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The AI Model Index

Benchmarks say one thing, people using the models say another. We pull both — plus real market pricing and measured speed — and score 250 models on one scale. 128 of them carry a machine score and a human score, which is where the disagreements show up.

28 of these models have a hands-on review on this site.

What feeds the index

  • OpenRouter250 models

    live market pricing

  • Artificial Analysis241 models

    benchmark indices

  • LMArena137 models

    human preference votes

128 models scored by machines and humans

Rank by

The current top 20

Benchmark indices cross-checked against human preference votes. The bar under each score splits it into the five things we weigh — same total, different shape means a different model for a different job.

  • 1

    Claude Opus 5.5

    anthropic

    88.7intelligence
    Intelligence
    57.6
    Human Elo
    1512
    Blended /M
    $16
    Throughput
    92 t/s
  • 2

    Claude Fable 5.1

    anthropic

    88.2intelligence
    Intelligence
    53.4
    Human Elo
    1511
    Blended /M
    $40
    Throughput
    64 t/s
  • 3

    Claude Opus 5

    anthropic

    86.0intelligence
    Intelligence
    50.8
    Human Elo
    1507
    Blended /M
    $20
    Throughput
    56 t/s
    Review
  • 4

    Claude Fable 5

    anthropic

    82.4intelligence
    Intelligence
    49.6
    Human Elo
    1492
    Blended /M
    $40
    Throughput
    61 t/s
    Review
  • 5

    Muse Spark 1.3

    meta

    82.3intelligence
    Intelligence
    48.1
    Human Elo
    1490
    Blended /M
    $3.5
    Throughput
    146 t/s
  • 6

    Claude Opus 5.5 (batch)

    anthropic

    82.3intelligence
    Intelligence
    57.6
    Human Elo
    —
    Blended /M
    —
    Throughput
    —
  • 7

    Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)

    anthropic

    81.5intelligence
    Intelligence
    53.4
    Human Elo
    —
    Blended /M
    —
    Throughput
    —
  • 8

    Qwen3.8 Max (0902)

    qwen

    80.5intelligence
    Intelligence
    45.4
    Human Elo
    1482
    Blended /M
    $5.0
    Throughput
    37 t/s
  • 9

    Claude Sonnet 5.5 (batch)

    anthropic

    80.0intelligence
    Intelligence
    56.0
    Human Elo
    —
    Blended /M
    —
    Throughput
    —
  • 10

    Claude Sonnet 5.5

    anthropic

    80.0intelligence
    Intelligence
    56.0
    Human Elo
    —
    Blended /M
    $8.0
    Throughput
    129 t/s
  • 11OPEN

    GLM 5.3

    z-ai

    78.2intelligence
    Intelligence
    44.8
    Human Elo
    1471
    Blended /M
    $3.7
    Throughput
    71 t/s
    Review
  • 12

    Claude Opus 5 (batch)

    anthropic

    78.1intelligence
    Intelligence
    50.8
    Human Elo
    —
    Blended /M
    —
    Throughput
    —
  • 13

    Qwen3.6 Max Preview

    qwen

    78.1intelligence
    Intelligence
    —
    Human Elo
    1447
    Blended /M
    —
    Throughput
    —
  • 14

    Gemini 3.8 Flash

    google

    78.0intelligence
    Intelligence
    40.9
    Human Elo
    1497
    Blended /M
    $3.0
    Throughput
    237 t/s
  • 15OPEN

    Kimi K3

    moonshotai

    78.0intelligence
    Intelligence
    43.6
    Human Elo
    1476
    Blended /M
    $12
    Throughput
    43 t/s
    Review
  • 16OPEN

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro

    xiaomi

    77.9intelligence
    Intelligence
    46.3
    Human Elo
    1491
    Blended /M
    $0.76
    Throughput
    41 t/s
  • 17

    GPT-6 Astra (batch)

    openai

    77.2intelligence
    Intelligence
    52.7
    Human Elo
    —
    Blended /M
    —
    Throughput
    —
  • 18

