ResearchLLM Verifications Leaderboard

Data as of · 78 models, 80 questions · reviewed by Suhas Bhairav · methodology

rekaaiOpen weightsReleased 12 Mar 2025

Reka Flash 3 benchmarks, speed and API pricing

Reviewed by Suhas Bhairav · Tested

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  • Reka$0.1 in · $0.2 out
Intelligence1.2% correct#72 of 72
Speed101tok/s#37 of 72
Cost$0.0008per question#22 of 72List $0.1 in · $0.2 out per 1M
Verbosity3,855tokens per question#70 of 72

Summary

  • Answers 1 of 80 verification questions correctly (1.2%), placing #72 of 72 models tested on the current suite.
  • Generates 101 output tokens per second, faster than 49% of the models the leaderboard measures.
  • Starts responding after 0.5 s (median time to first token), including thinking time.
  • Costs $0.0008 per question as billed, #11 cheapest of 12 models priced under $0.15 per 1M tokens.

Specifications

Reasoning
Yes
Input
text
Output
text
Context window
66k tokens
Knowledge cutoff
31 Jan 2025
OpenRouter ID
rekaai/reka-flash-3
Last tested
27 Oct 2026

Peer group: 13 models with a blended list price under $0.15 per 1M tokens (3 input : 1 output). Charts below compare Reka Flash 3 with all models; cost and speed charts focus on this peer group.

Intelligence

Verification score: the share of 80 questions from open datasets answered correctly. See the benchmark datasets.

Score vs. cost per question

Reka Flash 3 circled; dashed line joins models no cheaper model beats

Most attractive quadrant0255075100$0.00001$0.0001$0.001$0.01$0.10Cost per question (USD, log) →Verification score (%) →Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BCommand AReka Flash 3Gemma 4 26B A4BGemma 4 31BQwen3.5 397B A17BHermes 4 405BMuse WonderGrok 4.7o3gpt-oss-20bGranite 4.0 MicroNova Micro 1.0Mercury 2.5Phi 4Granite 4.2 8BHy3GLM 5.3 FlashSolar Pro 4Trinity Large ThinkingMiniMax M3Mistral Large 4Claude Opus 5.5GPT-6.1 SolGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.4GPT-6 Lunagpt-oss-120b

Score vs. end-to-end response time

Reka Flash 3 circled · accurate and quick sits top left

Most attractive quadrant02550751000 s25 s50 s75 s100 sEnd-to-end response time (s) →Verification score (%) →Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BCommand AReka Flash 3Llama 4 ScoutGemma 4 26B A4BLing 3.1 FlashHermes 4 405BMuse WonderGranite 4.0 MicroSolar Pro 4DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Mistral Large 4Claude Opus 5.5Llama 4 MaverickKimi K3.1 Pro

Score vs. tokens per question

Reka Flash 3 circled · output tokens, reasoning included

Most attractive quadrant02550751001001,00010,000Output tokens per question (log) →Verification score (%) →Command AReka Flash 3Llama 4 ScoutQwen3.7 PlusGemma 4 26B A4BGemma 4 31BQwen3.5 397B A17BHermes 4 405BClaude Fable 5.1GPT-6 AstraMuse WonderGrok 4.7o3gpt-oss-20bGranite 4.0 MicroNova Micro 1.0Mercury 2.5Granite 4.2 8BMinistral 3 14B 2512Hy3GLM 5.3 FlashSolar Pro 4Qwen3.6 35B A3BInkling SmallNemotron 3 UltraClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.4GPT-6 SolMiMo-V2.6-Pro

Verification score

All models tested on the current suite

  1. 1Claude Opus 5.585.0
  2. 2Gemini 4 Argon83.8
  3. 3GPT-5.3-Codex82.5
  4. 3Gemini 3.8 Flash82.5
  5. 5Claude Fable 5.181.2
  6. 6Grok 4.780.0
  7. 7Muse Wonder78.8
  8. 7Claude Sonnet 5.578.8
  9. 9Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview77.5
  10. 9Muse Spark Open77.5
  11. 72Reka Flash 31.2

61 more models · see the full leaderboard

6 of 78 tested models have no verification score

Cost

Average cost of one question, split into input, reasoning and answer tokens at each model's list price. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.

