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Rank	Model	Elo	Value	In / 1M	Output	Votes	Open in
#1	Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 #1·Elo 1533·In $10.00·Out $50.00	1533	1408	$10.00	$50.00	5,873	O
#2	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) #2·Elo 1532·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1532	1437	$5.00	$25.00	38,111	O
#3	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 #3·Elo 1527·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1527	1431	$5.00	$25.00	41,406	O
#4	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) #4·Elo 1526·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1526	1431	$5.00	$25.00	32,054	O
#5	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 #5·Elo 1519·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1519	1424	$5.00	$25.00	32,850	O
#6	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (thinking) #6·Elo 1514·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1514	1419	$5.00	$25.00	18,865	O
#7	Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 #7·Elo 1513·In $1.25·Out $4.25	1513	1486	$1.25	$4.25	3,847	O
#8	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 #8·Elo 1507·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1507	1411	$5.00	$25.00	19,308	O
#9	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview #9·Elo 1506·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1506	1446	$2.00	$12.00	52,096	O
#10	MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 #10·Elo 1506·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1506	1432	$3.00	$15.00	1,942	O
#14	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 #14·Elo 1504·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1504	1430	$3.00	$15.00	35,237	O
#15	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) #15·Elo 1501·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1501	1401	$5.00	$30.00	28,226	O
#16	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (thinking-32k) #16·Elo 1499·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1499	1404	$5.00	$25.00	19,755	O
#17	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) #17·Elo 1499·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1499	1429	$2.50	$15.00	36,535	O
#18	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 #18·Elo 1498·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1498	1402	$5.00	$25.00	41,472	O
#19	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat #19·Elo 1497·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1497	1434	$1.75	$14.00	21,667	O
#20	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max #20·Elo 1496·In $1.48·Out $4.42	1496	1465	$1.48	$4.42	2,528	O
#21	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro #21·Elo 1494·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1494	1522	$0.435	$0.870	26,139	O
#22	Z.ai: GLM 5.1 #22·Elo 1493·In $0.966·Out $3.04	1493	1480	$0.966	$3.04	18,854	O
#23	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) #23·Elo 1493·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1493	1446	$1.50	$9.00	7,813	O
#24	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 #24·Elo 1493·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1493	1393	$5.00	$30.00	29,558	O
#25	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview #25·Elo 1493·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1493	1493	$0.500	$3.00	16,558	O
#26	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) #26·Elo 1491·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1491	1444	$1.50	$9.00	6,787	O
#29	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (high) #29·Elo 1490·In $2.00·Out $10.00	1490	1435	$2.00	$10.00	7,377	O
#31	Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (max) #31·Elo 1490·In $0.413·Out $1.30	1490	1512	$0.413	$1.30	10,288	O
#32	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 #32·Elo 1489·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1489	1419	$2.50	$15.00	38,841	O
#34	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (thinking-32k) #34·Elo 1487·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1487	1414	$3.00	$15.00	46,842	O
#36	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 #36·Elo 1485·In $0.950·Out $4.00	1485	1466	$0.950	$4.00	24,207	O
#37	xAI: Grok 4.5 #37·Elo 1485·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1485	1440	$2.00	$6.00	3,612	O
#38	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 #38·Elo 1484·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1484	1410	$3.00	$15.00	46,484	O
#40	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview #40·Elo 1481·In $1.04·Out $6.24	1481	1449	$1.04	$6.24	3,403	O
#41	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro #41·Elo 1480·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1480	1508	$0.435	$0.870	28,446	O
#44	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus #44·Elo 1479·In $0.320·Out $1.28	1479	1508	$0.320	$1.28	13,412	O
#45	Z.ai: GLM 5 #45·Elo 1478·In $0.950·Out $3.15	1478	1463	$0.950	$3.15	17,146	O
#47	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 #47·Elo 1477·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1477	1334	$15.00	$75.00	38,860	O
