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Intelligence Index · A composite of several evaluations · Updated September 21, 2026

Best open model
GLM-5.3 (max)Z AI44.8Intelligence
Best value
Agnes 3.0 FlashSapiens AI473 pts/$Value
Best from China
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alibaba45.4Intelligence
Top three open models
1GLM-5.3 (max)Z AI · #8 overall44.8
2Kimi K3 (max)Kimi · #11 overall43.6
3GLM 5.3 FlashZ AI · #13 overall41.8
This week's changes
claude-opus-5.5-maxCoding · #1New
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTSSpeech · #2New
Grok Imagine Image 2.0Image · #4New
gpt-6-sol-maxCoding · #5New
RankChangeModelIntelligencePrice $/MSpeed tok/sFirst token
1—Inkling SmallOpenThinking Machines27.8$0.521842.0 s
2—Inkling (xhigh)OpenThinking Machines25.0$1.8982.4 s
3—Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA22.9$1.01892.4 s
4▲ 2Gemma 4 31B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle · 1 more variant19.0$0.000351.0 s
5▼ 1Muse Glimmer (high)OpenMeta17.5$0.64951.0 s
6▼ 1Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle · 1 more variant16.7$0.18——
7—Granite 4.2 30BOpenIBM14.8$0.28750.9 s
8—Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle · 1 more variant14.2$0.151132.4 s
9—Apriel-v1.5-15B-ThinkerOpenServiceNow13.8$0.000——
10▲ 2Apriel-v1.6-15B-ThinkerOpenServiceNow13.4$0.000——
11▼ 1Nemotron 3.5 LightningOpenNVIDIA12.9$0.0952970.6 s
12▼ 1Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA12.8$0.312221.7 s
13▲ 2Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3BOpenNVIDIA11.7———
14▼ 1gpt-oss-120b (high)OpenOpenAI · 1 more variant11.6$0.262080.8 s
15▼ 1Granite 4.2 8BOpenIBM11.1$0.11870.9 s
16—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B ReasoningOpenNVIDIA10.3$0.16——
17▲ 2Llama 4 MaverickOpenMeta10.0$0.421090.8 s
18▼ 1gpt-oss-20b (low)OpenOpenAI · 1 more variant10.0$0.102180.9 s
19▼ 1DiffusionGemma 26B A4BOpenGoogle9.5———
20—Granite 4.2 3BOpenIBM9.1$0.0532190.4 s
21—Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant9.0$0.401294.0 s
22—Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant8.9———
23—Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle · 1 more variant8.9$0.040410.8 s
24—NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant8.9$0.0881291.2 s
25—LFM2.5-2.6BOpenLiquid AI8.4$0.000——
26▲ 14Llama 4 ScoutOpenMeta8.1$0.311000.8 s
27▼ 1Gemma 4 E2B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle · 1 more variant7.8———
28▼ 1Llama 3.3 Instruct 70BOpenMeta7.7$0.71821.5 s
29▼ 1Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA7.5———
30▼ 1NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant7.5$0.301223.7 s
31▼ 1Granite 4.1 30BOpenIBM7.4———
32▼ 1NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA · 1 more variant7.4$0.0701179.1 s
33▼ 1NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4BOpenNVIDIA7.4———
34▼ 1Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 4B v1.1 (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA7.3———
35▼ 1Llama 3.1 Instruct 405BOpenMeta7.3———
36▼ 1LFM2.5-8B-A1BOpenLiquid AI7.2$0.000——
37▼ 1Llama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70BOpenNVIDIA6.9$1.21663.3 s
38▼ 1Llama 3.1 Instruct 8BOpenMeta6.9$0.0281410.8 s
39▼ 1Llama 3.1 Instruct 70BOpenMeta6.6$0.56661.7 s
40▼ 1Granite 4.1 8BOpenIBM6.6$0.063660.8 s
41—R1 1776OpenPerplexity6.4———
42—Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)OpenMeta6.4———
43—Phi-4 Mini InstructOpenMicrosoft6.3$0.000450.8 s
44—Granite 4.0 H SmallOpenIBM6.0$0.112025 s
45—LFM2 24B A2BOpenLiquid AI5.9———
46—Phi-4OpenMicrosoft5.9$0.22302.9 s
47—Granite 4.1 3BOpenIBM5.9———
48—Phi-3 Mini Instruct 3.8BOpenMicrosoft5.8———
49—Gemma 3n E4B Instruct Preview (May '25)OpenGoogle5.8———
50—Phi-4 Multimodal InstructOpenMicrosoft5.8$0.000170.8 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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