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Intelligence Index · A composite of several evaluations · Updated August 17, 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 · #7 overall57.7
This week's changes
Sonic 3.6Speech · #1New
Grok 4.6 (high)Intelligence · #4New
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BIntelligence · #7New
glm-5.3-maxCoding · #8New
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProImage · #8New
RankChangeModelIntelligencePrice $/MSpeed tok/sFirst token
1—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic63.1$105345 s
2—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort)ClosedAnthropic62.5$105432 s
3—Claude Fable 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Opus 4.8 Fallback)ClosedAnthropic62.1$2067131 s
4—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort)ClosedAnthropic61.5$105314 s
5—GPT-5.6 Sol (max)ClosedOpenAI60.9$1170137 s
6NewGrok 4.6 (high)ClosedSpaceXAI60.9$3.05841 s
7▼ 1GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI59.0$116938 s
8▼ 1Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort)ClosedAnthropic58.6$10524.9 s
9▼ 1Qwen3.8 MaxClosedAlibaba58.1$3.0452.7 s
10▼ 1GPT-5.6 Sol (high)ClosedOpenAI57.3$116613 s
11▼ 1Claude Opus 4.8 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic57.3$105817 s
12▼ 1Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh)ClosedMeta56.8$2.0——
13▼ 1GPT-5.6 Terra (max)ClosedOpenAI56.6$4.5124174 s
14▼ 1GPT-5.5 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI56.3$119045 s
15NewGemini 3.7 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle56.0$1.541320 s
16▼ 2Grok 4.5 (high)ClosedSpaceXAI55.8$3.0519.8 s
17▼ 2GPT-5.6 Sol (medium)ClosedOpenAI55.6$11634.1 s
18▼ 2Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic55.3$4.077183 s
19▼ 2Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic55.0$10519.8 s
20▼ 2GPT-5.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI54.7$118327 s
21NewGemini 3.7 Flash (medium)ClosedGoogle53.4$1.53506.2 s
22▼ 3Muse Spark 1.1 (xhigh)ClosedMeta53.2$2.02451.4 s
23▼ 3GPT-5.4 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI53.1$5.6137119 s
24▼ 3GPT-5.6 Terra (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI52.8$4.511017 s
25▼ 3Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort)ClosedAnthropic52.5$10532.8 s
26▼ 3GPT-5.6 Luna (max)ClosedOpenAI52.3$0.45171119 s
27▼ 3Gemini 3.5 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle52.0$3.418324 s
28▼ 3Gemini 3.6 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle51.6$3.021516 s
29▼ 3GPT-5.5 (medium)ClosedOpenAI51.4$11796.4 s
30NewGemini 3.7 Flash (low)ClosedGoogle50.9$1.53030.7 s
31▼ 4GPT-5.6 Sol (low)ClosedOpenAI50.7$11602.9 s
32▼ 4GPT-5.6 Terra (high)ClosedOpenAI50.1$4.51102.2 s
33▼ 4GPT-5.6 Luna (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI50.1$0.4517234 s
34▼ 4Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic48.4$6.057145 s
35▼ 4Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewClosedGoogle47.7$4.510833 s
36▼ 4GPT-5.6 Luna (high)ClosedOpenAI47.0$0.451539.3 s
37▼ 4GPT-5.6 Terra (medium)ClosedOpenAI46.8$4.51041.6 s
38▼ 4Qwen3.7 MaxClosedAlibaba46.7$3.82042.3 s
39▼ 4Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium)ClosedGoogle46.7$3.418820 s
40▼ 4GPT-5.3 Codex (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI45.5$4.813951 s
41▼ 3Motif 3 (Beta)ClosedMotif Technologies45.3———
42▼ 5Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic44.9$103918 s
43▼ 4GPT-5.5 (low)ClosedOpenAI44.5$11781.6 s
44▼ 3Muse SparkClosedMeta44.3———
45▼ 5Claude Opus 4.7 (Non-reasoning, High Effort)ClosedAnthropic43.9$10461.1 s
46▼ 4GPT-5.2 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI43.3$4.880117 s
47▼ 4Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort)ClosedAnthropic42.6$4.0611.1 s
48▼ 4GPT-5.6 Sol (Non-reasoning)ClosedOpenAI41.9$11601.3 s
49▼ 4Claude Opus 4.5 (Reasoning)ClosedAnthropic41.9$104412 s
50NewSolar Pro 4ClosedUpstage41.6$0.52572.5 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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Open or closed follows the license Arena gives; prices and Artificial Analysis intelligence show only where model names match, otherwise “—”.