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Rank	Model	Elo	Value	In / 1M	Output	Votes	Open in
#1	Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 #1·Elo 1513·In $10.00·Out $50.00	1513	1388	$10.00	$50.00	3,079	O
#2	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) #2·Elo 1513·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1513	1417	$5.00	$25.00	18,958	O
#3	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) #3·Elo 1504·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1504	1409	$5.00	$25.00	16,364	O
#4	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 #4·Elo 1499·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1499	1404	$5.00	$25.00	20,851	O
#5	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (thinking) #5·Elo 1494·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1494	1399	$5.00	$25.00	9,640	O
#6	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 #6·Elo 1492·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1492	1397	$5.00	$25.00	16,893	O
#7	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (thinking-32k) #7·Elo 1484·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1484	1389	$5.00	$25.00	9,451	O
#8	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview #8·Elo 1481·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1481	1421	$2.00	$12.00	26,608	O
#9	MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 #9·Elo 1481·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1481	1407	$3.00	$15.00	949	O
#11	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 #11·Elo 1479·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1479	1383	$5.00	$25.00	9,913	O
#12	Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 #12·Elo 1478·In $1.25·Out $4.25	1478	1451	$1.25	$4.25	2,006	O
#13	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 #13·Elo 1477·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1477	1404	$3.00	$15.00	17,772	O
#14	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) #14·Elo 1477·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1477	1377	$5.00	$30.00	14,495	O
#15	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) #15·Elo 1476·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1476	1406	$2.50	$15.00	18,625	O
#16	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 #16·Elo 1475·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1475	1380	$5.00	$25.00	20,691	O
#18	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 #18·Elo 1471·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1471	1371	$5.00	$30.00	15,123	O
#19	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro #19·Elo 1471·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1471	1499	$0.435	$0.870	13,091	O
#21	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max #21·Elo 1468·In $1.48·Out $4.42	1468	1436	$1.48	$4.42	1,282	O
#22	Z.ai: GLM 5.1 #22·Elo 1465·In $0.966·Out $3.04	1465	1451	$0.966	$3.04	9,657	O
#23	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (thinking-32k) #23·Elo 1465·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1465	1391	$3.00	$15.00	23,603	O
#24	Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (max) #24·Elo 1464·In $0.413·Out $1.30	1464	1486	$0.413	$1.30	5,373	O
#25	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 #25·Elo 1463·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1463	1390	$3.00	$15.00	23,271	O
#27	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) #27·Elo 1463·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1463	1415	$1.50	$9.00	4,089	O
#28	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) #28·Elo 1462·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1462	1414	$1.50	$9.00	3,427	O
#29	xAI: Grok 4.5 #29·Elo 1462·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1462	1417	$2.00	$6.00	1,856	O
#30	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (high) #30·Elo 1462·In $2.00·Out $10.00	1462	1406	$2.00	$10.00	3,751	O
#31	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 #31·Elo 1462·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1462	1392	$2.50	$15.00	19,968	O
#33	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview #33·Elo 1458·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1458	1458	$0.500	$3.00	8,089	O
#34	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat #34·Elo 1457·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1457	1394	$1.75	$14.00	11,017	O
#36	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 #36·Elo 1455·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1455	1312	$15.00	$75.00	20,308	O
#37	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 #37·Elo 1455·In $0.950·Out $4.00	1455	1436	$0.950	$4.00	12,108	O
#38	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro #38·Elo 1454·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1454	1482	$0.435	$0.870	14,492	O
#41	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus #41·Elo 1450·In $0.320·Out $1.28	1450	1479	$0.320	$1.28	6,879	O
#42	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview #42·Elo 1449·In $1.04·Out $6.24	1449	1417	$1.04	$6.24	1,771	O
