Tool Calling Model Ranking

See which AI models perform best on Tool Calling, which ones stay reliable, and where the biggest gaps appear. Sort by: Tests Correct ↑.

Models Shown

Average Tool Calling Score

8.8

Best Model

GPT-5.2 4.7

Failure Reasons

With failure reason API error25 With failure reason Did not follow instructions12 With failure reason Invalid tool call11 With failure reason Wrong answer5 With failure reason No answer2

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Rank	Model	Company	Tool Calling Score	Score	Total Cost	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)
#59	GPT-5.2 medium	OpenAI	4.7	8.4	$1.182	0/1	10.3s
Total Tests 1 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $1.182 Response Time (avg) 10.3s
#62	Inkling Small high	Thinkingmachines	3.0	8.4	$0.398	0/1	2.91s
Total Tests 1 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.398 Response Time (avg) 2.91s
#72	Inkling high	Thinkingmachines	3.0	8.0	$1.046	0/1	6.52s
Total Tests 1 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $1.046 Response Time (avg) 6.52s
#77	Inkling medium	Thinkingmachines	3.0	8.0	$0.383	0/1	4.48s
Total Tests 1 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.383 Response Time (avg) 4.48s
#79	Kimi K3 max	Moonshot AI	3.0	7.9	$2.528	0/1	0ms
Total Tests 1 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $2.528 Response Time (avg) 0ms
#82	Qwen3.8 27B low	Qwen	3.0	7.9	~$0.071	0/1	8.42s
Total Tests 1 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost ~$0.071 Response Time (avg) 8.42s
#89	Qwen3.8 27B medium	Qwen	3.0	7.8	~$0.058	0/1	0ms
Total Tests 1 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost ~$0.058 Response Time (avg) 0ms
#104	GPT-5.6 Terra low	OpenAI	4.7	7.5	$0.420	0/1	6.69s
Total Tests 1 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.420 Response Time (avg) 6.69s
#109	Mercury 2.5 Preview medium	Inception	3.0	7.5	$0.024	0/1	2.37s
Total Tests 1 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.024 Response Time (avg) 2.37s
#110	GPT-5.4 Mini medium	OpenAI	4.7	7.5	$0.786	0/1	9.62s
Total Tests 1 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.786 Response Time (avg) 9.62s
#115	Kimi K2.7 Code medium	Moonshot AI	3.0	7.4	$0.655	0/1	0ms
Total Tests 1 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.655 Response Time (avg) 0ms
#143	GLM 5.1 medium	Z.ai	3.0	7.0	$0.727	0/1	0ms
Total Tests 1 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.727 Response Time (avg) 0ms
#146	Grok 4.20 medium	X AI	3.0	7.0	$0.805	0/1	13.7s
Total Tests 1 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.805 Response Time (avg) 13.7s
#152	Seed-2.0-Code high	Bytedance Seed	4.7	6.9	$1.273	0/1	35.1s
Total Tests 1 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $1.273 Response Time (avg) 35.1s
#153	Gemini 3.5 Flash none	Google	3.0	6.9	$1.093	0/1	0ms
Total Tests 1 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $1.093 Response Time (avg) 0ms

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