RANKED • CURATED

LLMs Leaderboard

Tools with an independently verified benchmark score rank first, by that real-world score. Everything else is ranked by curated priority: quality, reliability, and unique capabilities.

RANK BY CATEGORY
REAL BENCHMARK SCORES
Claude Opus 5 [60.7 %]
Claude Fable 5 [59.9 %]
GPT-5.6 Sol [58.9 %]
#4 Kimi K3 [57.1 %]
#5 Claude Opus 4.8 [55.7 %]
#6 GPT-5.5 Instant [54.8 %]
#7 Grok 4.5 [53.8 %]
#8 Qwen 3.8-Max [53.4 %]
#9 Claude Sonnet 5 [53.4 %]
#10 GLM-5.2 [51.1 %]
#11 Muse Spark 1.1 [50.6 %]
#12 Gemini 3.5 Flash [50.2 %]
#13 Gemini 3.6 Flash [50.1 %]
#14 MiniMax M3 [44.4 %]
#15 DeepSeek V4-Pro [44.3 %]
#16 Kimi K2.7-Code [42 %]
#17 Inkling [40.7 %]
#18 Claude Opus 4.6 [37.8 %]
#20 Claude 4.6 Sonnet [35.9 %]
#21 StepFun Step 3.7 Flash [30.3 %]
Source: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, as of 2026-08-04. Shown only for models with independently verified scores. Not every tool in this category has published, comparable data.
RESULTS
119 tools • curated
Rank Tool Modality Pricing
Claude Opus 5
Anthropic's frontier model, currently first on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
Claude Fable 5
Anthropic's Mythos-class creative model
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Paid
GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI's top-tier model for complex professional work
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Paid
4 Kimi K3
Moonshot AI's 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight flagship
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Freemium
5 Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic's powerful enterprise model from May 2026
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Enterprise
6 GPT-5.5 Instant
OpenAI's fast default ChatGPT model from May 2026
LLMs Freemium
7 Grok 4.5
xAI's flagship coding model, trained in partnership with Cursor
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Paid
8 Qwen 3.8-Max
Alibaba's 2.4-trillion-parameter flagship, currently in preview
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Paid
9 Claude Sonnet 5
Anthropic's cheaper, near-Opus everyday model
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Freemium
10 GLM-5.2
753B open-weight MoE coding model with a 1M-token context, MIT licensed
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Freemium
11 Muse Spark 1.1
Meta's closed-weight agentic model, and its first paid model API
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
12 Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google's fast, capable multimodal model from I/O 2026
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
13 Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google's faster, sharper agentic-coding upgrade to 3.5 Flash
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Freemium
14 MiniMax M3
MiniMax's 1M-context agentic frontier model
LLMs, AI Assistants Freemium
15 DeepSeek V4-Pro
DeepSeek's open-weight model with permanent pricing
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
16 Kimi K2.7-Code
Moonshot's specialized coding model
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Freemium
17 Inkling
Thinking Machines' 975B Apache-2.0 model that takes text, images and audio natively
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Free
18 Claude Opus 4.6
The ceiling of enterprise autonomy with 1M context
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Enterprise
19 NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra
NVIDIA's 550B open-weights reasoning model, built for inference speed
LLMs Free
20 Claude 4.6 Sonnet
The industry standard for coding and nuanced instruction following
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Paid
21 StepFun Step 3.7 Flash
StepFun's 198B MoE vision-language model
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
22 NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni
One multimodal model for text, vision, audio, and video reasoning
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Paid
23 NotebookLM
Google's AI Research Assistant: The Ultimate Study Tool
LLMs, Text → Audio, AI Assistants Free
24 Grok
xAI's real-time AI assistant
LLMs Paid
25 DeepSeek
The Efficiency Revolution: Frontier Intelligence at 1/100th the Cost
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
26 Llama
Meta's open-source large language model
LLMs Free
27 Mistral AI
European open-source and commercial LLM
LLMs Freemium
28 Cohere
Enterprise-focused LLM platform
LLMs Enterprise
29 Qwen
Alibaba's multilingual open-source LLM
LLMs Freemium
30 Microsoft Phi
Microsoft's efficient small language models
LLMs Free
31 Gemma
Google's open-source lightweight LLM
LLMs Free
32 Kimi k1.5
The 'Next DeepSeek' Movement: o1-Level Reasoning at 1/100th the Cost
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
33 Qwen 2.5-VL
The Open Vision-Reasoner: SOTA Multimodal Performance
Multimodal Reasoning, LLMs Free
34 DBRX
Databricks' high-performance open-source LLM
LLMs Enterprise
35 Llama 3.2 Vision
Meta's Open Multimodal Standard
Multimodal Reasoning, LLMs Free
36 Pixtral Large
The Open Vision Frontier: 124B Multimodal Power
