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Rank	Model	Elo	Value	In / 1M	Output	Votes	Open in
#1	Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 #1·Elo 1544·In $1.25·Out $4.25	1544	1517	$1.25	$4.25	219	O
#2	Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 #2·Elo 1543·In $10.00·Out $50.00	1543	1417	$10.00	$50.00	371	O
#4	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (thinking) #4·Elo 1518·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1518	1423	$5.00	$25.00	1,048	O
#5	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) #5·Elo 1518·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1518	1422	$5.00	$25.00	1,723	O
#6	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 #6·Elo 1515·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1515	1419	$5.00	$25.00	1,818	O
#7	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) #7·Elo 1512·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1512	1416	$5.00	$25.00	1,941	O
#9	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview #9·Elo 1505·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1505	1505	$0.500	$3.00	754	O
#10	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview #10·Elo 1503·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1503	1443	$2.00	$12.00	2,738	O
#11	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 #11·Elo 1502·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1502	1407	$5.00	$25.00	1,151	O
#12	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 #12·Elo 1502·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1502	1402	$5.00	$30.00	1,694	O
#14	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) #14·Elo 1500·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1500	1430	$2.50	$15.00	2,080	O
#15	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 #15·Elo 1499·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1499	1404	$5.00	$25.00	1,876	O
#16	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro #16·Elo 1499·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1499	1527	$0.435	$0.870	1,532	O
#17	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 #17·Elo 1495·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1495	1400	$5.00	$25.00	2,087	O
#19	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (high) #19·Elo 1491·In $2.00·Out $10.00	1491	1435	$2.00	$10.00	428	O
#21	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) #21·Elo 1488·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1488	1388	$5.00	$30.00	1,637	O
#22	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (thinking-32k) #22·Elo 1488·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1488	1393	$5.00	$25.00	766	O
#24	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat #24·Elo 1488·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1488	1425	$1.75	$14.00	958	O
#26	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus #26·Elo 1487·In $0.320·Out $1.28	1487	1516	$0.320	$1.28	850	O
#27	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 #27·Elo 1485·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1485	1416	$2.50	$15.00	2,119	O
#28	Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (max) #28·Elo 1485·In $0.413·Out $1.30	1485	1508	$0.413	$1.30	596	O
#29	Z.ai: GLM 5.1 #29·Elo 1485·In $0.966·Out $3.04	1485	1471	$0.966	$3.04	1,007	O
#30	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 #30·Elo 1482·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1482	1408	$3.00	$15.00	1,727	O
#33	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro #33·Elo 1480·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1480	1508	$0.435	$0.870	1,650	O
#36	Z.ai: GLM 5 #36·Elo 1479·In $0.950·Out $3.15	1479	1465	$0.950	$3.15	865	O
#37	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) #37·Elo 1479·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1479	1479	$0.500	$3.00	2,511	O
#38	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 #38·Elo 1478·In $0.950·Out $4.00	1478	1459	$0.950	$4.00	1,480	O
#41	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) #41·Elo 1477·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1477	1415	$1.75	$14.00	1,332	O
#42	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 #42·Elo 1477·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1477	1404	$3.00	$15.00	1,824	O
#43	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) #43·Elo 1477·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1477	1429	$1.50	$9.00	433	O
#45	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (thinking-32k) #45·Elo 1476·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1476	1403	$3.00	$15.00	1,871	O
#46	OpenAI: o3 #46·Elo 1475·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1475	1425	$2.00	$8.00	764	O
#48	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) #48·Elo 1472·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1472	1454	$0.750	$4.50	1,945	O
#49	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview #49·Elo 1471·In $1.04·Out $6.24	1471	1439	$1.04	$6.24	210	O
#50	OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat #50·Elo 1470·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1470	1408	$1.75	$14.00	983	O
#51	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) #51·Elo 1470·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1470	1422	$1.25	$10.00	858	O
#52	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro (thinking) #52·Elo 1470·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1470	1498	$0.435	$0.870	1,563	O
#54	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) #54·Elo 1466·In $0.570·Out $2.85	1466	1465	$0.570	$2.85	2,094	O
#55	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) #55·Elo 1466·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1466	1418	$1.50	$9.00	338	O
