LLM Leaderboard 2026: Rank & Compare 100+ AI Models Live

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Models: 164
Providers: 103
Provider data fetched: Oct 15, 2026, 11:32 UTC
Method: Index v4.3
Newest release: Oct 12, 2026

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1	Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic	57.6	N/A	N/A	$0.551	17s	1.0M	4
2	Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic	56	N/A	N/A	$0.345	6.4s	1.0M	4
3	Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic	53.4	81.6	57.9	$2.37	13s	1.0M	1
4	GPT-6 AstraOpenAI	52.7	76.9	51	$3.26	5.2 min	1.0M	6
5	Gemini 4 Argon (High)Google	52.6	N/A	N/A	$1.99	N/A	1.0M	2
6	GPT-6 Astra (Xhigh)OpenAI	52.4	75.9	50.2	$2.31	3.1 min	1.0M	1
7	Muse WonderOpenMeta	52.4	N/A	N/A	$4.52	59s	1.0M	1
8	GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI	51.8	N/A	N/A	$0.724	5.2 min	1.0M	5
9	GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh)OpenAI	51	N/A	N/A	$0.393	3.3 min	1.0M	1
10	GPT-6 Astra (High)OpenAI	50.9	77.1	48.2	$1.73	83s	1.0M	1
11	GPT-6.1 Sol (High)OpenAI	50.2	N/A	N/A	$0.319	61s	1.0M	1
12	GPT-6 Astra (Medium)OpenAI	49.6	76.7	46	$1.54	18s	1.0M	1
13	Muse Spark 1.3OpenMeta	48.1	75.8	55.5	$1.60	61s	1.0M	1
14	GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium)OpenAI	47.8	N/A	N/A	$0.214	17s	1.0M	1
15	Grok 4.7 (Xhigh)SpaceXAI	46.4	N/A	N/A	$3.74	87s	500K	1
16	MiMo-V2.6-ProOpenXiaomi	46.3	N/A	N/A	$0.133	59s	1.0M	5
17	Grok 4.7 (High)SpaceXAI	46.3	N/A	N/A	$2.73	36s	500K	1
18	GPT-6 Astra (Low)OpenAI	45.8	75.7	38.8	$0.818	15s	1.0M	2
19	Qwen3.8 MaxOpenAlibaba	45.4	76.2	56	$5.41	63s	984K	1
20	Muse Spark 1.3 (Xhigh)OpenMeta	45.1	76.5	51.5	$1.37	40s	1.0M	1
21	GLM-5.3OpenZ AI	44.8	74.8	53.1	$2.01	46s	1.0M	24
22	Step 5 PreviewStepFun	43.7	N/A	N/A	$1.03	31s	1.0M	1
23	Kimi K3OpenKimi	43.6	76.2	50	$2.00	62s	1.0M	17
24	Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic	43.4	N/A	N/A	$0.213	5.7 min	1.0M	1
25	Grok 4.7 (Low)SpaceXAI	42.2	N/A	N/A	$1.25	13s	500K	1
26	GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI	42.1	76.7	43.2	$0.140	6.4s	1.0M	2
27	GPT-6.1 Sol (Low)OpenAI	42.1	N/A	N/A	$0.131	15s	1.0M	1
28	GLM-5.3-FlashOpenZ AI	41.8	71.5	50.9	$0.284	43s	1.0M	24
29	Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh)Anthropic	41.2	N/A	N/A	$0.124	81s	1.0M	1
30	Ling 3.1 FlashOpenInclusionAI	41.1	N/A	N/A	$1.000	14s	1.0M	1
31	Gemini 3.8 Flash (High)Google	40.9	76.3	40.2	$1.24	28s	1.0M	1
32	Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BOpenAlibaba	39.9	71.9	50.1	$2.16	67s	1.0M	6
33	Qwen3.8-Flash-NextOpenAlibaba	39.8	73.1	53.6	$0.372	50s	1.0M	1
34	DeepSeek V4.1 FlashOpenDeepSeek	39.5	N/A	N/A	$0.147	4.1s	1.0M	21
35	GPT-6 LunaOpenAI	38.1	N/A	N/A	$0.011	5.4s	1.0M	3
36	GPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh)OpenAI	38	70.6	41.4	$0.632	38s	1.0M	2
37	MiMo-V2.6-FlashOpenXiaomi	37.9	N/A	N/A	$0.062	50s	1.0M	5
38	Claude Haiku 5.5 (High)Anthropic	37.8	N/A	N/A	$0.079	27s	1.0M	1
39	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813OpenDeepSeek	36	68.8	41.3	$0.355	7.0s	1.0M	10
