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Rank	Model	Elo	Value	In / 1M	Output	Votes	Open in
#1	Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 #1·Elo 1550·In $10.00·Out $50.00	1550	1424	$10.00	$50.00	964	O
#2	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) #2·Elo 1547·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1547	1451	$5.00	$25.00	5,038	O
#3	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 #3·Elo 1539·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1539	1444	$5.00	$25.00	4,883	O
#4	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 #4·Elo 1535·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1535	1440	$5.00	$25.00	6,080	O
#5	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) #5·Elo 1531·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1531	1436	$5.00	$25.00	4,656	O
#6	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (thinking) #6·Elo 1522·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1522	1427	$5.00	$25.00	2,880	O
#7	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) #7·Elo 1519·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1519	1449	$2.50	$15.00	5,174	O
#9	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) #9·Elo 1517·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1517	1417	$5.00	$30.00	4,214	O
#10	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (high) #10·Elo 1516·In $2.00·Out $10.00	1516	1461	$2.00	$10.00	1,074	O
#11	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 #11·Elo 1515·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1515	1420	$5.00	$25.00	2,954	O
#12	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview #12·Elo 1511·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1511	1451	$2.00	$12.00	7,502	O
#13	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max #13·Elo 1511·In $1.48·Out $4.42	1511	1479	$1.48	$4.42	339	O
#14	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro #14·Elo 1510·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1510	1539	$0.435	$0.870	3,522	O
#15	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 #15·Elo 1510·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1510	1437	$3.00	$15.00	5,211	O
#16	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) #16·Elo 1508·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1508	1461	$1.50	$9.00	1,033	O
#17	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 #17·Elo 1508·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1508	1408	$5.00	$30.00	4,412	O
#18	MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 #18·Elo 1505·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1505	1432	$3.00	$15.00	262	O
#19	xAI: Grok 4.5 #19·Elo 1505·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1505	1460	$2.00	$6.00	587	O
#20	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (thinking-32k) #20·Elo 1504·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1504	1409	$5.00	$25.00	2,200	O
#21	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 #21·Elo 1503·In $0.950·Out $4.00	1503	1484	$0.950	$4.00	3,380	O
#23	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 #23·Elo 1503·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1503	1408	$5.00	$25.00	5,080	O
#24	Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 #24·Elo 1500·In $1.25·Out $4.25	1500	1473	$1.25	$4.25	592	O
#25	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (thinking-32k) #25·Elo 1500·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1500	1426	$3.00	$15.00	5,465	O
#26	Z.ai: GLM 5.1 #26·Elo 1499·In $0.966·Out $3.04	1499	1485	$0.966	$3.04	2,754	O
#27	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview #27·Elo 1499·In $1.04·Out $6.24	1499	1467	$1.04	$6.24	516	O
#29	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview #29·Elo 1497·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1497	1497	$0.500	$3.00	1,926	O
#30	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 #30·Elo 1494·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1494	1424	$2.50	$15.00	5,489	O
#32	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat #32·Elo 1493·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1493	1431	$1.75	$14.00	2,868	O
#35	Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (max) #35·Elo 1489·In $0.413·Out $1.30	1489	1512	$0.413	$1.30	1,625	O
#36	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) #36·Elo 1486·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1486	1439	$1.50	$9.00	1,244	O
#38	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 #38·Elo 1486·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1486	1412	$3.00	$15.00	5,567	O
#39	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus #39·Elo 1484·In $0.320·Out $1.28	1484	1513	$0.320	$1.28	2,058	O
#40	Z.ai: GLM 5 #40·Elo 1483·In $0.950·Out $3.15	1483	1469	$0.950	$3.15	2,327	O
#41	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro #41·Elo 1483·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1483	1511	$0.435	$0.870	4,042	O
