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Intelligence Index · A composite of several evaluations · Updated August 17, 2026

Smartest
Best open model
Kimi K3 (max)Kimi59.7Intelligence
Best value
Hy3-preview (Reasoning)Tencent345 pts/$Value
Best from China
Kimi K3 (max)Kimi59.7Intelligence
Top three open models
1Kimi K3 (max)Kimi · #5 overall59.7
2Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba · #7 overall57.7
This week's changes
Sonic 3.6Speech · #1New
Grok 4.6 (high)Intelligence · #4New
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BIntelligence · #7New
glm-5.3-maxCoding · #8New
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProImage · #8New
RankChangeModelIntelligencePrice $/MSpeed tok/sFirst token
1—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic63.1$105345 s
2—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort)ClosedAnthropic62.5$105432 s
3—Claude Fable 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Opus 4.8 Fallback)ClosedAnthropic62.1$2067131 s
4—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort)ClosedAnthropic61.5$105314 s
5—GPT-5.6 Sol (max)ClosedOpenAI60.9$1170137 s
6NewGrok 4.6 (high)ClosedSpaceXAI60.9$3.05841 s
7▼ 1Kimi K3 (max)OpenKimi59.7$6.0382.9 s
8▼ 1GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI59.0$116938 s
9▼ 1Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort)ClosedAnthropic58.6$10524.9 s
10▼ 1Qwen3.8 MaxClosedAlibaba58.1$3.0452.7 s
11NewQwen3.8 2.4T A95BOpenAlibaba57.7$3.0472.7 s
12▼ 2GPT-5.6 Sol (high)ClosedOpenAI57.3$116613 s
13▼ 2Claude Opus 4.8 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic57.3$105817 s
14▼ 2Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh)ClosedMeta56.8$2.0——
15▼ 2GPT-5.6 Terra (max)ClosedOpenAI56.6$4.5124174 s
16▼ 2GPT-5.5 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI56.3$119045 s
17NewGemini 3.7 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle56.0$1.541320 s
18▼ 3Grok 4.5 (high)ClosedSpaceXAI55.8$3.0519.8 s
19▼ 3GPT-5.6 Sol (medium)ClosedOpenAI55.6$11634.1 s
20▼ 3Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic55.3$4.077183 s
21▼ 3Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic55.0$10519.8 s
22▼ 3GPT-5.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI54.7$118327 s
23NewGemini 3.7 Flash (medium)ClosedGoogle53.4$1.53506.2 s
24▼ 4Muse Spark 1.1 (xhigh)ClosedMeta53.2$2.02451.4 s
25NewDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Reasoning, Max Effort)OpenDeepSeek53.2$2.0801.7 s
26▼ 5GPT-5.4 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI53.1$5.6137119 s
27▼ 5GPT-5.6 Terra (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI52.8$4.511017 s
28▼ 5GLM-5.2 (max)OpenZ AI52.6$2.21551.4 s
29▼ 5Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort)ClosedAnthropic52.5$10532.8 s
30▼ 5GPT-5.6 Luna (max)ClosedOpenAI52.3$0.45171119 s
31NewQwen3.8 27BOpenAlibaba52.0———
32▼ 6Gemini 3.5 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle52.0$3.418324 s
33▼ 6DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort)OpenDeepSeek51.8$0.661071.2 s
34▼ 6Gemini 3.6 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle51.6$3.021516 s
35▼ 6GPT-5.5 (medium)ClosedOpenAI51.4$11796.4 s
36NewGemini 3.7 Flash (low)ClosedGoogle50.9$1.53030.7 s
37▼ 7GPT-5.6 Sol (low)ClosedOpenAI50.7$11602.9 s
38▼ 7GPT-5.6 Terra (high)ClosedOpenAI50.1$4.51102.2 s
39▼ 7GPT-5.6 Luna (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI50.1$0.4517234 s
40▼ 7Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic48.4$6.057145 s
41▼ 7Kimi K3 (low)OpenKimi48.3$6.0382.9 s
42▼ 7Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewClosedGoogle47.7$4.510833 s
43NewMotif 3OpenMotif Technologies47.4———
44▼ 8GPT-5.6 Luna (high)ClosedOpenAI47.0$0.451539.3 s
45▼ 8GPT-5.6 Terra (medium)ClosedOpenAI46.8$4.51041.6 s
46▼ 8Qwen3.7 MaxClosedAlibaba46.7$3.82042.3 s
47▼ 8Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium)ClosedGoogle46.7$3.418820 s
48▼ 8GPT-5.3 Codex (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI45.5$4.813951 s
49▼ 8MiniMax-M3OpenMiniMax45.4$0.52961.2 s
50▼ 5Motif 3 (Beta)ClosedMotif Technologies45.3———

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 “—”.