#48	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) #48·Elo 1476·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1476	1476	$0.500	$3.00	51,165	O
#50	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro (thinking) #50·Elo 1476·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1476	1504	$0.435	$0.870	27,210	O
#52	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) #52·Elo 1474·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1474	1426	$1.25	$10.00	21,724	O
#54	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) #54·Elo 1472·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1472	1454	$0.750	$4.50	36,060	O
#55	OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat #55·Elo 1472·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1472	1410	$1.75	$14.00	20,626	O
#56	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) #56·Elo 1471·In $0.570·Out $2.85	1471	1470	$0.570	$2.85	38,135	O
#57	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus #57·Elo 1467·In $0.325·Out $1.95	1467	1486	$0.325	$1.95	28,112	O
#58	MiniMax: MiniMax M3 #58·Elo 1465·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1465	1497	$0.300	$1.20	17,120	O
#60	Thinking Machines: Inkling #60·Elo 1464·In $1.00·Out $4.05	1464	1444	$1.00	$4.05	980	O
#62	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B #62·Elo 1463·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1463	1474	$0.390	$2.34	36,255	O
#63	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 #63·Elo 1463·In $0.400·Out $1.75	1463	1480	$0.400	$1.75	6,598	O
#64	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 #64·Elo 1462·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1462	1539	$0.140	$0.280	27,325	O
#67	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash #67·Elo 1460·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1460	1553	$0.098	$0.196	28,308	O
#70	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) #70·Elo 1459·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1459	1397	$1.75	$14.00	28,564	O
#71	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 #71·Elo 1459·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1459	1397	$1.75	$14.00	47,089	O
#72	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash (thinking) #72·Elo 1459·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1459	1552	$0.098	$0.196	28,280	O
#73	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro #73·Elo 1458·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1458	1411	$1.25	$10.00	64,580	O
#73	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 #73·Elo 1458·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1458	1411	$1.25	$10.00	64,580	O
#75	xAI: Grok 4.3 #75·Elo 1457·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1457	1440	$1.25	$2.50	29,180	O
#76	Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo #76·Elo 1456·In $1.20·Out $4.00	1456	1431	$1.20	$4.00	3,458	O
#79	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 #79·Elo 1455·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1455	1407	$1.25	$10.00	23,557	O
#82	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat #82·Elo 1448·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1448	1401	$1.25	$10.00	15,211	O
#84	Qwen: Qwen3 Max #84·Elo 1448·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1448	1433	$0.780	$3.90	4,866	O
#84	Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking #84·Elo 1448·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1448	1433	$0.780	$3.90	4,866	O
#86	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 #86·Elo 1447·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1447	1500	$0.269	$0.400	26,156	O
#86	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp #86·Elo 1447·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1447	1500	$0.270	$0.410	26,156	O
#89	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) #89·Elo 1446·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1446	1399	$1.25	$10.00	14,985	O
#90	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 (thinking) #90·Elo 1446·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1446	1499	$0.269	$0.400	22,451	O
#90	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp (thinking) #90·Elo 1446·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1446	1499	$0.270	$0.410	22,451	O
#91	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (thinking) #91·Elo 1446·In $0.270·Out $1.00	1446	1484	$0.270	$1.00	1,677	O
#92	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 #92·Elo 1445·In $1.50·Out $7.50	1445	1402	$1.50	$7.50	7,137	O
#93	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite #93·Elo 1444·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1444	1474	$0.250	$1.50	39,093	O
#93	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview #93·Elo 1444·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1444	1474	$0.250	$1.50	39,093	O
#94	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 #94·Elo 1443·In $0.250·Out $1.00	1443	1482	$0.250	$1.00	30,988	O
#95	Z.ai: GLM 4.6 #95·Elo 1442·In $0.500·Out $2.00	1442	1452	$0.500	$2.00	19,076	O
#98	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct #98·Elo 1440·In $0.210·Out $1.90	1440	1466	$0.210	$1.90	5,715	O
