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LLM Knowledge Base Overview – 2026 Edition
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Last Updated: January 2026
This page serves as the central index of the most important open-source and frontier large language models. Each model family page contains architecture details, training information, performance benchmarks, deployment guides, known issues, quantization options, and real-world usage patterns.

DeepSeek-V3 (DeepSeek)

2024-12-26
Context Window
128k
Max Output
8,192
Training Cutoff
Current
Pricing
$0.14 / 1M / $0.28 / 1M
Strengths
Coding Mathematics Cost Efficiency
Benchmarks
MMLU
88.5
HumanEval
94.1

GPT-4o (OpenAI)

2024-05-13
Context Window
128k
Max Output
4,096
Training Cutoff
Oct 2023
Pricing
$5.00 / 1M / $15.00 / 1M
Strengths
Multimodal Speed Complex Reasoning
Benchmarks
MMLU
88.7
HumanEval
90.2
Model Family Latest Major Version (Jan 2026) Parameter Sizes Context Window License Strengths / Focus Areas Knowledge Base Page Status Last Major Update
Llama Llama 4 8B · 70B · 405B+ 128K–1M+ Meta License General-purpose, reasoning, long-context ✅ Complete & Updated Dec 2025
Qwen Qwen 2.5 / Qwen 3 (preview) 0.5B–72B–235B 128K–1M Apache 2.0 Multilingual, coding, Chinese-English balance ✅ Complete & Updated Dec 2025
DeepSeek DeepSeek-V3 / R1 7B–236B 128K MIT Math & coding, cost-efficient MoE ✅ Complete Nov 2025
Mistral / Mixtral Mistral Large 2 · Mixtral 8x22B 12B–123B (MoE) 128K Apache 2.0 Speed, instruction following, European focus ✅ Complete Oct 2025
Gemma Gemma 2 · Gemma 3 (early) 2B · 9B · 27B 8K–128K Gemma License Lightweight, on-device, Google ecosystem In Progress
Phi Phi-4 3.8B · 14B 128K MIT Small but surprisingly capable, Microsoft ✅ Complete Nov 2025
Yi Yi-1.5 · Yi-2 (preview) 6B–34B–200B+ 4K–200K Apache 2.0 Chinese-English, long context, multimodal ✅ Complete Dec 2025
Command R+ Command R+ 104B 104B 128K CC-BY-NC 4.0 RAG, tool use, enterprise multilingual In Progress
Grok Grok-2 / Grok-3 (preview) ? (est. 100B+) 128K+ Proprietary Real-time knowledge, humor, xAI ecosystem Basic Overview Only Jan 2026
Claude Claude 3.7 / 4 (speculative) ? 200K+ Proprietary Safety, reasoning depth, long documents Basic Overview Only Jan 2026
GPT GPT-4o · o1 · o3 (speculative) ? 128K–200K+ Proprietary Multimodal, reasoning (o-series), ecosystem Basic Overview Only Jan 2026
Gemini Gemini 2.0 / 2.5 Flash ? 1M–2M+ Proprietary Long context, multimodal, Google integration Basic Overview Only Jan 2026

Quick Legend
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  • ✅ Complete & Updated → Full technical deep-dive (8,000–15,000+ words)
  • In Progress → Core content ready, more benchmarks/deployment guides coming soon
  • Basic Overview Only → High-level comparison, key facts (will be expanded in future)

Most Popular Starting Points (Jan 2026) #

  1. Llama 4 Series – Complete Technical Guide
  2. Qwen 3 Family – Architecture, Benchmarks & Deployment
  3. DeepSeek-V3 & R1 – Math/Coding Powerhouse Deep Dive
  4. Best Local Deployment Guide 2026 – Which Model + How Much VRAM
  5. Current Best Quantization Schemes Comparison (Q4_K_M vs Q5_K_S vs AWQ vs GPTQ)

All knowledge base pages are continuously updated when new major versions or important community findings are released.

Last major site-wide refresh: January 1, 2026