#44	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) #44·Elo 1482·In $0.570·Out $2.85	1482	1481	$0.570	$2.85	5,133	O
#45	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B #45·Elo 1482·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1482	1493	$0.390	$2.34	5,346	O
#46	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) #46·Elo 1481·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1481	1433	$1.25	$10.00	2,326	O
#47	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) #47·Elo 1481·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1481	1463	$0.750	$4.50	5,162	O
#49	MiniMax: MiniMax M3 #49·Elo 1480·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1480	1512	$0.300	$1.20	2,631	O
#52	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) #52·Elo 1478·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1478	1416	$1.75	$14.00	3,652	O
#54	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus #54·Elo 1474·In $0.325·Out $1.95	1474	1493	$0.325	$1.95	3,986	O
#56	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 #56·Elo 1474·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1474	1552	$0.140	$0.280	3,905	O
#57	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro (thinking) #57·Elo 1474·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1474	1502	$0.435	$0.870	3,729	O
#60	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash (thinking) #60·Elo 1471·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1471	1564	$0.098	$0.196	4,100	O
#61	OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat #61·Elo 1469·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1469	1407	$1.75	$14.00	2,760	O
#62	Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo #62·Elo 1469·In $1.20·Out $4.00	1469	1445	$1.20	$4.00	548	O
#65	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) #65·Elo 1467·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1467	1467	$0.500	$3.00	7,100	O
#67	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 #67·Elo 1465·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1465	1322	$15.00	$75.00	3,894	O
#69	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 #69·Elo 1463·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1463	1401	$1.75	$14.00	6,575	O
#70	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 #70·Elo 1463·In $0.150·Out $1.50	1463	1501	$0.150	$1.50	410	O
#71	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro #71·Elo 1461·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1461	1414	$1.25	$10.00	7,683	O
#71	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 #71·Elo 1461·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1461	1414	$1.25	$10.00	7,683	O
#72	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash #72·Elo 1460·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1460	1553	$0.098	$0.196	4,106	O
#75	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) #75·Elo 1459·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1459	1412	$1.25	$10.00	1,586	O
#76	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 #76·Elo 1457·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1457	1409	$1.25	$10.00	2,723	O
#77	Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 #77·Elo 1456·In $1.00·Out $5.00	1456	1430	$1.00	$5.00	8,198	O
#82	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 (thinking) #82·Elo 1450·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1450	1503	$0.269	$0.400	400	O
#82	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp (thinking) #82·Elo 1450·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1450	1503	$0.270	$0.410	400	O
#84	xAI: Grok 4.3 #84·Elo 1449·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1449	1431	$1.25	$2.50	4,183	O
#85	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 #85·Elo 1449·In $0.250·Out $1.00	1449	1489	$0.250	$1.00	4,175	O
#87	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct #87·Elo 1448·In $0.210·Out $1.90	1448	1474	$0.210	$1.90	565	O
#90	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat #90·Elo 1447·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1447	1399	$1.25	$10.00	1,453	O
#91	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 #91·Elo 1446·In $0.400·Out $1.75	1446	1463	$0.400	$1.75	714	O
#93	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B #93·Elo 1445·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1445	1465	$0.260	$2.08	2,476	O
#94	OpenAI: o3 #94·Elo 1445·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1445	1394	$2.00	$8.00	2,956	O
#95	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite #95·Elo 1443·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1443	1473	$0.250	$1.50	5,585	O
#95	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview #95·Elo 1443·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1443	1473	$0.250	$1.50	5,585	O
#96	Z.ai: GLM 4.6 #96·Elo 1441·In $0.500·Out $2.00	1441	1451	$0.500	$2.00	1,862	O
#98	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 #98·Elo 1440·In $1.50·Out $7.50	1440	1397	$1.50	$7.50	1,070	O