Multimodal Reasoning, LLMs Freemium
37 InternVL 2.5
The Open-Source Vision Giant: 78B Multimodal Leader
Multimodal Reasoning, LLMs Free
38 Cursor Composer 2.5
Cursor's agentic coding model for multi-file software engineering
IDEs & Coding Tools, LLMs Paid
39 OpenCode
Open-source, model-agnostic terminal coding agent
IDEs & Coding Tools, LLMs Free
40 Grok Build
xAI's agentic coding CLI for autonomous software engineering
IDEs & Coding Tools, LLMs Freemium
41 Gemini Omni
Google's unified multimodal generation model
LLMs, Text → Image, Text → Video, Text → Audio, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
42 Gemini Spark
Google's personal AI agent for proactive assistance
AI Assistants, LLMs Freemium
43 Mistral Vibe
Mistral's unified work and coding agent
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools, AI Assistants Freemium
44 GPT-5.6 Terra
OpenAI's balanced GPT-5.6 model for intelligence and cost
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Freemium
45 GPT-5.6 Luna
OpenAI's cost-optimized GPT-5.6 model for high-volume workloads
LLMs Freemium
46 Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed
Faster inference variant of Kimi's coding specialist
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Freemium
47 Claude Mythos 5
Limited-availability Mythos-class model without Fable 5 safety classifiers
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Enterprise
48 NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano
Compact 30B open-weight model with configurable reasoning for agents
LLMs Free
49 NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super
120B open-weight hybrid MoE for efficient multi-agent reasoning
LLMs Free
50 GLM-5-Turbo
Optimized GLM-5 variant for fast sequential task execution
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Paid
51 GLM-5V-Turbo
Multimodal coding and visual-reasoning agent model
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Paid
52 Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral's mid-tier workhorse for reasoning, coding, and instruction
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Freemium
53 MiniMax M2.7
Recursive self-improvement language model for real-world engineering
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Freemium
54 MiniMax M2.7 Highspeed
Same M2.7 performance with significantly faster inference
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Freemium
55 Mistral Small 4
Unified open-source small model for chat, reasoning, vision, and coding
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
56 DeepSeek V4-Flash
High-volume DeepSeek inference with a 1M-token context window
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
57 Hunyuan Hy3 Preview
Tencent's latest open-source MoE flagship with tool use
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Freemium
58 Kimi K2.6
Moonshot's open-weight multimodal successor with long-context coding stability
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning, IDEs & Coding Tools Freemium
59 Claude Opus 4.7
Frontier Opus model with higher-resolution vision and xhigh effort
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools, Multimodal Reasoning Enterprise
60 Mistral Large 3
Mistral's flagship open-weight multimodal frontier model
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
61 Ministral 3
Mistral's edge family of small, dense open-source models
LLMs Freemium
62 GLM-5.1
MIT-licensed MoE flagship for 8-hour autonomous coding sessions
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Paid
63 GLM-4.7-Flash
Free universal GLM model with a 200K context window
LLMs Free
64 GLM-4V-Flash
Free vision model for image understanding and document snapshots
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Free
65 Grok 4.3
xAI's long-context flagship with a 1M-token window
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Paid
66 GLM-5
744B-parameter open-weight MoE flagship for agentic planning and execution
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Paid
67 Qwen3-Coder-Next
80B parameter open-weight coding powerhouse
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Free
68 GPT-5.3 Codex
The frontier model for complex reasoning and software architecture
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Paid
69 Gemini 3 Ultra
Native multimodal intelligence with a 10M context window
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Paid
70 Perplexity AI
The conversational search engine that replaced traditional search
LLMs Freemium
71 Consensus
AI search engine for peer-reviewed scientific research
LLMs Freemium
72 Grok 4.20
xAI's 2M-context beta model with multi-agent capabilities
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Paid
73 Kimi K2.5
Moonshot's open-weight multimodal generalist with agent swarms
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning, IDEs & Coding Tools Freemium
74 Hunyuan TurboS
Tencent's fast, cost-efficient flagship Hunyuan model
LLMs Freemium
75 DeepSeek V3.2
The 128K-context MoE flagship that introduced sparse attention
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
76 GLM-4.7
Strong general-reasoning model with interleaved thinking
