Reflection
Reflection ranks #16 of 92 providers on BenchLeader by its best model, with 1 ranked model. Its best model is Beam 1.0 at 56.4 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in long context. Beam 1.0 is priced at $1.05 per million tokens blended. The fastest is Beam 1.0 at 303 tokens per second. All models ship open weights.
- Provider rank
- #16
- by best model
- Best index
- 56.4
- Beam 1.0
- Ranked models
- 1
- 2 open weights
- Cheapest ranked
- $1.05/M
- Beam 1.0
Release timeline
Each model’s best configuration by release date. The top eight are labelled; hover any point for its name.
Not enough dated, ranked models to draw a timeline.
Next release
Not enough dated releases to estimate a cadence.
Fastest ranked model: Beam 1.0 at 303 tok/s.
Head to head
Reflection vs Anthropic
Reflection vs Google
Reflection vs OpenAI
Reflection vs Meta
Reflection vs Xiaomi
Reflection vs Moonshot AI
Reflection vs SpaceXAI
Reflection vs Alibaba
Reflection vs Zhipu AI
Reflection vs DeepSeek
Reflection vs StepFun
Reflection vs Sapiens AI
Reflection vs Mistral AI
Reflection vs ByteDance
Reflection vs Motif Technologies
Reflection vs MBZUAI
Reflection vs MiniMax
Reflection vs Meituan
Reflection vs Multiverse ComputingModels
Every Reflection model with a result, one row per model; switch to all configurations to see each reasoning effort.
2 of 2
| # | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NewBeam 1.0open | 56.4±9 | $1.05 | 303 | 7.51 s | 1.0M | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-16 |
| 2 | NewBeam 1.0 501B A23Bopen ↗ | – | $1.50 | 84 | 0.99 s | 1.0M | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-16 |
Latest news
- Reflection's Beam aims to undercut Chinese open models with fewer tokens, not cheaper tokensVentureBeat · 16 Oct 2026
- How two DeepMind alumni built a £19bn threat to OpenAIThe Times · 16 Oct 2026
- Nvidia AI Deal Talks Just Gave Bulls a Fresh Reason to Buy NVDA StockBarchart.com · 16 Oct 2026
- Reflection AI open-sources Beam’s weights, post-training recipesSiliconANGLE · 16 Oct 2026
- Nvidia in talks to invest further in Reflection AI or buy it, FT reportsReuters · 10 Oct 2026
- A New Open-Weight Challenger to Anthropic, Reflection, EmergesThe New York Times · 6 Oct 2026
- Nvidia Weighs Buying Reflection AI, the $25 Billion Open-Weight Model Startup It Already BacksTIKR.com · 11 Oct 2026
- Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute costTechCrunch · 5 Oct 2026