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Rank	Model	Elo	Value	In / 1M	Output	Votes	Open in
#2	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) #2·Elo 1512·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1512	1416	$5.00	$25.00	946	O
#4	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) #4·Elo 1503·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1503	1407	$5.00	$25.00	707	O
#5	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview #5·Elo 1495·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1495	1435	$2.00	$12.00	1,365	O
#6	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview #6·Elo 1495·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1495	1495	$0.500	$3.00	532	O
#7	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 #7·Elo 1493·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1493	1398	$5.00	$25.00	999	O
#8	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) #8·Elo 1492·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1492	1444	$1.50	$9.00	172	O
#10	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 #10·Elo 1486·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1486	1391	$5.00	$25.00	754	O
#11	Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (max) #11·Elo 1482·In $0.413·Out $1.30	1482	1505	$0.413	$1.30	271	O
#12	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 #12·Elo 1482·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1482	1382	$5.00	$30.00	671	O
#13	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat #13·Elo 1478·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1478	1415	$1.75	$14.00	550	O
#14	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) #14·Elo 1478·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1478	1478	$0.500	$3.00	1,330	O
#15	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (thinking) #15·Elo 1478·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1478	1382	$5.00	$25.00	472	O
#17	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (thinking-32k) #17·Elo 1477·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1477	1381	$5.00	$25.00	616	O
#19	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro #19·Elo 1472·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1472	1500	$0.435	$0.870	712	O
#21	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 #21·Elo 1472·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1472	1376	$5.00	$25.00	1,088	O
#22	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus #22·Elo 1469·In $0.320·Out $1.28	1469	1499	$0.320	$1.28	370	O
#23	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro #23·Elo 1469·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1469	1421	$1.25	$10.00	2,501	O
#23	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 #23·Elo 1469·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1469	1421	$1.25	$10.00	2,501	O
#24	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) #24·Elo 1468·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1468	1398	$2.50	$15.00	958	O
#25	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 #25·Elo 1466·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1466	1370	$5.00	$25.00	498	O
#27	Z.ai: GLM 5.1 #27·Elo 1466·In $0.966·Out $3.04	1466	1452	$0.966	$3.04	423	O
#28	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro (thinking) #28·Elo 1465·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1465	1494	$0.435	$0.870	673	O
#31	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) #31·Elo 1464·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1464	1402	$1.75	$14.00	786	O
#32	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) #32·Elo 1462·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1462	1362	$5.00	$30.00	608	O
#35	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro #35·Elo 1459·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1459	1487	$0.435	$0.870	675	O
#36	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus #36·Elo 1457·In $0.325·Out $1.95	1457	1475	$0.325	$1.95	685	O
#37	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (thinking-32k) #37·Elo 1456·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1456	1383	$3.00	$15.00	1,299	O
#39	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 #39·Elo 1455·In $0.950·Out $4.00	1455	1436	$0.950	$4.00	706	O
#40	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) #40·Elo 1453·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1453	1405	$1.25	$10.00	666	O
#43	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 #43·Elo 1450·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1450	1377	$3.00	$15.00	933	O
#44	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 #44·Elo 1449·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1449	1379	$2.50	$15.00	851	O
#45	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 #45·Elo 1446·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1446	1384	$1.75	$14.00	1,113	O
#46	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) #46·Elo 1446·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1446	1428	$0.750	$4.50	788	O
#47	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (high) #47·Elo 1445·In $2.00·Out $10.00	1445	1390	$2.00	$10.00	185	O
#48	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 #48·Elo 1445·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1445	1397	$1.25	$10.00	709	O
#50	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B #50·Elo 1444·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1444	1455	$0.390	$2.34	861	O
#51	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 #51·Elo 1444·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1444	1371	$3.00	$15.00	1,297	O
#52	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) #52·Elo 1444·In $0.570·Out $2.85	1444	1443	$0.570	$2.85	1,046	O
#53	OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat #53·Elo 1444·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1444	1381	$1.75	$14.00	520	O
#55	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) #55·Elo 1443·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1443	1396	$1.25	$10.00	702	O
#56	Z.ai: GLM 5 #56·Elo 1442·In $0.950·Out $3.15	1442	1428	$0.950	$3.15	491	O
