📑 Best AI for Document Analysis
Compare AI models for processing long documents — PDF analysis, contract review, report summarization, and document Q&A.Rankings combine multiple benchmark scores weighted by relevance to this use case. Updated August 2026.
Why This Matters
Document Analysis is one of the most common AI workloads — and the best model depends heavily on the specific task. A model that excels at creative writing may struggle with structured data extraction, and vice versa.
We built this use-case ranking by combining multiple benchmark categories with weights tuned to match real-world usage patterns. For document analysis, the score emphasizes the benchmarks that matter most: task accuracy, output quality, and consistency. Speed and cost are factored in but secondary to quality.
All scores are from public independent benchmarks. For a broader view across all tasks, see the overall LLM leaderboard or the expert picks page.
Quick Answer
The best AI models for document analysis are:1. Qwen3.7 Max (Alibaba, score: 82.6), 2. Claude Fable 5 (Anthropic, score: 78.8), 3. Claude Opus 5 (Anthropic, score: 77.2).
| # | Model | Provider | Score | Speed | Price (output) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qwen3.7 Max | Alibaba | 82.6 | 203 t/s | $7.5/M |
| 2 | Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | 78.8 | 71 t/s | $50/M |
| 3 | Claude Opus 5 | Anthropic | 77.2 | 60 t/s | $25/M |
| 4 | Claude Mythos 5 | Anthropic | 76.7 | 50 t/s | $50/M |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | 74.8 | 50 t/s | $15/M |
| 6 | GPT-5.6 Sol | OpenAI | 74.1 | 72 t/s | $30/M |
| 7 | Kimi K3 | Moonshot AI | 72.8 | 37 t/s | $15/M |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.7 | Anthropic | 72.5 | 80 t/s | $15/M |
| 9 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (max) | Anthropic | 72.5 | 50 t/s | $15/M |
| 10 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Alibaba | 71.5 | 55 t/s | $3/M |
| 11 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Meta | 70.6 | 208 t/s | $4.25/M |
| 12 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | 69.4 | 233 t/s | $7.5/M | |
| 13 | Gemini 3.5 Flash | 69.3 | 267 t/s | $9/M | |
| 14 | Grok 4.5 | xAI | 66.4 | 59 t/s | $6/M |
| 15 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | 65.6 | 136 t/s | $12/M |