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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—kimi-k3-maxOpenMoonshot AI1,488±530,351—
17▲ 1gemini-3.1-pro-previewClosedGoogle1,487±3124,675—
18▼ 1gemini-3.7-flash-highClosedGoogle1,486±524,173—
19—gemini-3-proClosedGoogle1,485±442,078—
20—gpt-5.6-sol-xhighClosedOpenAI1,485±438,490—
21—gpt-6.1-sol-maxClosedOpenAI1,484±94,512—
22▲ 1qwen3.8-maxClosedAlibaba1,483±525,378$3.0
23▼ 1gemini-3.6-flash-highClosedGoogle1,482±436,172—
24▲ 1gpt-5.5-highClosedOpenAI1,482±469,437—
25▼ 1claude-opus-4-8-highClosedAnthropic1,481±464,177—
26—mimo-v2.6-proOpenXiaomi1,480±94,069$0.54
27—glm-5.3-maxOpenZ.ai1,478±520,049—
28—gemini-3.5-flash-highClosedGoogle1,478±448,533—
29▲ 1gpt-5.5ClosedOpenAI1,477±471,047—
30▲ 1gemini-3.5-flash-mediumClosedGoogle1,476±447,339—
31▲ 2gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210ClosedOpenAI1,476±436,007—
32▲ 13claude-sonnet-5.5-xhighClosedAnthropic1,476±94,838—
33▼ 1glm-5.2-maxOpenZ.ai1,475±447,521—
34—gpt-5.4-highClosedOpenAI1,475±464,844—
35▼ 6gpt-6-astra-maxClosedOpenAI1,475±710,536—
36▼ 1qwen3.7-max-previewClosedAlibaba1,475±103,932—
37▼ 1grok-4.20-beta1ClosedxAI1,475±527,928—
38▲ 3glm-5.3-flashOpenZ.ai1,475±527,678$0.24
39▼ 1deepseek-v4.1-flash-maxOpenDeepSeek1,475±710,872—
40▼ 3claude-opus-4-8ClosedAnthropic1,474±465,259—
41▼ 2claude-opus-4-5-20251101-high-32kClosedAnthropic1,474±437,527—
42▼ 2gpt-5.5-instantClosedOpenAI1,473±527,187—
43▼ 1gemini-3-flashClosedGoogle1,473±431,337—
44▼ 1claude-sonnet-4-6ClosedAnthropic1,472±470,971—
45▼ 1grok-4.20-beta-0309-reasoningClosedxAI1,472±466,524—
46—grok-4.20-multi-agent-beta-0309ClosedxAI1,470±465,008—
47—claude-opus-4-5-20251101ClosedAnthropic1,470±372,952—
48▲ 1mimo-v2.5-proOpenXiaomi1,468±473,197—
49▼ 1ernie-5.1ClosedBaidu1,467±539,536—
50▲ 1gpt-5.6-terra-xhighClosedOpenAI1,466±440,278—

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 “—”.