Reasoning AI Models

193 models on CoreAI support native reasoning — they "think" through a problem step-by-step before answering, which dramatically improves accuracy on math, logic puzzles, competitive coding, and multi-step analysis. Reasoning-capable models are available from OpenAI, xAI, ~x-ai, Aion-labs, Tencent and more, listed newest-first below.

Reasoning mode trades speed for quality: responses take longer and consume more tokens, but for hard problems the difference is decisive. In CoreAI, models that support thinking show a "Think" chip in chat — tap it to enable deliberate reasoning for that message.

ModelProviderContextInput $/1MOutput $/1MCapabilities
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro OpenAI 1050K $1 $6 Reasoning, Vision
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI 1050K $1 $6 Reasoning, Vision
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro OpenAI 1050K $2.50 $15 Reasoning, Vision
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra OpenAI 1050K $2.50 $15 Reasoning, Vision
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol Pro OpenAI 1050K $5 $30 Reasoning, Vision
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol OpenAI 1050K $5 $30 Reasoning, Vision
xAI: Grok 4.5 xAI 500K $2 $6 Reasoning, Vision
xAI: Grok Latest ~x-ai 500K $2 $6 Reasoning, Vision
AionLabs: Aion-3.0-Mini Aion-labs 131K $0.70 $1.40 Reasoning
AionLabs: Aion-3.0 Aion-labs 131K $3 $6 Reasoning
Tencent: Hy3 Tencent 262K $0.20 $0.80 Reasoning
Tencent: Hy3 (free) Tencent 262K $0 $0 Reasoning
Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 Poolside 262K $0.06 $0.12 Reasoning
Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free) Poolside 262K $0 $0 Reasoning
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic 1000K $2 $10 Reasoning, Vision
Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Mini Nex-agi 262K $0.02 $0.10 Reasoning, Vision
Sakana: Fugu Ultra Sakana 1000K $5 $30 Reasoning, Web search, Vision
Cohere: North Mini Code (free) Cohere 256K $0 $0 Reasoning
Z.ai: GLM 5.2 Z-ai 1049K $0.86 $2.70 Reasoning
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshotai 262K $0.72 $3.49 Reasoning, Vision
Anthropic: Claude Fable Latest ~anthropic 1000K $10 $50 Reasoning, Vision
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 Anthropic 1000K $10 $50 Reasoning, Vision
Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Pro Nex-agi 262K $0.25 $1 Reasoning, Vision
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free) NVIDIA 128K $0 $0 Reasoning, Vision
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra NVIDIA 512K $0.60 $3.60 Reasoning
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) NVIDIA 1000K $0 $0 Reasoning
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus Qwen 1000K $0.32 $1.28 Reasoning, Vision
MiniMax: MiniMax M3 Minimax 524K $0.30 $1.20 Reasoning, Vision
StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash Stepfun 256K $0.20 $1.15 Reasoning, Vision
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) Anthropic 1000K $10 $50 Reasoning, Vision
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic 1000K $5 $25 Reasoning, Vision
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max Qwen 1000K $1.25 $3.75 Reasoning
xAI: Grok Build 0.1 xAI 256K $1 $2 Reasoning, Vision
Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Google 1049K $1.50 $9 Reasoning, Vision
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (Fast) Anthropic 1000K $30 $150 Reasoning, Vision
Perceptron: Perceptron Mk1 Perceptron 33K $0.15 $1.50 Reasoning, Vision
inclusionAI: Ring-2.6-1T Inclusionai 262K $0.07 $0.63 Reasoning
Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google 1049K $0.25 $1.50 Reasoning, Vision
xAI: Grok 4.3 xAI 1000K $1.25 $2.50 Reasoning, Vision
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral AI 262K $1.50 $7.50 Reasoning, Vision
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) NVIDIA 256K $0 $0 Reasoning, Vision
Poolside: Laguna M.1 Poolside 262K $0.20 $0.40 Reasoning
Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) Poolside 262K $0 $0 Reasoning
Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest ~anthropic 200K $1 $5 Reasoning, Vision
OpenAI GPT Mini Latest ~openai 400K $0.75 $4.50 Reasoning, Vision
Google Gemini Pro Latest ~google 1049K $2 $12 Reasoning, Vision
MoonshotAI Kimi Latest ~moonshotai 262K $0.66 $3.41 Reasoning, Vision
Google Gemini Flash Latest ~google 1049K $1.50 $9 Reasoning, Vision
Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest ~anthropic 1000K $2 $10 Reasoning, Vision
OpenAI GPT Latest ~openai 1050K $5 $30 Reasoning, Vision

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a reasoning AI model?

A reasoning model generates an internal chain of thought before producing its final answer, checking intermediate steps along the way. This makes it far more reliable at math, logic, planning, and debugging than a model that answers in one pass.

When should I use a reasoning model instead of a normal one?

Use reasoning for problems with a verifiable right answer: math, code that must compile, data analysis, tricky logic. For casual chat, brainstorming, or writing, a standard model is faster and cheaper with no quality loss.

Do reasoning models cost more?

The thinking step generates additional tokens, so a reasoning response consumes more of your usage allowance than a standard reply from the same model. Many providers also price their dedicated reasoning models at a premium tier.

Which providers offer reasoning models in 2026?

On CoreAI, reasoning-capable models currently come from OpenAI, xAI, ~x-ai, Aion-labs, Tencent and others. The list refreshes automatically as providers ship new thinking models.

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