    GPT-6 Astra

    openai

    77.1intelligence
    Intelligence
    52.7
    Human Elo
    1442
    Blended /M
    $40
    Throughput
    60 t/s
  • 19

    Claude Opus 4.7

    anthropic

    76.4intelligence
    Intelligence
    40.7
    Human Elo
    1490
    Blended /M
    $20
    Throughput
    46 t/s
    Review
  • 20OPEN

    GLM 5.3 Flash

    z-ai

    76.0intelligence
    Intelligence
    41.8
    Human Elo
    1470
    Blended /M
    $0.41
    Throughput
    52 t/s

Put two models head to head

Benchmarks, human votes, speed and real pricing on the same screen. The highlighted side wins that line.

Claude Opus 5.5

anthropic

88.7

intelligence · wins 10 lines

VS

Claude Fable 5.1

anthropic

88.2

intelligence · wins 1 line

Our composite score

Our composite score
64.7Overall60.1
89Intelligence40% of the total88
19Price / perf20% of the total0
85Capabilities15% of the total85
45Speed10% of the total38
55Ecosystem15% of the total55

Measured intelligence

Measured intelligence
57.6Intelligence indexArtificial Analysis53.4
—Coding indexArtificial Analysis81.6
—Agentic indexArtificial Analysis57.9
1512 · 5k votesHuman preferenceLMArena Elo1511 · 12k votes

Speed

Speed
92 t/sOutput throughputtokens/second64 t/s
742.91 sTime to first token256.22 s

Price per million tokens

Price per million tokens
$4.0Input$10
$20Output$50
$16Blended 3:1typical real-world mix$40

Capabilities

Capabilities
1MContext window1M
128kMax output128k
YesReasoningYes
NoOpen weightsNo
text, image, fileModalitiestext, image, file
1Providers serving it1
—Knowledge cutoff—
No review published yetNo review published yet

Every model we track

Filter it down to the models that fit your constraints, then open a row for the full measurement set.