Cost per question, as billed

All models · lower is better

  1. 1Granite 4.0 Micro$0.000051
  2. 2gpt-oss-20b$0.000066
  3. 3Granite 4.2 8B$0.000077
  4. 4Nova Micro 1.0$0.000087
  5. 5Mercury 2.5$0.00011
  6. 6Phi 4$0.00012
  7. 7gpt-oss-120b$0.00013
  8. 8GLM 5.3 Flash$0.00015
  9. 9Ministral 3 3B 2512$0.00019
  10. 10GPT-6 Luna$0.00025
  11. 22Reka Flash 3$0.0008

61 more models · see the full leaderboard

6 of 78 tested models have no cost per question
  • LFM2.5-2.6B: no verification score (80 of 80 questions failed on the host's side)
  • Ling 3.0 Flash VL: no verification score (not yet run on the current question suite)
  • Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: no verification score (not yet run on the current question suite)
  • Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: no verification score (not yet run on the current question suite)
  • Nova Premier 1.0: no verification score (not yet run on the current question suite)
  • GPT-5.5 Pro: no verification score (not yet run on the current question suite)

Speed and latency

Median of 3 streamed runs of the same prompt, measured 25 Oct 2026.

Latency vs. output speed

Reka Flash 3 circled · quick to start and fast sits top left

Most attractive quadrant02004006008000.0 s5.0 s10.0 s15.0 s20.0 sTime to first token (s) →Output speed (tok/s) →Nemotron 3.5 Super VLQwen3.5 397B A17BMuse WonderMinistral 3 3B 2512Trinity Large ThinkingGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemini 3.8 FlashGemini 4 Argon

Results by category

Questions answered correctly in each category

Science0/30
Engineering0/15
Medicine1/11
Economics0/9
Law0/6
Humanities & social science0/9

Compare Reka Flash 3

Head to head with its closest rivals, other rekaai models and the top models overall.

Hosts and prices

Every host serving this model through OpenRouter, from OpenRouter's catalogue

HostInput / 1MOutput / 1MContextMax outputQuantization
Reka$0.1$0.266k59k—

Reka Flash 3: frequently asked questions

How accurate is Reka Flash 3?
Reka Flash 3 answered 1 of 80 questions correctly (1.2%) in the 2026-10-27 run, ranking #72 of 78 models.
How fast is Reka Flash 3?
Reka Flash 3 generated a median of 101 output tokens per second in the 2026-10-27 run, ranking #37 of 78. Median time to first token was 0.5 s.
What is the latency of Reka Flash 3?
Reka Flash 3 had a median time to first token of 0.5 s in the 2026-10-27 run, ranking #11 of 78 models.
How much does Reka Flash 3 cost?
Reka Flash 3 cost $0.0008 per question on average as billed in the 2026-10-27 run, reasoning tokens included.
What is Reka Flash 3 API pricing?
Reka Flash 3 is listed at $0.1 per million input tokens and $0.2 per million output tokens on OpenRouter.
What is the context window of Reka Flash 3?
Reka Flash 3 accepts up to 65,536 tokens of context, according to OpenRouter's model catalogue.
Is Reka Flash 3 open source?
Yes. Reka Flash 3 is an open-weights model: rekaai publishes the weights, so you can run it yourself as well as through an API.
Who makes Reka Flash 3?
Reka Flash 3 is made by rekaai. The LLM Verifications Leaderboard tested it through OpenRouter using the model ID rekaai/reka-flash-3.
Where can I use Reka Flash 3 via API?
Through OpenRouter, Reka Flash 3 is served by 1 host: Reka.