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Rank	Model	Elo	Value	In / 1M	Output	Votes	Open in
#1	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) #1·Elo 1539·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1539	1443	$5.00	$25.00	18,395	O
#2	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 #2·Elo 1532·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1532	1436	$5.00	$25.00	20,436	O
#3	Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 #3·Elo 1530·In $10.00·Out $50.00	1530	1404	$10.00	$50.00	2,695	O
#4	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) #4·Elo 1526·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1526	1431	$5.00	$25.00	16,066	O
#5	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 #5·Elo 1522·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1522	1427	$5.00	$25.00	16,289	O
#6	MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 #6·Elo 1518·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1518	1445	$3.00	$15.00	708	O
#7	Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 #7·Elo 1518·In $1.25·Out $4.25	1518	1491	$1.25	$4.25	1,554	O
#9	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (thinking) #9·Elo 1514·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1514	1419	$5.00	$25.00	9,225	O
#10	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 #10·Elo 1509·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1509	1413	$5.00	$25.00	9,598	O
#11	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 #11·Elo 1509·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1509	1435	$3.00	$15.00	17,404	O
#13	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro #13·Elo 1506·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1506	1534	$0.435	$0.870	12,448	O
#14	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (thinking-32k) #14·Elo 1505·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1505	1410	$5.00	$25.00	9,379	O
#15	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview #15·Elo 1505·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1505	1445	$2.00	$12.00	25,548	O
#16	Z.ai: GLM 5.1 #16·Elo 1503·In $0.966·Out $3.04	1503	1489	$0.966	$3.04	9,285	O
#18	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) #18·Elo 1500·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1500	1400	$5.00	$30.00	14,038	O
#19	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat #19·Elo 1499·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1499	1436	$1.75	$14.00	10,630	O
#20	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 #20·Elo 1498·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1498	1403	$5.00	$25.00	20,223	O
#21	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (thinking-32k) #21·Elo 1498·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1498	1425	$3.00	$15.00	23,048	O
#22	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) #22·Elo 1496·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1496	1426	$2.50	$15.00	17,809	O
#23	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 #23·Elo 1493·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1493	1393	$5.00	$30.00	14,652	O
#26	Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (max) #26·Elo 1492·In $0.413·Out $1.30	1492	1515	$0.413	$1.30	4,978	O
#27	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max #27·Elo 1491·In $1.48·Out $4.42	1491	1460	$1.48	$4.42	1,296	O
#28	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 #28·Elo 1491·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1491	1417	$3.00	$15.00	23,304	O
#29	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (high) #29·Elo 1490·In $2.00·Out $10.00	1490	1434	$2.00	$10.00	3,503	O
#33	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 #33·Elo 1488·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1488	1419	$2.50	$15.00	19,082	O
#35	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview #35·Elo 1488·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1488	1488	$0.500	$3.00	7,854	O
#37	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 #37·Elo 1487·In $0.950·Out $4.00	1487	1467	$0.950	$4.00	11,682	O
#38	Z.ai: GLM 5 #38·Elo 1487·In $0.950·Out $3.15	1487	1472	$0.950	$3.15	8,430	O
#39	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) #39·Elo 1485·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1485	1438	$1.50	$9.00	3,700	O
#40	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) #40·Elo 1484·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1484	1437	$1.50	$9.00	3,459	O
#42	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro #42·Elo 1483·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1483	1511	$0.435	$0.870	13,804	O
#43	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview #43·Elo 1483·In $1.04·Out $6.24	1483	1451	$1.04	$6.24	1,637	O
#44	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 #44·Elo 1482·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1482	1339	$15.00	$75.00	19,333	O
#45	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus #45·Elo 1482·In $0.320·Out $1.28	1482	1512	$0.320	$1.28	6,267	O
#46	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro (thinking) #46·Elo 1481·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1481	1510	$0.435	$0.870	13,048	O
