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526 models · 3 boards · 2 sources

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Intelligence Index · A composite of several evaluations · Updated September 10, 2025

Smartest
GPT-5 (high)OpenAI66.7Intelligence
Best open model
gpt-oss-120BOpenAI57.9Intelligence
Best value
Gemma 3n E4B InstructGoogle624 pts/$Value
Best from China
Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning)Alibaba57.5Intelligence
Top three by Intelligence
1GPT-5 (high)OpenAI66.7
2Grok 4xAI65.3
3o3-proOpenAI65.3
Top three open models
1gpt-oss-120BOpenAI · #9 overall57.9
2Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning)Alibaba · #10 overall57.5
3DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)DeepSeek · #15 overall54.0
This week's changes
Grok Code Fast 1Intelligence · #22New
Qwen3 Max (Preview)Intelligence · #23New
Kimi K2 0905Intelligence · #19Up 12
RankChangeModelIntelligencePrice $/MSpeed tok/sFirst token
1—GPT-5 (high)ClosedOpenAI · 3 more variants66.7$3.4——
2—Grok 4ClosedxAI65.3$6.0——
3—o3-proClosedOpenAI65.3$35——
4—o3ClosedOpenAI65.2$3.5——
5—GPT-5 mini (high)ClosedOpenAI · 2 more variants62.3$0.69——
6▲ 1Gemini 2.5 ProClosedGoogle59.6$3.4——
7▲ 1Claude 4.1 Opus (Extended Thinking)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant59.3$30——
8▼ 2o4-mini (high)ClosedOpenAI59.0$1.9——
9▲ 3Grok 3 mini Reasoning (high)ClosedxAI57.1$0.35——
10—Claude 4 Sonnet (Extended Thinking)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant56.5$6.0——
11▲ 3Claude 4 Opus (Extended Thinking)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant54.2$30——
12▼ 3Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)ClosedGoogle · 1 more variant54.1$3.4——
13▼ 2Gemini 2.5 Flash (Reasoning)ClosedGoogle · 1 more variant51.2$0.85——
14▼ 1o3-mini (high)ClosedOpenAI · 1 more variant50.8$1.9——
15NewGrok Code Fast 1ClosedxAI48.7$0.53——
16▼ 1GPT-5 nano (high)ClosedOpenAI · 2 more variants48.5$0.14——
17▲ 5o1-proClosedOpenAI48.0$263——
18▼ 2o1ClosedOpenAI · 1 more variant47.2$26——
19▼ 2Sonar Reasoning ProClosedPerplexity46.3$0.000——
20▼ 2Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (Reasoning)ClosedGoogle · 1 more variant45.8$0.000——
21—GPT-4.1ClosedOpenAI43.4$3.5——
22▼ 2Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Extended Thinking)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant42.7$6.0——
23▲ 1GPT-4.1 miniClosedOpenAI42.5$0.70——
24▼ 2Grok 3 Reasoning BetaClosedxAI41.4$0.000——
25▼ 6Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning)ClosedGoogle · 1 more variant40.1$0.18——
26▼ 1o1-miniClosedOpenAI39.2$1.9——
27▼ 1GPT-4.5 (Preview)ClosedOpenAI38.4$0.000——
28▼ 1Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental (Jan '25)ClosedGoogle · 1 more variant37.7$0.000——
29▼ 1Grok 3ClosedxAI36.0$6.0——
30▼ 1GPT-4o (March 2025, chatgpt-4o-latest)ClosedOpenAI · 4 more variants35.6$7.5——
31▼ 1Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental (Feb '25)ClosedGoogle34.6$0.000——
32▼ 1Sonar ReasoningClosedPerplexity34.2$2.0——
33▼ 1Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb '25)ClosedGoogle · 1 more variant34.0$0.18——
34▼ 1Nova PremierClosedAmazon31.1$5.0——
35▼ 1Gemini 1.5 Pro (Sep '24)ClosedGoogle · 1 more variant30.0$0.000——
36▼ 1Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Oct '24)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant29.9$6.0——
37▼ 1SonarClosedPerplexity28.8$1.0——
38▼ 1Sonar ProClosedPerplexity28.2$6.0——
39▼ 1GPT-4.1 nanoClosedOpenAI27.3$0.18——
40▼ 1Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite (Feb '25)ClosedGoogle · 1 more variant26.8$0.13——
41▼ 1Nova ProClosedAmazon25.5$1.4——
42▼ 1Gemini 1.5 Flash (Sep '24)ClosedGoogle · 1 more variant24.4$0.000——
43▼ 1GPT-4 TurboClosedOpenAI24.2$15——
44▼ 1Grok BetaClosedxAI23.0$0.000——
45▼ 1GPT-4ClosedOpenAI21.5$38——
46▼ 1Nova LiteClosedAmazon21.4$0.11——
47▼ 1GPT-4o miniClosedOpenAI21.2$0.26——
48▼ 1Claude 3 OpusClosedAnthropic20.6$30——
49▼ 1Claude 3.5 HaikuClosedAnthropic20.2$1.6——
50▼ 1Nova MicroClosedAmazon17.3$0.061——

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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