AI Egg Index — the everyday index for AI
As of 2026-07-12, the AI Egg Index ranks free-tier LLMs on everyday tasks. The current top free model overall is llama-3.1-8b-instant (groq) at 74%. Scores are small-sample and directional.
| Model | Provider | Practical | IFEval | GSM8K | Creative | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| llama-3.1-8b-instant | groq | 63% | 100% | 67% | 66% | 74% |
| Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct | huggingface | 66% | — | — | N/A | 66% |
| command-r-08-2024 | cohere | 56% | 33% | 100% | 62% | 63% |
| gemini-2.5-flash | 56% | — | — | 2% | 29% |
Free-tier only, everyday tasks, updated weekly. Open source: github.com/Ceaustin117/ai-egg-index