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Rank	Model	Elo	Value	In / 1M	Output	Votes	Open in
#1	Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 #1·Elo 1512·In $10.00·Out $50.00	1512	1387	$10.00	$50.00	2,251	O
#2	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) #2·Elo 1499·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1499	1404	$5.00	$25.00	15,054	O
#3	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) #3·Elo 1497·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1497	1401	$5.00	$25.00	11,874	O
#4	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 #4·Elo 1489·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1489	1394	$5.00	$25.00	15,430	O
#5	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 #5·Elo 1484·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1484	1388	$5.00	$25.00	12,197	O
#8	MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 #8·Elo 1478·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1478	1405	$3.00	$15.00	726	O
#9	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview #9·Elo 1478·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1478	1418	$2.00	$12.00	19,642	O
#10	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (thinking) #10·Elo 1473·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1473	1378	$5.00	$25.00	7,241	O
#11	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) #11·Elo 1471·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1471	1423	$1.50	$9.00	2,952	O
#12	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) #12·Elo 1471·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1471	1371	$5.00	$30.00	10,864	O
#13	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 #13·Elo 1468·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1468	1373	$5.00	$25.00	7,404	O
#14	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 #14·Elo 1468·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1468	1368	$5.00	$30.00	11,131	O
#15	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) #15·Elo 1466·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1466	1396	$2.50	$15.00	13,902	O
#16	Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 #16·Elo 1466·In $1.25·Out $4.25	1466	1439	$1.25	$4.25	1,486	O
#17	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (thinking-32k) #17·Elo 1465·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1465	1370	$5.00	$25.00	8,312	O
#18	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 #18·Elo 1465·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1465	1369	$5.00	$25.00	16,255	O
#19	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) #19·Elo 1462·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1462	1414	$1.50	$9.00	2,310	O
#21	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview #21·Elo 1461·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1461	1461	$0.500	$3.00	6,824	O
#22	Z.ai: GLM 5.1 #22·Elo 1459·In $0.966·Out $3.04	1459	1445	$0.966	$3.04	7,124	O
#23	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 #23·Elo 1459·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1459	1389	$2.50	$15.00	14,263	O
#26	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 #26·Elo 1457·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1457	1383	$3.00	$15.00	13,191	O
#27	xAI: Grok 4.5 #27·Elo 1455·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1455	1411	$2.00	$6.00	1,363	O
#28	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max #28·Elo 1455·In $1.48·Out $4.42	1455	1424	$1.48	$4.42	851	O
#29	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 #29·Elo 1454·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1454	1381	$3.00	$15.00	18,349	O
#30	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro #30·Elo 1452·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1452	1481	$0.435	$0.870	10,370	O
#31	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat #31·Elo 1452·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1452	1390	$1.75	$14.00	8,065	O
#32	Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (max) #32·Elo 1452·In $0.413·Out $1.30	1452	1475	$0.413	$1.30	3,947	O
#34	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview #34·Elo 1451·In $1.04·Out $6.24	1451	1419	$1.04	$6.24	1,124	O
#35	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (thinking-32k) #35·Elo 1451·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1451	1377	$3.00	$15.00	18,767	O
#36	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro #36·Elo 1450·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1450	1479	$0.435	$0.870	9,894	O
#38	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) #38·Elo 1449·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1449	1449	$0.500	$3.00	19,299	O
#39	Z.ai: GLM 5 #39·Elo 1448·In $0.950·Out $3.15	1448	1434	$0.950	$3.15	6,562	O
#42	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro #42·Elo 1445·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1445	1398	$1.25	$10.00	27,711	O
#42	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 #42·Elo 1445·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1445	1398	$1.25	$10.00	27,711	O
