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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
gpt-6-astra-maxCoding · #1New
Wan 3.0Video · #1New
claude-fable-5.1-maxCoding · #2New
MAI-Image-2.6-PreviewImage · #2New
GLM-5.3-FlashIntelligence · #9New
RankChangeModelIntelligencePrice $/MSpeed tok/sFirst token
1—Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic · 4 more variants63.1$105362 s
2—Claude Fable 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Opus 4.8 Fallback)ClosedAnthropic62.1$2067100 s
3—GPT-5.6 Sol (max)ClosedOpenAI · 5 more variants60.9$8.079116 s
4—Grok 4.6 (high)ClosedSpaceXAI · 3 more variants60.9$3.05744 s
5—Kimi K3 (max)OpenKimi · 1 more variant59.7$6.0403.1 s
6—GLM-5.3 (max)OpenZ AI59.5$2.2741.6 s
7—Qwen3.8 MaxClosedAlibaba58.1$3.0382.5 s
8—Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BOpenAlibaba57.7$3.0372.8 s
9NewGLM-5.3-FlashOpenZ AI57.5$0.24451.6 s
10▼ 1Claude Opus 4.8 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic57.3$105742 s
11▼ 1Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh)ClosedMeta56.8$2.0——
12▼ 1GPT-5.6 Terra (max)ClosedOpenAI · 5 more variants56.6$4.5122137 s
13▼ 1GPT-5.5 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI · 4 more variants56.3$119445 s
14▼ 1Gemini 3.7 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle · 2 more variants56.0$1.53159.2 s
15NewQwen3.8-Flash-NextOpenAlibaba55.8$0.23872.6 s
16▼ 2Grok 4.5 (high)ClosedSpaceXAI55.8$3.05215 s
17▼ 2Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant55.3$4.075200 s
18▼ 2Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant55.0$104718 s
19▼ 2Muse Spark 1.1 (xhigh)ClosedMeta53.2$2.01971.4 s
20▼ 2DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Reasoning, Max Effort)OpenDeepSeek · 3 more variants53.2$2.0491.5 s
21▼ 2GPT-5.4 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI · 2 more variants53.1$5.616498 s
22▼ 2GLM-5.2 (max)OpenZ AI · 1 more variant52.6$2.2701.7 s
23▼ 2GPT-5.6 Luna (max)ClosedOpenAI · 5 more variants52.3$0.45130147 s
24▼ 2Qwen3.8 27B (xhigh)OpenAlibaba · 3 more variants52.0$1.1473.9 s
25▼ 2Gemini 3.5 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle · 2 more variants52.0$3.421316 s
26▼ 2DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort)OpenDeepSeek · 3 more variants51.8$0.661011.6 s
27▼ 2Gemini 3.6 Flash (high)ClosedGoogle51.6$1.517317 s
28NewDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedDeepSeek51.5$0.661131.2 s
29NewAgnes 2.5 Pro BetaClosedSapiens AI49.1$0.151502.3 s
30▼ 4Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic · 2 more variants48.4$6.068121 s
31▼ 4Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewClosedGoogle47.7$4.511630 s
32▼ 4Motif 3OpenMotif Technologies · 1 more variant47.4———
33▼ 4Qwen3.7 MaxClosedAlibaba46.7$3.82052.2 s
34▼ 4GPT-5.3 Codex (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI45.5$4.813241 s
35▼ 4MiniMax-M3OpenMiniMax45.4$0.521451.1 s
36▼ 4Kimi K2.6OpenKimi · 1 more variant45.1$1.7352.8 s
37▼ 4Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant44.9$104021 s
38▼ 4Muse SparkClosedMeta44.3———
39▼ 4GPT-5.2 (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI · 2 more variants43.3$4.883150 s
40▼ 4Kimi K2.7 CodeOpenKimi43.0$1.7452.8 s
41▼ 4MiMo-V2.5-ProOpenXiaomi · 1 more variant42.9$0.54354.4 s
42▼ 4Inkling (xhigh)OpenThinking Machines42.3$1.8772.4 s
43▼ 4Hy3OpenTencent42.2$0.24962.7 s
44▼ 4Claude Opus 4.5 (Reasoning)ClosedAnthropic · 1 more variant41.9$104715 s
45▼ 4Nex-N2-ProOpenNex AGI41.7$1.01301.7 s
46▼ 4Solar Pro 4ClosedUpstage41.6$0.52522.4 s
47▼ 4MiMo-V2-ProClosedXiaomi41.4———
48▼ 4GPT-5.2 Codex (xhigh)ClosedOpenAI41.2$4.8——
49▼ 4Inkling SmallOpenThinking Machines41.2$0.52482.6 s
50▼ 4Qwen3.6 Max PreviewClosedAlibaba41.1$2.9583.6 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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