250 of 250 models

#Modelintelligence & profileIn / OutActions
1
Claude Opus 5.5
anthropic
88.7
$4.0 / $20
2
Claude Fable 5.1
anthropic
88.2
$10 / $50
3anthropic
86.0
$5.0 / $25
4anthropic
82.4
$10 / $50
5
Muse Spark 1.3
meta
82.3
$1.3 / $4.3
6
Claude Opus 5.5 (batch)
anthropic
82.3
$2.0 / $10
7
Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)
anthropic
81.5
$5.0 / $25
8
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
qwen
80.5
$2.0 / $6.0
9
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (batch)
anthropic
80.0
$1.0 / $5.0
10
Claude Sonnet 5.5
anthropic
80.0
$2.0 / $10
11z-ai
78.2
$1.4 / $4.4
12
Claude Opus 5 (batch)
anthropic
78.1
$2.5 / $13
13
Qwen3.6 Max Preview
qwen
78.1
$1.0 / $6.2
14
Gemini 3.8 Flash
google
78.0
$0.75 / $3.8
15moonshotai
78.0
$0.67 / $14
16
MiMo-V2.6-ProOPEN
xiaomi
77.9
$0.43 / $0.87
17
GPT-6 Astra (batch)
openai
77.2
$5.0 / $25
18
GPT-6 Astra
openai
77.1
$10 / $50
19anthropic
76.4
$5.0 / $25
20
GLM 5.3 FlashOPEN
z-ai
76.0
$0.15 / $0.50
21
GPT-6.1 Sol
openai
75.9
$2.0 / $10
22
Claude Fable 5 (batch)
anthropic
74.8
$5.0 / $25
23
Gemini 3.7 Flash
google
74.7
$0.75 / $3.8
24openai
73.7
$2.5 / $15
25anthropic
73.7
$5.0 / $25
26
MiMo-V2.5OPEN
xiaomi
73.0
$0.14 / $0.28
27
GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)
openai
73.0
$1.0 / $5.0
28openai
73.0
$2.0 / $10
29openai
72.9
$5.0 / $30
30x-ai
72.4
$2.0 / $6.0
31
GLM 5.3 (batch)OPEN
z-ai
71.7
$0.45 / $2.0
32z-ai
70.6
$0.02 / $16
33x-ai
70.5
$2.0 / $6.0
34
Gemini 3.6 Flash
google
70.3
$0.75 / $3.8
35
Kimi K3 (batch)OPEN
moonshotai
70.2
$2.3 / $11
36google
70.0
$1.5 / $9.0
37meta
69.9
$1.3 / $4.3
38anthropic
69.9
$2.0 / $10
39
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423OPEN
deepseek
69.4
$0.21 / $0.42
40
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813OPEN
deepseek
69.4
$0.55 / $5.0
41
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashOPEN
deepseek
69.3
$0.00 / $2.4
42
GPT-6 Sol (batch)
openai
68.0
$1.0 / $5.0
43
GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)OPEN
z-ai
67.9
$0.06 / $0.20
44
Qwen3.8 27BOPEN
qwen
67.9
$0.42 / $2.5
45
MiMo-V2.6-FlashOPEN
xiaomi
67.4
$0.14 / $0.28
46
GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)
openai
66.8
$1.0 / $6.0
47openai
66.8
$2.0 / $12
48
Qwen3.7 Max
qwen
66.6
$1.5 / $4.4
49
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BOPEN
qwen
66.4
$2.0 / $6.0
50
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731OPEN
deepseek
66.3
$0.01 / $1.3
51deepseek
66.3
$0.03 / $1.3
52
Grok 4.7
x-ai
66.3
$2.0 / $6.0
53
GPT-6 Sol
openai
66.3
$2.0 / $10
54
Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)
anthropic
65.5
$2.5 / $13
55anthropic
65.3
$5.0 / $25
56google
65.1
$2.0 / $12
57
Qwen3.5-Flash
qwen
65.0
$0.07 / $0.26
58
Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)
google
64.8
$0.38 / $1.9
59
Muse Spark 1.2
meta
63.8
$1.3 / $4.3
60anthropic
63.7
$3.0 / $15
61
MiMo-V2.5-ProOPEN
xiaomi
62.9
$0.43 / $0.87
62
Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)
anthropic
62.7
$1.0 / $5.0
63
GLM 5.1OPEN
z-ai
62.3
$1.4 / $4.4
64moonshotai
62.1
$0.95 / $4.0
65
Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)
google
61.6
$0.38 / $1.9
66
GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)
openai
61.5
$0.10 / $0.60
67openai
61.5
$0.20 / $1.2