#58	xAI: Grok 4.3 #58·Elo 1441·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1441	1424	$1.25	$2.50	622	O
#59	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash (thinking) #59·Elo 1441·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1441	1534	$0.098	$0.196	717	O
#60	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 #60·Elo 1439·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1439	1296	$15.00	$75.00	1,474	O
#61	OpenAI: o3 #61·Elo 1439·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1439	1388	$2.00	$8.00	1,412	O
#63	Qwen: Qwen3 Max #63·Elo 1438·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1438	1423	$0.780	$3.90	194	O
#63	Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking #63·Elo 1438·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1438	1423	$0.780	$3.90	194	O
#64	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite #64·Elo 1434·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1434	1464	$0.250	$1.50	1,002	O
#64	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview #64·Elo 1434·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1434	1464	$0.250	$1.50	1,002	O
#67	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 #67·Elo 1431·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1431	1287	$15.00	$75.00	1,230	O
#68	Z.ai: GLM 4.6 #68·Elo 1430·In $0.500·Out $2.00	1430	1440	$0.500	$2.00	642	O
#69	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 #69·Elo 1429·In $1.50·Out $7.50	1429	1386	$1.50	$7.50	171	O
#73	MiniMax: MiniMax M3 #73·Elo 1426·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1426	1458	$0.300	$1.20	502	O
#74	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat #74·Elo 1423·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1423	1375	$1.25	$10.00	661	O
#75	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash #75·Elo 1423·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1423	1516	$0.098	$0.196	690	O
#76	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 #76·Elo 1421·In $0.600·Out $2.50	1421	1422	$0.600	$2.50	260	O
#77	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 #77·Elo 1421·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1421	1498	$0.140	$0.280	651	O
#78	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 #78·Elo 1421·In $0.400·Out $1.75	1421	1438	$0.400	$1.75	219	O
#80	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking (thinking) #80·Elo 1420·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1420	1434	$0.260	$2.60	170	O
#86	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B #86·Elo 1414·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1414	1435	$0.260	$2.08	422	O
#87	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 #87·Elo 1412·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1412	1465	$0.269	$0.400	860	O
#87	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp #87·Elo 1412·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1412	1465	$0.270	$0.410	860	O
#88	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 (thinking) #88·Elo 1411·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1411	1464	$0.269	$0.400	719	O
#88	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp (thinking) #88·Elo 1411·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1411	1464	$0.270	$0.410	719	O
#89	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct #89·Elo 1410·In $0.210·Out $1.90	1410	1436	$0.210	$1.90	259	O
#90	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 #90·Elo 1409·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1409	1359	$2.00	$8.00	1,234	O
#91	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 #91·Elo 1409·In $0.250·Out $1.00	1409	1449	$0.250	$1.00	791	O
#93	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash #93·Elo 1408·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1408	1421	$0.300	$2.50	2,546	O
#96	Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 #96·Elo 1401·In $1.00·Out $5.00	1401	1375	$1.00	$5.00	1,726	O
#98	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B #98·Elo 1398·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1398	1412	$0.260	$2.60	443	O
#99	DeepSeek: R1 #99·Elo 1398·In $0.700·Out $2.50	1398	1396	$0.700	$2.50	436	O
#101	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 #101·Elo 1398·In $0.150·Out $1.50	1398	1436	$0.150	$1.50	204	O
#102	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 #102·Elo 1398·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1398	1324	$3.00	$15.00	1,021	O
#105	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) #105·Elo 1392·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1392	1430	$0.200	$1.25	806	O
#106	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini #106·Elo 1391·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1391	1410	$0.400	$1.60	1,017	O
#107	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) #107·Elo 1389·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1389	1411	$0.250	$2.00	554	O
#108	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct #108·Elo 1389·In $0.100·Out $1.10	1389	1441	$0.100	$1.10	459	O
#108	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) #108·Elo 1389·Out -	1389	-	-	-	459	O
#109	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 #109·Elo 1388·In $0.150·Out $0.900	1388	1441	$0.150	$0.900	620	O
#114	DeepSeek: R1 0528 #114·Elo 1384·In $0.500·Out $2.15	1384	1392	$0.500	$2.15	560	O
#117	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B #117·Elo 1382·In $0.455·Out $1.82	1382	1396	$0.455	$1.82	727	O
#119	StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash #119·Elo 1381·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1381	1466	$0.100	$0.300	966	O
#120	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 #120·Elo 1379·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1379	1411	$0.300	$1.20	268	O
#123	OpenAI: o4 Mini #123·Elo 1379·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1379	1355	$1.10	$4.40	1,131	O
#123	OpenAI: o4 Mini High #123·Elo 1379·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1379	1355	$1.10	$4.40	1,131	O
