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757 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

Artificial AnalysisIntelligence IndexArenaText arena

Text arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published January 9, 2026

Most preferred
gemini-3-proGoogle1,490Score
Best open model
glm-4.7Z.ai1,443Score
Best from China
ernie-5.0-preview-1203Baidu1,446Score
Most voted
claude-3-opus-20240229Anthropic196,365Votes
Top three by Score
1gemini-3-proGoogle1,490
3gemini-3-flashGoogle1,471
Top three open models
1glm-4.7Z.ai · #14 overall1,443
2kimi-k2-thinking-turboMoonshot AI · #22 overall1,430
3glm-4.6Z.ai · #26 overall1,424
This week's changes
GPT Image 1.5 (high)Image · #1New
FLUX.2 [max]Image · #3New
Kling O1 ProVideo · #9New
Kling 2.6 Pro (No Audio)Video · #10New
Imagen 4 UltraImage · #12New
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotesPrice $/M
1—gemini-3-proClosedGoogle1,490±525,178—
2—grok-4.1-thinkingClosedxAI · 1 more variant1,477±525,440—
3—gemini-3-flashClosedGoogle1,471±710,204—
4—claude-opus-4-5-20251101-thinking-32kClosedAnthropic1,469±617,570—
5—claude-opus-4-5-20251101ClosedAnthropic1,465±618,754—
6—gpt-5.1-highClosedOpenAI1,457±522,116—
7—gemini-2.5-proClosedGoogle1,450±384,916—
8—claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929-thinking-32kClosedAnthropic1,450±436,318—
9—claude-opus-4-1-20250805-thinking-16kClosedAnthropic1,448±450,339—
10—claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929ClosedAnthropic1,448±432,372—
11—gpt-4.5-preview-2025-02-27ClosedOpenAI1,443±614,646—
12—claude-opus-4-1-20250805ClosedAnthropic1,443±365,088—
13—chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326ClosedOpenAI1,442±372,793—
14—gpt-5-highClosedOpenAI1,436±532,723—
15—gpt-5.1ClosedOpenAI1,435±523,716—
16—gpt-5.2-highClosedOpenAI1,434±79,657—
17—o3-2025-04-16ClosedOpenAI1,433±461,321—
18—grok-4-1-fast-reasoningClosedxAI1,431±518,610—
19—gpt-5.2ClosedOpenAI1,425±610,415—
20—gpt-5-chatClosedOpenAI1,425±432,024—
21—claude-opus-4-20250514-thinking-16kClosedAnthropic1,423±437,671—
22—grok-4-fast-chatClosedxAI1,420±87,013—
23—gpt-4.1-2025-04-14ClosedOpenAI1,412±452,315—
24—claude-opus-4-20250514ClosedAnthropic1,412±445,407—
25—grok-3-preview-02-24ClosedxAI1,411±434,031—
26—grok-4-0709ClosedxAI1,409±442,343—
27—gemini-2.5-flashClosedGoogle1,408±384,420—
28—gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-2025ClosedGoogle1,405±433,365—
29—claude-haiku-4-5-20251001ClosedAnthropic1,403±434,960$2.0
30—grok-4-fast-reasoningClosedxAI1,402±518,781—
31—o1-2024-12-17ClosedOpenAI1,401±428,039—
32—claude-sonnet-4-20250514-thinking-32kClosedAnthropic1,399±436,020—
33—gpt-5-mini-highClosedOpenAI1,392±527,302—
34—o4-mini-2025-04-16ClosedOpenAI1,391±446,663—
35—mai-1-previewClosedMicrosoft AI1,391±518,092—
36—claude-sonnet-4-20250514ClosedAnthropic1,389±441,446—
37—o1-previewClosedOpenAI1,388±531,505—
38—claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219-thinking-32kClosedAnthropic1,387±439,795—
39—gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14ClosedOpenAI1,381±440,335—
40—gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025-no-thinkingClosedGoogle1,379±437,839—
41—gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-06-17-thinkingClosedGoogle1,375±433,772—
42—claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant1,372±389,708—
43—claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219ClosedAnthropic1,371±444,455—
44—gemma-3-27b-itOpenGoogle1,365±449,137—
45—o3-mini-highClosedOpenAI1,363±518,725—
46—grok-3-mini-highClosedxAI1,362±517,475—
47—amazon-nova-experimental-chat-11-10ClosedAmazon1,361±77,391—
48—gemini-2.0-flash-001ClosedGoogle1,360±445,001—
49—grok-3-mini-betaClosedxAI1,357±523,670—
50—gpt-oss-120bOpenOpenAI1,353±431,079$0.26

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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