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Intelligence Index · A composite of several evaluations · Updated August 31, 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
2GLM-5.3 (max)Z AI · #6 overall59.5
3Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba · #8 overall57.7
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
RankChangeModelIntelligencePrice $/MSpeed tok/sFirst token
1—Kimi K3 (max)OpenKimi · 1 more variant59.7$6.0403.1 s
2NewGLM-5.3 (max)OpenZ AI59.5$2.2741.6 s
3▼ 1Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BOpenAlibaba57.7$3.0372.8 s
4NewGLM-5.3-FlashOpenZ AI57.5$0.24451.6 s
5NewQwen3.8-Flash-NextOpenAlibaba55.8$0.23872.6 s
6▼ 3DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Reasoning, Max Effort)OpenDeepSeek · 3 more variants53.2$2.0491.5 s
7▼ 3GLM-5.2 (max)OpenZ AI · 1 more variant52.6$2.2701.7 s
8▼ 3Qwen3.8 27B (xhigh)OpenAlibaba · 3 more variants52.0$1.1473.9 s
9▼ 3DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort)OpenDeepSeek · 3 more variants51.8$0.661011.6 s
10▼ 3Motif 3OpenMotif Technologies47.4———
11▼ 3MiniMax-M3OpenMiniMax45.4$0.521451.1 s
12▼ 3Kimi K2.6OpenKimi · 1 more variant45.1$1.7352.8 s
13▼ 3Kimi K2.7 CodeOpenKimi43.0$1.7452.8 s
14▼ 3MiMo-V2.5-ProOpenXiaomi · 1 more variant42.9$0.54354.4 s
15▼ 3Inkling (xhigh)OpenThinking Machines42.3$1.8772.4 s
16▼ 3Hy3OpenTencent42.2$0.24962.7 s
17▼ 3Nex-N2-ProOpenNex AGI41.7$1.01301.7 s
18▼ 3Inkling SmallOpenThinking Machines41.2$0.52482.6 s
19▼ 3GLM-5.1 (Reasoning)OpenZ AI · 1 more variant41.0$2.1561.7 s
20▼ 3GLM-5 (Reasoning)OpenZ AI · 1 more variant40.6$1.6751.4 s
21NewAgnes 2.5 Pro AlphaOpenSapiens AI39.7$0.561343.2 s
22▼ 4MiniMax-M2.7OpenMiniMax38.9$0.52701.5 s
23▼ 4Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)OpenNVIDIA38.3$1.1705.3 s
24▼ 4MiMo-V2.5OpenXiaomi38.0$0.18643.0 s
25▼ 4Ling 3.0 FlashOpenInclusionAI37.8$0.113592.7 s
26▼ 4Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba · 1 more variant37.7$1.4543.7 s
27▼ 4Solar Open2 250BOpenUpstage37.4———
28▼ 4Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)OpenKimi · 1 more variant36.0$1.2842.7 s
29▼ 4Muse Glimmer (high)OpenMeta35.1$0.581020.9 s
30▼ 4A.X-K2OpenSK Telecom35.0———
31▼ 4Qwen3.5 27B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba · 1 more variant34.6$0.83775.6 s
32▼ 4MiniMax-M2.5OpenMiniMax34.5$0.521001.7 s
33▼ 4GLM-4.7 (Reasoning)OpenZ AI · 1 more variant34.5$1.0921.2 s
34▼ 4Hy3-preview (Reasoning)OpenTencent · 1 more variant34.4$0.100——
35▼ 4Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba · 1 more variant34.3$1.4792.2 s
36▼ 4MiMo-V2-Flash (Feb 2026)OpenXiaomi · 2 more variants34.0———
37▼ 4G9v3-39A5BOpenAI9Stars34.0$0.000——
38▼ 4LongCat 2.0OpenLongCat34.0$1.3392.8 s
39▼ 4Kimi K2 ThinkingOpenKimi33.5$1.11231.3 s
40▼ 4Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba · 1 more variant32.8$1.11302.3 s
41▼ 4DeepSeek V3.2 (Reasoning)OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant32.8$0.32——
42▼ 4Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba · 1 more variant32.1$0.841222.0 s
43▼ 4MiniMax-M2.1OpenMiniMax32.1$0.52921.7 s
44▼ 4Ring-2.6-1TOpenInclusionAI31.7$0.851223.9 s
45▼ 4DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (Reasoning)OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant31.4$1.9——
46▼ 4K-EXAONE 2.0OpenLG AI Research31.0———
47▼ 4Step 3.7 FlashOpenStepFun30.9$0.44962.9 s
48▼ 4Mistral Medium 3.5OpenMistral30.4$3.01502.2 s
49▼ 4Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)OpenAlibaba · 1 more variant29.9$0.691462.1 s
50▼ 4Gemma 4 31B (Reasoning)OpenGoogle · 1 more variant29.7$0.000361.1 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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