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Rank	Model	Elo	Value	In / 1M	Output	Votes	Open in
#1	Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 #1·Elo 1555·In $10.00·Out $50.00	1555	1429	$10.00	$50.00	509	O
#2	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) #2·Elo 1553·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1553	1458	$5.00	$25.00	3,295	O
#3	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 #3·Elo 1547·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1547	1452	$5.00	$25.00	3,332	O
#4	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) #4·Elo 1542·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1542	1447	$5.00	$25.00	2,507	O
#5	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 #5·Elo 1539·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1539	1443	$5.00	$25.00	2,553	O
#6	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 #6·Elo 1536·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1536	1436	$5.00	$30.00	2,162	O
#8	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 #8·Elo 1530·In $0.950·Out $4.00	1530	1511	$0.950	$4.00	1,869	O
#9	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview #9·Elo 1528·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1528	1468	$2.00	$12.00	4,293	O
#10	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) #10·Elo 1528·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1528	1480	$1.50	$9.00	587	O
#12	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 #12·Elo 1527·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1527	1432	$5.00	$25.00	1,406	O
#13	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) #13·Elo 1526·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1526	1426	$5.00	$30.00	2,193	O
#14	Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 #14·Elo 1525·In $1.25·Out $4.25	1525	1498	$1.25	$4.25	309	O
#15	xAI: Grok 4.5 #15·Elo 1524·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1524	1479	$2.00	$6.00	262	O
#16	Z.ai: GLM 5 #16·Elo 1524·In $0.950·Out $3.15	1524	1510	$0.950	$3.15	1,499	O
#18	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max #18·Elo 1523·In $1.48·Out $4.42	1523	1491	$1.48	$4.42	266	O
#20	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview #20·Elo 1521·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1521	1521	$0.500	$3.00	1,520	O
#21	Z.ai: GLM 5.1 #21·Elo 1520·In $0.966·Out $3.04	1520	1506	$0.966	$3.04	1,658	O
#22	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro #22·Elo 1515·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1515	1543	$0.435	$0.870	1,963	O
#23	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (thinking) #23·Elo 1514·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1514	1419	$5.00	$25.00	1,372	O
#25	Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (max) #25·Elo 1512·In $0.413·Out $1.30	1512	1535	$0.413	$1.30	847	O
#27	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) #27·Elo 1507·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1507	1459	$1.50	$9.00	580	O
#28	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) #28·Elo 1506·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1506	1436	$2.50	$15.00	3,002	O
#29	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus #29·Elo 1505·In $0.320·Out $1.28	1505	1534	$0.320	$1.28	923	O
#30	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro #30·Elo 1505·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1505	1533	$0.435	$0.870	2,122	O
#31	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 #31·Elo 1504·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1504	1431	$3.00	$15.00	2,725	O
#33	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (high) #33·Elo 1503·In $2.00·Out $10.00	1503	1448	$2.00	$10.00	622	O
#36	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B #36·Elo 1501·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1501	1512	$0.390	$2.34	2,791	O
#37	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) #37·Elo 1501·In $0.570·Out $2.85	1501	1500	$0.570	$2.85	2,771	O
#39	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 #39·Elo 1500·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1500	1404	$5.00	$25.00	3,643	O
#41	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro (thinking) #41·Elo 1498·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1498	1527	$0.435	$0.870	2,031	O
#42	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat #42·Elo 1498·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1498	1435	$1.75	$14.00	1,815	O
#43	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (thinking-32k) #43·Elo 1497·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1497	1402	$5.00	$25.00	1,838	O
#44	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) #44·Elo 1496·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1496	1496	$0.500	$3.00	4,047	O
#45	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) #45·Elo 1496·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1496	1448	$1.25	$10.00	2,015	O
