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Text arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published September 2, 2026

Most preferred
claude-fable-5Anthropic1,507Score
Best open model
kimi-k3-maxMoonshot AI1,489Score
Best from China
kimi-k3-maxMoonshot AI1,489Score
Most voted
claude-3-opus-20240229Anthropic194,909Votes
Top three by Score
1claude-fable-5Anthropic1,507
2claude-opus-4-6-highAnthropic1,505
3claude-fable-5.1-maxAnthropic1,504
Top three open models
1kimi-k3-maxMoonshot AI · #12 overall1,489
2glm-5.3-maxZ.ai · #20 overall1,482
3glm-5.3-flashZ.ai · #29 overall1,474
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
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotesPrice $/M
1—kimi-k3-maxOpenMoonshot AI1,489±518,090—
2—glm-5.3-maxOpenZ.ai1,482±77,668—
3▲ 1glm-5.3-flashOpenZ.ai1,474±94,672$0.24
4▼ 1glm-5.2-maxOpenZ.ai1,472±533,966—
5—mimo-v2.5-proOpenXiaomi1,468±457,649—
6—glm-5.1OpenZ.ai1,466±445,650—
7▲ 1kimi-k2.6OpenMoonshot AI1,461±537,568—
8▼ 1deepseek-v4-pro-high-20260813OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,460±85,557—
9▲ 1deepseek-v4-proOpenDeepSeek1,458±454,225—
10▼ 1glm-5OpenZ.ai1,458±427,647—
11—hy3OpenTencent1,455±86,958—
12—gemma-4-31bOpenGoogle1,451±85,898$0.000
13—kimi-k2.5-thinkingOpenMoonshot AI1,451±370,586—
14—minimax-m3OpenMiniMax1,443±444,829$0.52
15—glm-4.7OpenZ.ai1,442±611,889—
16—qwen3.5-397b-a17bOpenAlibaba1,441±373,640—
17—inklingOpenThinking Machines1,439±522,229$1.8
18—deepseek-v4-flash-high-previewOpenDeepSeek1,438±448,691—
19—gemma-4-26b-a4bOpenGoogle1,438±85,813—
20—qwen3.8-27bOpenAlibaba1,436±86,913$1.1
21—deepseek-v4-flashOpenDeepSeek1,436±448,950—
22—mimo-v2.5OpenXiaomi1,434±444,530—
23—kimi-k2.5-instantOpenMoonshot AI1,431±77,998—
24—kimi-k2-thinking-turboOpenMoonshot AI1,430±361,122—
25▲ 2muse-glimmerOpenMeta1,427±103,693$0.52
26▼ 1mistral-medium-3.5OpenMistral1,427±711,017$3.0
27▼ 1nvidia-nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b-nvfp4OpenNVIDIA1,426±710,700—
28—deepseek-v3.2OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,425±446,493—
29—deepseek-v3.2-exp-thinkingOpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,425±78,910—
30—glm-4.6OpenZ.ai1,425±435,068—
31—qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507OpenAlibaba1,423±395,700—
32—deepseek-r1-0528OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,421±618,092—
33—kimi-k2-0905-previewOpenMoonshot AI · 1 more variant1,418±711,569—
34▲ 2deepseek-v3.1-terminus-thinkingOpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,418±103,372—
35—deepseek-v3.1OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,417±614,609—
36▼ 2qwen3.5-122b-a10bOpenAlibaba1,417±428,376—
37—minimax-m2.7OpenMiniMax1,415±465,655—
38▲ 1qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instructOpenAlibaba1,414±711,222—
39▼ 1mistral-large-3OpenMistral1,414±365,587—
40—hunyuan-hy3-previewOpenTencent1,413±86,611—
41—glm-4.5OpenZ.ai1,411±523,715—
42—qwen3.5-27bOpenAlibaba1,408±427,238—
43—Inkling SmallOpenThinking Machines1,407±615,183$0.52
44—qwen3-235b-a22b-no-thinkingOpenAlibaba1,402±537,389—
45—longcat-flash-chatOpenMeituan1,401±611,161—
46—qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507OpenAlibaba1,400±78,800—
47—qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructOpenAlibaba1,399±522,532—
48—deepseek-v3-0324OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,396±444,795—
49—qwen3.5-35b-a3bOpenAlibaba1,395±429,065—
50—qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinkingOpenAlibaba1,395±77,785—

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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