AI Models Guide
Everything you need to understand the AI landscape - from model parameters to benchmarks.
What is a Large Language Model (LLM)?
A Large Language Model (LLM) is an AI system trained on vast amounts of text to understand and generate human language. Unlike traditional software with explicit rules, LLMs learn patterns from billions of web pages, books, and code.
Modern LLMs power ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and most AI assistants. They can write, translate, summarise, reason, code, and answer questions across almost any topic.
- ▸GPT-5.5 (OpenAI) - multimodal, top reasoning, used in ChatGPT
- ▸Claude Opus 4.7 (Anthropic) - strong in analysis, coding, and long documents
- ▸Gemini 2.5 Pro (Google) - fast, built into Google Search and Workspace
- ▸DeepSeek R1 (DeepSeek) - open-source reasoning model, highly competitive
- ▸Llama 4 Maverick (Meta) - open-weights, free to self-host
Model Parameters - What the Numbers Mean
Every specification in our table tells you something specific about a model's capabilities, cost, and use case.
Understanding Benchmarks
Benchmarks are standardised tests to compare models fairly. Each tests a different cognitive ability:
Note: Benchmark scores should be compared within the same evaluation setup.
Pricing & Speed
AI model pricing has dropped 100× in 2 years. What cost $20/1M tokens in 2023 now costs $0.15.
- ▸Free: Gemini Flash, DeepSeek V3, Llama (self-hosted) - great for prototyping
- ▸Budget $0.05-$1/1M: Claude Haiku, GPT-4o Mini, Gemini Flash
- ▸Mid $1-5/1M: Claude Sonnet, GPT-4o, Gemini Pro
- ▸Premium $5-20/1M: Claude Opus, GPT-4 Turbo - for highest quality tasks
Larger context = more expensive per request. A 1M-context model typically costs 3-5× more than a 128K one.
Open Source vs Proprietary Models
Open-source models have public weights - run on your own hardware. Proprietary models are API-only.
- ▸Full data privacy - runs locally
- ▸No per-token cost after setup
- ▸Can fine-tune on your data
- ▸Llama 4, DeepSeek R1, Qwen, Gemma
- ▸No GPU or setup required
- ▸Always latest version
- ▸Higher capability ceiling
- ▸GPT-4o, Claude 3.5, Gemini 2.0
How to Choose the Right Model
The best model depends entirely on your use case:
- ▸Coding / SWE → sort by SWE-Bench. Claude Sonnet, GPT-4.1, DeepSeek V3
- ▸Long documents → sort by Context. Gemini 1.5 Pro (2M tokens)
- ▸Real-time chat → sort by Speed. Gemini Flash, GPT-4o Mini
- ▸Budget-constrained → filter price < $1/1M. DeepSeek V3, Gemini Flash
- ▸Private data → filter OSS = true. Run Llama 4 or Qwen locally
- ▸Science research → sort by GPQA. Claude Opus, Gemini 2.5 Pro
- ▸Best overall → sort by Score. Top 5 changes monthly
Comparison & Ratings
The platform helps you not only learn about models but choose between them - through comparison and the community's multi-criteria ratings.
Comparing models
- ▸Tick up to 5 models in the Models or Benchmarks list - a Compare panel appears at the bottom.
- ▸On the comparison page: a spec table with the best values highlighted, an AI written breakdown in your language, and the weights of user ratings.
Detailed ratings
- ▸Beyond stars (1-5) you can rate a model on bipolar criteria: expensive↔cheap, slow↔fast, dumb↔smart and more - drag the slider toward the pole you mean.
- ▸Language models also have a Model level - a ladder from newbie to space.
- ▸The community averages are shown as weight bars (a strip with a centre) on the card and in comparison - strengths and weaknesses at a glance.
- ▸Reviews are filtered by language cluster; you can change your own review at any time.
TCA Rewards for Activity
TECHAGENT awards TCA points for useful actions - a thank-you to the community and groundwork for the future token economy (see ICO).
