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Artificial Analysis · snapshot synced Aug 10, 2026, 14:24 UTCAA data · Aug 10, 14:24 UTC181 models · 88 providersLatest tracked Aug 18, 2026 · Index v4.1

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1	Claude Opus 5Anthropic	63.1	78	59.2	$0.425	14s	1.0M	3
2	Claude Fable 5Anthropic	62.1	76.5	56.6	$3.14	2.6 min	1.0M	3
3	GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI	60.9	77.4	57.8	$0.237	9.7s	1.0M	2
4	Grok 4.6 (high)SpaceXAI	60.9	76.8	58.7	$0.837	46s	500K	1
5	Kimi K3OpenKimi	59.7	76.2	54.3	$0.838	69s	1.0M	11
6	GLM-5.3OpenZ AI	59.5	74.8	59.1	$0.683	31s	1.0M	1
7	GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh)OpenAI	59	78.3	53.6	$0.807	59s	1.0M	1
8	Qwen3.8 MaxOpenAlibaba	58.1	71.8	58.4	$1.13	59s	1.0M	1
9	Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BOpenAlibaba	57.7	71.9	57.1	$1.09	57s	984K	6
10	GPT-5.6 Sol (high)OpenAI	57.3	77.2	50.6	$0.548	24s	1.0M	1
11	GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI	56.6	76.7	50.2	$0.102	5.9s	1.0M	2
12	Gemini 3.7 Flash (high)Google	56	76.1	45.1	$0.402	17s	1.0M	1
13	Grok 4.5 (high)SpaceXAI	55.8	72.4	48.9	$0.360	24s	500K	1
14	GPT-5.6 Sol (medium)OpenAI	55.6	76.3	47.9	$0.372	13s	1.0M	1
15	Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic	55.3	71.5	49.7	$0.417	10s	1.0M	4
16	Gemini 3.7 Flash (medium)Google	53.4	71.5	45.1	$0.263	6.2s	1.0M	1
17	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813OpenDeepSeek	53.2	68.8	49.6	$0.252	35s	1.0M	8
18	GPT-5.6 Terra (xhigh)OpenAI	52.8	70.6	46.5	$0.305	32s	1.0M	1
19	GLM-5.2OpenZ AI	52.6	68.8	45.7	$0.445	5.7s	1.0M	18
20	GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI	52.3	71.4	46.9	$0.012	4.2s	1.0M	2
21	Qwen3.8 27BOpenAlibaba	52	68.1	50.9	N/A	N/A	262K	1
22	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731OpenDeepSeek	51.8	69.1	48.4	$0.112	25s	1.0M	14
23	Gemini 3.6 Flash (high)Google	51.6	69.2	40.5	$0.344	21s	1.0M	1
24	Gemini 3.7 Flash (low)Google	50.9	71	41.6	$0.165	2.5s	1.0M	1
25	GPT-5.6 Sol (low)OpenAI	50.7	69.7	41.6	$0.231	12s	1.0M	1
26	GPT-5.6 Terra (high)OpenAI	50.1	67.1	43.5	$0.218	7.6s	1.0M	1
27	GPT-5.6 Luna (xhigh)OpenAI	50.1	68.6	44.4	$0.032	49s	1.0M	1
28	Kimi K3 (low)OpenKimi	48.3	72	39.6	$0.242	72s	1.0M	1
29	Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle	47.7	68.8	23	$0.335	37s	1.0M	2
30	GPT-5.6 Luna (high)OpenAI	47	63.3	41	$0.022	15s	1.0M	1
31	GPT-5.6 Terra (medium)OpenAI	46.8	64.7	39.1	$0.119	7.1s	1.0M	1
32	Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium)Google	46.7	N/A	N/A	N/A	23s	1.0M	1
33	GPT-5.3 Codex (xhigh)OpenAI	45.5	N/A	N/A	N/A	79s	400K	1
34	MiniMax-M3OpenMiniMax	45.4	58.6	36.1	$0.139	29s	1.0M	10
35	DeepSeek V4 ProOpenDeepSeek	45.3	59.4	37.8	$0.043	8.4s	1.0M	9
36	Kimi K2.6OpenKimi	45.1	61.8	31.2	$0.365	15s	262K	1
37	Kimi K2.7 CodeOpenKimi	43	60.8	30.3	$0.222	76s	262K	9
38	MiMo-V2.5-ProOpenXiaomi	42.9	60.2	29.5	$0.034	12s	1.0M	3
39	Inkling (xhigh)OpenThinking Machines	42.3	52.1	34.1	$0.339	36s	524K	4
40	Hy3OpenTencent	42.2	58.8	31.4	$0.036	40s	262K	4