40	Agnes 2.5 Pro BetaSapiens AI	35.2	62.3	N/A	N/A	22s	1.0M	1
41	DeepSeek V4 Flash VisionOpenDeepSeek	34.8	65	47.5	$0.314	16s	1.0M	4
42	GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh)OpenAI	34.6	N/A	N/A	$0.042	45s	1.0M	1
43	Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium)Anthropic	34.5	N/A	N/A	$0.047	15s	1.0M	1
44	GLM-5.3 (Low)OpenZ AI	34.3	N/A	N/A	$0.852	39s	1.0M	5
45	GPT-5.6 Terra (High)OpenAI	34.2	67.1	36.7	$0.338	16s	1.0M	2
46	Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh)OpenAlibaba	33.7	68.1	45.8	$1.01	65s	1.0M	9
47	GPT-6 Luna (High)OpenAI	32.9	N/A	N/A	$0.029	23s	1.0M	2
48	GPT-5.3 Codex (Xhigh)OpenAI	32.5	N/A	N/A	N/A	77s	400K	1
49	K2 Horizon 375B A23BOpenInstitute of Foundation Models	30.5	61.5	40	$0.0000	7.9s	524K	1
50	GPT-5.6 Terra (Medium)OpenAI	30.1	64.7	30.4	$0.183	7.3s	1.0M	1
51	Kimi K3 (Low)OpenKimi	30.1	72	29.3	$1.15	62s	1.0M	5
52	Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle	29.7	68.8	8.2	$1.30	25s	1.0M	2
53	Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low)Anthropic	29.5	N/A	N/A	$0.025	13s	1.0M	1
54	MiniMax-M3OpenMiniMax	29.2	58.6	29.5	$0.508	26s	1.0M	13
55	Solar Pro 4Upstage	28.2	52.7	N/A	N/A	29s	512K	1
56	Qwen3.8 27B (Medium)OpenAlibaba	27.6	56.1	44.4	$1.13	62s	1.0M	1
57	GPT-5.6 Terra (Low)OpenAI	27.5	58.1	25.9	$0.144	6.9s	1.0M	1
58	Quasar 438BOpenMultiverse Computing	26.7	61.2	31.4	$2.02	19s	1.0M	1
59	Qwen3.8 27B (Low)OpenAlibaba	26.2	58.2	38.9	$1.05	59s	1.0M	1
60	GPT-5.5 InstantOpenAI	26	39.4	16.6	$0.692	17s	400K	1
61	Kimi K2.7 CodeOpenKimi	25.8	60.8	21	$0.541	50s	262K	6
62	Inkling SmallOpenThinking Machines	25.7	52.9	23.5	$0.089	15s	524K	2
63	Hy3OpenTencent	25.3	58.8	24.1	$0.072	32s	262K	4
64	Qwen3.7 PlusOpenAlibaba	25.2	55.9	17.5	$0.217	47s	1.0M	1
65	Inkling (Xhigh)OpenThinking Machines	25	52.1	22.5	N/A	16s	1.0M	5
66	Solar Mini 4Upstage	24.1	N/A	N/A	$0.366	32s	524K	1
67	Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA	22.9	49.3	20.1	$0.598	19s	262K	4
68	Ling-3.0-flash-FinOpenInclusionAI	22.6	55.6	27.9	N/A	11s	262K	1
69	Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteGoogle	22.2	49.3	14.3	$0.193	8.4s	1.0M	1
70	GPT-6 Luna (Low)OpenAI	21.5	N/A	N/A	$0.0045	6.8s	1.0M	1
71	Qwen3.5 397B A17BOpenAlibaba	21.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	11s	262K	5
72	Qwen3.5 Omni PlusOpenAlibaba	20.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	7.8s	256K	1
73	o3OpenAI	20.2	N/A	N/A	N/A	11s	200K	2
74	Qwen3.8 27BOpenAlibaba	20.2	44.6	22.4	$2.49	15s	1.0M	6
75	LongCat 2.0OpenLongCat	19.1	45.3	14	$0.146	39s	262K	1
76	Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba	18.4	48.2	8.3	$0.475	69s	262K	6
77	Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba	18.2	41.9	13.1	$0.475	49s	262K	7
78	Qwen3.5 122B A10BOpenAlibaba	17.7	43.3	N/A	N/A	5.9s	262K	2
79	Muse Glimmer (High)OpenMeta	17.5	49	8.5	$0.053	21s	131K	3
80	Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle	16.7	39.3	2.9	N/A	39s	262K	6
81	Ring-2.6-1TOpenInclusionAI	16.6	42.8	10.7	$0.287	26s	262K	1