#44	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) #44·Elo 1448·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1448	1401	$1.25	$10.00	10,729	O
#45	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro (thinking) #45·Elo 1447·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1447	1476	$0.435	$0.870	13,766	O
#47	Z.ai: GLM 5 #47·Elo 1447·In $0.950·Out $3.15	1447	1432	$0.950	$3.15	8,910	O
#49	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) #49·Elo 1444·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1444	1444	$0.500	$3.00	26,093	O
#52	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) #52·Elo 1439·In $0.570·Out $2.85	1439	1438	$0.570	$2.85	18,865	O
#53	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro #53·Elo 1439·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1439	1392	$1.25	$10.00	34,227	O
#53	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 #53·Elo 1439·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1439	1392	$1.25	$10.00	34,227	O
#56	MiniMax: MiniMax M3 #56·Elo 1436·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1436	1468	$0.300	$1.20	8,605	O
#58	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) #58·Elo 1435·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1435	1418	$0.750	$4.50	18,477	O
#59	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus #59·Elo 1435·In $0.325·Out $1.95	1435	1454	$0.325	$1.95	14,033	O
#60	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash (thinking) #60·Elo 1435·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1435	1528	$0.098	$0.196	14,453	O
#62	OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat #62·Elo 1434·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1434	1372	$1.75	$14.00	10,609	O
#63	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B #63·Elo 1434·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1434	1445	$0.390	$2.34	18,161	O
#65	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 #65·Elo 1431·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1431	1508	$0.140	$0.280	13,614	O
#67	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash #67·Elo 1429·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1429	1522	$0.098	$0.196	14,391	O
#68	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 #68·Elo 1428·In $0.400·Out $1.75	1428	1446	$0.400	$1.75	3,209	O
#71	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 #71·Elo 1427·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1427	1380	$1.25	$10.00	11,837	O
#73	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) #73·Elo 1427·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1427	1365	$1.75	$14.00	14,512	O
#75	Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo #75·Elo 1424·In $1.20·Out $4.00	1424	1399	$1.20	$4.00	1,775	O
#76	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 #76·Elo 1422·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1422	1360	$1.75	$14.00	24,212	O
#77	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 #77·Elo 1421·In $1.50·Out $7.50	1421	1378	$1.50	$7.50	3,514	O
#79	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (thinking) #79·Elo 1420·In $0.270·Out $1.00	1420	1459	$0.270	$1.00	861	O
#84	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat #84·Elo 1417·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1417	1369	$1.25	$10.00	8,138	O
#86	Thinking Machines: Inkling #86·Elo 1417·In $1.00·Out $4.05	1417	1396	$1.00	$4.05	472	O
#87	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 (thinking) #87·Elo 1417·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1417	1470	$0.269	$0.400	2,543	O
#87	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp (thinking) #87·Elo 1417·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1417	1469	$0.270	$0.410	2,543	O
#88	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 #88·Elo 1416·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1416	1469	$0.269	$0.400	3,310	O
#88	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp #88·Elo 1416·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1416	1469	$0.270	$0.410	3,310	O
#90	Qwen: Qwen3 Max #90·Elo 1416·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1416	1401	$0.780	$3.90	2,632	O
#90	Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking #90·Elo 1416·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1416	1401	$0.780	$3.90	2,632	O
#91	Z.ai: GLM 4.6 #91·Elo 1415·In $0.500·Out $2.00	1415	1425	$0.500	$2.00	9,998	O
#92	Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 #92·Elo 1415·In $1.00·Out $5.00	1415	1389	$1.00	$5.00	32,011	O
#93	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 (thinking-32k) #93·Elo 1415·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1415	1342	$3.00	$15.00	8,553	O
#95	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 #95·Elo 1414·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1414	1271	$15.00	$75.00	10,700	O
#96	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct #96·Elo 1414·In $0.210·Out $1.90	1414	1440	$0.210	$1.90	2,924	O
#97	xAI: Grok 4.3 #97·Elo 1413·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1413	1396	$1.25	$2.50	14,940	O
#99	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 #99·Elo 1410·In $0.250·Out $1.00	1410	1450	$0.250	$1.00	15,280	O
