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Intelligence Index · A composite of several evaluations · Updated August 3, 2026

Smartest
Best open model
Kimi K3 (max)Kimi57.1Intelligence
Best value
Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba335 pts/$Value
Best from China
Kimi K3 (max)Kimi57.1Intelligence
Top three open models
1Kimi K3 (max)Kimi · #4 overall57.1
2GLM-5.2 (max)Z AI · #13 overall51.1
This week's changes
muse-spark-1.2 (xHigh)Coding · #13New
gemini-3.5-flash-highCoding · #25New
Inkling SmallIntelligence · #36New
Celeris-1Intelligence · #221New
RankChangeModelIntelligencePrice $/MSpeed tok/sFirst token
1—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic60.7$105586 s
2—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort)ClosedAnthropic60.1$105541 s
3—Claude Fable 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Opus 4.8 Fallback)ClosedAnthropic59.9$2073131 s
4—GPT-5.6 Sol (max)ClosedOpenAI58.9$1170139 s
5—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort)ClosedAnthropic58.9$105319 s
6—GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI57.7$116963 s
7NewKimi K3 (max)OpenKimi57.1$6.0352.8 s
8—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort)ClosedAnthropic56.3$10526.0 s
9—GPT-5.6 Sol (high)ClosedOpenAI55.9$11609.8 s
10—Claude Opus 4.8 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic55.7$105728 s
11—GPT-5.6 Terra (max)ClosedOpenAI55.0$4.5139164 s
12—GPT-5.5 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI54.8$117894 s
13—Grok 4.5 (high)ClosedSpaceXAI53.8$3.0609.2 s
14—GPT-5.6 Sol (medium)ClosedOpenAI53.6$11638.9 s
15—Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic53.5$104722 s
16—Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic53.4$4.082202 s
17—GPT-5.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI53.1$117233 s
18—GPT-5.6 Terra (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI51.6$4.511320 s
19—GPT-5.4 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI51.4$5.6141130 s
20—GPT-5.6 Luna (max)ClosedOpenAI51.2$0.45181143 s
21—GLM-5.2 (max)OpenZ AI51.1$2.21731.5 s
22—Muse Spark 1.1 (xhigh)ClosedMeta50.6$2.01802.7 s
23—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort)ClosedAnthropic50.6$10522.8 s
24—GPT-5.5 (medium)ClosedOpenAI50.4$11678.2 s
25—Gemini 3.5 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle50.2$3.418417 s
26—Gemini 3.6 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle50.1$3.021717 s
27NewDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort)OpenDeepSeek49.9$0.18——
28▼ 1GPT-5.6 Sol (low)ClosedOpenAI49.4$11602.9 s
29▼ 1GPT-5.6 Luna (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI49.1$0.4516260 s
30▼ 1GPT-5.6 Terra (high)ClosedOpenAI49.0$4.51122.5 s
31▼ 1Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic47.2$6.055126 s
32NewKimi K3 (low)OpenKimi46.6$6.0343.4 s
33▼ 2Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewClosedGoogle46.5$4.513226 s
34▼ 2GPT-5.6 Luna (high)ClosedOpenAI46.1$0.4515714 s
35▼ 2Qwen3.7 MaxClosedAlibaba46.0$3.82062.4 s
36▼ 2GPT-5.6 Terra (medium)ClosedOpenAI45.6$4.51061.6 s
37▼ 2Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium)ClosedGoogle45.4$3.418018 s
38▼ 2MiniMax-M3OpenMiniMax44.4$0.52851.3 s
39▼ 2DeepSeek V4 Pro (Reasoning, Max Effort)OpenDeepSeek44.3$0.54551.6 s
40▼ 2GPT-5.3 Codex (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI44.3$4.813064 s
41▼ 2Kimi K2.6OpenKimi44.2$1.7392.8 s
42▼ 2Motif 3 (Beta)ClosedMotif Technologies44.1———
43▼ 2Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic43.7$104423 s
44▼ 2GPT-5.5 (low)ClosedOpenAI43.5$11691.8 s
45▼ 2DeepSeek V4 Pro (Reasoning, High Effort)OpenDeepSeek43.1$0.54651.5 s
46▼ 2Muse SparkClosedMeta43.1———
47▼ 2Claude Opus 4.7 (Non-reasoning, High Effort)ClosedAnthropic42.7$10441.6 s
48▼ 2MiMo-V2.5-ProOpenXiaomi42.2$0.54392.7 s
49▼ 2GPT-5.2 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI42.2$4.879140 s
50▼ 2Kimi K2.7 CodeOpenKimi41.9$1.7403.2 s

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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