82	Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba	15.6	45.7	7.6	$0.325	22s	262K	4
83	Qwen3.6 35B A3BOpenAlibaba	15.2	28.1	N/A	N/A	5.7s	262K	6
84	Gemma 4 31B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle	14.7	43.4	4.2	$0.0000	64s	262K	11
85	Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Medium)Amazon	14.2	34	N/A	N/A	32s	256K	1
86	Mistral Medium 3.5OpenMistral	14.2	46.9	7	$0.502	19s	262K	1
87	Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle	14.2	31	N/A	N/A	25s	262K	1
88	Gemma 4 31BOpenGoogle	13.9	33.2	N/A	N/A	12s	262K	10
89	Nova 2.0 Lite (High)Amazon	13.4	23	N/A	N/A	32s	1.0M	1
90	Qwen3.5 9BOpenAlibaba	13.3	23.5	N/A	N/A	5.8s	262K	1
91	Command A+OpenCohere	13.1	27.8	1	$0.0000	14s	200K	1
92	Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba	13.1	22.6	N/A	N/A	2.1 min	262K	1
93	Gemma 4 26B A4BOpenGoogle	13.1	N/A	N/A	N/A	6.3s	262K	7
94	Nemotron 3.5 LightningOpenNVIDIA	12.9	26.8	3.5	$0.093	8.8s	1.0M	5
95	Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA	12.8	37.7	1.7	$1.64	18s	262K	3
96	Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Low)Amazon	12.8	25.9	N/A	N/A	30s	256K	1
97	Granite 4.2 30BOpenIBM	12.7	29.9	3.5	$0.072	34s	131K	1
98	Qwen3.5 Omni FlashOpenAlibaba	12.5	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.1s	256K	1
99	Nova 2.0 Lite (Medium)Amazon	12.5	N/A	N/A	N/A	30s	1.0M	1
100	Mercury 2.5Inception	12.3	N/A	N/A	$0.117	4.4s	256K	1
101	Nova 2.0 Lite (Low)Amazon	11.8	N/A	N/A	N/A	24s	1.0M	1
102	gpt-oss-120b (High)OpenOpenAI	11.6	30.4	3.7	$0.107	12s	131K	15
103	Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)OpenMistral	11.3	26.6	0.8	$0.015	16s	256K	1
104	Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba	11.2	28.7	1.2	$0.213	41s	262K	2
105	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba	11.2	17.4	N/A	N/A	16s	262K	1
106	Ling 3.0 TinyOpenInclusionAI	11.1	26.5	4.4	$0.0000	3.0 min	262K	1
107	Granite 4.2 8BOpenIBM	11.1	22.4	1.3	$0.024	22s	131K	2
108	Qwen3.5 4BOpenAlibaba	10.8	20.3	N/A	N/A	39s	262K	1
109	Trinity Large ThinkingOpenArcee AI	10.8	25.8	1	$0.119	8.3s	262K	1
110	Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B ReasoningOpenNVIDIA	10.3	13.8	N/A	N/A	11s	262K	2
111	gpt-oss-120b (Low)OpenOpenAI	10.2	21.2	N/A	N/A	11s	131K	14
112	gpt-oss-20b (Low)OpenOpenAI	10	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.8s	131K	4
113	Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewAmazon	10	20.9	N/A	N/A	5.7s	256K	1
114	North Mini CodeOpenCohere	9.9	36.5	1.1	$0.0000	31s	256K	1
115	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructOpenAlibaba	9.6	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.4s	262K	4
116	Gemma 4 12BOpenGoogle	9.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	7.0s	262K	1
117	Llama 4 MaverickOpenMeta	9.3	16.3	0.6	$0.038	9.9s	1.0M	5
118	Qwen3 Coder NextOpenAlibaba	9.2	36.2	0.9	$0.780	8.8s	262K	2
119	Granite 4.2 3BOpenIBM	9.1	17.5	0.9	$0.0060	12s	131K	1
120	Mistral Small 4OpenMistral	9	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.5s	262K	1

