The 2026 AI Model Radar
GPT-5.6, Gemini 3.5 Pro, Claude Fable 5, GLM-5.2 and more — which models are live, which are in preview, which are restricted, and how to get them the moment they open.
Frontier model status board
Where each major 2026 model stands today — click any card for the full guide.
Anthropic · Claude
Anthropic's flagship, available on QCode today. Sharper judgment and roughly 4x fewer missed code defects than the prior generation.
Anthropic's new mid-tier Sonnet — live on QCode today. Agentic coding close to Opus 4.8 at a lower price, with a 1M-token context.
Mythos-class flagship launched June 9, suspended worldwide June 12 under a US export-control directive, restored on the QCode route July 15. On Anthropic's own subscriptions it has been tiered by plan since July 19; the API is unaffected.
Limited-release sibling of Fable 5 — available to approved organizations only (Project Glasswing), not generally available.
OpenAI · GPT / Codex
The previous flagship GPT-5.5, still available on QCode for Codex and the API.
Sol / Terra / Luna went GA on July 9 — all three tiers are callable on QCode via Codex and the API.
Side-by-side: GPT-5.6 Sol vs Claude Opus 4.8 on Terminal-Bench and pricing.
Rumored for August on a new pretraining base. OpenAI has not released it and has published no date or specs. Rumors and one debunk on the dedicated page.
Unreleased, no official date. Prediction markets price release by September 30 at roughly 77% (snapshot 2026-07-30). Dated tracking on the dedicated page.
Google · Gemini
Absent from the July 21 triple launch. Google said it fell short of internal expectations on coding and complex reasoning, so the broad release is delayed; it remains in partner testing.
GA'd at Google I/O on May 19, 2026 — fast and multimodal, usable via Gemini on QCode.
1M-context flagship from November 2025 (LMArena 1501). Available via Gemini on QCode.
The workhorse tier shipped July 21, 2026: Google reports stronger coding and multimodal work, up to 17% fewer tokens, and a lower price than its predecessor.
Shipped in the same batch as the most cost-effective model in its class.
Also from the July 21 batch: a security-specialised model tuned for finding and fixing vulnerabilities.
Teased at the July 21 launch. No date or specifications published.
xAI · Grok
Tops AutomationBench-AA at 51.4% (Fable 5 48.6%, Opus 4.8 48.5%), ranks 4th on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, and costs about $0.34 per task — far below the tier. The trade-off: hallucination rate rose from 25% to 54% on AA-Omniscience.
xAI's agentic build environment; open-source ecosystem and tooling on the dedicated page.
Chinese open-weight models
The strongest open-weight coding model (MIT). Released June 2026 but supply-constrained — we're evaluating it.
DeepSeek V4 Preview (MIT, April 2026), 1M context. On our watch list.
Kimi K2.6, MiniMax M3, Qwen 3.7 and more — vendor-reported scores, under evaluation.
Status as of July 30, 2026. Availability and benchmarks change quickly; preview, delayed and rumored details are labeled as such.
✅ What you can use on QCode right now
One API key, three platforms — pick the models that are actually live today.
Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic's flagship for Claude Code — top-tier coding and long-horizon agents.
Codex with GPT-5.6
OpenAI Codex on GPT-5.6 (Sol / Terra / Luna) for terminal-native, agentic coding.
Gemini 3 Pro & 3.5 Flash
Google's available Gemini models for 1M-context reasoning and fast multimodal work.
How to get new models the moment they open
Create a QCode account — signing up itself costs nothing. While your plan is active, we switch new models on for you the instant they land: no extra sign-up, no key swap. The same balance and API key work across Claude, Codex and Gemini.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use GPT-5.6, Fable 5 or Gemini 3.5 Pro on QCode today?
GPT-5.6: yes — it went GA on July 9 and QCode has onboarded Sol / Terra / Luna. Claude Fable 5: yes on the API (our route reopened July 15), while Anthropic's own subscriptions have tiered it by plan since July 19. Gemini 3.5 Pro is still in enterprise preview — we will open it the moment it is released. Claude Opus 4.8, Codex (GPT-5.6) and Gemini 3 Pro / 3.5 Flash are live as well.
Why was Claude Fable 5 taken offline?
Two separate things. First, upstream availability: Anthropic suspended Fable 5 and Mythos 5 worldwide on June 12, 2026 to comply with a US export-control directive (other Claude models were unaffected); Fable 5 access was restored on July 15 and it is available again on QCode, while Mythos 5 remains limited to approved organizations. Second, subscription rules: since July 19 Anthropic has tiered Fable 5 on its own plans — standard on Max and on Team/Enterprise premium seats, pay-as-you-go usage credits on Pro and standard Team seats. The API and consumption-based Enterprise are not affected by the second one.
Which 2026 model is best for coding?
Among generally available models, GPT-5.6 Sol leads terminal agentic coding at 88.8% on Terminal-Bench 2.1, while Claude Opus 4.8 still leads deep refactors and judgment-heavy tasks. GLM-5.2 is the strongest open-weight model but is supply-constrained. We keep this radar updated as benchmarks land.
Does QCode add new models automatically?
Yes. When a model becomes broadly available and we secure capacity, we enable it for all accounts — your existing key and balance work immediately.
Be first in line for every 2026 launch
Activate a plan from $8.57/mo and use Claude, Codex and Gemini today — new models switch on for the same key the moment they open.