#100	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 #100·Elo 1439·In $0.600·Out $2.20	1439	1443	$0.600	$2.20	1,109	O
#101	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B #101·Elo 1439·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1439	1453	$0.260	$2.60	2,379	O
#102	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) #102·Elo 1436·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1436	1475	$0.200	$1.25	5,199	O
#103	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 #103·Elo 1435·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1435	1292	$15.00	$75.00	2,223	O
#104	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 (thinking-32k) #104·Elo 1435·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1435	1361	$3.00	$15.00	1,654	O
#106	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking (thinking) #106·Elo 1433·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1433	1446	$0.260	$2.60	381	O
#107	StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash #107·Elo 1432·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1432	1517	$0.100	$0.300	4,444	O
#109	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 #109·Elo 1432·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1432	1463	$0.300	$1.20	1,053	O
#115	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 #115·Elo 1423·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1423	1476	$0.269	$0.400	608	O
#115	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp #115·Elo 1423·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1423	1475	$0.270	$0.410	608	O
#116	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash #116·Elo 1422·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1422	1436	$0.300	$2.50	7,786	O
#121	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 #121·Elo 1420·In $0.150·Out $0.900	1420	1473	$0.150	$0.900	3,469	O
#122	DeepSeek: R1 0528 #122·Elo 1420·In $0.500·Out $2.15	1420	1428	$0.500	$2.15	883	O
#123	Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #123·Elo 1419·In $0.140·Out $1.00	1419	1470	$0.140	$1.00	2,532	O
#124	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 #124·Elo 1418·In $0.600·Out $2.50	1418	1419	$0.600	$2.50	555	O
#126	Qwen: Qwen3 Max #126·Elo 1418·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1418	1403	$0.780	$3.90	454	O
#126	Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking #126·Elo 1418·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1418	1403	$0.780	$3.90	454	O
#132	OpenAI: o4 Mini #132·Elo 1406·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1406	1381	$1.10	$4.40	2,261	O
#132	OpenAI: o4 Mini High #132·Elo 1406·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1406	1381	$1.10	$4.40	2,261	O
#133	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 #133·Elo 1405·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1405	1355	$2.00	$8.00	2,513	O
#135	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) #135·Elo 1403·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1403	1425	$0.250	$2.00	1,146	O
#138	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (thinking) #138·Elo 1402·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1402	1446	$0.250	$0.800	2,625	O
#139	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking #139·Elo 1402·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1402	1446	$0.250	$0.800	2,626	O
#141	Z.ai: GLM 4.5V #141·Elo 1401·In $0.600·Out $1.80	1401	1409	$0.600	$1.80	196	O
#143	DeepSeek: R1 #143·Elo 1400·In $0.700·Out $2.50	1400	1397	$0.700	$2.50	848	O
#144	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 #144·Elo 1399·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1399	1326	$3.00	$15.00	2,057	O
#145	Qwen: Qwen3 32B #145·Elo 1397·In $0.080·Out $0.280	1397	1490	$0.080	$0.280	236	O
#147	OpenAI: o3 Mini (high) #147·Elo 1397·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1397	1372	$1.10	$4.40	847	O
#147	OpenAI: o3 Mini High (high) #147·Elo 1397·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1397	1372	$1.10	$4.40	847	O
#149	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct #149·Elo 1395·In $0.100·Out $1.10	1395	1448	$0.100	$1.10	1,010	O
#149	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) #149·Elo 1395·Out -	1395	-	-	-	1,010	O
#151	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 #151·Elo 1392·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1392	1477	$0.100	$0.300	1,147	O
#152	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 Flash #152·Elo 1389·In $0.061·Out $0.400	1389	1478	$0.061	$0.400	797	O
#153	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air #153·Elo 1389·In $0.130·Out $0.850	1389	1445	$0.130	$0.850	1,393	O
#156	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking (thinking) #156·Elo 1385·In $0.098·Out $0.780	1385	1448	$0.098	$0.780	622	O
#157	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B #157·Elo 1385·In $0.455·Out $1.82	1385	1398	$0.455	$1.82	1,319	O
