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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—qwen3.8-maxClosedAlibaba1,483±525,378$3.0
3—mimo-v2.6-proOpenXiaomi1,480±94,069$0.54
4—glm-5.3-maxOpenZ.ai1,478±520,049—
5—glm-5.2-maxOpenZ.ai1,475±447,521—
6—qwen3.7-max-previewClosedAlibaba1,475±103,932—
7▲ 1glm-5.3-flashOpenZ.ai1,475±527,678$0.24
8▼ 1deepseek-v4.1-flash-maxOpenDeepSeek1,475±710,872—
9▲ 1mimo-v2.5-proOpenXiaomi1,468±473,197—
10▼ 1ernie-5.1ClosedBaidu1,467±539,536—
11—qwen3.5-max-previewClosedAlibaba1,465±522,624—
12▲ 1deepseek-v4-pro-high-20260813OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,465±79,815—
13▼ 1glm-5.1OpenZ.ai1,464±460,592—
14—kimi-k2.6OpenMoonshot AI1,461±440,066—
15—qwen3.6-max-previewClosedAlibaba1,460±85,426—
16—deepseek-v4-proOpenDeepSeek1,458±457,657—
17—glm-5OpenZ.ai1,458±429,292—
18—dola-seed-2.0-proClosedByteDance1,456±379,195—
19▲ 1qwen3.7-plusClosedAlibaba1,456±442,073—
20▼ 1hy3OpenTencent1,454±611,284—
21▲ 1mimo-v2.6-flashOpenXiaomi1,451±78,226$0.18
22▲ 1kimi-k2.5-thinkingOpenMoonshot AI1,450±374,811—
23▲ 1ernie-5.0-preview-1203ClosedBaidu · 1 more variant1,449±79,816—
24▲ 1mimo-v2-proClosedXiaomi1,448±525,447—
25▼ 4Step 5 PreviewClosedStepFun1,447±94,799$1.4
26—ernie-5.0-0110ClosedBaidu1,446±436,525—
27—qwen3.6-plusClosedAlibaba1,443±448,208—
28—qwen3.5-397b-a17bOpenAlibaba1,442±391,190—
29—glm-4.7OpenZ.ai1,441±612,256—
30—minimax-m3OpenMiniMax1,440±461,220$0.52
31—deepseek-v4-flash-high-previewOpenDeepSeek1,439±451,859—
32—qwen3.8-27bOpenAlibaba1,438±520,711$1.1
33—longcat-flash-chat-2602-expClosedMeituan1,436±529,306—
34—deepseek-v4-flashOpenDeepSeek1,436±452,047—
35—qwen3-max-previewClosedAlibaba1,434±527,379—
36—mimo-v2.5OpenXiaomi1,434±447,402—
37—glm-5v-turboClosedZ.ai1,433±610,492—
38—mimo-v2-omniClosedXiaomi1,431±620,667—
39—kimi-k2.5-instantOpenMoonshot AI1,430±78,378—
40—kimi-k2-thinking-turboOpenMoonshot AI1,430±363,390—
41—deepseek-v3.2-exp-thinkingOpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,425±79,008—
42—deepseek-v3.2OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,425±348,114—
43—glm-4.6OpenZ.ai1,424±435,828—
44—qwen3-max-2025-09-23ClosedAlibaba1,423±69,029—
45—qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507OpenAlibaba1,422±398,167—
46—deepseek-r1-0528OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,421±618,171—
47—kimi-k2-0905-previewOpenMoonshot AI · 1 more variant1,418±711,592—
48▲ 1deepseek-v3.1OpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,417±614,610—
49▲ 1qwen3.5-122b-a10bOpenAlibaba1,416±429,734—
50▼ 2deepseek-v3.1-terminus-thinkingOpenDeepSeek · 1 more variant1,416±103,377—

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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Open or closed follows the license Arena gives; prices and Artificial Analysis intelligence show only where model names match, otherwise “—”.