13·$0.40
74
9
Claude Fable 5 logo
Claude Fable 5anthropic
3/3
#11
$10.00·$50.00
73
10
Claude Opus 5 logo
Claude Opus 5anthropic
3/3
#59
$5.00·$25.00
72
Challenges3
Estimate Complexity
A Fermi estimate out loud. The reasoning is graded, not the number.
Advanced Investment Memo (IC Memo)
A buy-side IC memo: valuation, diligence, a recommendation.
Debug This Architecture
A broken system. Thoroughness has no ceiling here.
Related
Python ScriptingCreative CodingComplex Reasoning

Keep exploring

#1 VS #2

GPT-6 Astra vs Claude Haiku 4.5

The top two for SQL Queries, compared directly

RELATED

Best AI for Python Scripting

See which models rank highest here

Rival
How it worksPrivacyTerms
Explore all of Rival

Explore

  • Compare Models
  • All Models
  • Image Comparison
  • Audio Comparison
  • Image Generation
  • Best AI For...
  • Arena
  • API Pricing
  • Challenges

Discover

  • SubjectiveBench
  • Research
  • Research downloads
  • Rival Kits
  • Find your AI taste
  • UI Glow-Up
  • VoiceLock
  • Cost Cutter
  • Agent skills
  • Benchmarks vs Vibes
  • Brief
  • Jailbreak
  • Model Updates
  • Provider Status
  • AI Creators

Connect

  • Methodology
  • Advertise
  • Partnerships
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms
  • RSS Feed