#44	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (high) #44·Elo 1444·In $2.00·Out $10.00	1444	1389	$2.00	$10.00	2,778	O
#45	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus #45·Elo 1444·In $0.320·Out $1.28	1444	1473	$0.320	$1.28	4,969	O
#46	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 #46·Elo 1444·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1444	1301	$15.00	$75.00	17,205	O
#47	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro (thinking) #47·Elo 1443·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1443	1471	$0.435	$0.870	10,033	O
#49	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 #49·Elo 1439·In $0.950·Out $4.00	1439	1419	$0.950	$4.00	8,848	O
#50	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) #50·Elo 1436·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1436	1389	$1.25	$10.00	9,051	O
#56	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) #56·Elo 1427·In $0.570·Out $2.85	1427	1426	$0.570	$2.85	14,113	O
#58	OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat #58·Elo 1427·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1427	1364	$1.75	$14.00	7,622	O
#59	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) #59·Elo 1425·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1425	1407	$0.750	$4.50	13,441	O
#60	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 #60·Elo 1425·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1425	1377	$1.25	$10.00	9,739	O
#61	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus #61·Elo 1425·In $0.325·Out $1.95	1425	1444	$0.325	$1.95	9,675	O
#62	MiniMax: MiniMax M3 #62·Elo 1424·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1424	1456	$0.300	$1.20	6,148	O
#63	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B #63·Elo 1424·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1424	1435	$0.390	$2.34	12,998	O
#64	xAI: Grok 4.3 #64·Elo 1424·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1424	1406	$1.25	$2.50	10,855	O
#65	Thinking Machines: Inkling #65·Elo 1423·In $1.00·Out $4.05	1423	1402	$1.00	$4.05	389	O
#66	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash #66·Elo 1421·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1421	1514	$0.098	$0.196	10,198	O
#68	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite #68·Elo 1420·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1420	1450	$0.250	$1.50	14,536	O
#68	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview #68·Elo 1420·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1420	1450	$0.250	$1.50	14,536	O
#69	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash (thinking) #69·Elo 1419·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1419	1512	$0.098	$0.196	10,348	O
#70	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 #70·Elo 1418·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1418	1275	$15.00	$75.00	9,428	O
#71	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 #71·Elo 1417·In $0.400·Out $1.75	1417	1434	$0.400	$1.75	2,763	O
#74	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 #74·Elo 1411·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1411	1349	$1.75	$14.00	17,959	O
#75	Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo #75·Elo 1411·In $1.20·Out $4.00	1411	1387	$1.20	$4.00	1,323	O
#76	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (thinking) #76·Elo 1410·In $0.270·Out $1.00	1410	1448	$0.270	$1.00	769	O
#77	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 #77·Elo 1410·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1410	1488	$0.140	$0.280	9,928	O
#78	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 #78·Elo 1410·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1410	1463	$0.269	$0.400	10,384	O
#78	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp #78·Elo 1410·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1410	1463	$0.270	$0.410	10,384	O
#79	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus #79·Elo 1409·In $0.270·Out $1.00	1409	1448	$0.270	$1.00	808	O
#82	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) #82·Elo 1409·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1409	1347	$1.75	$14.00	11,037	O
#84	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat #84·Elo 1407·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1407	1359	$1.25	$10.00	6,763	O
#88	Z.ai: GLM 4.6 #88·Elo 1405·In $0.500·Out $2.00	1405	1415	$0.500	$2.00	7,949	O
#90	Qwen: Qwen3 Max #90·Elo 1404·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1404	1390	$0.780	$3.90	1,968	O
#90	Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking #90·Elo 1404·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1404	1390	$0.780	$3.90	1,968	O
#91	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 #91·Elo 1404·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1404	1353	$2.00	$8.00	11,383	O
#92	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash #92·Elo 1404·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1404	1417	$0.300	$2.50	27,964	O
#94	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 #94·Elo 1403·In $1.50·Out $7.50	1403	1360	$1.50	$7.50	2,719	O
#97	Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 #97·Elo 1399·In $1.00·Out $5.00	1399	1374	$1.00	$5.00	24,349	O
