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OpenRouter

OpenRouter: every model, side by side

Provides a unified API to access models from multiple providers with automatic routing.

Compare OpenRouter models
Total models
26
Text models
26
Active period
Apr 2023 to Aug 2026

OpenRouter models and answers

Models26Responses6
  • Ox Alpha

    Aug 2026

    A cloaked reasoning model on OpenRouter, out for community feedback. Built for coding, sustained agent work and production loads: long-horizon software engineering, complex reasoning, and multimodal workflows mixing text with images and video. Reasoning always on. 1M token context, 131K output.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · analysis · agentic-tool-use · function-calling · tool-use

  • OpenRouter Fusion · Quality (Jun 2026)

    Jun 2026

    OpenRouter Fusion, Quality preset, June 2026 snapshot. One prompt goes in parallel to Claude Opus 4.8, GPT-5.5 and Gemini 3 Pro with web search on, then Claude Opus 4.8 judges their answers into one. A request costs every panel member plus the judge. The panel drifts over time.

    conversation · reasoning · analysis · code-generation

  • OpenRouter Fusion · Budget (Jun 2026)

    Jun 2026

    OpenRouter Fusion, Budget preset, June 2026 snapshot. The same deliberation on cheaper members: Gemini 3 Flash, DeepSeek V3.2 and Kimi K2.7 Code answer in parallel with web search on, then Gemini 3 Flash judges. Still costs every member plus the judge, far less than Quality.

    conversation · reasoning · analysis · code-generation

  • Owl Alpha

    Apr 2026

    A stealth foundation model for agent workloads, with native tool use and long context. Strong on code generation, automated workflows and complex instruction execution, and compatible with Claude Code, OpenClaw and similar tools. Prompts and completions may be logged by the provider.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · analysis · tool-use · agentic-tool-use

  • Elephant Alpha

    Apr 2026

    Elephant Alpha is a 100B-parameter text model focused on intelligence efficiency, delivering strong reasoning performance while minimizing token usage. It supports a 256K context window with up to 32K output tokens, function calling, structured output, and prompt caching.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · function-calling · analysis · data-extraction

  • Hunter Alpha

    Mar 2026

    A stealth model on OpenRouter with roughly 1 trillion parameters and 1M tokens of context, built for agent work: long-horizon planning, multi-step execution, and the instruction-following precision frameworks like OpenClaw need. Prompts and completions are logged by the provider and may be used for training.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · analysis · agentic-tool-use · planning

  • Healer Alpha

    Mar 2026

    A stealth omni-modal model on OpenRouter that takes visual and audio input natively, reasons across both, and acts on the result through multi-step tasks. Prompts and completions are logged by the provider and may be used for training.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · analysis · agentic-tool-use · planning

  • Aurora Alpha

    Feb 2026

    A cloaked reasoning model from OpenRouter, out for community feedback. Built for speed: coding assistants, real-time conversation and agent workflows. Default reasoning effort is medium; high is recommended for agentic coding.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · analysis · agentic-tool-use

  • Pony Alpha

    Feb 2026

    A stealth model released through OpenRouter to collect community feedback, strong on coding, agent workflows, reasoning and roleplay. 200K context, with tool calling, structured outputs and step-by-step reasoning.

    conversation · code-generation · reasoning · agentic-tool-use · function-calling · tool-use

  • GLM 4.7

    Dec 2025

    Z.ai's 358B open-weight model under MIT, aimed at coding and agent loops. Runs on the first-party Z.ai API, on OpenRouter, and on Cerebras for high-speed inference.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · analysis

  • TNG R1T Chimera

    Nov 2025

    TNG's November 2025 rebuild of its R1T Chimera merge, a DeepSeek R1 derivative. It runs only on OpenRouter's free tier, with no separate weights repository published.

    conversation · reasoning

  • INTELLECT-3

    Nov 2025

    Prime Intellect's 106B mixture-of-experts model, 12B active per token, post-trained from GLM-4.5-Air-Base with supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement learning. Open weights under MIT.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · analysis

  • Bert-Nebulon Alpha

    Nov 2025

    A cloaked OpenRouter endpoint from late November 2025, later revealed as an early build of Mistral Large 3. Free while it ran, prompts logged by the provider, now retired.

    conversation · reasoning · analysis

  • Sherlock Dash Alpha

    Nov 2025

    A cloaked OpenRouter endpoint from November 2025, later revealed as an early snapshot of xAI's Grok 4.1 Fast with reasoning switched off. Free while it ran, prompts logged by the provider.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · analysis · tool-use

  • Sherlock Think Alpha

    Nov 2025

    The thinking half of OpenRouter's Sherlock alpha pair, later revealed as an early snapshot of xAI's Grok 4.1 Fast with reasoning switched on. Free while it ran, prompts logged by the provider.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · analysis · tool-use

  • Polaris Alpha

    Nov 2025

    A general-purpose model, strongest on coding, tool calling and instruction following.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · analysis · tool-use

  • Andromeda Alpha

    Oct 2025

    Smaller reasoning model trained for image and visual understanding. Cloaked trial; prompts and outputs logged for provider feedback.

    conversation · reasoning · analysis

  • Sonoma Dusk Alpha

    Sep 2025

    A cloaked model OpenRouter ran for community feedback: fast, general purpose, with a 2 million token context window. Takes image input and calls tools in parallel.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · analysis

  • Sonoma Sky Alpha

    Sep 2025

    A cloaked model OpenRouter ran in September 2025 with a two million token context. It was later revealed as the reasoning variant of xAI's Grok 4 Fast, and the alpha endpoint has since been retired.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · analysis · tool-use · function-calling

  • Horizon Beta

    Aug 2025

    This is a cloaked model provided to the community to gather feedback. This is an improved version of Horizon Alpha. Note: It's free to use during this testing period, and prompts and completions are logged by the model creator for feedback and training.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · analysis

  • Horizon Alpha

    Jul 2025

    This is a cloaked model provided to the community to gather feedback. Note: It's free to use during this testing period, and prompts and completions are logged by the model creator for feedback and training.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · analysis

  • Cypher Alpha (free)

    Jul 2025

    A cloaked model OpenRouter offered free in July 2025 to gather feedback, with a one million token context. The lab behind it was never publicly confirmed, prompts were logged, and the endpoint is now retired.

    conversation · reasoning · code-generation · analysis

  • Optimus Alpha

    Apr 2025

    A stealth general-purpose model for long-context work, including code generation. Shipped on community feedback.

    conversation · web-design · code-generation · reasoning

  • Quasar Alpha

    Apr 2025

    A cloaked model released for community feedback. General-purpose, handles long context and code generation. Every prompt and completion is logged by the provider and by OpenRouter.

    conversation · web-design · code-generation · reasoning

  • F5-TTS

    Oct 2024

    Open-source zero-shot text-to-speech with natural prosody. Generates highly natural speech from just a reference audio clip.

    text-to-speech · audio-generation

  • Bark

    Apr 2023

    Open-source audio model: speech, music and sound effects, including laughter, crying and other non-verbal sounds.

    text-to-speech · audio-generation · music-generation