68
GPT-5.5 (batch)
openai
61.2
$2.5 / $15
69minimax
61.0
$0.30 / $1.2
70
Qwen3.6 Plus
qwen
60.7
$0.33 / $1.9
71
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
google
60.3
$0.50 / $3.0
72
Qwen3.7 Plus
qwen
60.0
$0.32 / $1.3
73
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpOPEN
deepseek
59.9
$0.22 / $0.65
74
Hy3OPEN
tencent
59.8
$0.13 / $0.53
75
Hy3 previewOPEN
tencent
59.8
$0.18 / $0.60
76
GPT-5.1
openai
59.4
$1.3 / $10
77
Qwen3.8 27B (free)OPEN
qwen
59.3
Free / Free
78
GPT-6 Luna
openai
59.0
$0.10 / $0.50
79
GLM 5OPEN
z-ai
58.9
$0.60 / $1.9
80
Kimi K2.5OPEN
moonshotai
58.7
$0.45 / $2.3
81
Ling 3.1 Flash
inclusionai
58.7
Free / Free
82
InklingOPEN
thinkingmachines
58.6
$0.95 / $4.0
83openai
56.7
$1.8 / $14
84
GPT-5.2 Chat
openai
56.7
$1.8 / $14
85
GLM 4.7OPEN
z-ai
56.5
$0.60 / $2.2
86
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)OPEN
deepseek
56.4
$0.11 / $0.34
87
Nova 2 Lite
amazon
55.7
$0.30 / $2.5
88
Inkling SmallOPEN
thinkingmachines
55.4
$0.45 / $1.2
89
GLM 4.6OPEN
z-ai
55.4
$0.43 / $1.8
90
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
google
54.8
$0.30 / $2.5
91
DeepSeek V3.2OPEN
deepseek
54.6
$0.28 / $0.42
92
DeepSeek V3.2 ExpOPEN
deepseek
54.6
$0.27 / $0.41
93
GLM 5V Turbo
z-ai
54.6
$1.2 / $4.0
94
GPT-6 Luna (batch)
openai
54.4
$0.05 / $0.25
95
Solar Pro 4
upstage
54.3
$0.09 / $0.36
96
GPT-5.4 Mini
openai
54.0
$0.75 / $4.5
97
Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)
google
53.9
$0.38 / $1.9
98
Qwen3 Max Thinking
qwen
53.2
$0.78 / $3.9
99
Qwen3.5 397B A17BOPEN
qwen
52.6
$0.55 / $3.5
100
Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch)
google
52.0
$0.75 / $4.5
101
MiniMax M2.7OPEN
minimax
51.7
$0.21 / $0.84
102openai
51.6
$1.3 / $10
103
Gemini 2.5 Pro
google
51.2
$1.3 / $10
104
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
google
51.2
$1.3 / $10
105
MiniMax M1
minimax
50.7
$0.55 / $2.2
106
Gemma 4 31BOPEN
google
50.6
$0.09 / $0.34
107
Qwen3.5-27BOPEN
qwen
50.4
$0.20 / $1.6
108
Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)
anthropic
50.4
$1.5 / $7.5
109x-ai
50.0
$1.3 / $2.5
110
Gemma 4 26B A4B OPEN
google
49.3
$0.07 / $0.23
111
Qwen3 Max
qwen
49.2
$0.78 / $3.9
112
Mistral Medium 3.5
mistralai
48.5
$1.5 / $7.5
113
Qwen3.5-122B-A10BOPEN
qwen
48.4
$0.26 / $2.1
114
Qwen3.5-35B-A3BOPEN
qwen
48.2
$0.15 / $1.0
115
DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusOPEN
deepseek
48.1
$0.27 / $1.0
116
GPT-5.4 Nano
openai
47.3
$0.20 / $1.3
117
MiniMax M2.1OPEN
minimax
46.8
$0.30 / $1.2
118
GPT-5.3-Codex
openai
46.4
$1.8 / $14
119
GLM 4.5OPEN
z-ai
46.0
$0.60 / $2.2
120
R1 0528OPEN
deepseek
45.9
$0.50 / $2.1
121
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
google
45.6
$0.25 / $1.5
122
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
google
45.6
$0.25 / $1.5
123
Step 3.5 FlashOPEN
stepfun
45.4
$0.10 / $0.30
124
DeepSeek V3.1OPEN
deepseek
45.3
$0.25 / $0.95
125
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructOPEN
qwen
45.1
$0.21 / $1.9
126
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingOPEN
qwen
45.1
$0.40 / $4.0
127
Kimi K2 0711OPEN
moonshotai
44.8
$0.57 / $2.3
128
Gemini 2.5 Flash
google
44.5
$0.30 / $2.5
129
MiniMax M2.5OPEN
minimax
43.8
$0.27 / $1.1
130
Ling 3.0 Flash VLOPEN
inclusionai
43.7
$0.02 / $0.06
131
