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Rank	Model	Elo	Value	In / 1M	Output	Votes	Open in
#1	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) #1·Elo 1516·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1516	1416	$5.00	$30.00	468	O
#3	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview #3·Elo 1501·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1501	1441	$2.00	$12.00	806	O
#5	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 #5·Elo 1494·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1494	1399	$5.00	$25.00	547	O
#6	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview #6·Elo 1493·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1493	1493	$0.500	$3.00	278	O
#7	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) #7·Elo 1486·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1486	1390	$5.00	$25.00	467	O
#8	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 #8·Elo 1485·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1485	1385	$5.00	$30.00	398	O
#9	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) #9·Elo 1484·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1484	1389	$5.00	$25.00	600	O
#10	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 #10·Elo 1481·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1481	1385	$5.00	$25.00	639	O
#11	Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (max) #11·Elo 1476·In $0.413·Out $1.30	1476	1499	$0.413	$1.30	201	O
#12	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) #12·Elo 1474·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1474	1404	$2.50	$15.00	573	O
#13	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro #13·Elo 1473·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1473	1501	$0.435	$0.870	486	O
#16	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) #16·Elo 1462·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1462	1414	$1.25	$10.00	378	O
#17	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (thinking-32k) #17·Elo 1458·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1458	1363	$5.00	$25.00	314	O
#18	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 #18·Elo 1457·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1457	1362	$5.00	$25.00	317	O
#19	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat #19·Elo 1451·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1451	1389	$1.75	$14.00	246	O
#20	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro #20·Elo 1451·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1451	1404	$1.25	$10.00	1,826	O
#20	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 #20·Elo 1451·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1451	1404	$1.25	$10.00	1,826	O
#21	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 #21·Elo 1451·In $0.950·Out $4.00	1451	1431	$0.950	$4.00	448	O
#22	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 #22·Elo 1450·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1450	1380	$2.50	$15.00	568	O
#23	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (thinking) #23·Elo 1448·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1448	1352	$5.00	$25.00	344	O
#24	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 #24·Elo 1444·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1444	1371	$3.00	$15.00	540	O
#25	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 #25·Elo 1443·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1443	1348	$5.00	$25.00	594	O
#27	Z.ai: GLM 5.1 #27·Elo 1440·In $0.966·Out $3.04	1440	1426	$0.966	$3.04	276	O
#28	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) #28·Elo 1439·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1439	1439	$0.500	$3.00	722	O
#30	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) #30·Elo 1433·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1433	1370	$1.75	$14.00	389	O
#31	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro (thinking) #31·Elo 1433·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1433	1461	$0.435	$0.870	467	O
#32	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro #32·Elo 1432·In $0.435·Out $0.870	1432	1460	$0.435	$0.870	445	O
#34	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 #34·Elo 1430·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1430	1382	$1.25	$10.00	384	O
#35	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) #35·Elo 1430·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1430	1382	$1.25	$10.00	817	O
#36	OpenAI: o3 #36·Elo 1427·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1427	1377	$2.00	$8.00	1,281	O
#37	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat #37·Elo 1426·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1426	1379	$1.25	$10.00	466	O
#38	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B #38·Elo 1425·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1425	1436	$0.390	$2.34	526	O
#39	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash (thinking) #39·Elo 1425·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1425	1518	$0.098	$0.196	478	O
#40	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite #40·Elo 1425·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1425	1455	$0.250	$1.50	595	O
#40	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview #40·Elo 1425·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1425	1455	$0.250	$1.50	595	O
#42	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) #42·Elo 1421·In $0.570·Out $2.85	1421	1420	$0.570	$2.85	627	O
