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All data is collected under standardized conditions. See Methodology for full evaluation criteria. Last updated: October 2026.

AI Coding Assistant Benchmark 2026

50 standardized coding tasks across 5 real repositories · 6 tools tested · Methodology: BunusRadar v1.0

Full Review
ToolTask SuccessBugs IntroducedMedian TimeCost / TaskHalluc. RateBR Score
TOPCursor (Claude backend)91%213 min$0.124%9.1/10
Claude Code (CLI)89%315 min$0.185%8.7/10
GitHub Copilot82%618 min$0.089%7.9/10
Gemini Code Assist80%717 min$0.1011%7.6/10
ChatGPT (GPT-4o)78%820 min$0.2213%7.2/10
Tabnine (Enterprise)71%1116 min$0.0618%6.5/10

Tested September 2026 on MacBook Pro M3 Max. Task suite: 50 tasks across 5 real-world repos (Node.js API, React app, Python CLI, Rust library, SQL migrations). Cost calculated at public pricing tiers. See full methodology.

LLM Pricing & Token Efficiency Tracker 2026

Public API pricing for leading LLMs · Updated: October 2026 · Context: per million tokens

Full Comparison
ModelInput / 1M TokensOutput / 1M TokensContext WindowSpeedBest For
GPT-4o (OpenAI)$2.50$10.00128KFastGeneral reasoning, code
Claude 3.5 Sonnet$3.00$15.00200KFastLong docs, nuanced writing
Gemini 1.5 Pro$3.50$10.501MMediumMassive context, multimodal
Mistral Large 2$2.00$6.00128KFastEuropean data sovereignty
Llama 3.1 405B (self-hosted)~$0.80*~$0.80*128KVariablePrivacy, no API dependency
DeepSeek V3$0.27$1.1064KFastCost-sensitive, coding tasks

* Llama self-hosted cost estimate based on AWS g5.12xlarge instance at $5.67/hr, processing 1M tokens/hr. Actual cost varies. Pricing snapshots from official provider pages, October 2026. Prices change frequently — verify before budgeting.

AI Image Generator Accuracy Test 2026

100 standardized prompts across 6 tools · Scored on: prompt adherence, realism, stylistic range

Full Review
ToolPrompt AdherenceRealismStylistic RangeAvg SpeedFree TierBR Score
TOPMidjourney v6.188%9.2/109.5/10~30sNo9.3/10
DALL-E 3 (OpenAI)92%8.8/108.4/10~15sNo8.9/10
Stable Diffusion 3.581%8.6/109.0/10~5s*Yes8.5/10
Ideogram 2.087%8.4/108.7/10~20sYes8.4/10
Adobe Firefly 384%8.3/108.2/10~10sNo8.1/10
Bing Image Creator79%7.8/107.5/10~25sYes7.5/10

* SD3.5 speed measured on local inference (M3 Max). Cloud API speed will vary. Scores are composite of prompt adherence (50%), realism (30%), and stylistic range (20%).

How to Cite This Research

This data is published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). You may republish, quote, or summarize it with attribution.

BunusRadar Research Team. "AI Coding Assistant Benchmark 2026." BunusRadar, September 2026, https://bunusradar.site/research#ai-coding-benchmark

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