#100	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) #100·Elo 1410·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1410	1362	$1.25	$10.00	8,264	O
#102	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B #102·Elo 1407·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1407	1427	$0.260	$2.08	9,024	O
#103	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite #103·Elo 1406·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1406	1436	$0.250	$1.50	19,915	O
#103	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview #103·Elo 1406·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1406	1436	$0.250	$1.50	19,915	O
#105	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 #105·Elo 1405·In $0.600·Out $2.20	1405	1408	$0.600	$2.20	6,165	O
#109	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 #109·Elo 1403·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1403	1352	$2.00	$8.00	13,284	O
#111	OpenAI: o3 #111·Elo 1402·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1402	1351	$2.00	$8.00	15,503	O
#114	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash #114·Elo 1401·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1401	1414	$0.300	$2.50	33,899	O
#116	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B #116·Elo 1401·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1401	1414	$0.260	$2.60	8,589	O
#120	DeepSeek: R1 #120·Elo 1397·In $0.700·Out $2.50	1397	1395	$0.700	$2.50	6,426	O
#123	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus #123·Elo 1394·In $0.270·Out $1.00	1394	1432	$0.270	$1.00	1,029	O
#124	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 #124·Elo 1393·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1393	1320	$3.00	$15.00	9,990	O
#125	DeepSeek: R1 0528 #125·Elo 1392·In $0.500·Out $2.15	1392	1400	$0.500	$2.15	4,051	O
#126	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 #126·Elo 1390·In $0.600·Out $2.50	1390	1391	$0.600	$2.50	2,888	O
#128	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) #128·Elo 1389·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1389	1427	$0.200	$1.25	18,291	O
#130	Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #130·Elo 1388·In $0.140·Out $1.00	1388	1439	$0.140	$1.00	9,301	O
#131	StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash #131·Elo 1388·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1388	1473	$0.100	$0.300	16,842	O
#132	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 #132·Elo 1385·In $0.150·Out $1.50	1385	1423	$0.150	$1.50	2,100	O
#134	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 #134·Elo 1385·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1385	1417	$0.300	$1.20	4,454	O
#138	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking (thinking) #138·Elo 1384·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1384	1397	$0.260	$2.60	2,133	O
#141	OpenAI: o1 #141·Elo 1381·In $15.00·Out $60.00	1381	1243	$15.00	$60.00	12,782	O
#142	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 #142·Elo 1381·In $0.150·Out $0.900	1381	1433	$0.150	$0.900	12,993	O
#143	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct #143·Elo 1379·In $0.100·Out $1.10	1379	1432	$0.100	$1.10	6,310	O
#143	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) #143·Elo 1379·Out -	1379	-	-	-	6,310	O
#148	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) #148·Elo 1374·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1374	1396	$0.250	$2.00	6,916	O
#149	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini #149·Elo 1373·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1373	1392	$0.400	$1.60	10,059	O
#151	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking #151·Elo 1371·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1371	1415	$0.250	$0.800	9,202	O
#153	OpenAI: o4 Mini #153·Elo 1368·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1368	1344	$1.10	$4.40	11,895	O
#153	OpenAI: o4 Mini High #153·Elo 1368·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1368	1344	$1.10	$4.40	11,895	O
#154	Z.ai: GLM 4.6V #154·Elo 1368·In $0.300·Out $0.900	1368	1406	$0.300	$0.900	730	O
#155	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 #155·Elo 1367·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1367	1452	$0.100	$0.300	5,962	O
#156	OpenAI: o3 Mini (high) #156·Elo 1366·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1366	1342	$1.10	$4.40	6,681	O
#156	OpenAI: o3 Mini High (high) #156·Elo 1366·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1366	1342	$1.10	$4.40	6,681	O
#160	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air #160·Elo 1362·In $0.130·Out $0.850	1362	1419	$0.130	$0.850	8,111	O
#162	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking (thinking) #162·Elo 1359·In $0.098·Out $0.780	1359	1422	$0.098	$0.780	3,511	O
#163	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (thinking) #163·Elo 1358·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1358	1402	$0.250	$0.800	9,813	O
#164	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B #164·Elo 1357·In $0.455·Out $1.82	1357	1371	$0.455	$1.82	6,186	O
#170	Z.ai: GLM 4.7 Flash #170·Elo 1351·In $0.061·Out $0.400	1351	1440	$0.061	$0.400	3,167	O
