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Text arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Published September 2, 2026

Most preferred
claude-fable-5Anthropic1,507Score
Best open model
kimi-k3-maxMoonshot AI1,489Score
Best from China
kimi-k3-maxMoonshot AI1,489Score
Most voted
claude-3-opus-20240229Anthropic194,909Votes
Top three by Score
1claude-fable-5Anthropic1,507
2claude-opus-4-6-highAnthropic1,505
3claude-fable-5.1-maxAnthropic1,504
Top three open models
1kimi-k3-maxMoonshot AI · #12 overall1,489
2glm-5.3-maxZ.ai · #20 overall1,482
3glm-5.3-flashZ.ai · #29 overall1,474
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
RankChangeModelScore95% intervalVotesPrice $/M
1—claude-fable-5ClosedAnthropic1,507±527,189—
2—claude-opus-4-6-highClosedAnthropic1,505±472,099—
3Newclaude-fable-5.1-maxClosedAnthropic1,504±112,906—
4▼ 1claude-opus-4-7-highClosedAnthropic1,502±460,103—
5▼ 1muse-spark-1.2 (xHigh)ClosedMeta1,499±103,240—
6▼ 1claude-opus-4-6ClosedAnthropic1,498±376,015—
7▼ 1claude-opus-4-7ClosedAnthropic1,494±461,238—
8Newgemini-3.8-flash-highClosedGoogle1,494±95,125—
9▼ 2claude-opus-5-highClosedAnthropic1,493±535,174—
10▼ 2muse-spark-1.1ClosedMeta1,492±524,064—
11▼ 2gemini-3.7-flash-highClosedGoogle1,491±85,682—
12▼ 2kimi-k3-maxOpenMoonshot AI1,489±518,090—
13▼ 2muse-sparkClosedMeta1,488±613,572—
14▼ 2claude-opus-5-maxClosedAnthropic1,488±617,119—
15▼ 2gemini-3.1-pro-previewClosedGoogle1,487±3102,999—
16▼ 2gemini-3-proClosedGoogle1,486±440,668—
17—gpt-5.6-sol-xhighClosedOpenAI1,483±523,413—
18—claude-opus-4-8-highClosedAnthropic1,482±448,727—
19▼ 3gpt-5.5-highClosedOpenAI1,482±463,547—
20▼ 5glm-5.3-maxOpenZ.ai1,482±77,668—
21▼ 2gemini-3.6-flash-highClosedGoogle1,480±522,286—
22▼ 2qwen3.8-maxClosedAlibaba1,480±613,346$3.0
23▼ 2gemini-3.5-flash-highClosedGoogle1,479±434,180—
24▼ 2gpt-5.5ClosedOpenAI1,477±464,977—
25▼ 2gpt-5.4-highClosedOpenAI1,477±460,624—
26▼ 2gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210ClosedOpenAI1,476±434,217—
27▲ 1gemini-3.5-flash-mediumClosedGoogle1,476±532,573—
28▼ 3grok-4.20-beta1ClosedxAI1,475±526,630—
29▲ 9glm-5.3-flashOpenZ.ai1,474±94,672$0.24
30▼ 4gemini-3-flashClosedGoogle1,474±430,244—
31▼ 2gpt-5.5-instantClosedOpenAI1,474±525,860—
32▼ 5qwen3.7-max-previewClosedAlibaba1,474±103,710—
33▼ 2claude-opus-4-8ClosedAnthropic1,473±449,404—
34▼ 4claude-opus-4-5-20251101-high-32kClosedAnthropic1,473±436,269—
35▼ 3claude-sonnet-4-6ClosedAnthropic1,472±466,316—
36▼ 2grok-4.20-beta-0309-reasoningClosedxAI1,472±462,251—
37▼ 4glm-5.2-maxOpenZ.ai1,472±533,966—
38▼ 2grok-4.5ClosedxAI1,471±526,158—
39▼ 4grok-4.20-multi-agent-beta-0309ClosedxAI1,470±460,820—
40▼ 3claude-opus-4-5-20251101ClosedAnthropic1,469±370,052—
41▼ 1mimo-v2.5-proOpenXiaomi1,468±457,649—
42▼ 3ernie-5.1ClosedBaidu1,468±537,129—
43▼ 1gpt-5.6-terra-xhighClosedOpenAI1,466±524,200—
44▼ 3glm-5.1OpenZ.ai1,466±445,650—
45▼ 1qwen3.5-max-previewClosedAlibaba1,466±521,485—
46▼ 3gpt-5.4ClosedOpenAI1,466±463,588—
47▼ 2grok-4.1-thinkingClosedxAI1,465±364,198—
48▼ 1claude-sonnet-5-highClosedAnthropic1,462±531,387—
49—kimi-k2.6OpenMoonshot AI1,461±537,568—
50—qwen3.6-max-previewClosedAlibaba1,460±85,196—

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 “—”.