41	Nex-N2-ProOpenNex AGI	41.7	59.1	31.2	N/A	20s	262K	1
42	Solar Pro 4Upstage	41.6	52.7	33.6	$0.223	56s	512K	1
43	GPT-5.6 Terra (low)OpenAI	41.3	58.1	31.5	$0.094	6.9s	1.0M	1
44	Inkling SmallOpenThinking Machines	41.2	52.9	31.9	$0.073	39s	524K	3
45	GLM-5.1 (Reasoning)OpenZ AI	41	55.8	30.6	$0.304	53s	200K	1
46	Agnes 2.5 Pro AlphaSapiens AI	39.7	58.8	25.4	N/A	21s	1.0M	1
47	Qwen3.7 PlusOpenAlibaba	39.4	55.9	20.7	$0.242	46s	1.0M	1
48	GPT-5.6 Luna (medium)OpenAI	38.9	50.7	31.8	$0.011	6.4s	1.0M	1
49	Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA	38.3	49.3	27.5	$0.383	23s	512K	4
50	MiMo-V2.5OpenXiaomi	38	56.8	24.4	$0.010	48s	1.0M	4
51	Ling 3.0 FlashOpenInclusionAI	37.8	50.6	29.3	$0.038	N/A	131K	1
52	Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba	37.7	53.7	27.5	$0.292	1.9 min	262K	6
53	Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteGoogle	37.4	49.3	27.2	$0.097	11s	1.0M	1
54	Grok 4.3 (medium)SpaceXAI	36.9	N/A	N/A	N/A	18s	1.0M	3
55	GLM-5.1OpenZ AI	36.3	N/A	N/A	N/A	9.8s	200K	1
56	Grok 4.3 (low)SpaceXAI	36.3	N/A	N/A	N/A	12s	1.0M	3
57	Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle	35.8	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.1s	1.0M	1
58	Muse Glimmer (high)OpenMeta	35.1	49	22.9	$0.073	23s	131K	2
59	Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic	35.1	N/A	N/A	N/A	13s	1.0M	1
60	MiniMax-M2.5OpenMiniMax	34.5	N/A	N/A	N/A	28s	196K	1
61	Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba	34.3	48.2	19.8	$0.357	44s	262K	8
62	LongCat 2.0OpenLongCat	34	45.3	22	$0.121	66s	1.0M	1
63	GPT-5.6 Luna (low)OpenAI	33.9	44.2	25.7	$0.0088	5.4s	1.0M	1
64	KAT Coder Pro V2KwaiKAT	33.7	59.5	15.1	N/A	6.0s	256K	1
65	Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba	32.8	45.7	21.3	$0.253	22s	262K	4
66	Qwen3.5 397B A17BOpenAlibaba	32.7	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.1s	262K	6
67	Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba	32.1	41.9	21.6	$0.294	52s	262K	6
68	Qwen3.5 Omni PlusOpenAlibaba	31.3	N/A	N/A	N/A	13s	256K	1
69	Qwen3.6 27BOpenAlibaba	31.3	46.6	23.6	$0.398	13s	262K	4
70	o3OpenAI	31.1	N/A	N/A	N/A	13s	200K	2
71	Step 3.7 FlashOpenStepFun	30.9	39.6	21.7	$0.091	24s	256K	2
72	Mistral Medium 3.5OpenMistral	30.4	46.9	19.2	$0.464	21s	262K	1
73	Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning)Anthropic	29.9	43.9	16.5	$0.217	22s	200K	4
74	Gemma 4 31B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle	29.7	43.4	14.4	$0.0000	63s	262K	12
75	DeepSeek V4 FlashOpenDeepSeek	29.3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.0M	2
76	GPT-5.5 InstantOpenAI	29.2	39.4	11.1	$0.536	22s	400K	1
77	Qwen3.5 122B A10BOpenAlibaba	28.2	43.3	16.2	$0.195	5.8s	262K	2
78	Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle	26.1	39.3	11	$0.039	N/A	1.0M	5
79	Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA	25.7	37.7	8.8	$0.229	21s	262K	3
80	Grok 4.3SpaceXAI	25	35.2	23	$0.295	6.0s	1.0M	2
81	Qwen3.6 35B A3BOpenAlibaba	24.6	28.1	19.2	$0.630	5.8s	262K	5
82	Ling 3.0 TinyOpenInclusionAI	24.5	26.5	16	$0.0000	18s	262K	1
