Tier 1 - Frontier Models:
Claude Code 3.7 - Excellent reasoning, context understanding, complex refactoring
GPT-4o with o3 - Outstanding at complex logic, multi-step planning
Aider + Gemini 2.5 - Very strong code generation and modification
Tier 2 - Good Local Models:
CodeLlama 70B - Decent but requires significant hardware
Llama 3.2 70B - Good general reasoning, okay at code
Tier 3 - Practical Local Models:
CodeLlama 13B - Basic code understanding, simple tasks
Llama 3.2 7B/13B - Limited coding ability, frequent errors
Tier 4 - Fast Local Models:
Llama 3.2 3B - Very basic, often produces buggy code
Tier 1 - Frontier Models:
Claude Code 3.7 - Excellent reasoning, context understanding, complex refactoring
GPT-4o with o3 - Outstanding at complex logic, multi-step planning
Aider + Gemini 2.5 - Very strong code generation and modification
Tier 2 - Good Local Models:
CodeLlama 70B - Decent but requires significant hardware
Llama 3.2 70B - Good general reasoning, okay at code
Tier 3 - Practical Local Models:
CodeLlama 13B - Basic code understanding, simple tasks
Llama 3.2 7B/13B - Limited coding ability, frequent errors
Tier 4 - Fast Local Models:
Llama 3.2 3B - Very basic, often produces buggy code