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Intelligence Index · A composite of several evaluations · Updated August 31, 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
2GLM-5.3 (max)Z AI · #6 overall59.5
3Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba · #8 overall57.7
This week's changes
gpt-6-astra-maxCoding · #1New
Wan 3.0Video · #1New
claude-fable-5.1-maxCoding · #2New
MAI-Image-2.6-PreviewImage · #2New
GLM-5.3-FlashIntelligence · #9New
RankChangeModelIntelligencePrice $/MSpeed tok/sFirst token
1—Inkling (xhigh)OpenThinking Machines42.3$1.8772.4 s
2—Inkling SmallOpenThinking Machines41.2$0.52482.6 s
3—Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA38.3$1.1705.3 s
4—Muse Glimmer (high)OpenMeta35.1$0.581020.9 s
5—Gemma 4 31B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle · 1 more variant29.7$0.000361.1 s
6—Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle · 1 more variant26.1$0.18——
7—Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA25.7$0.351401.8 s
8—gpt-oss-120b (high)OpenOpenAI · 1 more variant24.1$0.261880.8 s
9NewGranite 4.2 30BOpenIBM23.7$0.28750.8 s
10▼ 1Nemotron 3.5 LightningOpenNVIDIA23.6$0.113030.6 s
11▼ 1Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle · 1 more variant22.2$0.151102.5 s
12▼ 1Apriel-v1.5-15B-ThinkerOpenServiceNow21.6$0.000——
13▼ 1Apriel-v1.6-15B-ThinkerOpenServiceNow20.8$0.000——
14NewGranite 4.2 8BOpenIBM19.6$0.111450.6 s
15▼ 2Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3BOpenNVIDIA17.8———
16▼ 2gpt-oss-20b (high)OpenOpenAI · 1 more variant15.2$0.0931251.0 s
17▼ 2Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B ReasoningOpenNVIDIA15.0$0.133241.0 s
18▼ 2NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant14.5$0.0882921.2 s
19▼ 2Llama 4 MaverickOpenMeta14.5$0.42980.8 s
20NewGranite 4.2 3BOpenIBM14.3$0.0532200.4 s
21▼ 3DiffusionGemma 26B A4BOpenGoogle13.5———
22▼ 3Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant12.4$0.40359.3 s
23▼ 3Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant12.2———
24▼ 3Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle · 1 more variant12.2$0.040440.9 s
25▼ 3LFM2.5-2.6BOpenLiquid AI11.0$0.000——
26▼ 3Llama 4 ScoutOpenMeta10.3$0.301320.8 s
27▼ 3Gemma 4 E2B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle · 1 more variant9.5———
28▼ 3Llama 3.3 Instruct 70BOpenMeta9.3$0.67891.6 s
29▼ 3Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA8.9$0.90522.4 s
30▼ 3NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant8.8$0.302911 s
31▼ 3Granite 4.1 30BOpenIBM8.7———
32▼ 3NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant8.7$0.0702273.8 s
33▼ 3NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4BOpenNVIDIA8.6———
34▼ 3Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 4B v1.1 (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA8.4———
35▼ 3Llama 3.1 Instruct 405BOpenMeta8.3———
36▼ 3LFM2.5-8B-A1BOpenLiquid AI8.1$0.0003362.2 s
37▼ 3Llama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70BOpenNVIDIA7.4$1.23313 s
38▼ 3Llama 3.1 Instruct 8BOpenMeta7.4$0.0281390.8 s
39▼ 3Gemma 3 27B InstructOpenGoogle7.4$0.000——
40▼ 3Llama 3.1 Instruct 70BOpenMeta6.5$0.56561.6 s
41▼ 3Granite 4.1 8BOpenIBM6.4$0.0631100.7 s
42▼ 3R1 1776OpenPerplexity6.0———
43▼ 3Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)OpenMeta6.0———
44▼ 3Phi-4 Mini InstructOpenMicrosoft5.7$0.000450.9 s
45▼ 3Gemma 3 12B InstructOpenGoogle5.5$0.000——
46▼ 3Granite 4.0 H SmallOpenIBM4.9$0.113017 s
47▼ 3LFM2 24B A2BOpenLiquid AI4.6———
48▼ 3Phi-4OpenMicrosoft4.6$0.22422.5 s
49▼ 3Granite 4.1 3BOpenIBM4.4———
50▼ 3Phi-3 Mini Instruct 3.8BOpenMicrosoft4.3———

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 “—”.