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1510 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

Artificial AnalysisIntelligence IndexArenaText arena

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—gemini-4-argon-highClosedGoogle1,525±94,892—
2▲ 2claude-opus-5.5-highClosedAnthropic1,507±86,272—
3▼ 1claude-opus-4-6-highClosedAnthropic1,504±379,415—
4▼ 1claude-fable-5-highClosedAnthropic1,504±440,026—
5—claude-opus-4-7-highClosedAnthropic1,501±465,192—
6—claude-fable-5.1-maxClosedAnthropic1,501±613,063—
7—claude-opus-4-6ClosedAnthropic1,498±384,095—
8—gemini-3.8-flash-highClosedGoogle1,497±531,437—
9—muse-spark-1.3-maxClosedMeta1,494±614,694—
10—claude-opus-4-7ClosedAnthropic1,494±466,315—
11—muse-spark-1.2 (xHigh)ClosedMeta1,492±86,118—
12—muse-spark-1.1ClosedMeta1,491±439,847—
13—claude-opus-5-highClosedAnthropic1,490±462,934—
14—claude-opus-5-maxClosedAnthropic1,489±530,569—
15—muse-sparkClosedMeta1,489±614,168—
16▲ 1gemini-3.1-pro-previewClosedGoogle1,487±3124,675—
17▼ 1gemini-3.7-flash-highClosedGoogle1,486±524,173—
18—gemini-3-proClosedGoogle1,485±442,078—
19—gpt-5.6-sol-xhighClosedOpenAI1,485±438,490—
20—gpt-6.1-sol-maxClosedOpenAI1,484±94,512—
21—gemini-3.6-flash-highClosedGoogle1,482±436,172—
22▲ 1gpt-5.5-highClosedOpenAI1,482±469,437—
23▼ 1claude-opus-4-8-highClosedAnthropic1,481±464,177—
24—gemini-3.5-flash-highClosedGoogle1,478±448,533—
25▲ 1gpt-5.5ClosedOpenAI1,477±471,047—
26▲ 1gemini-3.5-flash-mediumClosedGoogle1,476±447,339—
27▲ 1gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210ClosedOpenAI1,476±436,007—
28▲ 9claude-sonnet-5.5-xhighClosedAnthropic1,476±94,838—
29—gpt-5.4-highClosedOpenAI1,475±464,844—
30▼ 5gpt-6-astra-maxClosedOpenAI1,475±710,536—
31▼ 1grok-4.20-beta1ClosedxAI1,475±527,928—
32▼ 1claude-opus-4-8ClosedAnthropic1,474±465,259—
33▼ 1claude-opus-4-5-20251101-high-32kClosedAnthropic1,474±437,527—
34▼ 1gpt-5.5-instantClosedOpenAI1,473±527,187—
35▼ 1gemini-3-flashClosedGoogle · 1 more variant1,473±431,337—
36▼ 1claude-sonnet-4-6ClosedAnthropic1,472±470,971—
37▼ 1grok-4.20-beta-0309-reasoningClosedxAI1,472±466,524—
38—grok-4.20-multi-agent-beta-0309ClosedxAI1,470±465,008—
39—claude-opus-4-5-20251101ClosedAnthropic1,470±372,952—
40▲ 1gpt-5.6-terra-xhighClosedOpenAI1,466±440,278—
41▼ 1grok-4.5ClosedxAI1,466±439,953—
42—grok-4.1-thinkingClosedxAI · 1 more variant1,465±366,511—
43—gpt-5.4ClosedOpenAI1,465±467,932—
44—claude-sonnet-5-highClosedAnthropic1,461±447,576—
45▲ 1claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929-high-32kClosedAnthropic1,456±383,973—
46▼ 1gpt-6-sol-maxClosedOpenAI1,456±710,469—
47—gpt-5.1-highClosedOpenAI1,456±441,674—
48—claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929ClosedAnthropic1,455±382,735—
49—gemini-3.5-flash-liteClosedGoogle1,455±435,892$0.85
50—grok-4.6-highClosedxAI1,454±526,115—

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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