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Intelligence Index · A composite of several evaluations · Updated August 31, 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
2GLM-5.3 (max)Z AI · #6 overall59.5
3Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba · #8 overall57.7
This week's changes
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GLM-5.3-FlashIntelligence · #9New
RankChangeModelIntelligencePrice $/MSpeed tok/sFirst token
1—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic63.1$105362 s
2—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort)ClosedAnthropic62.5$105433 s
3—Claude Fable 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Opus 4.8 Fallback)ClosedAnthropic62.1$2067100 s
4—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort)ClosedAnthropic61.5$105219 s
5—GPT-5.6 Sol (max)ClosedOpenAI60.9$8.079116 s
6—Grok 4.6 (high)ClosedSpaceXAI60.9$3.05744 s
7—Grok 4.6 (xhigh)ClosedSpaceXAI60.0$3.05845 s
8—Kimi K3 (max)OpenKimi59.7$6.0403.1 s
9—GLM-5.3 (max)OpenZ AI59.5$2.2741.6 s
10—GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI59.0$8.07952 s
11—Grok 4.6 (medium)ClosedSpaceXAI59.0$3.05834 s
12—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort)ClosedAnthropic58.6$10514.0 s
13—Qwen3.8 MaxClosedAlibaba58.1$3.0382.5 s
14—Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BOpenAlibaba57.7$3.0372.8 s
15NewGLM-5.3-FlashOpenZ AI57.5$0.24451.6 s
16▼ 1GPT-5.6 Sol (high)ClosedOpenAI57.3$8.07711 s
17▼ 1Claude Opus 4.8 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic57.3$105742 s
18▼ 1Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh)ClosedMeta56.8$2.0——
19▼ 1GPT-5.6 Terra (max)ClosedOpenAI56.6$4.5122137 s
20▼ 1GPT-5.5 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI56.3$119445 s
21▼ 1Gemini 3.7 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle56.0$1.53159.2 s
22NewQwen3.8-Flash-NextOpenAlibaba55.8$0.23872.6 s
23▼ 2Grok 4.5 (high)ClosedSpaceXAI55.8$3.05215 s
24▼ 2GPT-5.6 Sol (medium)ClosedOpenAI55.6$8.0705.4 s
25▼ 2Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic55.3$4.075200 s
26▼ 2Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic55.0$104718 s
27▼ 2GPT-5.5 (high)ClosedOpenAI54.7$119020 s
28▼ 2Gemini 3.7 Flash (medium)ClosedGoogle53.4$1.53374.5 s
29▼ 2Muse Spark 1.1 (xhigh)ClosedMeta53.2$2.01971.4 s
30▼ 2DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Reasoning, Max Effort)OpenDeepSeek53.2$2.0491.5 s
31▼ 2GPT-5.4 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI53.1$5.616498 s
32▼ 2GPT-5.6 Terra (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI52.8$4.510230 s
33▼ 2GLM-5.2 (max)OpenZ AI52.6$2.2701.7 s
34▼ 2Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort)ClosedAnthropic52.5$10512.8 s
35▼ 2GPT-5.6 Luna (max)ClosedOpenAI52.3$0.45130147 s
36▼ 2Qwen3.8 27B (xhigh)OpenAlibaba52.0$1.1473.9 s
37▼ 2Gemini 3.5 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle52.0$3.421316 s
38▼ 2DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort)OpenDeepSeek51.8$0.661011.6 s
39▼ 2Grok 4.6 (low)ClosedSpaceXAI51.7$3.0567.2 s
40▼ 2Gemini 3.6 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle51.6$1.517317 s
41NewDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedDeepSeek51.5$0.661131.2 s
42▼ 3GPT-5.5 (medium)ClosedOpenAI51.4$11808.0 s
43▼ 3Gemini 3.7 Flash (low)ClosedGoogle50.9$1.53120.8 s
44▼ 3GPT-5.6 Sol (low)ClosedOpenAI50.7$8.0742.5 s
45▼ 3GPT-5.6 Terra (high)ClosedOpenAI50.1$4.51063.3 s
46▼ 3GPT-5.6 Luna (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI50.1$0.4513362 s
47NewAgnes 2.5 Pro BetaClosedSapiens AI49.1$0.151502.3 s
48▼ 4Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic48.4$6.068121 s
49▼ 4Kimi K3 (low)OpenKimi48.3$6.0383.2 s
50▼ 4Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewClosedGoogle47.7$4.511630 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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