#100	OpenAI: o3 #100·Elo 1440·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1440	1389	$2.00	$8.00	25,737	O
#101	Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 #101·Elo 1440·In $1.00·Out $5.00	1440	1414	$1.00	$5.00	63,131	O
#104	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 #104·Elo 1436·In $0.600·Out $2.50	1436	1437	$0.600	$2.50	5,585	O
#105	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 #105·Elo 1435·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1435	1292	$15.00	$75.00	19,162	O
#106	DeepSeek: R1 0528 #106·Elo 1433·In $0.500·Out $2.15	1433	1442	$0.500	$2.15	6,954	O
#109	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B #109·Elo 1433·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1433	1453	$0.260	$2.08	17,856	O
#110	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 #110·Elo 1433·In $0.600·Out $2.20	1433	1436	$0.600	$2.20	11,198	O
#113	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 #113·Elo 1431·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1431	1380	$2.00	$8.00	22,155	O
#114	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 (thinking-32k) #114·Elo 1431·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1431	1357	$3.00	$15.00	15,613	O
#117	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B #117·Elo 1427·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1427	1441	$0.260	$2.60	17,063	O
#120	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus #120·Elo 1424·In $0.270·Out $1.00	1424	1462	$0.270	$1.00	1,925	O
#121	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) #121·Elo 1423·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1423	1462	$0.200	$1.25	35,658	O
#122	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct #122·Elo 1421·In $0.100·Out $1.10	1421	1473	$0.100	$1.10	11,896	O
#122	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) #122·Elo 1421·Out -	1421	-	-	-	11,896	O
#127	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash #127·Elo 1420·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1420	1433	$0.300	$2.50	63,782	O
#128	DeepSeek: R1 #128·Elo 1419·In $0.700·Out $2.50	1419	1416	$0.700	$2.50	4,116	O
#129	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking (thinking) #129·Elo 1418·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1418	1432	$0.260	$2.60	4,041	O
#130	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 #130·Elo 1418·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1418	1345	$3.00	$15.00	17,679	O
#131	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 #131·Elo 1418·In $0.150·Out $1.50	1418	1456	$0.150	$1.50	3,845	O
#136	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 #136·Elo 1416·In $0.150·Out $0.900	1416	1468	$0.150	$0.900	25,558	O
#139	StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash #139·Elo 1414·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1414	1499	$0.100	$0.300	33,047	O
#140	Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #140·Elo 1413·In $0.140·Out $1.00	1413	1464	$0.140	$1.00	18,351	O
#144	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 #144·Elo 1407·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1407	1439	$0.300	$1.20	9,033	O
#145	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 #145·Elo 1407·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1407	1493	$0.100	$0.300	11,066	O
#146	OpenAI: o4 Mini #146·Elo 1405·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1405	1381	$1.10	$4.40	19,522	O
#146	OpenAI: o4 Mini High #146·Elo 1405·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1405	1381	$1.10	$4.40	19,522	O
#147	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking #147·Elo 1403·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1403	1448	$0.250	$0.800	18,593	O
#148	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) #148·Elo 1403·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1403	1425	$0.250	$2.00	12,803	O
#149	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini #149·Elo 1402·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1402	1422	$0.400	$1.60	16,237	O
#150	OpenAI: o3 Mini (high) #150·Elo 1401·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1401	1377	$1.10	$4.40	4,386	O
#150	OpenAI: o3 Mini High (high) #150·Elo 1401·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1401	1377	$1.10	$4.40	4,386	O
#155	OpenAI: o1 #155·Elo 1396·In $15.00·Out $60.00	1396	1258	$15.00	$60.00	8,496	O
#157	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B #157·Elo 1392·In $0.455·Out $1.82	1392	1405	$0.455	$1.82	10,492	O
#159	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air #159·Elo 1391·In $0.130·Out $0.850	1391	1447	$0.130	$0.850	14,876	O
#161	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 Flash #161·Elo 1387·In $0.061·Out $0.400	1387	1476	$0.061	$0.400	6,508	O
#162	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (thinking) #162·Elo 1386·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1386	1430	$0.250	$0.800	19,133	O
#164	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking (thinking) #164·Elo 1384·In $0.098·Out $0.780	1384	1447	$0.098	$0.780	6,681	O
#165	Z.ai: GLM 4.6V #165·Elo 1383·In $0.300·Out $0.900	1383	1421	$0.300	$0.900	1,493	O
