Skip to content
IFAI

Model rankings

1447 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

Artificial AnalysisIntelligence IndexArenaText arena

Intelligence Index · A composite of several evaluations · Updated August 24, 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 · #8 overall57.7
This week's changes
hy4-previewCoding · #5New
GLM-5.3 (max)Intelligence · #6New
MAI-Image-2.5-ProImage · #7New
qwen3.8-flash-nextCoding · #8New
glm-5.3-flashCoding · #11New
RankChangeModelIntelligencePrice $/MSpeed tok/sFirst token
1—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic63.1$105952 s
2—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort)ClosedAnthropic62.5$105537 s
3—Claude Fable 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Opus 4.8 Fallback)ClosedAnthropic62.1$2071133 s
4—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort)ClosedAnthropic61.5$105721 s
5—GPT-5.6 Sol (max)ClosedOpenAI60.9$1172146 s
6—Grok 4.6 (high)ClosedSpaceXAI60.9$3.06243 s
7NewGrok 4.6 (xhigh)ClosedSpaceXAI60.0$3.06347 s
8▼ 1Kimi K3 (max)OpenKimi59.7$6.0343.8 s
9NewGLM-5.3 (max)ClosedZ AI59.5$2.2——
10▼ 2GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI59.0$116841 s
11NewGrok 4.6 (medium)ClosedSpaceXAI59.0$3.06130 s
12▼ 3Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort)ClosedAnthropic58.6$10545.3 s
13▼ 3Qwen3.8 MaxClosedAlibaba58.1$3.0692.3 s
14▼ 3Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BOpenAlibaba57.7$3.0622.5 s
15▼ 3GPT-5.6 Sol (high)ClosedOpenAI57.3$116711 s
16▼ 3Claude Opus 4.8 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic57.3$106127 s
17▼ 3Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh)ClosedMeta56.8$2.0——
18▼ 3GPT-5.6 Terra (max)ClosedOpenAI56.6$4.5121159 s
19▼ 3GPT-5.5 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI56.3$119161 s
20▼ 3Gemini 3.7 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle56.0$1.534812 s
21▼ 3Grok 4.5 (high)ClosedSpaceXAI55.8$3.0649.0 s
22▼ 3GPT-5.6 Sol (medium)ClosedOpenAI55.6$11694.9 s
23▼ 3Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic55.3$4.081172 s
24▼ 3Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic55.0$105316 s
25▼ 3GPT-5.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI54.7$118415 s
26▼ 3Gemini 3.7 Flash (medium)ClosedGoogle53.4$1.53594.5 s
27▼ 3Muse Spark 1.1 (xhigh)ClosedMeta53.2$2.01961.5 s
28▼ 3DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Reasoning, Max Effort)OpenDeepSeek53.2$2.0701.8 s
29▼ 3GPT-5.4 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI53.1$5.6126134 s
30▼ 3GPT-5.6 Terra (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI52.8$4.511126 s
31▼ 3GLM-5.2 (max)OpenZ AI52.6$2.2——
32▼ 3Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort)ClosedAnthropic52.5$10563.7 s
33▼ 3GPT-5.6 Luna (max)ClosedOpenAI52.3$0.45140146 s
34NewQwen3.8 27B (xhigh)OpenAlibaba52.0$1.1533.0 s
35▼ 3Gemini 3.5 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle52.0$3.420716 s
36▼ 3DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort)OpenDeepSeek51.8$0.661221.1 s
37NewGrok 4.6 (low)ClosedSpaceXAI51.7$3.0616.6 s
38▼ 4Gemini 3.6 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle51.6$1.520814 s
39▼ 4GPT-5.5 (medium)ClosedOpenAI51.4$11788.5 s
40▼ 4Gemini 3.7 Flash (low)ClosedGoogle50.9$1.53431.0 s
41▼ 4GPT-5.6 Sol (low)ClosedOpenAI50.7$11682.6 s
42▼ 4GPT-5.6 Terra (high)ClosedOpenAI50.1$4.51152.6 s
43▼ 4GPT-5.6 Luna (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI50.1$0.4513353 s
44▼ 4Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic48.4$6.056124 s
45▼ 4Kimi K3 (low)OpenKimi48.3$6.0353.9 s
46▼ 4Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewClosedGoogle47.7$4.512429 s
47▼ 4Motif 3OpenMotif Technologies47.4———
48▼ 4GPT-5.6 Luna (high)ClosedOpenAI47.0$0.4513212 s
49▼ 4GPT-5.6 Terra (medium)ClosedOpenAI46.8$4.51031.8 s
50▼ 4Qwen3.7 MaxClosedAlibaba46.7$3.82072.2 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

Arena data comes from the leaderboard dataset it publishes on Hugging Face (CC BY 4.0). Only each board's overall leaderboard is used; scores and ranks are unchanged. dataset · CC BY 4.0

Artificial Analysis data comes from its API (artificialanalysis.ai). Scores are unchanged; ranks follow the scores. artificialanalysis.ai

Open or closed follows the license Arena gives; prices and Artificial Analysis intelligence show only where model names match, otherwise “—”.