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructOPEN
qwen
43.7
$0.10 / $1.1
132
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingOPEN
qwen
43.7
$0.15 / $1.2
133
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507OPEN
qwen
43.3
$0.09 / $0.35
134
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)
google
43.3
$1.0 / $6.0
135
Kimi K2.7 CodeOPEN
moonshotai
42.8
$0.67 / $3.4
136
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin
inclusionai
41.6
$0.04 / $0.12
137
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507OPEN
qwen
41.6
$0.23 / $2.3
138
Claude Opus 4.5
anthropic
41.6
$5.0 / $25
139
Inkling Small (free)OPEN
thinkingmachines
41.4
Free / Free
140
o1
openai
41.3
$15 / $60
141
Kimi K2 0905OPEN
moonshotai
41.2
$0.60 / $2.5
142
GPT-5.2-Codex
openai
40.7
$1.8 / $14
143
Inkling (free)OPEN
thinkingmachines
40.4
Free / Free
144
GPT-5 Mini
openai
40.1
$0.25 / $2.0
145
GPT-5.4 Mini (batch)
openai
39.2
$0.38 / $2.3
146
GLM 4.5 AirOPEN
z-ai
38.7
$0.13 / $0.85
147
MiniMax M2OPEN
minimax
38.3
$0.30 / $1.2
148
GLM 5 Turbo
z-ai
38.0
$1.2 / $4.0
149
GLM 4.6VOPEN
z-ai
37.8
$0.30 / $0.90
150
R1OPEN
deepseek
37.6
$0.70 / $2.5
151
gpt-oss-120bOPEN
openai
37.4
$0.04 / $0.17
152
Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)OPEN
nvidia
37.2
Free / Free
153
Nemotron 3 UltraOPEN
nvidia
37.2
$0.50 / $2.2
154
GLM 4.7 FlashOPEN
z-ai
37.1
$0.06 / $0.40
155
Qwen3.6 27BOPEN
qwen
36.8
$0.32 / $2.7
156x-ai
36.7
$1.3 / $2.5
157
Mercury 2
inception
36.5
$0.25 / $0.75
158
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507OPEN
qwen
36.2
$0.05 / $0.19
159
GPT-5.4 Nano (batch)
openai
36.1
$0.10 / $0.63
160
DeepSeek V3 0324OPEN
deepseek
36.1
$0.29 / $1.1
161
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BOPEN
qwen
35.6
$0.30 / $1.0
162
Ling 3.0 FlashOPEN
inclusionai
35.3
$0.02 / $0.06
163
Qwen3 235B A22BOPEN
qwen
35.3
$0.46 / $1.8
164
Grok 4.3 (batch)
x-ai
35.0
$1.0 / $2.0
165
Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)
anthropic
34.9
$1.5 / $7.5
166
Claude Sonnet 4.5
anthropic
34.9
$3.0 / $15
167
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)
google
34.7
$0.15 / $1.3
168
Solar Mini 4
upstage
34.4
$0.05 / $0.20
169
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
openai
33.9
$1.3 / $10
170
GPT-5.1-Codex
openai
33.9
$1.3 / $10
171
o3 Mini
openai
33.5
$1.1 / $4.4
172
Step 3.7 FlashOPEN
stepfun
33.2
$0.20 / $1.1
173
Trinity Large ThinkingOPEN
arcee-ai
32.6
$0.25 / $0.80
174
Llama 3.3 70B InstructOPEN
meta-llama
32.6
$0.22 / $0.50
175
GPT-5 Nano
openai
31.7
$0.05 / $0.40
176
o3 Mini High
openai
31.4
$1.1 / $4.4
177
o3 Pro
openai
31.3
$20 / $80
178
LongCat 2.0OPEN
meituan
31.2
$0.30 / $1.2
179
Gemma 3 27BOPEN
google
30.5
$0.08 / $0.45
180
Qwen3 32BOPEN
qwen
30.4
$0.08 / $0.28
181
DeepSeek V3OPEN
deepseek
30.4
$0.26 / $1.0
182
GLM 4.5VOPEN
z-ai
29.5
$0.60 / $1.8
183
Granite 4.2 8BOPEN
ibm-granite
29.4
$0.06 / $0.25
184
Qwen3.6 35B A3BOPEN
qwen
29.3
$0.15 / $1.0
185
Llama 3.1 70B InstructOPEN
meta-llama
29.2
$0.40 / $0.40
186
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini
openai
29.1
$0.25 / $2.0
187
o3
openai
28.9
$2.0 / $8.0
188
Kimi K2 ThinkingOPEN
moonshotai
28.7
$0.60 / $2.5
189
GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
openai
27.7
$5.0 / $15
190
Qwen3 30B A3BOPEN
qwen
