How to pick the best LLM in 2025

Stop relying on OpenAI models for everything!

Whether you need speed, quality, or performance, there’s a perfect language model out there for your needs.

But with so many choices, how do you pick the best one?

Here are the 4 key factors to consider:

• 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: Look for an LLM that performs consistently across tasks like chatbot interactions, language understanding, and coding.
Best options: DeepSeek R1, OpenAI’s o1, OpenAI’s o3 Mini

• 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲: Consider the cost per token for both input and output.
Best options: Gemini 2.0 Flash, GPT-4o Mini, and Mistral Small 3

• 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱/𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗽𝘂𝘁: Generally, smaller models like Mistral Small 3 and GPT-4o Mini are faster than larger, high-quality models.
Best options: Gemini 2.0 Flash, and GPT-4o Mini

• 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲: Models that allow for private use
Best options: Llama 3, Microsoft Phi-4, Deepseek’s latest models

• 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: Models that excel at code generation
Best options: Claude 3.5 Sonnet, OpenAI’s o3 Mini, Deepseek R1 & V3

In this video, I used the Quality vs. Throughput and Price Diagram from https://artificialanalysis.ai/models

Try it in @weaviate.io: https://weaviate.io/developers/weaviate/search/generative

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