#46	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 #46·Elo 1495·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1495	1426	$2.50	$15.00	3,216	O
#47	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview #47·Elo 1495·In $1.04·Out $6.24	1495	1464	$1.04	$6.24	315	O
#50	OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat #50·Elo 1491·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1491	1428	$1.75	$14.00	1,721	O
#52	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro #52·Elo 1490·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1490	1442	$1.25	$10.00	6,488	O
#52	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 #52·Elo 1490·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1490	1442	$1.25	$10.00	6,488	O
#54	xAI: Grok 4.3 #54·Elo 1488·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1488	1471	$1.25	$2.50	2,162	O
#55	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash (thinking) #55·Elo 1488·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1488	1581	$0.098	$0.196	2,090	O
#56	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (thinking-32k) #56·Elo 1488·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1488	1415	$3.00	$15.00	3,856	O
#57	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 #57·Elo 1487·In $0.400·Out $1.75	1487	1504	$0.400	$1.75	688	O
#58	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 #58·Elo 1486·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1486	1563	$0.140	$0.280	1,861	O
#62	Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo #62·Elo 1482·In $1.20·Out $4.00	1482	1457	$1.20	$4.00	287	O
#64	Z.ai: GLM 4.6 #64·Elo 1481·In $0.500·Out $2.00	1481	1491	$0.500	$2.00	1,654	O
#65	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus #65·Elo 1481·In $0.325·Out $1.95	1481	1500	$0.325	$1.95	1,950	O
#66	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 #66·Elo 1480·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1480	1407	$3.00	$15.00	3,862	O
#67	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) #67·Elo 1480·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1480	1462	$0.750	$4.50	2,906	O
#70	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite #70·Elo 1478·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1478	1508	$0.250	$1.50	3,279	O
#70	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview #70·Elo 1478·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1478	1508	$0.250	$1.50	3,279	O
#71	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 #71·Elo 1477·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1477	1429	$1.25	$10.00	2,031	O
#72	MiniMax: MiniMax M3 #72·Elo 1477·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1477	1509	$0.300	$1.20	1,168	O
#75	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash #75·Elo 1475·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1475	1568	$0.098	$0.196	2,087	O
#79	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B #79·Elo 1471·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1471	1485	$0.260	$2.60	1,521	O
#81	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) #81·Elo 1471·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1471	1409	$1.75	$14.00	2,531	O
#82	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 #82·Elo 1468·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1468	1406	$1.75	$14.00	3,669	O
#84	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 #84·Elo 1465·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1465	1322	$15.00	$75.00	3,838	O
#87	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 (thinking) #87·Elo 1465·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1465	1518	$0.269	$0.400	304	O
#87	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp (thinking) #87·Elo 1465·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1465	1517	$0.270	$0.410	304	O
#88	OpenAI: o3 #88·Elo 1464·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1464	1414	$2.00	$8.00	2,971	O
#91	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B #91·Elo 1462·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1462	1483	$0.260	$2.08	1,635	O
#93	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 #93·Elo 1462·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1462	1515	$0.269	$0.400	2,449	O
#93	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp #93·Elo 1462·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1462	1514	$0.270	$0.410	2,449	O
#95	Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #95·Elo 1461·In $0.140·Out $1.00	1461	1512	$0.140	$1.00	1,600	O
#97	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct #97·Elo 1454·In $0.210·Out $1.90	1454	1480	$0.210	$1.90	492	O
#98	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) #98·Elo 1454·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1454	1406	$1.25	$10.00	1,597	O