#158	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini #158·Elo 1383·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1383	1402	$0.400	$1.60	2,002	O
#159	OpenAI: o1 #159·Elo 1380·In $15.00·Out $60.00	1380	1242	$15.00	$60.00	1,982	O
#168	OpenAI: o3 Mini #168·Elo 1365·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1365	1341	$1.10	$4.40	2,859	O
#168	OpenAI: o3 Mini High #168·Elo 1365·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1365	1341	$1.10	$4.40	2,859	O
#169	MiniMax: MiniMax M1 #169·Elo 1364·In $0.550·Out $2.20	1364	1369	$0.550	$2.20	1,594	O
#175	OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b #175·Elo 1359·In $0.037·Out $0.170	1359	1478	$0.037	$0.170	1,320	O
#178	OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (high) #178·Elo 1354·In $0.050·Out $0.400	1354	1446	$0.050	$0.400	324	O
#182	Inception: Mercury 2 #182·Elo 1348·In $0.250·Out $0.750	1348	1394	$0.250	$0.750	229	O
#185	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B #185·Elo 1344·In $0.130·Out $0.520	1344	1412	$0.130	$0.520	1,316	O
#187	MiniMax: MiniMax M2 #187·Elo 1340·In $0.255·Out $1.02	1340	1379	$0.255	$1.02	257	O
#189	IBM: Granite 4.1 8B #189·Elo 1339·In $0.050·Out $0.100	1339	1461	$0.050	$0.100	391	O
#192	Google: Gemma 3 27B #192·Elo 1335·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1335	1420	$0.100	$0.300	2,229	O
#202	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b #202·Elo 1318·In $0.030·Out $0.130	1318	1448	$0.030	$0.130	490	O
#202	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (free) #202·Elo 1318·Out -	1318	-	-	-	490	O
#204	AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Think #204·Elo 1316·In $0.150·Out $0.500	1316	1382	$0.150	$0.500	275	O
#207	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano #207·Elo 1313·In $0.100·Out $0.400	1313	1392	$0.100	$0.400	328	O
#211	OpenAI: GPT-4o #211·Elo 1310·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1310	1249	$2.50	$10.00	2,349	O
#211	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) #211·Elo 1310·In $5.00·Out $15.00	1310	1225	$5.00	$15.00	2,349	O
#211	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) #211·Elo 1310·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1310	1249	$2.50	$10.00	2,349	O
#211	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) #211·Elo 1310·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1310	1249	$2.50	$10.00	2,349	O
#219	Mistral Large 2407 #219·Elo 1300·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1300	1255	$2.00	$6.00	2,505	O
#223	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo #223·Elo 1295·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1295	1180	$10.00	$30.00	5,195	O
#223	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo Preview #223·Elo 1295·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1295	1180	$10.00	$30.00	5,195	O
#226	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct #226·Elo 1295·In $0.130·Out $0.400	1295	1368	$0.130	$0.400	2,894	O
#226	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) #226·Elo 1295·Out -	1295	-	-	-	2,894	O
#235	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini #235·Elo 1284·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1284	1346	$0.150	$0.600	3,547	O
#235	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) #235·Elo 1284·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1284	1346	$0.150	$0.600	3,547	O
#239	Google: Gemma 3n 4B #239·Elo 1278·In $0.060·Out $0.120	1278	1392	$0.060	$0.120	1,068	O
#242	Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct #242·Elo 1272·In $0.400·Out $0.400	1272	1312	$0.400	$0.400	2,924	O
#244	Google: Gemma 3 12B #244·Elo 1271·In $0.050·Out $0.150	1271	1387	$0.050	$0.150	186	O
#247	Microsoft: Phi 4 #247·Elo 1266·In $0.070·Out $0.140	1266	1374	$0.070	$0.140	1,124	O
#254	Mistral: Mistral Small 3 #254·Elo 1257·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1257	1383	$0.050	$0.080	754	O
#255	Google: Gemma 3 4B #255·Elo 1257·In $0.050·Out $0.100	1257	1380	$0.050	$0.100	208	O
#257	Google: Gemma 2 27B #257·Elo 1257·In $0.650·Out $0.650	1257	1275	$0.650	$0.650	4,025	O
#260	Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku #260·Elo 1250·In $0.250·Out $1.25	1250	1284	$0.250	$1.25	6,336	O
#262	Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) #262·Elo 1247·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1247	1187	$2.50	$10.00	524	O
#273	Cohere: Command R (08-2024) #273·Elo 1227·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1227	1289	$0.150	$0.600	604	O
#290	Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct #290·Elo 1196·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1196	1321	$0.050	$0.080	2,589	O
#296	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct #296·Elo 1175·In $0.051·Out $0.335	1175	1272	$0.051	$0.335	499	O
#296	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free) #296·Elo 1175·Out -	1175	-	-	-	499	O
#324	Meta: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct #324·Elo 1080·In $0.027·Out $0.201	1080	1201	$0.027	$0.201	487	O