🃏 Model Cards Hub

A curated collection of AI model cards, specs, comparison guides, and practical resources

🚀 Quick Links

I want to...	Go to
Compare all models at a glance	📊 Comparison Matrix
Find the right model for my use case	🧭 Model Selection Guide
Understand pricing	💰 Pricing Comparison
Get started with code	💻 API Code Snippets
Self-host open models	🖥️ Self-Hosting Guide
Check license restrictions	⚖️ License Comparison

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📚 Model Index

Language Models (LLMs)

Model	Org	Release	Params	Highlights	Card
GPT-5.2	OpenAI	Jan 2026	~1-2T	100% AIME, 400K context	📄
Gemini 3 Pro	Google	Jan 2026	MoE	1M context, multimodal leader	📄
Llama 4	Meta	Feb 2026	400B MoE	Open weights, 52B active	📄
Doubao-Seed-2.0	ByteDance	Feb 2026	Unknown	Competes with GPT-5.2, Gemini 3 Pro	📄
Kimi K2	Moonshot AI	Jul 2025	1T (32B active)	MoE, Muon optimizer, agentic focus	📄
Claude Opus 4	Anthropic	2025	Unknown	200K context, extended thinking	📄
DeepSeek R1	DeepSeek	Jan 2025	671B MoE	Open source, matches o1, MIT license	📄
Grok 4	xAI	Late 2025	Unknown	Real-time X data, Aurora image gen	📄
Qwen 3	Alibaba	2025	Up to 235B	Apache 2.0, excellent value	📄

Video Generation

Model	Org	Release	Resolution	Highlights	Card
Seedance 2.0	ByteDance	Feb 2026	2K	4-modal input, native audio sync	📄
Sora 2	OpenAI	—	1080p	Coming soon
Kling 3.0	Kuaishou	—	1080p	Coming soon
Veo 3.1	Google	—	1080p	Coming soon

Image Generation

Model	Org	Release	Highlights	Card
FLUX 1.1 Pro	Black Forest Labs	Oct 2024	Best quality, great text rendering, 6x faster	📄
DALL-E 4	OpenAI	—	Coming soon
Imagen 3	Google	—	Coming soon
Midjourney v6	Midjourney	—	Coming soon

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📖 Guides & Resources

Decision Making

Guide	Description
📊 Comparison Matrix	Side-by-side specs for all models
🧭 Model Selection Guide	Flowchart to pick the right model
💰 Pricing Comparison	API costs, subscriptions, self-hosting economics
⚖️ License Comparison	What you can and can't do commercially

Getting Started

Guide	Description
💻 API Code Snippets	Quick-start code for every major API
🖥️ Self-Hosting Guide	Run open models on your hardware
📖 Glossary	Key AI terms explained

Deep Dives

Guide	Description
🌳 Model Family Trees	Evolution of GPT, Claude, Llama, etc.
👀 Models to Watch	Upcoming releases and emerging players
📏 Context Window Comparison	NEW: Compare context lengths & implications
🎯 Best Model For X	NEW: Decision trees for model selection

Audio & Embeddings

Model	Type	Card
Whisper v4	Speech Recognition	📄
text-embedding-3	Text Embeddings	📄

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🎯 Quick Selection

By Use Case

Use Case	Top Pick	Runner-up
Complex reasoning	Claude Opus 4	DeepSeek R1
Coding assistant	Claude Opus 4	DeepSeek R1
Budget-friendly	DeepSeek V3	Qwen 3
Self-hosting	DeepSeek R1 (MIT)	Qwen 3 (Apache)
Image generation	FLUX 1.1 Pro	DALL-E 3
Video generation	Seedance 2.0	Sora 2
Agentic/tools	Kimi K2	Claude Opus 4

By Budget (LLMs)

Budget	Model	Cost (per 1M tokens)
💰 Free	Qwen 3 (self-host)	$0*
💰 Low	DeepSeek V3	$0.27 input
💰💰 Medium	Claude Sonnet 4	$3 input
💰💰💰 Premium	Claude Opus 4	$15 input

*Hardware costs not included

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🗂️ Card Format

Each model card follows a consistent structure:

# Model Name

## Overview
- Organization, release date, key claims

## Architecture  
- Parameters, layers, context, special features

## Benchmarks
- Performance on standard evals

## Usage
- API access, pricing, integrations

## Comparison
- How it stacks up vs alternatives

## Resources
- Links to papers, docs, demos

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📥 Contributing

Adding New Models

1. Create cards/<model-name>.md using the template
2. Update this README's index
3. Add any PDF/raw model cards to raw/
4. Submit a PR!

Improving Guides

• Fix outdated pricing or specs
• Add new comparisons or benchmarks
• Improve explanations
• Add code examples

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🗺️ Repository Structure

model-cards-hub/
├── README.md                 # You are here
├── cards/                    # Individual model cards
│   ├── _TEMPLATE.md
│   ├── claude-opus-4.md
│   ├── deepseek-r1.md
│   ├── kimi-k2.md
│   └── ...
├── guides/                   # Reference guides
│   ├── comparison-matrix.md
│   ├── pricing-comparison.md
│   ├── model-selection-guide.md
│   ├── api-snippets.md
│   ├── self-hosting-guide.md
│   ├── license-comparison.md
│   ├── model-family-trees.md
│   ├── models-to-watch.md
│   └── glossary.md
├── raw/                      # Original PDFs and docs
└── notes/                    # Working notes

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🔗 External Resources

• Hugging Face Model Hub
• Papers With Code
• AI Index Report
• Artificial Analysis

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Last updated: February 2026