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    Last refresh: 6/3/2026, 4:07:20 AM (11,177 rows)

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    OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high)

    Highest Elo in Vision · Captioning

    #1Elo 1278
    Input / 1M
    $1.75
    Output / 1M
    $14.00
    Blended (4:1 in:out): $4.20/1M
    variant: high
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    Best Value
    Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview

    Pareto knee · $1.00/1M blended

    #6Elo 1239
    Input / 1M
    $0.500
    Output / 1M
    $3.00
    Blended (4:1 in:out): $1.00/1M
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    Recommended
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    Frontier middle pick · $1.00/1M blended

    #6Elo 1239
    Input / 1M
    $0.500
    Output / 1M
    $3.00
    Blended (4:1 in:out): $1.00/1M
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    All models (21) · Vision · Captioning

    Rank = arena overall rank. Muted rows aren't hosted on OpenRouter or a partner. Gaps in the rank sequence are closed-source or unreleased models we don't track.

    RankModelTrendEloValueIn / 1MOutputVotesOpen in
    #1
    OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high)
    gpt-5.2-high
    #1·Elo 1278·In $1.75·Out $14.00
    12781216$1.75$14.0079
    O
    #3
    Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
    gemini-3.1-pro-preview
    #3·Elo 1263·In $2.00·Out $12.00
    12631202$2.00$12.0086
    O
    #4
    Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro
    gemini-2.5-pro
    #4·Elo 1249·In $1.25·Out $10.00
    12491202$1.25$10.00808
    O
    #4
    Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
    gemini-2.5-pro
    #4·Elo 1249·In $1.25·Out $10.00
    12491202$1.25$10.00808
    O
    #5
    OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high)
    gpt-5.1-high
    #5·Elo 1246·In $1.25·Out $10.00
    12461198$1.25$10.00100
    O
    #6
    Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview
    gemini-3-flash
    #6·Elo 1239·In $0.500·Out $3.00
    12391239$0.500$3.00157
    O
    #8
    Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash
    gemini-2.5-flash
    #8·Elo 1212·In $0.300·Out $2.50
    12121225$0.300$2.50596
    O
    #9
    MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking)
    kimi-k2.5-thinking
    #9·Elo 1212·In $0.400·Out $1.90
    12121227$0.400$1.9089
    O
    #10
    OpenAI: GPT-4.1
    gpt-4.1-2025-04-14
    #10·Elo 1209·In $2.00·Out $8.00
    12091158$2.00$8.00443
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    #11
    Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
    qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct
    #11·Elo 1206·In $0.200·Out $0.880
    12061253$0.200$0.880148
    O
    #12
    Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal)
    gemini-3-flash (thinking-minimal)
    #12·Elo 1203·In $0.500·Out $3.00
    12031203$0.500$3.00138
    O
    #13
    OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat
    gpt-5-chat
    #13·Elo 1202·In $1.25·Out $10.00
    12021155$1.25$10.00403
    O
    #14
    OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini
    gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14
    #14·Elo 1198·In $0.400·Out $1.60
    11981217$0.400$1.60410
    O
    #15
    OpenAI: GPT-5 (high)
    gpt-5-high
    #15·Elo 1189·In $1.25·Out $10.00
    11891141$1.25$10.00382
    O
    #17
    OpenAI: GPT-5.1
    gpt-5.1
    #17·Elo 1186·In $1.25·Out $10.00
    11861138$1.25$10.00125
    O
    #19
    OpenAI: o3
    o3-2025-04-16
    #19·Elo 1180·In $2.00·Out $8.00
    11801129$2.00$8.00564
    O
    #20
    OpenAI: o4 Mini
    o4-mini-2025-04-16
    #20·Elo 1177·In $1.10·Out $4.40
    11771153$1.10$4.40442
    O
    #20
    OpenAI: o4 Mini High
    o4-mini-2025-04-16
    #20·Elo 1177·In $1.10·Out $4.40
    11771153$1.10$4.40442
    O
    #21
    OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high)
    gpt-5-mini-high
    #21·Elo 1165·In $0.250·Out $2.00
    11651188$0.250$2.00302
    O
    #23
    OpenAI: GPT-5.2
    gpt-5.2
    #23·Elo 1156·In $1.75·Out $14.00
    11561094$1.75$14.0087
    O
    #27
    Google: Gemma 3 27B
    gemma-3-27b-it
    #27·Elo 1111·In $0.080·Out $0.160
    11111213$0.080$0.160273
    O