#47	xAI: Grok 4.5 #47·Elo 1481·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1481	1436	$2.00	$6.00	1,456	O
#50	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) #50·Elo 1479·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1479	1431	$1.25	$10.00	10,337	O
#53	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) #53·Elo 1477·In $0.570·Out $2.85	1477	1476	$0.570	$2.85	18,078	O
#54	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus #54·Elo 1475·In $0.325·Out $1.95	1475	1494	$0.325	$1.95	13,524	O
#56	MiniMax: MiniMax M3 #56·Elo 1474·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1474	1506	$0.300	$1.20	8,184	O
#57	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 #57·Elo 1473·In $0.400·Out $1.75	1473	1491	$0.400	$1.75	3,092	O
#58	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) #58·Elo 1473·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1473	1473	$0.500	$3.00	25,136	O
#59	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 #59·Elo 1471·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1471	1549	$0.140	$0.280	13,263	O
#60	Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo #60·Elo 1470·In $1.20·Out $4.00	1470	1446	$1.20	$4.00	1,544	O
#61	OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat #61·Elo 1469·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1469	1407	$1.75	$14.00	10,093	O
#62	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) #62·Elo 1469·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1469	1451	$0.750	$4.50	17,833	O
#66	Thinking Machines: Inkling #66·Elo 1467·In $1.00·Out $4.05	1467	1446	$1.00	$4.05	383	O
#67	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B #67·Elo 1467·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1467	1477	$0.390	$2.34	18,118	O
#71	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash #71·Elo 1463·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1463	1556	$0.098	$0.196	13,632	O
#73	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash (thinking) #73·Elo 1463·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1463	1556	$0.098	$0.196	13,430	O
#74	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 (thinking) #74·Elo 1462·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1462	1515	$0.269	$0.400	10,592	O
#74	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp (thinking) #74·Elo 1462·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1462	1515	$0.270	$0.410	10,592	O
#75	xAI: Grok 4.3 #75·Elo 1461·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1461	1443	$1.25	$2.50	14,722	O
#76	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) #76·Elo 1460·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1460	1398	$1.75	$14.00	13,844	O
#79	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 #79·Elo 1459·In $0.250·Out $1.00	1459	1499	$0.250	$1.00	14,743	O
#80	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 #80·Elo 1458·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1458	1396	$1.75	$14.00	23,340	O
#82	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 #82·Elo 1457·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1457	1410	$1.25	$10.00	11,292	O
#83	Qwen: Qwen3 Max #83·Elo 1457·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1457	1443	$0.780	$3.90	6,830	O
#83	Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking #83·Elo 1457·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1457	1443	$0.780	$3.90	6,830	O
#84	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 #84·Elo 1457·In $1.50·Out $7.50	1457	1414	$1.50	$7.50	3,632	O
#85	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro #85·Elo 1457·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1457	1409	$1.25	$10.00	32,429	O
#85	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 #85·Elo 1457·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1457	1409	$1.25	$10.00	32,429	O
#88	Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 #88·Elo 1455·In $1.00·Out $5.00	1455	1429	$1.00	$5.00	31,384	O
#90	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 #90·Elo 1454·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1454	1507	$0.269	$0.400	3,202	O
#90	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp #90·Elo 1454·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1454	1506	$0.270	$0.410	3,202	O
#91	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) #91·Elo 1453·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1453	1405	$1.25	$10.00	7,685	O
#92	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct #92·Elo 1452·In $0.210·Out $1.90	1452	1478	$0.210	$1.90	2,953	O
#94	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (thinking) #94·Elo 1450·In $0.270·Out $1.00	1450	1488	$0.270	$1.00	838	O
#95	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat #95·Elo 1448·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1448	1400	$1.25	$10.00	7,747	O
#96	Z.ai: GLM 4.6 #96·Elo 1448·In $0.500·Out $2.00	1448	1458	$0.500	$2.00	9,609	O
#97	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 (thinking-32k) #97·Elo 1448·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1448	1375	$3.00	$15.00	8,102	O