#124	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 (thinking-32k) #124·Elo 1379·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1379	1306	$3.00	$15.00	816	O
#125	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (thinking) #125·Elo 1378·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1378	1422	$0.250	$0.800	400	O
#128	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 #128·Elo 1375·In $0.600·Out $2.20	1375	1379	$0.600	$2.20	519	O
#129	Google: Gemma 3 12B #129·Elo 1371·In $0.050·Out $0.150	1371	1487	$0.050	$0.150	166	O
#130	Google: Gemma 3 27B #130·Elo 1371·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1371	1456	$0.100	$0.300	1,163	O
#131	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking #131·Elo 1370·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1370	1414	$0.250	$0.800	463	O
#132	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking (thinking) #132·Elo 1367·In $0.098·Out $0.780	1367	1430	$0.098	$0.780	285	O
#136	MiniMax: MiniMax M1 #136·Elo 1361·In $0.550·Out $2.20	1361	1366	$0.550	$2.20	828	O
#137	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 #137·Elo 1360·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1360	1445	$0.100	$0.300	487	O
#141	OpenAI: o1 #141·Elo 1353·In $15.00·Out $60.00	1353	1215	$15.00	$60.00	774	O
#144	OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (high) #144·Elo 1352·In $0.050·Out $0.400	1352	1444	$0.050	$0.400	202	O
#145	Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #145·Elo 1349·In $0.140·Out $1.00	1349	1400	$0.140	$1.00	478	O
#149	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air #149·Elo 1347·In $0.130·Out $0.850	1347	1403	$0.130	$0.850	672	O
#151	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 Flash #151·Elo 1340·In $0.061·Out $0.400	1340	1429	$0.061	$0.400	210	O
#154	Qwen: Qwen3 32B #154·Elo 1334·In $0.080·Out $0.280	1334	1426	$0.080	$0.280	172	O
#160	OpenAI: o3 Mini #160·Elo 1327·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1327	1302	$1.10	$4.40	1,281	O
#160	OpenAI: o3 Mini High #160·Elo 1327·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1327	1302	$1.10	$4.40	1,281	O
#162	OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b #162·Elo 1327·In $0.037·Out $0.170	1327	1446	$0.037	$0.170	617	O
#163	OpenAI: o3 Mini (high) #163·Elo 1326·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1326	1301	$1.10	$4.40	377	O
#163	OpenAI: o3 Mini High (high) #163·Elo 1326·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1326	1301	$1.10	$4.40	377	O
#164	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano #164·Elo 1321·In $0.100·Out $0.400	1321	1401	$0.100	$0.400	222	O
#166	Google: Gemma 3n 4B #166·Elo 1316·In $0.060·Out $0.120	1316	1431	$0.060	$0.120	691	O
#171	OpenAI: GPT-4o #171·Elo 1313·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1313	1253	$2.50	$10.00	1,202	O
#171	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) #171·Elo 1313·In $5.00·Out $15.00	1313	1229	$5.00	$15.00	1,202	O
#171	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) #171·Elo 1313·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1313	1253	$2.50	$10.00	1,202	O
#171	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) #171·Elo 1313·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1313	1253	$2.50	$10.00	1,202	O
#173	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo #173·Elo 1312·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1312	1197	$10.00	$30.00	3,359	O
#173	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo Preview #173·Elo 1312·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1312	1197	$10.00	$30.00	3,359	O
#180	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B #180·Elo 1304·In $0.130·Out $0.520	1304	1372	$0.130	$0.520	728	O
#182	Mistral Large 2407 #182·Elo 1302·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1302	1258	$2.00	$6.00	1,230	O
#185	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini #185·Elo 1301·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1301	1363	$0.150	$0.600	1,637	O
#185	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) #185·Elo 1301·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1301	1363	$0.150	$0.600	1,637	O
#193	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct #193·Elo 1291·In $0.130·Out $0.400	1291	1364	$0.130	$0.400	1,182	O
#193	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) #193·Elo 1291·Out -	1291	-	-	-	1,182	O
#195	Google: Gemma 3 4B #195·Elo 1289·In $0.050·Out $0.100	1289	1411	$0.050	$0.100	162	O
#203	AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Think #203·Elo 1277·In $0.150·Out $0.500	1277	1343	$0.150	$0.500	128	O
#206	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b #206·Elo 1270·In $0.030·Out $0.130	1270	1400	$0.030	$0.130	208	O
#206	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (free) #206·Elo 1270·Out -	1270	-	-	-	208	O
#207	Google: Gemma 2 27B #207·Elo 1269·In $0.650·Out $0.650	1269	1288	$0.650	$0.650	2,037	O
#213	Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) #213·Elo 1260·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1260	1200	$2.50	$10.00	267	O
#214	Mistral: Mistral Small 3 #214·Elo 1256·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1256	1382	$0.050	$0.080	301	O
#215	Microsoft: Phi 4 #215·Elo 1256·In $0.070·Out $0.140	1256	1364	$0.070	$0.140	523	O
#216	Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct #216·Elo 1256·In $0.400·Out $0.400	1256	1296	$0.400	$0.400	1,353	O
#222	Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku #222·Elo 1247·In $0.250·Out $1.25	1247	1281	$0.250	$1.25	3,508	O
#226	Cohere: Command R (08-2024) #226·Elo 1245·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1245	1306	$0.150	$0.600	275	O
#248	Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct #248·Elo 1167·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1167	1292	$0.050	$0.080	1,295	O
#261	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct #261·Elo 1110·In $0.051·Out $0.335	1110	1207	$0.051	$0.335	232	O
#261	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free) #261·Elo 1110·Out -	1110	-	-	-	232	O
#273	Meta: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct #273·Elo 1066·In $0.027·Out $0.201	1066	1186	$0.027	$0.201	247	O