AI Landscape

What exists, what it costs, and what it's good at. Updated Feb 2026.

🧠 Gemini Deep Think
Not a separate model. It's gemini-3-pro with thinking_level: "deep", which activates extended reasoning at ~50x the compute of a standard query. Also supports "low", "medium", and "high" levels.
Benchmarks
Codeforces 3455 Elo (Legendary Grandmaster)
ARC-AGI-2 84.6%
Olympiads Gold-medal level on IMO, IPhO, IChO
Trade-offs
Cost ~$2-4/M input, $12-18/M output, but 10-50x token usage per query. A single deep query can cost $0.50-5+.
Latency 30s-5min per query
Availability Early access only (Feb 2026). Not yet in Bright Wrapper.
When to use something else
Claude Opus 4.6 Better for production software engineering (SWE-Bench Pro leader). Deep Think leads on algorithmic/scientific problems but trails on real-world codebases.
Gemini Pro (high) thinking_level: "high" — cheaper middle ground for reasoning tasks that don't need the full deep mode.
💻 Code Generation Models
Current models for writing, reviewing, and debugging code. They have different strengths.
Models
Claude Opus 4.6 Anthropic. Leads SWE-Bench Pro (real-world codebases). Has extended thinking. ~$5/M input, $25/M output.
Gemini Deep Think Google. Leads Codeforces (3455 Elo). Trails Opus on real-world codebases. 10-50x token usage. Early access only.
GPT-5.3-Codex OpenAI. Deep-reasoning coding model. Powers the Codex cloud agent. Available via ChatGPT and API.
gemini-3-flash Google. 1/10th the cost of Opus. SWE-Bench Verified 78%. Good enough for simple scripts, formatting, boilerplate.
📈 Who leads where
SWE-Bench Pro Opus 4.6
Codeforces Deep Think
Cheapest gem-3-flash
🤖 Agentic Coding Tools
LLMs wrapped with tool use (file reads, terminal, git, web search) so they can autonomously write, test, and commit code. The model reasons; the agent harness acts.
Terminal agents
Claude Code Anthropic. Runs Opus 4.6. Reads project, edits files, runs tests, spawns sub-agents for parallel work. $20-200/mo subscription or API key. ~$5-20 per complex task. This is what Bright Wrapper is built with.
Gemini CLI Google. Open-source. Runs Gemini 3 Flash/Pro. Free tier with a Google account. 1M token context. SWE-Bench Verified 78% with Flash.
Async agents (clone repo, deliver PR)
Jules Google. Clones repo into cloud VM, works in background, delivers a PR. Free tier: 15 tasks/day. jules-tools CLI available.
OpenAI Codex OpenAI. Same pattern — sandbox, delivers PR. Powered by GPT-5.3-Codex (deep reasoning) and Codex-Spark (1000+ tok/s on Cerebras for fast edits). ChatGPT, CLI, and VS Code extension.
IDEs
Antigravity Google. Agent-first IDE (public preview, free). Can dispatch multiple agents in parallel across editor, terminal, browser. Multi-model (Gemini, Claude, OpenAI). Still early — reports of IDE freezes when agents spin up.
Cursor VS Code fork. Editor-centric — inline completions and chat. Single-agent focus. $20/mo.