#173	MiniMax: MiniMax M1 #173·Elo 1346·In $0.550·Out $2.20	1346	1352	$0.550	$2.20	8,672	O
#177	Google: Gemma 3 27B #177·Elo 1344·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1344	1429	$0.100	$0.300	12,525	O
#178	OpenAI: o3 Mini #178·Elo 1344·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1344	1319	$1.10	$4.40	16,957	O
#178	OpenAI: o3 Mini High #178·Elo 1344·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1344	1319	$1.10	$4.40	16,957	O
#180	Z.ai: GLM 4.5V #180·Elo 1342·In $0.600·Out $1.80	1342	1349	$0.600	$1.80	1,303	O
#182	MiniMax: MiniMax M2 #182·Elo 1339·In $0.255·Out $1.02	1339	1378	$0.255	$1.02	1,983	O
#187	Qwen: Qwen3 32B #187·Elo 1332·In $0.080·Out $0.280	1332	1424	$0.080	$0.280	858	O
#192	OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (high) #192·Elo 1326·In $0.050·Out $0.400	1326	1418	$0.050	$0.400	2,027	O
#193	OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b #193·Elo 1325·In $0.037·Out $0.170	1325	1445	$0.037	$0.170	7,817	O
#196	Inception: Mercury 2 #196·Elo 1323·In $0.250·Out $0.750	1323	1369	$0.250	$0.750	837	O
#199	Google: Gemma 3 12B #199·Elo 1321·In $0.050·Out $0.150	1321	1437	$0.050	$0.150	1,145	O
#200	OpenAI: GPT-4o #200·Elo 1318·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1318	1258	$2.50	$10.00	18,305	O
#200	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) #200·Elo 1318·In $5.00·Out $15.00	1318	1234	$5.00	$15.00	18,305	O
#200	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) #200·Elo 1318·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1318	1258	$2.50	$10.00	18,305	O
#200	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) #200·Elo 1318·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1318	1258	$2.50	$10.00	18,305	O
#217	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B #217·Elo 1312·In $0.130·Out $0.520	1312	1380	$0.130	$0.520	6,125	O
#221	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo #221·Elo 1303·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1303	1188	$10.00	$30.00	36,297	O
#221	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo Preview #221·Elo 1303·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1303	1188	$10.00	$30.00	36,297	O
#225	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano #225·Elo 1301·In $0.100·Out $0.400	1301	1381	$0.100	$0.400	2,015	O
#228	AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Think #228·Elo 1300·In $0.150·Out $0.500	1300	1365	$0.150	$0.500	1,492	O
#229	Mistral Large 2407 #229·Elo 1299·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1299	1254	$2.00	$6.00	18,321	O
#234	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini #234·Elo 1293·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1293	1355	$0.150	$0.600	26,705	O
#234	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) #234·Elo 1293·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1293	1355	$0.150	$0.600	26,705	O
#236	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct #236·Elo 1292·In $0.130·Out $0.400	1292	1366	$0.130	$0.400	18,787	O
#236	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) #236·Elo 1292·Out -	1292	-	-	-	18,787	O
#241	IBM: Granite 4.1 8B #241·Elo 1289·In $0.050·Out $0.100	1289	1412	$0.050	$0.100	1,393	O
#246	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b #246·Elo 1281·In $0.030·Out $0.130	1281	1411	$0.030	$0.130	2,554	O
#246	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (free) #246·Elo 1281·Out -	1281	-	-	-	2,554	O
#247	Google: Gemma 3n 4B #247·Elo 1281·In $0.060·Out $0.120	1281	1395	$0.060	$0.120	4,983	O
#253	Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct #253·Elo 1272·In $0.400·Out $0.400	1272	1312	$0.400	$0.400	21,910	O
#255	Google: Gemma 2 27B #255·Elo 1270·In $0.650·Out $0.650	1270	1289	$0.650	$0.650	29,545	O
#257	Google: Gemma 3 4B #257·Elo 1268·In $0.050·Out $0.100	1268	1390	$0.050	$0.100	1,233	O
#268	Mistral: Mistral Small 3 #268·Elo 1255·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1255	1380	$0.050	$0.080	5,485	O
#269	Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) #269·Elo 1253·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1253	1193	$2.50	$10.00	4,024	O
#274	Microsoft: Phi 4 #274·Elo 1245·In $0.070·Out $0.140	1245	1353	$0.070	$0.140	9,162	O
#276	Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku #276·Elo 1244·In $0.250·Out $1.25	1244	1279	$0.250	$1.25	43,031	O
#283	Cohere: Command R (08-2024) #283·Elo 1235·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1235	1297	$0.150	$0.600	4,153	O
#285	Google Gemini Pro Latest #285·Elo 1217·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1217	1157	$2.00	$12.00	1,897	O
#304	Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct #304·Elo 1191·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1191	1316	$0.050	$0.080	19,781	O
#326	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct #326·Elo 1145·In $0.051·Out $0.335	1145	1242	$0.051	$0.335	3,171	O
#326	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free) #326·Elo 1145·Out -	1145	-	-	-	3,171	O
#357	Meta: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct #357·Elo 1085·In $0.027·Out $0.201	1085	1206	$0.027	$0.201	3,248	O