27.3
$0.12 / $0.50
191
Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)
anthropic
27.1
$0.50 / $2.5
192anthropic
27.1
$1.0 / $5.0
193
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507OPEN
qwen
26.5
$0.20 / $2.4
194
Gemma 3 12BOPEN
google
26.4
$0.05 / $0.15
195
Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch)
mistralai
25.7
$0.75 / $3.8
196
gpt-oss-20bOPEN
openai
24.8
$0.02 / $0.09
197
Gemma 4 31B (free)OPEN
google
24.1
Free / Free
198
o4 Mini High
openai
23.9
$1.1 / $4.4
199
o4 Mini
openai
23.9
$1.1 / $4.4
200
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
openai
23.2
$0.15 / $0.60
201
GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
openai
22.9
$2.5 / $10
202
Gemma 2 27BOPEN
google
21.4
$0.65 / $0.65
203
Gemma 3 4BOPEN
google
21.3
$0.05 / $0.10
204
Gemini 2.5 Pro (batch)
google
21.3
$0.63 / $5.0
205
Command R+ (08-2024)
cohere
20.8
$2.5 / $10
206
Nemotron 3 SuperOPEN
nvidia
20.2
$0.08 / $0.45
207
Nemotron 3 Super (free)OPEN
nvidia
20.2
Free / Free
208
Mistral Large 2407
mistralai
20.1
$2.0 / $6.0
209
GPT-5 Mini (batch)
openai
18.8
$0.13 / $1.0
210
gpt-oss-120b (batch)OPEN
openai
18.1
$0.03 / $0.14
211
GPT-4.1
openai
18.1
$2.0 / $8.0
212
Nemotron 3.5 LightningOPEN
nvidia
17.9
$0.06 / $0.16
213
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)OPEN
nvidia
17.9
Free / Free
214
o1-pro
openai
17.7
$150 / $600
215
Mercury 2.5
inception
17.6
$0.04 / $0.15
216
North Mini Code (free)OPEN
cohere
17.6
Free / Free
217
Command A+
cohere
17.4
$0.30 / $1.5
218
GPT-4.1 Mini
openai
17.2
$0.40 / $1.6
219
Qwen3 VL 32B InstructOPEN
qwen
17.0
$0.10 / $0.42
220
Qwen3 Coder NextOPEN
qwen
16.9
$0.12 / $0.80
221
Sonar Reasoning Pro
perplexity
16.9
$2.0 / $8.0
222
Qwen3.5-9BOPEN
qwen
16.4
$0.10 / $0.15
223
Devstral 2 2512OPEN
mistralai
15.9
$0.40 / $2.0
224
Mistral Small 3OPEN
mistralai
15.8
$0.05 / $0.08
225
Mistral Small 4OPEN
mistralai
15.7
$0.15 / $0.60
226
Mistral Small 4 (batch)OPEN
mistralai
15.7
$0.07 / $0.30
227
GPT-4 Turbo
openai
14.6
$10 / $30
228
Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructOPEN
qwen
13.7
$0.07 / $0.28
229
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructOPEN
qwen
13.6
$0.15 / $0.60
230
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingOPEN
qwen
13.6
$0.20 / $2.4
231
Command AOPEN
cohere
13.1
$2.5 / $10
232
Phi 4OPEN
microsoft
13.0
$0.07 / $0.14
233
Mistral Medium 3.1 (batch)
mistralai
12.9
$0.20 / $1.0
234
Mistral Medium 3.1
mistralai
12.9
$0.40 / $2.0
235
Mistral Medium 3
mistralai
12.9
$0.40 / $2.0
236
gpt-oss-20b (batch)OPEN
openai
12.6
$0.02 / $0.11
237
Mistral Large 3 2512 (batch)
mistralai
12.6
$0.25 / $0.75
238
Sonar
perplexity
12.4
$1.0 / $1.0
239
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
google
12.1
$0.10 / $0.40
240
GPT-4o (2024-11-20)
openai
12.0
$2.5 / $10
241
GPT-4o
openai
12.0
$2.5 / $10
242
Llama 4 MaverickOPEN
meta-llama
11.9
$0.19 / $0.65
243
Qwen3 VL 8B InstructOPEN
qwen
11.7
$0.12 / $0.46
244
Qwen3 VL 8B ThinkingOPEN
qwen
11.7
$0.18 / $2.1
245
GPT-4.1 Nano
openai
11.5
$0.10 / $0.40
246
GPT-4
openai
11.2
$30 / $60
247
Sonar Pro
perplexity
10.9
$3.0 / $15
248
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BOPEN
nvidia
10.7
$0.05 / $0.20
249
Solar Pro 3
upstage
10.6
$0.15 / $0.60
250
GPT-4o-mini
openai
10.6
$0.15 / $0.60