#98	OpenAI: o3 #98·Elo 1446·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1446	1395	$2.00	$8.00	13,956	O
#103	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B #103·Elo 1444·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1444	1465	$0.260	$2.08	8,837	O
#105	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 #105·Elo 1443·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1443	1300	$15.00	$75.00	9,914	O
#107	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite #107·Elo 1441·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1441	1471	$0.250	$1.50	19,628	O
#107	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview #107·Elo 1441·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1441	1471	$0.250	$1.50	19,628	O
#109	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B #109·Elo 1440·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1440	1454	$0.260	$2.60	8,448	O
#111	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 #111·Elo 1439·In $0.600·Out $2.50	1439	1440	$0.600	$2.50	2,842	O
#113	DeepSeek: R1 0528 #113·Elo 1439·In $0.500·Out $2.15	1439	1447	$0.500	$2.15	3,495	O
#115	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 #115·Elo 1437·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1437	1387	$2.00	$8.00	11,899	O
#120	DeepSeek: R1 #120·Elo 1433·In $0.700·Out $2.50	1433	1431	$0.700	$2.50	2,656	O
#121	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 #121·Elo 1432·In $0.600·Out $2.20	1432	1436	$0.600	$2.20	5,692	O
#122	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) #122·Elo 1432·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1432	1471	$0.200	$1.25	17,860	O
#123	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 #123·Elo 1431·In $0.150·Out $0.900	1431	1483	$0.150	$0.900	12,416	O
#124	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct #124·Elo 1429·In $0.100·Out $1.10	1429	1481	$0.100	$1.10	6,057	O
#124	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) #124·Elo 1429·Out -	1429	-	-	-	6,057	O
#126	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus #126·Elo 1428·In $0.270·Out $1.00	1428	1466	$0.270	$1.00	1,047	O
#128	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 #128·Elo 1428·In $0.150·Out $1.50	1428	1465	$0.150	$1.50	2,008	O
#130	StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash #130·Elo 1426·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1426	1511	$0.100	$0.300	15,253	O
#132	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 #132·Elo 1425·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1425	1457	$0.300	$1.20	4,179	O
#133	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 #133·Elo 1425·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1425	1351	$3.00	$15.00	9,265	O
#137	Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #137·Elo 1423·In $0.140·Out $1.00	1423	1474	$0.140	$1.00	8,980	O
#142	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking (thinking) #142·Elo 1419·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1419	1433	$0.260	$2.60	2,098	O
#143	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash #143·Elo 1418·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1418	1431	$0.300	$2.50	32,134	O
#145	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking #145·Elo 1417·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1417	1462	$0.250	$0.800	9,192	O
#146	OpenAI: o4 Mini #146·Elo 1417·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1417	1393	$1.10	$4.40	10,490	O
#146	OpenAI: o4 Mini High #146·Elo 1417·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1417	1393	$1.10	$4.40	10,490	O
#147	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 #147·Elo 1416·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1416	1501	$0.100	$0.300	5,624	O
#148	OpenAI: o3 Mini (high) #148·Elo 1414·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1414	1389	$1.10	$4.40	2,944	O
#148	OpenAI: o3 Mini High (high) #148·Elo 1414·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1414	1389	$1.10	$4.40	2,944	O
#149	OpenAI: o1 #149·Elo 1413·In $15.00·Out $60.00	1413	1275	$15.00	$60.00	4,917	O
#150	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini #150·Elo 1413·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1413	1432	$0.400	$1.60	8,743	O
#152	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) #152·Elo 1410·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1410	1432	$0.250	$2.00	6,477	O
#155	Z.ai: GLM 4.6V #155·Elo 1405·In $0.300·Out $0.900	1405	1442	$0.300	$0.900	714	O
#156	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 Flash #156·Elo 1404·In $0.061·Out $0.400	1404	1493	$0.061	$0.400	3,068	O
#157	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air #157·Elo 1403·In $0.130·Out $0.850	1403	1459	$0.130	$0.850	7,655	O
#159	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B #159·Elo 1403·In $0.455·Out $1.82	1403	1417	$0.455	$1.82	5,749	O
#164	Z.ai: GLM 4.5V #164·Elo 1397·In $0.600·Out $1.80	1397	1405	$0.600	$1.80	1,235	O
#166	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking (thinking) #166·Elo 1397·In $0.098·Out $0.780	1397	1460	$0.098	$0.780	3,490	O
