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

Most preferred
gemini-4-argon-highGoogle1,525Score
Best open model
kimi-k3-maxMoonshot AI1,488Score
Best from China
kimi-k3-maxMoonshot AI1,488Score
Most voted
claude-3-opus-20240229Anthropic194,909Votes
Top three by Score
1gemini-4-argon-highGoogle1,525
2claude-opus-4-6-highAnthropic1,505
3claude-fable-5-highAnthropic1,504
Top three open models
1kimi-k3-maxMoonshot AI · #16 overall1,488
2mimo-v2.6-proXiaomi · #26 overall1,480
3glm-5.3-maxZ.ai · #27 overall1,478
This week's changes
Eleven v4Speech · #1New
Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-PlusSpeech · #2New
claude-sonnet-5.5-xhighCoding · #3New
gpt-6.1-sol-maxCoding · #4New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotesPrice $/M
1—kimi-k3-maxOpenMoonshot AI1,488±528,280—
2—mimo-v2.6-proOpenXiaomi1,480±94,056$0.54
3—glm-5.3-maxOpenZ.ai1,478±617,857—
4▲ 1glm-5.2-maxOpenZ.ai1,476±445,399—
5▼ 1deepseek-v4.1-flash-maxOpenDeepSeek1,474±78,728—
6—glm-5.3-flashOpenZ.ai1,473±522,971$0.24
7—mimo-v2.5-proOpenXiaomi1,468±470,871—
8—glm-5.1OpenZ.ai1,465±458,358—
9—deepseek-v4-pro-high-20260813OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,464±79,780—
10—kimi-k2.6OpenMoonshot AI1,461±439,936—
11—deepseek-v4-proOpenDeepSeek1,458±457,478—
12—glm-5OpenZ.ai1,458±429,174—
13—hy3OpenTencent1,456±710,476—
14▲ 1gemma-4-31bOpenGoogle1,453±76,133$0.000
15▼ 1mimo-v2.6-flashOpenXiaomi1,452±86,053$0.18
16—kimi-k2.5-thinkingOpenMoonshot AI1,450±374,565—
17▲ 1qwen3.5-397b-a17bOpenAlibaba1,442±388,660—
18▲ 1glm-4.7OpenZ.ai1,441±612,228—
19▼ 2inklingOpenThinking Machines1,441±535,204$1.8
20—minimax-m3OpenMiniMax1,440±458,757$0.52
21—deepseek-v4-flash-high-previewOpenDeepSeek1,438±451,648—
22—qwen3.8-27bOpenAlibaba1,438±518,462$1.1
23—gemma-4-26b-a4bOpenGoogle1,437±76,081—
24—deepseek-v4-flashOpenDeepSeek1,436±451,850—
25—mimo-v2.5OpenXiaomi1,434±447,266—
26—kimi-k2.5-instantOpenMoonshot AI1,431±78,356—
27—kimi-k2-thinking-turboOpenMoonshot AI1,430±363,210—
28—mistral-medium-3.5OpenMistral1,427±611,757$3.0
29—nvidia-nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b-nvfp4OpenNVIDIA1,426±711,515—
30▲ 2muse-glimmerOpenMeta1,425±103,893$0.52
31▼ 1deepseek-v3.2-exp-thinkingOpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,425±78,947—
32▼ 1deepseek-v3.2OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,425±347,999—
33—glm-4.6OpenZ.ai1,424±435,662—
34—qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507OpenAlibaba1,422±397,788—
35—deepseek-r1-0528OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,422±618,059—
36—kimi-k2-0905-previewOpenMoonshot AI · 1 more variant1,419±711,531—
37—deepseek-v3.1-terminus-thinkingOpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,417±103,354—
38—deepseek-v3.1OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,417±614,540—
39—qwen3.5-122b-a10bOpenAlibaba1,416±429,651—
40—minimax-m2.7OpenMiniMax1,415±379,944—
41▲ 1mistral-large-3OpenMistral1,414±379,452—
42▼ 1qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instructOpenAlibaba1,413±711,241—
43—glm-4.5OpenZ.ai1,411±523,661—
44—hunyuan-hy3-previewOpenTencent1,409±76,874—
45—qwen3.5-27bOpenAlibaba1,409±428,612—
46—Inkling SmallOpenThinking Machines1,405±527,070$0.52
47—qwen3-235b-a22b-no-thinkingOpenAlibaba1,403±537,279—
48—longcat-flash-chatOpenMeituan1,401±611,123—
49—qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507OpenAlibaba1,400±78,774—
50—qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructOpenAlibaba1,399±522,603—

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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