How we score

The raw measurements come from third parties, credited below. What we add is the cross-source aggregation and the scoring: five axes on absolute 0-100 scales, weighted into one number. Absolute scales matter — a model scoring 78 today means the same as a model scoring 78 six months ago, so the history stays comparable as new models arrive.

Intelligence

40%

Average of every published capability index we can cross-check — general intelligence, coding and agentic benchmarks.

Price / performance

20%

Real market price per million tokens weighted against measured capability. A cheap weak model and an expensive strong one can score the same.

Capabilities

15%

Context window, maximum output, modalities, reasoning support, prompt caching and how recent the knowledge cutoff is.

Speed

10%

Measured output throughput (tokens per second) and time to first token. A reasoning model thinks before it answers, so its first token can take minutes — that is the trade it makes for capability, and it scores low here by design.

Ecosystem

15%

How many providers serve the model, and whether the weights are open — availability and independence from a single vendor.

What changed recently

Every collection is archived, so price cuts and ranking moves stay traceable. The sources publish today's numbers; this is the trail behind them.

Price moves · output per million tokens

  • Upstage: Solar Pro 4$0.12 → $0.36 ↑ 200%
  • Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash$0.25 → $0.50 ↑ 100%
  • DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731$0.28 → $0.08 ↓ 71%
  • IBM: Granite 4.2 8B$0.15 → $0.25 ↑ 67%
  • DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423$2.08 → $3.20 ↑ 53%
  • Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)$0.50 → $0.25 ↓ 50%
  • Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B$2.34 → $3.50 ↑ 50%
  • DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813$3.35 → $1.73 ↓ 48%

Ranking moves · by capability

  • Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5#29 → #79 ↓ 50
  • Upstage: Solar Pro 3#193 → #239 ↓ 46
  • Meta: Llama 4 Maverick#195 → #234 ↓ 39
  • Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next#168 → #206 ↓ 38
  • Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B#135 → #171 ↓ 36
  • Mistral: Mistral Small 4#177 → #213 ↓ 36

How to read this index

The default ranking is capability, so the most expensive model can sit above a free one. Switch the criterion at the top of the page and the order changes completely — that is the point. Four questions come up constantly, and here are the answers.

Why is a $10 model ahead of a free one?

Because the default ranking measures what a model can do, not what it costs. Price is a separate axis, and it has its own ranking one click away. Ranking on the composite score instead buried the frontier models behind cheap ones and turned the whole index into a price chart, which is not what a ranked list of models is for. Today that puts Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 first with 88.7 on capability at $20.00 per million output tokens.

What happens when benchmarks and humans disagree?

Both count, equally. Benchmarks test verifiable problems; the arena records which answer people actually preferred. When a model carries both, each contributes half its intelligence score. The widest gap in the index right now is Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro: 23 from benchmarks against 81 from human votes — a 58-point disagreement that a single-source ranking would hide entirely.

What is the coloured bar under each score?

The score itself, split into the five things we weigh. Each segment is that axis's contribution, so the full bar length is the composite score. Two models can share a total and have opposite shapes — one fast and cheap, the other slow and brilliant.

  • Intelligence
  • Price / performance
  • Capabilities
  • Speed
  • Ecosystem

Why are some cells empty?