#169	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (thinking) #169·Elo 1395·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1395	1440	$0.250	$0.800	9,515	O
#171	MiniMax: MiniMax M1 #171·Elo 1395·In $0.550·Out $2.20	1395	1400	$0.550	$2.20	8,152	O
#175	MiniMax: MiniMax M2 #175·Elo 1388·In $0.255·Out $1.02	1388	1427	$0.255	$1.02	1,905	O
#177	OpenAI: o3 Mini #177·Elo 1383·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1383	1359	$1.10	$4.40	11,284	O
#177	OpenAI: o3 Mini High #177·Elo 1383·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1383	1359	$1.10	$4.40	11,284	O
#181	Qwen: Qwen3 32B #181·Elo 1382·In $0.080·Out $0.280	1382	1474	$0.080	$0.280	729	O
#189	Inception: Mercury 2 #189·Elo 1372·In $0.250·Out $0.750	1372	1418	$0.250	$0.750	862	O
#190	Google: Gemma 3 27B #190·Elo 1370·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1370	1456	$0.100	$0.300	9,908	O
#193	OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (high) #193·Elo 1368·In $0.050·Out $0.400	1368	1460	$0.050	$0.400	1,975	O
#198	OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b #198·Elo 1367·In $0.037·Out $0.170	1367	1486	$0.037	$0.170	7,634	O
#199	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B #199·Elo 1362·In $0.130·Out $0.520	1362	1431	$0.130	$0.520	5,808	O
#204	AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Think #204·Elo 1357·In $0.150·Out $0.500	1357	1423	$0.150	$0.500	1,503	O
#221	IBM: Granite 4.1 8B #221·Elo 1340·In $0.050·Out $0.100	1340	1462	$0.050	$0.100	1,367	O
#222	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano #222·Elo 1339·In $0.100·Out $0.400	1339	1419	$0.100	$0.400	1,062	O
#223	OpenAI: GPT-4o #223·Elo 1339·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1339	1279	$2.50	$10.00	8,010	O
#223	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) #223·Elo 1339·In $5.00·Out $15.00	1339	1255	$5.00	$15.00	8,010	O
#223	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) #223·Elo 1339·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1339	1279	$2.50	$10.00	8,010	O
#223	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) #223·Elo 1339·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1339	1279	$2.50	$10.00	8,010	O
#224	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b #224·Elo 1339·In $0.030·Out $0.130	1339	1469	$0.030	$0.130	2,447	O
#224	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (free) #224·Elo 1339·Out -	1339	-	-	-	2,447	O
#225	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct #225·Elo 1338·In $0.130·Out $0.400	1338	1411	$0.130	$0.400	10,089	O
#225	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) #225·Elo 1338·Out -	1338	-	-	-	10,089	O
#226	Google: Gemma 3 12B #226·Elo 1338·In $0.050·Out $0.150	1338	1453	$0.050	$0.150	700	O
#229	Mistral Large 2407 #229·Elo 1334·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1334	1289	$2.00	$6.00	7,818	O
#234	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo #234·Elo 1330·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1330	1215	$10.00	$30.00	17,922	O
#234	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo Preview #234·Elo 1330·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1330	1215	$10.00	$30.00	17,922	O
#247	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini #247·Elo 1321·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1321	1383	$0.150	$0.600	11,377	O
#247	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) #247·Elo 1321·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1321	1383	$0.150	$0.600	11,377	O
#250	Google: Gemma 3n 4B #250·Elo 1318·In $0.060·Out $0.120	1318	1432	$0.060	$0.120	4,549	O
#253	Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct #253·Elo 1315·In $0.400·Out $0.400	1315	1354	$0.400	$0.400	9,133	O
#260	Mistral: Mistral Small 3 #260·Elo 1295·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1295	1420	$0.050	$0.080	2,355	O
#264	Microsoft: Phi 4 #264·Elo 1290·In $0.070·Out $0.140	1290	1398	$0.070	$0.140	3,804	O
#265	Google: Gemma 2 27B #265·Elo 1289·In $0.650·Out $0.650	1289	1308	$0.650	$0.650	12,606	O
#269	Google: Gemma 3 4B #269·Elo 1284·In $0.050·Out $0.100	1284	1406	$0.050	$0.100	764	O
#279	Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) #279·Elo 1270·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1270	1210	$2.50	$10.00	1,735	O
#280	Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku #280·Elo 1269·In $0.250·Out $1.25	1269	1304	$0.250	$1.25	20,673	O
#284	Cohere: Command R (08-2024) #284·Elo 1263·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1263	1325	$0.150	$0.600	1,822	O
#296	Google Gemini Pro Latest #296·Elo 1241·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1241	1181	$2.00	$12.00	1,189	O
#299	Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct #299·Elo 1240·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1240	1365	$0.050	$0.080	8,195	O
#314	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct #314·Elo 1208·In $0.051·Out $0.335	1208	1305	$0.051	$0.335	1,377	O
#314	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free) #314·Elo 1208·Out -	1208	-	-	-	1,377	O
#345	Meta: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct #345·Elo 1154·In $0.027·Out $0.201	1154	1275	$0.027	$0.201	1,437	O