#101	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 (thinking-32k) #101·Elo 1398·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1398	1325	$3.00	$15.00	7,491	O
#103	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 (thinking) #103·Elo 1398·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1398	1451	$0.269	$0.400	2,096	O
#103	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp (thinking) #103·Elo 1398·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1398	1450	$0.270	$0.410	2,096	O
#105	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) #105·Elo 1397·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1397	1349	$1.25	$10.00	7,005	O
#106	OpenAI: o3 #106·Elo 1396·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1396	1346	$2.00	$8.00	13,293	O
#112	DeepSeek: R1 0528 #112·Elo 1391·In $0.500·Out $2.15	1391	1399	$0.500	$2.15	4,228	O
#113	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B #113·Elo 1389·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1389	1410	$0.260	$2.08	6,459	O
#116	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 #116·Elo 1388·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1388	1314	$3.00	$15.00	8,611	O
#117	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct #117·Elo 1388·In $0.210·Out $1.90	1388	1414	$0.210	$1.90	2,361	O
#119	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 #119·Elo 1385·In $0.250·Out $1.00	1385	1425	$0.250	$1.00	11,043	O
#121	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 #121·Elo 1383·In $0.600·Out $2.20	1383	1387	$0.600	$2.20	5,358	O
#122	DeepSeek: R1 #122·Elo 1382·In $0.700·Out $2.50	1382	1380	$0.700	$2.50	5,355	O
#124	OpenAI: o1 #124·Elo 1381·In $15.00·Out $60.00	1381	1243	$15.00	$60.00	8,360	O
#125	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 #125·Elo 1381·In $0.600·Out $2.50	1381	1382	$0.600	$2.50	2,592	O
#126	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B #126·Elo 1380·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1380	1394	$0.260	$2.60	6,144	O
#131	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 #131·Elo 1378·In $0.150·Out $1.50	1378	1416	$0.150	$1.50	1,870	O
#138	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 #138·Elo 1370·In $0.150·Out $0.900	1370	1423	$0.150	$0.900	9,643	O
#144	StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash #144·Elo 1366·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1366	1451	$0.100	$0.300	12,996	O
#145	Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #145·Elo 1366·In $0.140·Out $1.00	1366	1416	$0.140	$1.00	6,675	O
#146	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking (thinking) #146·Elo 1365·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1365	1379	$0.260	$2.60	1,753	O
#147	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 #147·Elo 1365·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1365	1396	$0.300	$1.20	3,910	O
#148	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) #148·Elo 1364·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1364	1403	$0.200	$1.25	13,134	O
#150	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini #150·Elo 1360·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1360	1380	$0.400	$1.60	8,687	O
#151	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking #151·Elo 1359·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1359	1404	$0.250	$0.800	6,899	O
#156	Z.ai: GLM 4.6V #156·Elo 1355·In $0.300·Out $0.900	1355	1392	$0.300	$0.900	606	O
#157	Google: Gemma 3 27B #157·Elo 1354·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1354	1440	$0.100	$0.300	10,684	O
#159	OpenAI: o4 Mini #159·Elo 1354·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1354	1330	$1.10	$4.40	10,051	O
#159	OpenAI: o4 Mini High #159·Elo 1354·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1354	1330	$1.10	$4.40	10,051	O
#161	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) #161·Elo 1353·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1353	1375	$0.250	$2.00	6,125	O
#165	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B #165·Elo 1345·In $0.455·Out $1.82	1345	1359	$0.455	$1.82	6,168	O
#166	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (thinking) #166·Elo 1345·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1345	1389	$0.250	$0.800	6,935	O
#168	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct #168·Elo 1344·In $0.100·Out $1.10	1344	1396	$0.100	$1.10	5,048	O
#168	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) #168·Elo 1344·Out -	1344	-	-	-	5,048	O
#169	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 #169·Elo 1343·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1343	1428	$0.100	$0.300	5,095	O
#170	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air #170·Elo 1342·In $0.130·Out $0.850	1342	1399	$0.130	$0.850	7,019	O
#172	OpenAI: o3 Mini (high) #172·Elo 1341·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1341	1316	$1.10	$4.40	4,762	O
#172	OpenAI: o3 Mini High (high) #172·Elo 1341·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1341	1316	$1.10	$4.40	4,762	O
#173	OpenAI: GPT-4o #173·Elo 1340·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1340	1280	$2.50	$10.00	12,147	O