#57	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B #57·Elo 1464·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1464	1475	$0.390	$2.34	1,842	O
#58	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 #58·Elo 1464·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1464	1401	$1.75	$14.00	2,416	O
#60	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro #60·Elo 1463·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1463	1415	$1.25	$10.00	2,192	O
#60	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 #60·Elo 1463·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1463	1415	$1.25	$10.00	2,192	O
#61	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash (thinking) #61·Elo 1463·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1463	1555	$0.098	$0.196	1,640	O
#62	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 #62·Elo 1462·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1462	1319	$15.00	$75.00	1,275	O
#63	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus #63·Elo 1462·In $0.325·Out $1.95	1462	1481	$0.325	$1.95	1,613	O
#64	Qwen: Qwen3 Max #64·Elo 1461·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1461	1447	$0.780	$3.90	393	O
#64	Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking #64·Elo 1461·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1461	1447	$0.780	$3.90	393	O
#66	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 #66·Elo 1458·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1458	1410	$1.25	$10.00	830	O
#67	xAI: Grok 4.3 #67·Elo 1456·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1456	1438	$1.25	$2.50	1,694	O
#68	Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo #68·Elo 1455·In $1.20·Out $4.00	1455	1431	$1.20	$4.00	212	O
#69	xAI: Grok 4.5 #69·Elo 1455·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1455	1410	$2.00	$6.00	187	O
#70	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct #70·Elo 1454·In $0.210·Out $1.90	1454	1480	$0.210	$1.90	234	O
#73	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B #73·Elo 1451·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1451	1472	$0.260	$2.08	868	O
#74	MiniMax: MiniMax M3 #74·Elo 1451·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1451	1483	$0.300	$1.20	1,003	O
#76	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 #76·Elo 1450·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1450	1528	$0.140	$0.280	1,590	O
#79	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite #79·Elo 1448·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1448	1478	$0.250	$1.50	2,011	O
#79	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview #79·Elo 1448·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1448	1478	$0.250	$1.50	2,011	O
#80	Z.ai: GLM 4.6 #80·Elo 1447·In $0.500·Out $2.00	1447	1457	$0.500	$2.00	637	O
#82	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash #82·Elo 1445·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1445	1538	$0.098	$0.196	1,665	O
#84	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat #84·Elo 1445·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1445	1397	$1.25	$10.00	393	O
#87	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 #87·Elo 1443·In $0.400·Out $1.75	1443	1460	$0.400	$1.75	268	O
#90	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 #90·Elo 1441·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1441	1494	$0.269	$0.400	1,119	O
#90	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp #90·Elo 1441·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1441	1494	$0.270	$0.410	1,119	O
#92	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) #92·Elo 1440·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1440	1392	$1.25	$10.00	444	O
#94	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 #94·Elo 1438·In $0.250·Out $1.00	1438	1478	$0.250	$1.00	1,856	O
#95	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 #95·Elo 1436·In $1.50·Out $7.50	1436	1393	$1.50	$7.50	439	O
#99	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) #99·Elo 1429·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1429	1467	$0.200	$1.25	1,806	O
#100	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking #100·Elo 1429·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1429	1473	$0.250	$0.800	837	O
#101	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 #101·Elo 1428·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1428	1355	$3.00	$15.00	528	O
#106	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash #106·Elo 1425·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1425	1438	$0.300	$2.50	2,371	O
#107	Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 #107·Elo 1424·In $1.00·Out $5.00	1424	1399	$1.00	$5.00	2,737	O
#108	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 (thinking) #108·Elo 1424·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1424	1477	$0.269	$0.400	138	O
#108	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp (thinking) #108·Elo 1424·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1424	1477	$0.270	$0.410	138	O
#109	Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #109·Elo 1424·In $0.140·Out $1.00	1424	1474	$0.140	$1.00	833	O
#110	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 #110·Elo 1423·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1423	1280	$15.00	$75.00	580	O
#112	DeepSeek: R1 0528 #112·Elo 1421·In $0.500·Out $2.15	1421	1429	$0.500	$2.15	207	O
#113	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 (thinking-32k) #113·Elo 1421·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1421	1347	$3.00	$15.00	426	O
#115	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 #115·Elo 1420·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1420	1369	$2.00	$8.00	690	O
#116	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 #116·Elo 1418·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1418	1504	$0.100	$0.300	307	O