- ▸What for: adding catalogue cards, reviews (more for ones with text), Board posts, sign-up, invited friends.
- ▸Where to see it: Profile → Activity (balance and the history of awards).
- ▸Daily action limits depend on your subscription tier (×1 / ×2 / ×5 multiplier).
- ▸Points are off-chain for now; conversion into an on-chain token is planned.
Contributing to the Catalogue
The platform grows through the community - you can suggest what isn't here yet.
- ▸On the Models / Tools / Companies / Influencers / Courses pages there is a Suggest form - paste a link and the AI fills in and verifies the rest.
- ▸Available to registered users only; accepted cards earn TCA points.
- ▸New cards pass an automatic AI-relevance check and moderation.
Board & Chat Guide
Board
- ▸A section for AI jobs, services and finding collaborators for AI projects.
- ▸Post an ad is for registered users only; texts are moderated (AI topics only); the number of active ads depends on your tier.
Chat guide
- ▸Not sure where to start? Ask the assistant (the chat button): it answers in your language, searches the catalogue and suggests real models/tools for your task.
TCA Token & Supporting the Project
TECHAGENT is built as an independent project. You can learn about the token and support the platform separately.
- ▸ICO / TCA: the ICO page covers the TechCoinAgent token, its tokenomics and roadmap (activity points are groundwork for the future token economy).
- ▸Donate: you can support the project with crypto - addresses and QR codes are on the Donate page (always verify the address on the official domain).
About TECHAGENT
TechAgent is an ecosystem of AI solutions for improving your life. We bring together technology, knowledge, and people to build the future today. Our mission is to make artificial intelligence understandable, accessible, and useful for everyone.
PS. While we can still initiate desire, evaluate results, and implement our plans, let's help each other more easily navigate the new, exciting, and highly competitive AI world.
TECHAGENT is an independent AI aggregator. We track:
- ▸376+ LLM models with live pricing, benchmarks, and community ratings
- ▸173+ AI tools across coding, writing, image generation, and productivity
- ▸1416+ AI influencers across YouTube, Telegram, Bilibili and other platforms
- ▸464+ AI companies across 8 language clusters (EN, RU, ZH, ES, HI, AR, ID, BN)
Score formula: MMLU×20% + GPQA×30% + HumanEval×25% + SWE-Bench×25% - weighted toward reasoning and coding.
Subscription tiers
A free account gives full read access. A paid tier (Pro/VIP) raises your daily activity limits and unlocks extra features.
| Basic | Pro | VIP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans | - | 150 ⭐ ≈ $3 | 500 ⭐ ≈ $10 |
| Custom avatar | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| Telegram posts / day | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Daily-limit multiplier | ×1 | ×2 | ×5 |
| Catalog additions / day | |||
| Company | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| AI Tool | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Influencer | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Course | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Reviews / day | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| Board listings / day | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| ICO priority | - | ✓ | higher |
TCA points: catalog addition +10, review +5; bonuses: sign-up +20, referral +15. The higher your tier, the more actions per day - and the more points.
Join the community
We are creating a community for those who want not just to observe the development of artificial intelligence, but to consciously understand it, apply it and help others navigate the new reality.
We offer you the shoulder of a friend - a space where you can ask questions, share experiences, test ideas, compare tools and not be left alone with a huge flow of information.
Today, the AI industry is growing too fast. Every day new models, services, courses, bloggers, experts, communities and promises appear. On your own, it's hard to figure out what's truly useful, what's overrated, and what's just nicely packaged. Therefore, it is important for us to combine not only the knowledge, but also the critical thinking of each participant.
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Every assessment you make contributes to our overall understanding. One person sees one thing, another another. But together we can put together a more accurate map of this industry. Through the exchange of opinions, we receive additional information, compare solutions better, learn faster and more confidently choose the direction for work, creativity and development.
This community is not about blind faith in technology and not about empty noise around artificial intelligence. It's about practice, awareness, mutual support and the ability to think for yourself.
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