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    Anthropic: Claude Fable 5

    Highest Elo in Vision · Homework

    #1Elo 1359
    Input / 1M
    $10.00
    Output / 1M
    $50.00
    Blended (4:1 in:out): $18.00/1M
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    Best Value
    Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview

    Pareto knee · $1.00/1M blended

    #16Elo 1309
    Input / 1M
    $0.500
    Output / 1M
    $3.00
    Blended (4:1 in:out): $1.00/1M
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    Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B

    Frontier middle pick · $0.780/1M blended

    #30Elo 1282
    Input / 1M
    $0.390
    Output / 1M
    $2.34
    Blended (4:1 in:out): $0.780/1M
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    All models (57) · Vision · Homework

    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
    #1Anthropic: Claude Fable 5
    #1·Elo 1359·In $10.00·Out $50.00
    13591234$10.00$50.00501
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    #2OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high)
    #2·Elo 1340·In $5.00·Out $30.00
    13401240$5.00$30.002,266
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    #3Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (thinking)
    #3·Elo 1337·In $5.00·Out $25.00
    13371241$5.00$25.001,148
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    #4Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking)
    #4·Elo 1329·In $5.00·Out $25.00
    13291233$5.00$25.002,719
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    #5OpenAI: GPT-5.5
    #5·Elo 1328·In $5.00·Out $30.00
    13281228$5.00$30.002,353
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    #6Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7
    #6·Elo 1327·In $5.00·Out $25.00
    13271232$5.00$25.002,788
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    #7OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high)
    #7·Elo 1326·In $2.50·Out $15.00
    13261256$2.50$15.002,655
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    #8Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking)
    #8·Elo 1325·In $5.00·Out $25.00
    13251230$5.00$25.002,555
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    #9Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8
    #9·Elo 1319·In $5.00·Out $25.00
    13191223$5.00$25.001,288
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    #10Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium)
    #10·Elo 1315·In $1.50·Out $9.00
    13151267$1.50$9.00369
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    #11Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6
    #11·Elo 1315·In $5.00·Out $25.00
    13151219$5.00$25.003,391
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    #12Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (high)
    #12·Elo 1312·In $2.00·Out $10.00
    13121257$2.00$10.00441
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    #13Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
    #13·Elo 1312·In $2.00·Out $12.00
    13121251$2.00$12.004,975
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    #14OpenAI: GPT-5.4
    #14·Elo 1310·In $2.50·Out $15.00
    13101240$2.50$15.002,669
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    #16Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview
    #16·Elo 1309·In $0.500·Out $3.00
    13091309$0.500$3.004,815
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    #17MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6
    #17·Elo 1303·In $0.950·Out $4.00
    13031284$0.950$4.002,138
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    #18Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6
    #18·Elo 1302·In $3.00·Out $15.00
    13021229$3.00$15.003,332
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    #21Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal)
    #21·Elo 1296·In $0.500·Out $3.00
    12961296$0.500$3.004,597
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    #22OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat
    #22·Elo 1294·In $1.75·Out $14.00
    12941231$1.75$14.002,422
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    #23OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high)
    #23·Elo 1292·In $0.750·Out $4.50
    12921274$0.750$4.503,125
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    #24MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking)
    #24·Elo 1289·In $0.570·Out $2.85
    12891288$0.570$2.853,333
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    #25Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (high)
    #25·Elo 1286·In $1.50·Out $9.00
    12861239$1.50$9.00482
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    #26OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high)
    #26·Elo 1283·In $1.75·Out $14.00
    12831221$1.75$14.002,846
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    #29OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high)
    #29·Elo 1282·In $1.25·Out $10.00
    12821235$1.25$10.001,180
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    #30Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
    #30·Elo 1282·In $0.390·Out $2.34
    12821292$0.390$2.342,921
