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Intelligence Index · A composite of several evaluations · Updated August 24, 2026

Smartest
Best open model
Kimi K3 (max)Kimi59.7Intelligence
Best value
Hy3-preview (Reasoning)Tencent345 pts/$Value
Best from China
Kimi K3 (max)Kimi59.7Intelligence
Top three open models
1Kimi K3 (max)Kimi · #5 overall59.7
2Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba · #8 overall57.7
This week's changes
hy4-previewCoding · #5New
GLM-5.3 (max)Intelligence · #6New
MAI-Image-2.5-ProImage · #7New
qwen3.8-flash-nextCoding · #8New
glm-5.3-flashCoding · #11New
RankChangeModelIntelligencePrice $/MSpeed tok/sFirst token
1—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic · 4 more variants63.1$105952 s
2—Claude Fable 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Opus 4.8 Fallback)ClosedAnthropic62.1$2071133 s
3—GPT-5.6 Sol (max)ClosedOpenAI · 5 more variants60.9$1172146 s
4—Claude Opus 4.8 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic57.3$106127 s
5—Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh)ClosedMeta56.8$2.0——
6—GPT-5.6 Terra (max)ClosedOpenAI · 5 more variants56.6$4.5121159 s
7—GPT-5.5 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI · 4 more variants56.3$119161 s
8—Gemini 3.7 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle · 2 more variants56.0$1.534812 s
9—Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant55.3$4.081172 s
10—Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant55.0$105316 s
11—Muse Spark 1.1 (xhigh)ClosedMeta53.2$2.01961.5 s
12—GPT-5.4 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI · 2 more variants53.1$5.6126134 s
13—GPT-5.6 Luna (max)ClosedOpenAI · 5 more variants52.3$0.45140146 s
14—Gemini 3.5 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle · 2 more variants52.0$3.420716 s
15—Gemini 3.6 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle51.6$1.520814 s
16—Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic · 2 more variants48.4$6.056124 s
17—Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewClosedGoogle47.7$4.512429 s
18—GPT-5.3 Codex (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI45.5$4.813859 s
19—Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant44.9$104722 s
20—Muse SparkClosedMeta44.3———
21—GPT-5.2 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI · 2 more variants43.3$4.882141 s
22—Claude Opus 4.5 (Reasoning)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant41.9$105716 s
23—GPT-5.2 Codex (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI41.2$4.8——
24—GPT-5.4 mini (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI · 2 more variants40.9$1.71878.5 s
25—Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)ClosedGoogle · 1 more variant40.6$4.5——
26—GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI · 2 more variants39.7$0.461843.7 s
27—Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning)ClosedGoogle · 1 more variant38.7$1.11897.3 s
28—GPT-5.1 (high)ClosedOpenAI · 1 more variant37.5$3.411638 s
29—Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteClosedGoogle37.4$0.853738.7 s
30—Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant37.4$6.05210 s
31—GPT-5 Codex (high)ClosedOpenAI37.0$3.4——
32—GPT-5.1 Codex (high)ClosedOpenAI35.6$3.4——
33—GPT-5 (high)ClosedOpenAI · 4 more variants35.3$3.410768 s
34—Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant34.5$30——
35—GPT-5.5 Instant (May 2026)ClosedOpenAI · 1 more variant34.3$11——
36—o3-proClosedOpenAI33.3$35——
37—Claude 4 Opus (Reasoning)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant31.7$30——
38—GPT-5 mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI · 2 more variants31.6$0.6911815 s
39—GPT-5.1 Codex mini (high)ClosedOpenAI31.3$0.69——
40—o3ClosedOpenAI31.1$3.51616.4 s
41—Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant29.9$2.011824 s
42—Claude 4 Sonnet (Reasoning)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant29.8$6.0——
43—Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant27.6———
44—o4-mini (high)ClosedOpenAI26.1$1.917527 s
45—Gemini 2.5 ProClosedGoogle25.9$3.413719 s
46—Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteClosedGoogle25.6$0.563345.4 s
47—Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning)ClosedGoogle · 3 more variants24.2———
48—o1ClosedOpenAI · 1 more variant23.9$26——
49—Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)ClosedGoogle · 1 more variant23.4———
50—Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)ClosedAmazon · 2 more variants22.1$3.412416 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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