#99	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 #99·Elo 1454·In $1.50·Out $7.50	1454	1411	$1.50	$7.50	486	O
#100	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 #100·Elo 1454·In $0.600·Out $2.50	1454	1454	$0.600	$2.50	737	O
#101	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct #101·Elo 1453·In $0.100·Out $1.10	1453	1505	$0.100	$1.10	1,183	O
#101	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) #101·Elo 1453·Out -	1453	-	-	-	1,183	O
#104	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat #104·Elo 1448·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1448	1401	$1.25	$10.00	1,646	O
#106	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 #106·Elo 1448·In $0.150·Out $1.50	1448	1486	$0.150	$1.50	411	O
#108	DeepSeek: R1 0528 #108·Elo 1446·In $0.500·Out $2.15	1446	1455	$0.500	$2.15	1,010	O
#109	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 #109·Elo 1445·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1445	1302	$15.00	$75.00	2,417	O
#111	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash #111·Elo 1443·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1443	1456	$0.300	$2.50	6,410	O
#112	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 #112·Elo 1443·In $0.250·Out $1.00	1443	1483	$0.250	$1.00	2,369	O
#114	Qwen: Qwen3 Max #114·Elo 1440·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1440	1425	$0.780	$3.90	350	O
#114	Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking #114·Elo 1440·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1440	1425	$0.780	$3.90	350	O
#115	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking (thinking) #115·Elo 1439·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1439	1453	$0.260	$2.60	296	O
#116	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 #116·Elo 1439·In $0.600·Out $2.20	1439	1443	$0.600	$2.20	1,345	O
#118	Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 #118·Elo 1438·In $1.00·Out $5.00	1438	1413	$1.00	$5.00	5,240	O
#119	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 #119·Elo 1436·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1436	1522	$0.100	$0.300	1,324	O
#120	StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash #120·Elo 1436·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1436	1521	$0.100	$0.300	2,559	O
#124	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 Flash #124·Elo 1433·In $0.061·Out $0.400	1433	1522	$0.061	$0.400	437	O
#126	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 #126·Elo 1429·In $0.150·Out $0.900	1429	1482	$0.150	$0.900	2,169	O
#128	DeepSeek: R1 #128·Elo 1429·In $0.700·Out $2.50	1429	1426	$0.700	$2.50	1,151	O
#134	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) #134·Elo 1421·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1421	1460	$0.200	$1.25	2,803	O
#135	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 #135·Elo 1416·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1416	1365	$2.00	$8.00	2,463	O
#136	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air #136·Elo 1414·In $0.130·Out $0.850	1414	1470	$0.130	$0.850	1,612	O
#137	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 (thinking-32k) #137·Elo 1414·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1414	1341	$3.00	$15.00	1,801	O
#139	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking (thinking) #139·Elo 1413·In $0.098·Out $0.780	1413	1476	$0.098	$0.780	714	O
#140	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 #140·Elo 1413·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1413	1445	$0.300	$1.20	820	O
#141	OpenAI: o3 Mini (high) #141·Elo 1412·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1412	1388	$1.10	$4.40	1,181	O
#141	OpenAI: o3 Mini High (high) #141·Elo 1412·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1412	1388	$1.10	$4.40	1,181	O
#143	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) #143·Elo 1408·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1408	1430	$0.250	$2.00	1,343	O
#144	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 #144·Elo 1408·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1408	1334	$3.00	$15.00	2,208	O
#150	OpenAI: o4 Mini #150·Elo 1400·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1400	1376	$1.10	$4.40	2,297	O
#150	OpenAI: o4 Mini High #150·Elo 1400·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1400	1376	$1.10	$4.40	2,297	O
#151	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (thinking) #151·Elo 1400·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1400	1444	$0.250	$0.800	1,808	O
#152	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking #152·Elo 1399·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1399	1444	$0.250	$0.800	1,566	O
#158	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B #158·Elo 1393·In $0.455·Out $1.82	1393	1407	$0.455	$1.82	1,253	O
#162	MiniMax: MiniMax M2 #162·Elo 1387·In $0.255·Out $1.02	1387	1426	$0.255	$1.02	279	O
#163	OpenAI: o1 #163·Elo 1386·In $15.00·Out $60.00	1386	1248	$15.00	$60.00	2,763	O