LLMs Paid
77 GLM-4.6V
Vision-language model for visual reasoning and UI replication
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Paid
78 Claude Opus 4.5
First Claude model with the effort parameter and context compaction
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Enterprise
79 Hunyuan A13B Instruct
Tencent's efficient small-scale MoE instruct model
LLMs Freemium
80 Cursor Composer 1
Cursor's first-generation agentic coding model
IDEs & Coding Tools, LLMs Paid
81 Grok 4.1 Fast
xAI's high-volume, 2M-context workhorse model
LLMs Paid
82 Claude Haiku 4.5
Fast, low-cost Claude model with extended thinking and Computer Use
LLMs, AI Assistants Paid
83 GLM-OCR
Document parsing model for PDF and image OCR
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Paid
84 Claude Sonnet 4.5
Balanced Sonnet model with major coding and agentic improvements
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Paid
85 Hunyuan 2.0 Think
The deep-thinking variant of Hunyuan 2.0
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
86 GLM-4.6
Mid-range coding and tool-calling model with 200K context
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Paid
87 Grok Code Fast 1
xAI's fast, cheap coding specialist model
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Paid
88 GLM-4.5-Air
Cost-efficient reasoning, coding, and agent model
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Paid
89 Hunyuan 2.0 Instruct
Tencent's general-purpose instruction-tuned Hunyuan 2.0 model
LLMs Freemium
90 Qwen 3
Alibaba's open-source MoE flagship with thinking modes
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools, AI Assistants Free
91 Llama 4 Maverick
Meta's open-weight flagship with native multimodal reasoning
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Free
92 Llama 4 Scout
Long-context, efficient open multimodal model for edge and single-GPU use
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Free
93 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google's high-performance reasoning model with advanced coding
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
94 Hunyuan T1
Tencent's Mamba-powered deep-thinking reasoning model
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
95 Gemma 3
Google's open multimodal model for research and developers
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Free
96 Perplexity Sonar Deep Research
Autonomous research agent that performs multi-source deep dives
LLMs, AI Assistants Enterprise
97 Qwen 2.5-Max
Alibaba's closed-API flagship before Qwen 3
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Paid
98 Perplexity Sonar Reasoning Pro
Chain-of-thought reasoning model for multi-step logical analysis
LLMs Paid
99 DeepSeek R1
The open-weight reasoning model that sparked the efficiency revolution
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
100 Gemini 2.0 Flash
Google's low-latency agentic model with native tool use
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning, AI Assistants Freemium
101 Llama 3.3
Efficient 70B open model matching 405B quality
LLMs Free
102 Llama-3.1-Nemotron Ultra
NVIDIA-aligned 253B Llama 3.1 for helpfulness and instruction following
LLMs Free
103 Llama-3.1-Nemotron Super
NVIDIA-aligned 49B Llama 3.1 for balanced performance
LLMs Free
104 Llama-3.1-Nemotron Nano
NVIDIA-aligned 8B Llama 3.1 for efficient inference
LLMs Free
105 Qwen 2.5-Coder
Alibaba's open coding-specialist model
LLMs, IDEs & Coding Tools Free
106 Hunyuan Large
Tencent's 389B-parameter open-source MoE language model
LLMs Free
107 Perplexity Sonar Pro
Advanced search model with deeper reasoning and richer citations
LLMs Paid
108 Qwen-Math
Open mathematical reasoning specialist
LLMs Free
109 Llama 3.1 405B
The first frontier-scale open-weight language model
LLMs Free
110 Gemini 1.5 Flash
Fast, cost-efficient multimodal model with a 1M context window
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
111 Gemini 1.5 Pro
Google's long-context multimodal flagship with up to 2M tokens
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
112 Qwen-VL-Max
Alibaba's strongest vision-language model
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning Freemium
113 Perplexity Sonar
Lightweight, real-time search model for cited answers at low cost
LLMs Paid
114 Microsoft 365 Copilot
AI assistant embedded across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams
LLMs, AI Assistants Enterprise
115 Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft's everyday AI assistant across web, PC, and mobile
LLMs, AI Assistants, Text → Image Freemium
116 Microsoft MAI Models (Build 2026)
Microsoft's unified AI model family from Build 2026
LLMs, Multimodal Reasoning, Text → Audio, Text → Image, IDEs & Coding Tools, AI Assistants Enterprise
117 Baidu ERNIE 4.5
Open-source MoE LLM with strong Chinese NLP and multimodal capabilities
LLMs Freemium
118 GLM-4.5
Advanced multilingual LLM with enhanced reasoning and long-context support
LLMs Freemium
119 Manus AI
Autonomous AI agent for complex multi-step workflows and research automation
LLMs Enterprise
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