Best AI Models for SQL & Database Coding in 2026: Text-to-SQL, ORMs, and Beyond
Gemini dominates text-to-SQL (77.14% BIRD), Claude Opus 4.8 leads ORM queries (69.2% SWE-bench Pro), GPT-5.5 wins database administration (78.2% Terminal-Bench). The BIRD benchmark has 32% wrong gold answers. Spider 1.0 is dead. Full SQL AI model comparison with proxy benchmarks.
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