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532 models · 3 boards · 2 sources

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Intelligence Index · A composite of several evaluations · Updated September 16, 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
3Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning)Alibaba · #13 overall54.3
This week's changes
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning)Intelligence · #13New
RankChangeModelIntelligencePrice $/MSpeed tok/sFirst token
1—GPT-5 (high)ClosedOpenAI66.7$3.4——
2—GPT-5 (medium)ClosedOpenAI66.3$3.4——
3—Grok 4ClosedxAI65.3$6.0——
4—o3-proClosedOpenAI65.3$35——
5—o3ClosedOpenAI65.2$3.5——
6—GPT-5 mini (high)ClosedOpenAI62.3$0.69——
7—GPT-5 (low)ClosedOpenAI61.7$3.4——
8—GPT-5 mini (medium)ClosedOpenAI60.8$0.69——
9—Gemini 2.5 ProClosedGoogle59.6$3.4——
10—Claude 4.1 Opus (Extended Thinking)ClosedAnthropic59.3$30——
11—o4-mini (high)ClosedOpenAI59.0$1.9——
12—Grok 3 mini Reasoning (high)ClosedxAI57.1$0.35——
13—Claude 4 Sonnet (Extended Thinking)ClosedAnthropic56.5$6.0——
14—Claude 4 Opus (Extended Thinking)ClosedAnthropic54.2$30——
15—Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)ClosedGoogle54.1$3.4——
16—Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (May' 25)ClosedGoogle53.2$3.4——
17—Gemini 2.5 Flash (Reasoning)ClosedGoogle51.2$0.85——
18—o3-mini (high)ClosedOpenAI50.8$1.9——
19—Grok Code Fast 1ClosedxAI48.7$0.53——
20—Qwen3 Max (Preview)ClosedAlibaba48.6$2.4——
21—GPT-5 nano (high)ClosedOpenAI48.5$0.14——
22—o3-miniClosedOpenAI48.1$1.9——
23—o1-proClosedOpenAI48.0$263——
24—GPT-5 nano (medium)ClosedOpenAI47.7$0.14——
25—o1ClosedOpenAI47.2$26——
26—Sonar Reasoning ProClosedPerplexity46.3$0.000——
27—Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (Reasoning)ClosedGoogle45.8$0.000——
28—o1-previewClosedOpenAI44.9$29——
29—Claude 4.1 OpusClosedAnthropic44.6$30——
30—Claude 4 SonnetClosedAnthropic44.4$6.0——
31—GPT-5 (minimal)ClosedOpenAI43.5$3.4——
32—GPT-4.1ClosedOpenAI43.4$3.5——
33—Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Extended Thinking)ClosedAnthropic42.7$6.0——
34—GPT-4.1 miniClosedOpenAI42.5$0.70——
35—Claude 4 OpusClosedAnthropic42.3$30——
36—GPT-5 mini (minimal)ClosedOpenAI41.6$0.69——
37—Grok 3 Reasoning BetaClosedxAI41.4$0.000——
38—Gemini 2.5 FlashClosedGoogle40.4$0.85——
39—Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning)ClosedGoogle40.1$0.18——
40—o1-miniClosedOpenAI39.2$1.9——
41—GPT-4.5 (Preview)ClosedOpenAI38.4$0.000——
42—Solar Pro 2 (Reasoning)ClosedUpstage37.7$0.50——
43—Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental (Jan '25)ClosedGoogle37.7$0.000——
44—Solar Pro 2 (Preview) (Reasoning)ClosedUpstage36.1$0.000——
45—Grok 3ClosedxAI36.0$6.0——
46—GPT-4o (March 2025, chatgpt-4o-latest)ClosedOpenAI35.6$7.5——
47—Mistral Medium 3.1ClosedMistral35.4$0.80——
48—Mistral Medium 3ClosedMistral34.7$0.80——
49—Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental (Feb '25)ClosedGoogle34.6$0.000——
50—Sonar ReasoningClosedPerplexity34.2$2.0——

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