#173	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) #173·Elo 1340·In $5.00·Out $15.00	1340	1256	$5.00	$15.00	12,147	O
#173	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) #173·Elo 1340·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1340	1280	$2.50	$10.00	12,147	O
#173	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) #173·Elo 1340·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1340	1280	$2.50	$10.00	12,147	O
#175	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking (thinking) #175·Elo 1339·In $0.098·Out $0.780	1339	1402	$0.098	$0.780	3,071	O
#177	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 Flash #177·Elo 1334·In $0.061·Out $0.400	1334	1423	$0.061	$0.400	2,551	O
#182	MiniMax: MiniMax M1 #182·Elo 1332·In $0.550·Out $2.20	1332	1337	$0.550	$2.20	7,788	O
#185	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo #185·Elo 1329·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1329	1215	$10.00	$30.00	24,529	O
#185	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo Preview #185·Elo 1329·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1329	1215	$10.00	$30.00	24,529	O
#188	OpenAI: o3 Mini #188·Elo 1324·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1324	1300	$1.10	$4.40	13,435	O
#188	OpenAI: o3 Mini High #188·Elo 1324·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1324	1300	$1.10	$4.40	13,435	O
#192	Z.ai: GLM 4.5V #192·Elo 1320·In $0.600·Out $1.80	1320	1327	$0.600	$1.80	1,094	O
#199	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini #199·Elo 1314·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1314	1376	$0.150	$0.600	18,538	O
#199	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) #199·Elo 1314·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1314	1376	$0.150	$0.600	18,538	O
#200	Google: Gemma 3 12B #200·Elo 1314·In $0.050·Out $0.150	1314	1429	$0.050	$0.150	1,010	O
#205	Inception: Mercury 2 #205·Elo 1311·In $0.250·Out $0.750	1311	1356	$0.250	$0.750	692	O
#207	OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b #207·Elo 1310·In $0.037·Out $0.170	1310	1430	$0.037	$0.170	6,669	O
#212	Qwen: Qwen3 32B #212·Elo 1308·In $0.080·Out $0.280	1308	1400	$0.080	$0.280	1,121	O
#218	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B #218·Elo 1305·In $0.130·Out $0.520	1305	1373	$0.130	$0.520	5,965	O
#220	Mistral Large 2407 #220·Elo 1302·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1302	1258	$2.00	$6.00	12,224	O
#223	MiniMax: MiniMax M2 #223·Elo 1301·In $0.255·Out $1.02	1301	1340	$0.255	$1.02	1,472	O
#225	Google: Gemma 3n 4B #225·Elo 1300·In $0.060·Out $0.120	1300	1414	$0.060	$0.120	4,899	O
#226	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano #226·Elo 1299·In $0.100·Out $0.400	1299	1378	$0.100	$0.400	1,583	O
#227	Google: Gemma 3 4B #227·Elo 1298·In $0.050·Out $0.100	1298	1420	$0.050	$0.100	1,080	O
#230	Google: Gemma 2 27B #230·Elo 1297·In $0.650·Out $0.650	1297	1316	$0.650	$0.650	20,390	O
#234	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct #234·Elo 1292·In $0.130·Out $0.400	1292	1365	$0.130	$0.400	13,826	O
#234	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) #234·Elo 1292·Out -	1292	-	-	-	13,826	O
#238	OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (high) #238·Elo 1290·In $0.050·Out $0.400	1290	1382	$0.050	$0.400	1,735	O
#245	AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Think #245·Elo 1279·In $0.150·Out $0.500	1279	1345	$0.150	$0.500	1,338	O
#250	Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) #250·Elo 1276·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1276	1216	$2.50	$10.00	2,672	O
#254	IBM: Granite 4.1 8B #254·Elo 1274·In $0.050·Out $0.100	1274	1396	$0.050	$0.100	955	O
#255	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b #255·Elo 1274·In $0.030·Out $0.130	1274	1404	$0.030	$0.130	2,179	O
#255	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (free) #255·Elo 1274·Out -	1274	-	-	-	2,179	O
#263	Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct #263·Elo 1263·In $0.400·Out $0.400	1263	1303	$0.400	$0.400	14,962	O
#273	Mistral: Mistral Small 3 #273·Elo 1248·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1248	1373	$0.050	$0.080	3,942	O
#274	Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku #274·Elo 1246·In $0.250·Out $1.25	1246	1280	$0.250	$1.25	29,876	O
#278	Cohere: Command R (08-2024) #278·Elo 1238·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1238	1300	$0.150	$0.600	2,597	O
#280	Microsoft: Phi 4 #280·Elo 1229·In $0.070·Out $0.140	1229	1337	$0.070	$0.140	6,470	O
#295	Google Gemini Pro Latest #295·Elo 1206·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1206	1146	$2.00	$12.00	1,319	O
#304	Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct #304·Elo 1182·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1182	1307	$0.050	$0.080	13,505	O
#326	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct #326·Elo 1142·In $0.051·Out $0.335	1142	1238	$0.051	$0.335	2,118	O
#326	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free) #326·Elo 1142·Out -	1142	-	-	-	2,118	O
#359	Meta: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct #359·Elo 1075·In $0.027·Out $0.201	1075	1196	$0.027	$0.201	2,047	O