#43	xAI: Grok 4.3 #43·Elo 1421·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1421	1403	$1.25	$2.50	445	O
#44	OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat #44·Elo 1420·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1420	1358	$1.75	$14.00	246	O
#45	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) #45·Elo 1416·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1416	1399	$0.750	$4.50	470	O
#47	MiniMax: MiniMax M3 #47·Elo 1414·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1414	1446	$0.300	$1.20	320	O
#50	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 #50·Elo 1412·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1412	1350	$1.75	$14.00	655	O
#51	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 #51·Elo 1408·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1408	1335	$3.00	$15.00	684	O
#52	Z.ai: GLM 5 #52·Elo 1408·In $0.950·Out $3.15	1408	1393	$0.950	$3.15	260	O
#55	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (thinking-32k) #55·Elo 1405·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1405	1332	$3.00	$15.00	706	O
#56	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 #56·Elo 1405·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1405	1262	$15.00	$75.00	1,045	O
#58	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus #58·Elo 1399·In $0.320·Out $1.28	1399	1428	$0.320	$1.28	286	O
#60	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus #60·Elo 1396·In $0.325·Out $1.95	1396	1414	$0.325	$1.95	458	O
#62	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 #62·Elo 1394·In $0.600·Out $2.20	1394	1398	$0.600	$2.20	707	O
#63	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash #63·Elo 1393·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1393	1407	$0.300	$2.50	1,857	O
#64	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash #64·Elo 1393·In $0.098·Out $0.196	1393	1486	$0.098	$0.196	508	O
#65	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 (thinking) #65·Elo 1390·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1390	1443	$0.269	$0.400	318	O
#65	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp (thinking) #65·Elo 1390·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1390	1443	$0.270	$0.410	318	O
#67	Qwen: Qwen3 Max #67·Elo 1386·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1386	1371	$0.780	$3.90	372	O
#67	Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking #67·Elo 1386·In $0.780·Out $3.90	1386	1371	$0.780	$3.90	372	O
#69	DeepSeek: R1 0528 #69·Elo 1383·In $0.500·Out $2.15	1383	1391	$0.500	$2.15	549	O
#71	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 #71·Elo 1381·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1381	1238	$15.00	$75.00	974	O
#74	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct #74·Elo 1379·In $0.100·Out $1.10	1379	1431	$0.100	$1.10	268	O
#74	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) #74·Elo 1379·Out -	1379	-	-	-	268	O
#77	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 #77·Elo 1375·In $0.600·Out $2.50	1375	1376	$0.600	$2.50	182	O
#79	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 #79·Elo 1375·In $0.150·Out $1.50	1375	1413	$0.150	$1.50	403	O
#80	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) #80·Elo 1375·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1375	1413	$0.200	$1.25	502	O
#81	Z.ai: GLM 4.6 #81·Elo 1375·In $0.500·Out $2.00	1375	1384	$0.500	$2.00	310	O
#85	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct #85·Elo 1369·In $0.210·Out $1.90	1369	1395	$0.210	$1.90	151	O
#87	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) #87·Elo 1369·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1369	1391	$0.250	$2.00	404	O
#92	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B #92·Elo 1363·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1363	1384	$0.260	$2.08	229	O
#96	Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 #96·Elo 1353·In $1.00·Out $5.00	1353	1328	$1.00	$5.00	983	O
#98	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B #98·Elo 1350·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1350	1364	$0.260	$2.60	204	O
#99	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 #99·Elo 1348·In $0.269·Out $0.400	1348	1401	$0.269	$0.400	120	O
#99	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp #99·Elo 1348·In $0.270·Out $0.410	1348	1401	$0.270	$0.410	120	O
#100	OpenAI: o1 #100·Elo 1348·In $15.00·Out $60.00	1348	1210	$15.00	$60.00	674	O
#101	StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash #101·Elo 1347·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1347	1433	$0.100	$0.300	581	O
#102	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 #102·Elo 1346·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1346	1272	$3.00	$15.00	874	O
#103	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 (thinking-32k) #103·Elo 1345·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1345	1271	$3.00	$15.00	734	O
#104	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 #104·Elo 1342·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1342	1292	$2.00	$8.00	1,017	O
#105	OpenAI: o4 Mini #105·Elo 1342·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1342	1317	$1.10	$4.40	982	O
#105	OpenAI: o4 Mini High #105·Elo 1342·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1342	1317	$1.10	$4.40	982	O
#107	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (thinking) #107·Elo 1339·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1339	1384	$0.250	$0.800	261	O
