Fireworks AI has evaluated several open-source LLMs released between April and July 2026, highlighting that the best choice depends on specific use cases like reasoning, coding, multimodality, context window size, and licensing. Kimi K3 leads in AI and coding benchmarks but its weights and license are pending release. GLM 5.2 is noted as the top performer among models currently available on Fireworks, while others remain competitive based on differing constraints such as modality support, context length, and serving costs. AI
IMPACT Helps developers choose the right open-source LLM by evaluating performance, context window, modality, and licensing for various use cases.
RANK_REASON Blog post evaluating and comparing multiple open-source LLMs. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]
- DeepSeek-V4 Flash
- DeepSeek-V4-Pro
- Fireworks AI
- Gemma 4 31B IT
- GLM 5.2
- GPT-OSS 120B
- Kimi K2.7 Code
- Kimi K3
- MiniMax M3
- Qwen3.7-Plus
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