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Intelligence Index · A composite of several evaluations · Updated September 21, 2026

Best open model
GLM-5.3 (max)Z AI44.8Intelligence
Best value
Agnes 3.0 FlashSapiens AI473 pts/$Value
Best from China
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alibaba45.4Intelligence
Top three open models
1GLM-5.3 (max)Z AI · #8 overall44.8
2Kimi K3 (max)Kimi · #11 overall43.6
3GLM 5.3 FlashZ AI · #13 overall41.8
This week's changes
claude-opus-5.5-maxCoding · #1New
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTSSpeech · #2New
Grok Imagine Image 2.0Image · #4New
gpt-6-sol-maxCoding · #5New
RankChangeModelIntelligencePrice $/MSpeed tok/sFirst token
1—Qwen3.8 Max (0902)ClosedAlibaba · 1 more variant45.4$3.0373.0 s
2NewStep 5 PreviewClosedStepFun43.7$1.41003.0 s
3▼ 1DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedDeepSeek34.8$0.662361.1 s
4▼ 1Qwen3.7 MaxClosedAlibaba29.5$3.82012.3 s
5▼ 1MiMo-V2-ProClosedXiaomi28.6———
6▼ 1Qwen3.6 Max PreviewClosedAlibaba28.4$2.9703.2 s
7▼ 1Qwen3.6 PlusClosedAlibaba27.0$1.1562.0 s
8▼ 1GLM-5-TurboClosedZ AI26.6———
9▼ 1Qwen3.7 PlusClosedAlibaba25.2$0.70692.2 s
10▼ 1MiMo-V2-Omni-0327ClosedXiaomi · 1 more variant25.1———
11▼ 1GLM 5V Turbo (Reasoning)ClosedZ AI23.5———
12▼ 1Qwen3 Max ThinkingClosedAlibaba · 1 more variant21.3———
13▼ 1Qwen3.5 Omni PlusClosedAlibaba20.4$1.5942.1 s
14▼ 1Step 3.5 Flash 2603ClosedStepFun17.0$0.151043.5 s
15▼ 1Doubao Seed CodeClosedByteDance Seed16.9———
16▼ 1Qwen3 MaxClosedAlibaba · 1 more variant15.6$2.4552.3 s
17▼ 1ERNIE 5.0 Thinking PreviewClosedBaidu14.3———
18▼ 1Qwen3.5 Omni FlashClosedAlibaba12.5$0.282391.9 s
19▼ 1Qwen2.5 MaxClosedAlibaba8.0———
20▼ 1Qwen2.5 TurboClosedAlibaba6.4$0.0881052.2 s

Intelligence over time

Each maker's best model at the time on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, by the month it was released.

Gained most · Anthropic +57.2Highest now · Anthropic 64.6Gap between highest and lowest 18.1 ptsTime range Nov 2025 – Nov 2026
64.6Anthropic60.0Google56.9OpenAI50.1Meta46.5Kimi

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Artificial Analysis data comes from its API (artificialanalysis.ai). Scores are unchanged; ranks follow the scores. artificialanalysis.ai

Open or closed follows the license Arena gives; prices and Artificial Analysis intelligence show only where model names match, otherwise “—”.