#167	MiniMax: MiniMax M1 #167·Elo 1381·In $0.550·Out $2.20	1381	1387	$0.550	$2.20	15,813	O
#171	Z.ai: GLM 4.5V #171·Elo 1376·In $0.600·Out $1.80	1376	1383	$0.600	$1.80	2,391	O
#176	OpenAI: o3 Mini #176·Elo 1370·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1370	1346	$1.10	$4.40	20,101	O
#176	OpenAI: o3 Mini High #176·Elo 1370·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1370	1346	$1.10	$4.40	20,101	O
#178	MiniMax: MiniMax M2 #178·Elo 1369·In $0.255·Out $1.02	1369	1408	$0.255	$1.02	3,693	O
#181	Qwen: Qwen3 32B #181·Elo 1367·In $0.080·Out $0.280	1367	1460	$0.080	$0.280	1,207	O
#183	Google: Gemma 3 27B #183·Elo 1365·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1365	1451	$0.100	$0.300	17,859	O
#184	OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b #184·Elo 1362·In $0.037·Out $0.170	1362	1482	$0.037	$0.170	14,765	O
#190	Inception: Mercury 2 #190·Elo 1360·In $0.250·Out $0.750	1360	1405	$0.250	$0.750	1,760	O
#194	OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (high) #194·Elo 1354·In $0.050·Out $0.400	1354	1446	$0.050	$0.400	3,812	O
#202	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B #202·Elo 1345·In $0.130·Out $0.520	1345	1413	$0.130	$0.520	10,689	O
#213	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano #213·Elo 1333·In $0.100·Out $0.400	1333	1412	$0.100	$0.400	1,669	O
#215	Google: Gemma 3 12B #215·Elo 1332·In $0.050·Out $0.150	1332	1447	$0.050	$0.150	977	O
#221	AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Think #221·Elo 1328·In $0.150·Out $0.500	1328	1393	$0.150	$0.500	3,025	O
#223	OpenAI: GPT-4o #223·Elo 1327·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1327	1267	$2.50	$10.00	12,655	O
#223	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) #223·Elo 1327·In $5.00·Out $15.00	1327	1242	$5.00	$15.00	12,655	O
#223	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) #223·Elo 1327·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1327	1267	$2.50	$10.00	12,655	O
#223	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) #223·Elo 1327·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1327	1267	$2.50	$10.00	12,655	O
#228	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b #228·Elo 1323·In $0.030·Out $0.130	1323	1453	$0.030	$0.130	4,797	O
#228	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (free) #228·Elo 1323·Out -	1323	-	-	-	4,797	O
#229	IBM: Granite 4.1 8B #229·Elo 1323·In $0.050·Out $0.100	1323	1445	$0.050	$0.100	2,647	O
#231	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct #231·Elo 1321·In $0.130·Out $0.400	1321	1394	$0.130	$0.400	17,018	O
#231	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) #231·Elo 1321·Out -	1321	-	-	-	17,018	O
#233	Mistral Large 2407 #233·Elo 1320·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1320	1275	$2.00	$6.00	12,682	O
#238	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo #238·Elo 1316·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1316	1201	$10.00	$30.00	28,310	O
#238	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo Preview #238·Elo 1316·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1316	1201	$10.00	$30.00	28,310	O
#240	Google: Gemma 3n 4B #240·Elo 1313·In $0.060·Out $0.120	1313	1427	$0.060	$0.120	8,557	O
#243	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini #243·Elo 1311·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1311	1373	$0.150	$0.600	18,259	O
#243	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) #243·Elo 1311·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1311	1373	$0.150	$0.600	18,259	O
#255	Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct #255·Elo 1298·In $0.400·Out $0.400	1298	1338	$0.400	$0.400	14,981	O
#259	Mistral: Mistral Small 3 #259·Elo 1285·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1285	1410	$0.050	$0.080	3,569	O
#260	Google: Gemma 3 4B #260·Elo 1284·In $0.050·Out $0.100	1284	1406	$0.050	$0.100	1,092	O
#262	Google: Gemma 2 27B #262·Elo 1282·In $0.650·Out $0.650	1282	1301	$0.650	$0.650	20,494	O
#268	Microsoft: Phi 4 #268·Elo 1278·In $0.070·Out $0.140	1278	1385	$0.070	$0.140	5,747	O
#277	Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku #277·Elo 1264·In $0.250·Out $1.25	1264	1299	$0.250	$1.25	33,698	O
#280	Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) #280·Elo 1260·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1260	1200	$2.50	$10.00	2,822	O
#283	Cohere: Command R (08-2024) #283·Elo 1256·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1256	1318	$0.150	$0.600	2,976	O
#297	Google Gemini Pro Latest #297·Elo 1229·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1229	1169	$2.00	$12.00	1,407	O
#303	Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct #303·Elo 1222·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1222	1347	$0.050	$0.080	13,535	O
#329	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct #329·Elo 1167·In $0.051·Out $0.335	1167	1264	$0.051	$0.335	2,216	O
#329	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free) #329·Elo 1167·Out -	1167	-	-	-	2,216	O
#355	Meta: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct #355·Elo 1113·In $0.027·Out $0.201	1113	1234	$0.027	$0.201	2,247	O