Because that measurement does not exist yet, and we would rather show a dash than invent a number. Of the 250 models listed, 241 carry benchmark indices and 137 carry human ratings. A missing value never counts as zero — it simply leaves that axis out of the model's score, and the “Double-validated” filter isolates the 128 models measured both ways.

Frequently asked questions

What is the ThePlanetTools AI Index?

A ranking of 250 large language models built by cross-referencing three independent sources: live market pricing from OpenRouter, benchmark indices from Artificial Analysis, and human preference votes from LMArena. We aggregate those measurements and compute our own score across five weighted axes. The raw measurements belong to their sources; the scoring and the ranking are ours.

How is the ranking ordered by default?

By measured capability, not by price. A model that costs ten times more but answers harder questions ranks higher by default. Three alternative orderings are one click away — price/performance, speed, and the weighted composite score — because "best" means something different depending on whether you are paying the bill or waiting for the response.

What does the intelligence score actually measure?

Two things, weighted equally when both exist. Machine benchmarks contribute the general intelligence index (50%), the coding index (25%) and the agentic index (25%), each normalised against its own ceiling. Human preference contributes the LMArena Elo rating, mapped onto the same 0-100 scale. A model measured by only one of the two is scored on that one alone.

What does "double-validated" mean?

A model carrying both a machine benchmark score and a human preference rating. 128 of the 250 models in the index qualify. It matters because the two methods disagree more often than you would expect: benchmarks measure what is testable, the arena measures what people actually prefer after using the model.

Why do benchmark scores and human votes disagree?

They measure different things. Benchmarks test verifiable problems with known answers — maths, code that compiles, factual recall. Human votes reward tone, instruction-following, formatting and refusal behaviour, which no benchmark captures. A model can top the benchmarks and lose blind head-to-head votes, and the reverse happens just as often.

Why is the maths index excluded from the score?

Because nearly every current model scored in the 90s on it, so it separated nothing. Worse, averaging it in rewarded models measured on maths and almost nothing else — one model with no coding or agentic score reached a higher intelligence score than models measured on everything. Artificial Analysis has since stopped publishing that index on the endpoint we use, which changes nothing for us: it was already out of the score.

How is price/performance calculated?

Measured capability divided by the blended price per million tokens, weighted one part input to three parts output, which reflects typical real-world usage. The result is placed on a logarithmic scale because prices span four orders of magnitude. Free or unpriced models receive a neutral 50 rather than a perfect score, since they are not comparable.

Are the prices real?

Yes. They come from OpenRouter, which publishes live per-token rates charged by the providers actually serving each model, in US dollars per million tokens. Input and output are shown separately because the gap between them is often large and matters more than the headline figure.

How often is the index updated?

Every 48 hours. Each collection re-fetches all three sources, recalculates every score, and writes a historical snapshot so price changes and ranking movements stay traceable. Models that disappear from the sources are marked inactive rather than deleted, so their history survives.

What does "open weights" mean in this index?

A model whose weights can be downloaded and self-hosted, as opposed to one reachable only through a vendor API. 116 of the 250 models qualify. Open weights add points on the ecosystem axis because they remove vendor lock-in, but a closed model served by many providers is not penalised to zero.

Why do the scores use absolute scales instead of ranking against each other?

So the numbers stay comparable over time. If scores were normalised against the current field, every new model release would silently move every existing score, and a snapshot from six months ago would mean nothing. On an absolute scale, a model scoring 78 today means the same as a model scoring 78 last year.

Which models here have been reviewed hands-on?

28 of the 250 models link to a full review on this site, written after actually using the model. Those links appear directly on each model card and in the comparison table. The rest are scored from published measurements only, which is stated rather than hidden.

Data sources

  • OpenRouter — live market pricing, context windows, modalities and availability across providers.
  • Artificial Analysis — independent intelligence, coding, agentic and math indices, plus measured throughput and time to first token.
  • LMArena — human-preference Elo ratings from their public leaderboard dataset.

All raw metrics belong to their respective sources and are reproduced with attribution. The composite scores, weighting and rankings on this page are ThePlanetTools.ai's own computation and should be attributed to us, not to the data providers.

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