#165	MiniMax: MiniMax M1 #165·Elo 1385·In $0.550·Out $2.20	1385	1390	$0.550	$2.20	1,817	O
#167	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini #167·Elo 1384·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1384	1403	$0.400	$1.60	2,047	O
#171	OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (high) #171·Elo 1377·In $0.050·Out $0.400	1377	1469	$0.050	$0.400	380	O
#175	Google: Gemma 3 27B #175·Elo 1373·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1373	1458	$0.100	$0.300	2,287	O
#177	OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b #177·Elo 1372·In $0.037·Out $0.170	1372	1492	$0.037	$0.170	1,627	O
#178	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B #178·Elo 1370·In $0.130·Out $0.520	1370	1438	$0.130	$0.520	1,253	O
#184	Qwen: Qwen3 32B #184·Elo 1364·In $0.080·Out $0.280	1364	1456	$0.080	$0.280	187	O
#185	IBM: Granite 4.1 8B #185·Elo 1363·In $0.050·Out $0.100	1363	1485	$0.050	$0.100	203	O
#188	OpenAI: o3 Mini #188·Elo 1361·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1361	1336	$1.10	$4.40	3,365	O
#188	OpenAI: o3 Mini High #188·Elo 1361·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1361	1336	$1.10	$4.40	3,365	O
#196	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b #196·Elo 1348·In $0.030·Out $0.130	1348	1478	$0.030	$0.130	488	O
#196	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (free) #196·Elo 1348·Out -	1348	-	-	-	488	O
#197	Z.ai: GLM 4.5V #197·Elo 1346·In $0.600·Out $1.80	1346	1354	$0.600	$1.80	173	O
#205	Google: Gemma 3n 4B #205·Elo 1333·In $0.060·Out $0.120	1333	1447	$0.060	$0.120	1,213	O
#209	OpenAI: GPT-4o #209·Elo 1329·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1329	1269	$2.50	$10.00	3,778	O
#209	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) #209·Elo 1329·In $5.00·Out $15.00	1329	1245	$5.00	$15.00	3,778	O
#209	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) #209·Elo 1329·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1329	1269	$2.50	$10.00	3,778	O
#209	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) #209·Elo 1329·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1329	1269	$2.50	$10.00	3,778	O
#216	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano #216·Elo 1321·In $0.100·Out $0.400	1321	1401	$0.100	$0.400	246	O
#219	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo #219·Elo 1316·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1316	1201	$10.00	$30.00	10,827	O
#219	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo Preview #219·Elo 1316·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1316	1201	$10.00	$30.00	10,827	O
#221	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini #221·Elo 1315·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1315	1377	$0.150	$0.600	5,767	O
#221	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) #221·Elo 1315·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1315	1377	$0.150	$0.600	5,767	O
#223	AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Think #223·Elo 1314·In $0.150·Out $0.500	1314	1380	$0.150	$0.500	262	O
#232	Mistral Large 2407 #232·Elo 1303·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1303	1258	$2.00	$6.00	3,933	O
#236	Google: Gemma 2 27B #236·Elo 1299·In $0.650·Out $0.650	1299	1317	$0.650	$0.650	6,872	O
#242	Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) #242·Elo 1293·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1293	1232	$2.50	$10.00	845	O
#243	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct #243·Elo 1291·In $0.130·Out $0.400	1291	1365	$0.130	$0.400	3,408	O
#243	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) #243·Elo 1291·Out -	1291	-	-	-	3,408	O
#255	Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct #255·Elo 1276·In $0.400·Out $0.400	1276	1316	$0.400	$0.400	4,846	O
#263	Microsoft: Phi 4 #263·Elo 1267·In $0.070·Out $0.140	1267	1375	$0.070	$0.140	1,503	O
#265	Mistral: Mistral Small 3 #265·Elo 1265·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1265	1391	$0.050	$0.080	1,054	O
#268	Cohere: Command R (08-2024) #268·Elo 1261·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1261	1323	$0.150	$0.600	834	O
#273	Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku #273·Elo 1248·In $0.250·Out $1.25	1248	1282	$0.250	$1.25	16,707	O
#287	Google Gemini Pro Latest #287·Elo 1217·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1217	1157	$2.00	$12.00	236	O
#294	Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct #294·Elo 1203·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1203	1328	$0.050	$0.080	4,400	O
#321	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct #321·Elo 1128·In $0.051·Out $0.335	1128	1225	$0.051	$0.335	721	O
#321	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free) #321·Elo 1128·Out -	1128	-	-	-	721	O
#339	Meta: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct #339·Elo 1045·In $0.027·Out $0.201	1045	1166	$0.027	$0.201	674	O