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Intelligence Index · A composite of several evaluations · Updated August 17, 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
2Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba · #7 overall57.7
This week's changes
Sonic 3.6Speech · #1New
Grok 4.6 (high)Intelligence · #4New
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BIntelligence · #7New
glm-5.3-maxCoding · #8New
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProImage · #8New
RankChangeModelIntelligencePrice $/MSpeed tok/sFirst token
1—Kimi K3 (max)OpenKimi · 1 more variant59.7$6.0382.9 s
2NewQwen3.8 2.4T A95BOpenAlibaba57.7$3.0472.7 s
3▲ 2DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Reasoning, Max Effort)OpenDeepSeek · 3 more variants53.2$2.0801.7 s
4▼ 2GLM-5.2 (max)OpenZ AI · 1 more variant52.6$2.21551.4 s
5NewQwen3.8 27BOpenAlibaba52.0———
6▼ 3DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort)OpenDeepSeek · 3 more variants51.8$0.661071.2 s
7NewMotif 3OpenMotif Technologies47.4———
8▼ 4MiniMax-M3OpenMiniMax45.4$0.52961.2 s
9▼ 3Kimi K2.6OpenKimi · 1 more variant45.1$1.7472.7 s
10▼ 3Kimi K2.7 CodeOpenKimi43.0$1.7392.8 s
11▼ 3MiMo-V2.5-ProOpenXiaomi · 1 more variant42.9$0.54573.3 s
12▼ 3Inkling (xhigh)OpenThinking Machines42.3$1.8841.7 s
13▼ 3Hy3OpenTencent42.2$0.24702.8 s
14▼ 3Nex-N2-ProOpenNex AGI41.7$1.01381.6 s
15▼ 3Inkling SmallOpenThinking Machines41.2$0.52641.8 s
16▼ 3GLM-5.1 (Reasoning)OpenZ AI · 1 more variant41.0$2.1831.5 s
17▼ 3GLM-5 (Reasoning)OpenZ AI · 1 more variant40.6$1.6431.5 s
18▼ 3MiniMax-M2.7OpenMiniMax38.9$0.52651.7 s
19▼ 3Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA38.3$1.11401.8 s
20▼ 3MiMo-V2.5OpenXiaomi38.0$0.18662.6 s
21▼ 3Ling 3.0 FlashOpenInclusionAI37.8$0.11——
22▼ 3Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba · 1 more variant37.7$1.4583.7 s
23NewSolar Open2 250BOpenUpstage37.4———
24▼ 4Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)OpenKimi · 1 more variant36.0$1.2463.0 s
25NewMuse Glimmer (high)OpenMeta35.1$0.581110.9 s
26NewA.X-K2OpenSK Telecom35.0———
27▼ 6Qwen3.5 27B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba · 1 more variant34.6$0.83775.6 s
28▼ 6MiniMax-M2.5OpenMiniMax34.5$0.52991.7 s
29▼ 6GLM-4.7 (Reasoning)OpenZ AI · 1 more variant34.5$1.01270.9 s
30▼ 6Hy3-preview (Reasoning)OpenTencent · 1 more variant34.4$0.100——
31▼ 6Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba · 1 more variant34.3$1.4992.2 s
32▼ 6MiMo-V2-Flash (Feb 2026)OpenXiaomi · 2 more variants34.0———
33▼ 6LongCat 2.0OpenLongCat34.0$1.3442.7 s
34▼ 6Kimi K2 ThinkingOpenKimi33.5$1.11291.3 s
35▼ 6Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba · 1 more variant32.8$1.11332.3 s
36▼ 6DeepSeek V3.2 (Reasoning)OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant32.8$0.32——
37▼ 6Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba · 1 more variant32.1$0.841242.0 s
38▼ 6MiniMax-M2.1OpenMiniMax32.1$0.52911.8 s
39▼ 5Ring-2.6-1TOpenInclusionAI31.7$0.85——
40▼ 7G9v3-39A5BOpenAI9Stars31.6$0.000——
41▼ 5DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (Reasoning)OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant31.1$1.9——
42NewK-EXAONE 2.0 0803OpenLG AI Research31.0———
43▼ 8Step 3.7 FlashOpenStepFun30.9$0.441372.6 s
44▼ 7Mistral Medium 3.5OpenMistral30.4$3.01542.3 s
45▼ 7Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba · 1 more variant29.9$0.691522.0 s
46▼ 7Gemma 4 31B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle · 1 more variant29.7$0.000361.1 s
47▼ 7GLM-4.6 (Reasoning)OpenZ AI · 1 more variant29.3$0.96512.4 s
48▼ 7MiniMax-M2OpenMiniMax28.9$0.52991.6 s
49▼ 7Ling-2.6-1TOpenInclusionAI26.6$0.85——
50▼ 7Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle · 1 more variant26.1$0.20——

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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