#117	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 #117·Elo 1418·In $0.600·Out $2.50	1418	1419	$0.600	$2.50	184	O
#120	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 #120·Elo 1414·In $0.600·Out $2.20	1414	1418	$0.600	$2.20	308	O
#121	StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash #121·Elo 1414·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1414	1499	$0.100	$0.300	1,770	O
#122	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B #122·Elo 1413·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1413	1427	$0.260	$2.60	798	O
#123	MiniMax: MiniMax M1 #123·Elo 1410·In $0.550·Out $2.20	1410	1415	$0.550	$2.20	425	O
#125	OpenAI: o4 Mini #125·Elo 1408·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1408	1383	$1.10	$4.40	565	O
#125	OpenAI: o4 Mini High #125·Elo 1408·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1408	1383	$1.10	$4.40	565	O
#126	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini #126·Elo 1406·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1406	1425	$0.400	$1.60	530	O
#127	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air #127·Elo 1405·In $0.130·Out $0.850	1405	1461	$0.130	$0.850	468	O
#128	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 #128·Elo 1404·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1404	1436	$0.300	$1.20	397	O
#129	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct #129·Elo 1404·In $0.100·Out $1.10	1404	1456	$0.100	$1.10	347	O
#129	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) #129·Elo 1404·Out -	1404	-	-	-	347	O
#131	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) #131·Elo 1400·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1400	1422	$0.250	$2.00	368	O
#132	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 #132·Elo 1399·In $0.150·Out $0.900	1399	1451	$0.150	$0.900	1,229	O
#134	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (thinking) #134·Elo 1397·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1397	1442	$0.250	$0.800	1,008	O
#141	DeepSeek: R1 #141·Elo 1390·In $0.700·Out $2.50	1390	1388	$0.700	$2.50	188	O
#146	Google: Gemma 3 27B #146·Elo 1388·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1388	1474	$0.100	$0.300	599	O
#148	OpenAI: o1 #148·Elo 1385·In $15.00·Out $60.00	1385	1247	$15.00	$60.00	252	O
#153	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B #153·Elo 1374·In $0.455·Out $1.82	1374	1387	$0.455	$1.82	326	O
#155	OpenAI: o3 Mini (high) #155·Elo 1371·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1371	1347	$1.10	$4.40	203	O
#155	OpenAI: o3 Mini High (high) #155·Elo 1371·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1371	1347	$1.10	$4.40	203	O
#158	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 Flash #158·Elo 1365·In $0.061·Out $0.400	1365	1454	$0.061	$0.400	239	O
#160	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B #160·Elo 1365·In $0.130·Out $0.520	1365	1433	$0.130	$0.520	322	O
#161	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking (thinking) #161·Elo 1365·In $0.098·Out $0.780	1365	1428	$0.098	$0.780	195	O
#168	OpenAI: o3 Mini #168·Elo 1356·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1356	1332	$1.10	$4.40	655	O
#168	OpenAI: o3 Mini High #168·Elo 1356·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1356	1332	$1.10	$4.40	655	O
#169	OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b #169·Elo 1356·In $0.037·Out $0.170	1356	1475	$0.037	$0.170	406	O
#180	Google: Gemma 3n 4B #180·Elo 1339·In $0.060·Out $0.120	1339	1454	$0.060	$0.120	295	O
#183	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini #183·Elo 1337·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1337	1399	$0.150	$0.600	649	O
#183	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) #183·Elo 1337·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1337	1399	$0.150	$0.600	649	O
#185	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo #185·Elo 1335·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1335	1220	$10.00	$30.00	1,402	O
#185	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo Preview #185·Elo 1335·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1335	1220	$10.00	$30.00	1,402	O
#189	Mistral Large 2407 #189·Elo 1327·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1327	1283	$2.00	$6.00	441	O
#191	OpenAI: GPT-4o #191·Elo 1327·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1327	1267	$2.50	$10.00	457	O
#191	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) #191·Elo 1327·In $5.00·Out $15.00	1327	1243	$5.00	$15.00	457	O
#191	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) #191·Elo 1327·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1327	1267	$2.50	$10.00	457	O
#191	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) #191·Elo 1327·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1327	1267	$2.50	$10.00	457	O
#194	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct #194·Elo 1325·In $0.130·Out $0.400	1325	1398	$0.130	$0.400	535	O
#194	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) #194·Elo 1325·Out -	1325	-	-	-	535	O
#199	Google: Gemma 2 27B #199·Elo 1312·In $0.650·Out $0.650	1312	1330	$0.650	$0.650	793	O
#203	Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct #203·Elo 1300·In $0.400·Out $0.400	1300	1339	$0.400	$0.400	501	O
#212	Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku #212·Elo 1276·In $0.250·Out $1.25	1276	1310	$0.250	$1.25	1,772	O
#217	Microsoft: Phi 4 #217·Elo 1265·In $0.070·Out $0.140	1265	1373	$0.070	$0.140	205	O
#221	Mistral: Mistral Small 3 #221·Elo 1253·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1253	1378	$0.050	$0.080	142	O
#238	Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct #238·Elo 1205·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1205	1330	$0.050	$0.080	478	O