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1510 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

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Text arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published October 8, 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-5.5-highAnthropic1,507
3claude-opus-4-6-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
Utopai XVideo · #2New
Dreamina Seedance 2.5Video · #3New
Gemini 4 Argon (High)Intelligence · #5New
MiniMax H3 MaxVideo · #5New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotesPrice $/M
1—kimi-k3-maxOpenMoonshot AI1,488±530,351—
2—mimo-v2.6-proOpenXiaomi1,480±94,069$0.54
3—glm-5.3-maxOpenZ.ai1,478±520,049—
4—glm-5.2-maxOpenZ.ai1,475±447,521—
5▲ 1glm-5.3-flashOpenZ.ai1,475±527,678$0.24
6▼ 1deepseek-v4.1-flash-maxOpenDeepSeek1,475±710,872—
7—mimo-v2.5-proOpenXiaomi1,468±473,197—
8▲ 1deepseek-v4-pro-high-20260813OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,465±79,815—
9▼ 1glm-5.1OpenZ.ai1,464±460,592—
10—kimi-k2.6OpenMoonshot AI1,461±440,066—
11—deepseek-v4-proOpenDeepSeek1,458±457,657—
12—glm-5OpenZ.ai1,458±429,292—
13—hy3OpenTencent1,454±611,284—
14—gemma-4-31bOpenGoogle1,452±76,145$0.000
15—mimo-v2.6-flashOpenXiaomi1,451±78,226$0.18
16—kimi-k2.5-thinkingOpenMoonshot AI1,450±374,811—
17—qwen3.5-397b-a17bOpenAlibaba1,442±391,190—
18—glm-4.7OpenZ.ai1,441±612,256—
19—inklingOpenThinking Machines1,441±437,744$1.8
20—minimax-m3OpenMiniMax1,440±461,220$0.52
21—deepseek-v4-flash-high-previewOpenDeepSeek1,439±451,859—
22—qwen3.8-27bOpenAlibaba1,438±520,711$1.1
23—gemma-4-26b-a4bOpenGoogle1,438±76,092—
24—deepseek-v4-flashOpenDeepSeek1,436±452,047—
25—mimo-v2.5OpenXiaomi1,434±447,402—
26—kimi-k2.5-instantOpenMoonshot AI1,430±78,378—
27—kimi-k2-thinking-turboOpenMoonshot AI1,430±363,390—
28—mistral-medium-3.5OpenMistral1,426±611,803$3.0
29—nvidia-nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b-nvfp4OpenNVIDIA1,426±711,571—
30▲ 1deepseek-v3.2-exp-thinkingOpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,425±79,008—
31▲ 1deepseek-v3.2OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,425±348,114—
32▼ 2muse-glimmerOpenMeta1,425±103,892$0.52
33—glm-4.6OpenZ.ai1,424±435,828—
34—qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507OpenAlibaba1,422±398,167—
35—deepseek-r1-0528OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,421±618,171—
36—kimi-k2-0905-previewOpenMoonshot AI · 1 more variant1,418±711,592—
37▲ 1deepseek-v3.1OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,417±614,610—
38▲ 1qwen3.5-122b-a10bOpenAlibaba1,416±429,734—
39▼ 2deepseek-v3.1-terminus-thinkingOpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,416±103,377—
40—minimax-m2.7OpenMiniMax1,415±382,436—
41—mistral-large-3OpenMistral1,414±381,759—
42—qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instructOpenAlibaba1,413±711,325—
43—glm-4.5OpenZ.ai1,411±523,803—
44—hunyuan-hy3-previewOpenTencent1,409±76,893—
45—qwen3.5-27bOpenAlibaba1,409±428,677—
46—Inkling SmallOpenThinking Machines1,405±529,528$0.52
47—qwen3-235b-a22b-no-thinkingOpenAlibaba1,402±537,497—
48—longcat-flash-chatOpenMeituan1,401±611,174—
49—qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507OpenAlibaba1,400±78,822—
50—qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructOpenAlibaba1,399±522,763—

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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