83	Qwen3.5 35B A3BOpenAlibaba	24.3	37	11.8	$0.241	5.1s	262K	2
84	Claude 4.5 HaikuAnthropic	24.1	N/A	N/A	N/A	6.6s	200K	4
85	gpt-oss-120b (high)OpenOpenAI	24.1	30.4	13.4	$0.073	16s	131K	14
86	Nemotron 3.5 LightningOpenNVIDIA	23.6	26.8	13.8	$0.076	9.4s	1.0M	6
87	Command A+OpenCohere	22.8	27.8	9.2	$0.0000	12s	200K	1
88	Gemma 4 31BOpenGoogle	22.3	33.2	11.1	$0.044	7.5s	262K	9
89	Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle	22.2	31	N/A	N/A	25s	262K	1
90	Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)Amazon	22.1	34	N/A	N/A	35s	256K	1
91	Mercury 2Inception	21.9	31.1	9.5	$0.080	4.5s	128K	1
92	Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba	21.8	28.7	7	$0.242	33s	262K	2
93	Qwen3 Coder NextOpenAlibaba	21.3	36.2	8.9	$0.337	5.0s	262K	3
94	Nova 2.0 Lite (high)Amazon	20.8	23	N/A	N/A	29s	1.0M	1
95	Qwen3.5 9BOpenAlibaba	20.6	23.5	N/A	N/A	6.6s	262K	1
96	Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba	20.4	22.6	N/A	N/A	84s	262K	1
97	Gemma 4 26B A4BOpenGoogle	20.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	7.8s	1.0M	6
98	North Mini CodeOpenCohere	20.2	36.5	3.1	$0.0000	1.6 min	256K	1
99	Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)Amazon	19.8	25.9	N/A	N/A	32s	256K	1
100	Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)OpenMistral	19.7	26.6	4.6	$0.100	16s	256K	1
101	Devstral 2OpenMistral	19.2	31.3	10.6	$0.0000	15s	262K	1
102	Qwen3.5 Omni FlashOpenAlibaba	19.2	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.9s	256K	1
103	Nova 2.0 Lite (medium)Amazon	19.2	N/A	N/A	N/A	35s	1.0M	1
104	Trinity Large ThinkingOpenArcee AI	18.7	25.8	3.7	$0.164	14s	262K	2
105	Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 InstructOpenAlibaba	18.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	11s	262K	1
106	Nova 2.0 Lite (low)Amazon	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	23s	1.0M	1
107	Magistral Medium 1.2OpenMistral	18	21.3	1.9	$0.892	22s	131K	1
108	Devstral Small 2OpenMistral	17.7	29.3	10.8	$0.0000	6.0s	256K	1
109	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba	16.9	17.4	2.1	$0.042	15s	262K	3
110	Qwen3.5 4BOpenAlibaba	16.1	20.3	N/A	N/A	18s	262K	1
111	Mistral Large 3OpenMistral	15.9	20.1	5.5	$0.081	12s	262K	3
112	gpt-oss-20b (high)OpenOpenAI	15.2	20.7	3.1	$0.025	19s	131K	7
113	Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B ReasoningOpenNVIDIA	15	13.8	N/A	N/A	8.8s	66K	1
114	gpt-oss-120b (low)OpenOpenAI	14.9	21.2	1	$0.020	16s	131K	12
115	NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA	14.5	14.4	2	$0.025	12s	262K	3
116	Llama 4 MaverickOpenMeta	14.5	16.3	1.2	$0.036	5.4s	1.0M	5
117	Solar Pro 3Upstage	14.5	16.2	2.9	$0.146	19s	131K	1
118	gpt-oss-20b (low)OpenOpenAI	14.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	16s	131K	6
119	Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewAmazon	14.4	20.9	N/A	N/A	6.2s	256K	1
120	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructOpenAlibaba	13.8	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.9s	262K	6

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