Release dates and context windows of representative models from major providers.
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Provider Model Released Context window Description
Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 2026-02-17 1M A full upgrade in coding, computer use, long-context reasoning, and agent planning. 1M context first shipped as beta.
Qwen Qwen3.5 2026-02-16 262144 A new generation that combines multimodal capability, architecture efficiency, and large-scale RL. It first shipped MoE sizes such as 397B-A17B.
Zhipu GLM GLM-5 2026-02-12 200K About 744B total parameters and 40B active. Sparse attention improves long-context efficiency.
Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 2026-02-05 1M An Opus with stronger coding. 1M context became a standard capability, and it became the default in office add-ins such as Excel and PowerPoint.
Gemini Gemini 3.1 Pro 2026-02-01 1048576 A mid-3.x Pro with stronger custom tools and coding. Context is about 1049K.
Kimi Kimi K2.5 2026-01-27 256K Native vision and Agent Swarm, bringing multimodal and multi-agent collaboration into a general model.
Zhipu GLM GLM-4.7 2025-12-22 200K The closing 4.x generation, with another step up in end-to-end agents and coding reasoning.
OpenAI GPT-5.2 2025-12-11 400K A GPT-5 flagship for professional knowledge work. Stronger long-horizon tool flows, and Thinking supports compact mode to go beyond a single context limit.
DeepSeek DeepSeek-V3.2 2025-12-01 128K The closing V3 generation. Both thinking and non-thinking can use tools, long context is more efficient, and it became the default before V4.
Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5 2025-11-24 200K The mid-4.x flagship, emphasizing top-tier reasoning. It shipped with product capabilities such as context compression and Claude for Excel.
xAI Grok-4.1 Fast 2025-11-19 2M The high-speed long-context version of 4.1, for retrieval, browsing, and low-latency chat.
Gemini Gemini 3 2025-11-18 1048576 The start of Gemini 3. Multimodal and agent capability stepped up again, with about 1 million context.
xAI Grok-4.1 2025-11-17 256K Hallucinations are clearly lower than Grok-4, with better reasoning and creative writing. It once ranked near the top of LMSYS Arena.
OpenAI GPT-5.1 2025-11-12 400K The first major GPT-5 upgrade. Instant is warmer and follows instructions better. Thinking is faster on easy problems and more persistent on hard ones.
Kimi Kimi K2 Thinking 2025-11-06 256K A K2 reasoning-only tier with deep thinking on by default. Fits math, complex planning, and long-horizon agents.
Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5 2025-10-15 200K The fastest 4.5-generation model. Coding and computer use approach Sonnet 4 at a lower price, for browser agents and high concurrency.
Zhipu GLM GLM-4.6 2025-09-30 200K Context rose from 128K to 200K, with continued gains in coding, reasoning, tools, and agents.
Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 2025-09-29 200K Then the strongest real-world agent / coding / computer-use Sonnet. It became the default model for products such as Claude in Chrome.
Qwen Qwen3-Max 2025-09-24 256K The hosted Qwen3 flagship, strong at coding and knowledge work, with 256K context.
DeepSeek DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus 2025-09-22 128K Fixes mixed Chinese/English and stray characters, stabilizing V3.1 language consistency and agent behavior.

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Release dates and context windows are compiled from public sources. Limits can differ by platform, plan, or preview API. Please refer to each provider's official documentation.
The table above is sorted by release date in descending order.