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Best AI model for SQL Generation (2026)
Writing correct, performant SQL from natural-language prompts. Ranked from 346 live models on the OpenRouter catalog, weighted for reasoning quality, structured output, tool calling.
| # | Model | Score | In / 1M | Out / 1M | Context | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auto Routeropenrouter/auto | 200134 | $-1000000.00 | $-1000000.00 | 2,000,000 | Try → |
| 2 | Pareto Code Routeropenrouter/pareto-code | 200110 | $-1000000.00 | $-1000000.00 | 200,000 | Try → |
| 3 | Body Builder (beta)openrouter/bodybuilder | 200108 | $-1000000.00 | $-1000000.00 | 128,000 | Try → |
| 4 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-Flashqwen/qwen3.5-flash-02-23 | 134 | $0.07 | $0.26 | 1,000,000 | Try → |
| 5 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Nanoopenai/gpt-5-nano | 134 | $0.05 | $0.40 | 400,000 | Try → |
| 6 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nanoopenai/gpt-5.4-nano | 133 | $0.20 | $1.25 | 400,000 | Try → |
| 7 | xAI: Grok 4.1 Fastx-ai/grok-4.1-fast | 133 | $0.20 | $0.50 | 2,000,000 | Try → |
| 8 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025 | 133 | $0.10 | $0.40 | 1,048,576 | Try → |
| 9 | xAI: Grok 4 Fastx-ai/grok-4-fast | 133 | $0.20 | $0.50 | 2,000,000 | Try → |
| 10 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Litegoogle/gemini-2.5-flash-lite | 133 | $0.10 | $0.40 | 1,048,576 | Try → |
| 11 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plusqwen/qwen3.6-plus | 133 | $0.33 | $1.95 | 1,000,000 | Try → |
| 12 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Previewgoogle/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview | 133 | $0.25 | $1.50 | 1,048,576 | Try → |
| 13 | Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15qwen/qwen3.5-plus-02-15 | 133 | $0.26 | $1.56 | 1,000,000 | Try → |
| 14 | OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex-Miniopenai/gpt-5.1-codex-mini | 133 | $0.25 | $2.00 | 400,000 | Try → |
| 15 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Miniopenai/gpt-5-mini | 133 | $0.25 | $2.00 | 400,000 | Try → |
How we ranked these
For SQL Generation, we weight models on reasoning quality, structured output, tool calling. Higher means better. Scores combine OpenRouter's model metadata (context length, modality support, tool calling, structured output, reasoning capability) with public pricing. See full methodology →
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