#108	DeepSeek: R1 #108·Elo 1338·In $0.700·Out $2.50	1338	1336	$0.700	$2.50	468	O
#110	Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking #110·Elo 1334·In $0.250·Out $0.800	1334	1378	$0.250	$0.800	204	O
#114	Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air #114·Elo 1327·In $0.130·Out $0.850	1327	1383	$0.130	$0.850	784	O
#115	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 #115·Elo 1325·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1325	1410	$0.100	$0.300	704	O
#116	Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #116·Elo 1325·In $0.140·Out $1.00	1325	1375	$0.140	$1.00	227	O
#117	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini #117·Elo 1324·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1324	1344	$0.400	$1.60	909	O
#120	OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b #120·Elo 1320·In $0.037·Out $0.170	1320	1440	$0.037	$0.170	502	O
#123	OpenAI: o3 Mini (high) #123·Elo 1316·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1316	1292	$1.10	$4.40	374	O
#123	OpenAI: o3 Mini High (high) #123·Elo 1316·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1316	1292	$1.10	$4.40	374	O
#127	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B #127·Elo 1310·In $0.455·Out $1.82	1310	1324	$0.455	$1.82	645	O
#128	Google: Gemma 3 27B #128·Elo 1309·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1309	1395	$0.100	$0.300	951	O
#129	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 #129·Elo 1309·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1309	1386	$0.140	$0.280	446	O
#133	OpenAI: o3 Mini #133·Elo 1299·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1299	1275	$1.10	$4.40	1,323	O
#133	OpenAI: o3 Mini High #133·Elo 1299·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1299	1275	$1.10	$4.40	1,323	O
#136	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking (thinking) #136·Elo 1297·In $0.098·Out $0.780	1297	1360	$0.098	$0.780	180	O
#139	OpenAI: GPT-4o #139·Elo 1292·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1292	1232	$2.50	$10.00	1,104	O
#139	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) #139·Elo 1292·In $5.00·Out $15.00	1292	1207	$5.00	$15.00	1,104	O
#139	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) #139·Elo 1292·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1292	1232	$2.50	$10.00	1,104	O
#139	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) #139·Elo 1292·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1292	1232	$2.50	$10.00	1,104	O
#141	Google: Gemma 3n 4B #141·Elo 1292·In $0.060·Out $0.120	1292	1406	$0.060	$0.120	674	O
#146	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 #146·Elo 1280·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1280	1312	$0.300	$1.20	147	O
#152	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b #152·Elo 1263·In $0.030·Out $0.130	1263	1393	$0.030	$0.130	233	O
#152	OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (free) #152·Elo 1263·Out -	1263	-	-	-	233	O
#155	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 #155·Elo 1259·In $0.250·Out $1.00	1259	1299	$0.250	$1.00	482	O
#161	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B #161·Elo 1252·In $0.130·Out $0.520	1252	1320	$0.130	$0.520	665	O
#162	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo #162·Elo 1251·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1251	1136	$10.00	$30.00	2,112	O
#162	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo Preview #162·Elo 1251·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1251	1136	$10.00	$30.00	2,112	O
#163	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini #163·Elo 1250·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1250	1312	$0.150	$0.600	1,790	O
#163	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) #163·Elo 1250·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1250	1312	$0.150	$0.600	1,790	O
#170	Mistral Large 2407 #170·Elo 1234·In $2.00·Out $6.00	1234	1189	$2.00	$6.00	1,249	O
#171	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano #171·Elo 1233·In $0.100·Out $0.400	1233	1313	$0.100	$0.400	160	O
#175	Google: Gemma 2 27B #175·Elo 1229·In $0.650·Out $0.650	1229	1247	$0.650	$0.650	1,808	O
#178	MiniMax: MiniMax M1 #178·Elo 1226·In $0.550·Out $2.20	1226	1232	$0.550	$2.20	773	O
#185	Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) #185·Elo 1215·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1215	1155	$2.50	$10.00	210	O
#187	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct #187·Elo 1213·In $0.130·Out $0.400	1213	1287	$0.130	$0.400	1,121	O
#187	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) #187·Elo 1213·Out -	1213	-	-	-	1,121	O
#188	Cohere: Command R (08-2024) #188·Elo 1211·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1211	1273	$0.150	$0.600	254	O
#194	Microsoft: Phi 4 #194·Elo 1195·In $0.070·Out $0.140	1195	1303	$0.070	$0.140	500	O
#203	Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct #203·Elo 1175·In $0.400·Out $0.400	1175	1215	$0.400	$0.400	1,428	O
#204	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 #204·Elo 1173·In $0.150·Out $0.900	1173	1226	$0.150	$0.900	345	O
#205	Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku #205·Elo 1172·In $0.250·Out $1.25	1172	1207	$0.250	$1.25	2,063	O
#209	Mistral: Mistral Small 3 #209·Elo 1151·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1151	1276	$0.050	$0.080	269	O
#220	Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct #220·Elo 1088·In $0.050·Out $0.080	1088	1213	$0.050	$0.080	1,234	O