1Claude Opus 5.5Anthropicintelligence57.6Task $0.551Response 17s1.0M context4 providers

2Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropicintelligence56Task $0.345Response 6.4s1.0M context4 providers

3Claude Fable 5.1Anthropicintelligence53.4Task $2.37Response 13s1.0M context1 provider

4GPT-6 AstraOpenAIintelligence52.7Task $3.26Response 5.2 min1.0M context6 providers

5Gemini 4 Argon (High)Googleintelligence52.6Task $1.99Response N/A1.0M context2 providers

6GPT-6 Astra (Xhigh)OpenAIintelligence52.4Task $2.31Response 3.1 min1.0M context1 provider

7Muse WonderOpenMetaintelligence52.4Task $4.52Response 59s1.0M context1 provider

8GPT-6.1 SolOpenAIintelligence51.8Task $0.724Response 5.2 min1.0M context5 providers

9GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh)OpenAIintelligence51Task $0.393Response 3.3 min1.0M context1 provider

10GPT-6 Astra (High)OpenAIintelligence50.9Task $1.73Response 83s1.0M context1 provider

11GPT-6.1 Sol (High)OpenAIintelligence50.2Task $0.319Response 61s1.0M context1 provider

12GPT-6 Astra (Medium)OpenAIintelligence49.6Task $1.54Response 18s1.0M context1 provider

13Muse Spark 1.3OpenMetaintelligence48.1Task $1.60Response 61s1.0M context1 provider

14GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium)OpenAIintelligence47.8Task $0.214Response 17s1.0M context1 provider

15Grok 4.7 (Xhigh)SpaceXAIintelligence46.4Task $3.74Response 87s500K context1 provider

16MiMo-V2.6-ProOpenXiaomiintelligence46.3Task $0.133Response 59s1.0M context5 providers

17Grok 4.7 (High)SpaceXAIintelligence46.3Task $2.73Response 36s500K context1 provider

18GPT-6 Astra (Low)OpenAIintelligence45.8Task $0.818Response 15s1.0M context2 providers

19Qwen3.8 MaxOpenAlibabaintelligence45.4Task $5.41Response 63s984K context1 provider

20Muse Spark 1.3 (Xhigh)OpenMetaintelligence45.1Task $1.37Response 40s1.0M context1 provider

21GLM-5.3OpenZ AIintelligence44.8Task $2.01Response 46s1.0M context24 providers

22Step 5 PreviewStepFunintelligence43.7Task $1.03Response 31s1.0M context1 provider

23Kimi K3OpenKimiintelligence43.6Task $2.00Response 62s1.0M context17 providers

24Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropicintelligence43.4Task $0.213Response 5.7 min1.0M context1 provider

25Grok 4.7 (Low)SpaceXAIintelligence42.2Task $1.25Response 13s500K context1 provider

26GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAIintelligence42.1Task $0.140Response 6.4s1.0M context2 providers

27GPT-6.1 Sol (Low)OpenAIintelligence42.1Task $0.131Response 15s1.0M context1 provider

28GLM-5.3-FlashOpenZ AIintelligence41.8Task $0.284Response 43s1.0M context24 providers

29Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh)Anthropicintelligence41.2Task $0.124Response 81s1.0M context1 provider

30Ling 3.1 FlashOpenInclusionAIintelligence41.1Task $1.000Response 14s1.0M context1 provider

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Frontier models often cluster tightly on raw intelligence. Cost per task, response time, provider coverage, and context length usually create the real shortlist.

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Use Explore to find the shape of the market, then move into Compare or use the Agentic Fit Finder when task-level reliability and cost matter more than chat quality alone.

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What is the best LLM in 2026?

Claude Opus 5.5 leads the overall quality ranking right now. The best model for you depends on your use case — coding, cost, speed, and context length all shift the answer.

How do I compare LLMs?

Sort by Quality Index for overall strength, then filter by price, speed, or context window to match your constraints. Move to the Compare page to put 2–4 finalists head to head.

Which AI model has the best quality-to-price ratio?

Open-weight models like DeepSeek, Qwen, and Llama often lead on quality-to-price. For agentic workflows, cost per task is usually a better filter than token price alone.

How often is this leaderboard updated?

Data is pulled from Artificial Analysis and refreshed automatically. New models appear as soon as they have benchmark scores and provider endpoints.

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