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    #32Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus
    #32·Elo 1278·In $0.320·Out $1.28
    12781307$0.320$1.28714
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    #33OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat
    #33·Elo 1274·In $1.25·Out $10.00
    12741227$1.25$10.001,329
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    #34Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro
    #34·Elo 1272·In $1.25·Out $10.00
    12721224$1.25$10.005,386
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    #34Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
    #34·Elo 1272·In $1.25·Out $10.00
    12721224$1.25$10.005,386
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    #36Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
    #36·Elo 1269·In $0.250·Out $1.50
    12691299$0.250$1.503,852
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    #36Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
    #36·Elo 1269·In $0.250·Out $1.50
    12691299$0.250$1.503,852
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    #37OpenAI: GPT-5.2
    #37·Elo 1268·In $1.75·Out $14.00
    12681206$1.75$14.002,946
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    #39MiniMax: MiniMax M3
    #39·Elo 1264·In $0.300·Out $1.20
    12641296$0.300$1.201,191
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    #41Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5
    #41·Elo 1261·In $0.140·Out $0.280
    12611338$0.140$0.2802,899
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    #42Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
    #42·Elo 1260·In $0.210·Out $1.90
    12601287$0.210$1.901,583
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    #43OpenAI: GPT-5 (high)
    #43·Elo 1260·In $1.25·Out $10.00
    12601212$1.25$10.001,437
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    #44xAI: Grok 4.3
    #44·Elo 1256·In $1.25·Out $2.50
    12561238$1.25$2.502,238
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    #45OpenAI: GPT-5.1
    #45·Elo 1255·In $1.25·Out $10.00
    12551207$1.25$10.001,374
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    #46Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo
    #46·Elo 1254·In $1.20·Out $4.00
    12541230$1.20$4.003,480
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    #47Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
    #47·Elo 1252·In $0.260·Out $2.08
    12521273$0.260$2.081,882
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    #48OpenAI: o4 Mini
    #48·Elo 1251·In $1.10·Out $4.40
    12511226$1.10$4.401,634
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    #48OpenAI: o4 Mini High
    #48·Elo 1251·In $1.10·Out $4.40
    12511226$1.10$4.401,634
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    #49OpenAI: GPT-4.1
    #49·Elo 1248·In $2.00·Out $8.00
    12481198$2.00$8.001,509
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    #51OpenAI: o3
    #51·Elo 1247·In $2.00·Out $8.00
    12471197$2.00$8.001,988
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    #54Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B
    #54·Elo 1241·In $0.260·Out $2.60
    12411255$0.260$2.602,726
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    #56Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash
    #56·Elo 1238·In $0.300·Out $2.50
    12381251$0.300$2.504,839
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    #57Anthropic: Claude Opus 4
    #57·Elo 1237·In $15.00·Out $75.00
    12371094$15.00$75.00330
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    #58OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high)
    #58·Elo 1234·In $0.200·Out $1.25
    12341272$0.200$1.253,073
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    #59OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high)
    #59·Elo 1232·In $0.250·Out $2.00
    12321255$0.250$2.00998
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    #61Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking (thinking)
    #61·Elo 1226·In $0.260·Out $2.60
    12261240$0.260$2.60305
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    #63OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini
    #63·Elo 1223·In $0.400·Out $1.60
    12231243$0.400$1.601,337
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    #64Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4
    #64·Elo 1222·In $3.00·Out $15.00
    12221148$3.00$15.00242
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    #65Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5
    #65·Elo 1216·In $1.50·Out $7.50
    12161173$1.50$7.50775
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    #71OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (high)
    #71·Elo 1185·In $0.050·Out $0.400
    11851277$0.050$0.400267
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    #75Google: Gemma 3 27B
    #75·Elo 1171·In $0.100·Out $0.300
    11711256$0.100$0.3001,052
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    #79Z.ai: GLM 4.5V
    #79·Elo 1170·In $0.600·Out $1.80
    11701178$0.600$1.80221
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    #83Z.ai: GLM 4.6V
    #83·Elo 1155·In $0.300·Out $0.900
    11551193$0.300$0.900267
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