Open-Source Model Releases and Leaderboard Roundup
Atagor · reddit · 2026-07-16
This post rounds up the major open-weight model releases as of July 2026, comparing them by license and benchmark performance.
Listed entries include:
- Apache 2.0: Thinking Machines Lab's Inkling (2026-07-15)
- MIT: DeepSeek V4 Pro, Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro, GLM-5.2
- Custom/Restricted Licenses: MiniMax M3, Kimi K2.7 Code
- Modified MIT: NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra
The post also includes a screenshot of a leaderboard based on benchmark data from July 16, 2026.
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