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Model Ratings.

The tracked cohort, scored and tiered.

42 models ranked against the best value recipe · every axis sourced.

Scores are relative to the tracked cohort — swap the recipe or the field and the ranks move. The weights are an editorial call; the axis values underneath are sourced, cell by cell.

Snapshot · verified 1w ago · 2026-08-17

Recipe

Intelligence per dollar, with throughput — the operator tradeoff.

The board · ranked · Best value

Each cell brightens toward the cohort leader and is ringed when it holds it; dimmed rows are sparse (low coverage) — read their composite with care.

  1. 1
    Gemini 3.7 Flash
    Google DeepMind
    100% · highA85
    1. Price$0.58/M
    2. AA Index56
    3. Speed368 tok/s
    4. Arena1490

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  2. 2
    GPT-5.6 Luna
    OpenAI
    75% · highA72
    1. Price$0.17/M
    2. AA Index52
    3. Speed202 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  3. 3
    Gemini 3.6 Flash
    Google DeepMind
    100% · highB70
    1. Price$1.16/M
    2. AA Index52
    3. Speed238 tok/s
    4. Arena1485

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  4. 4
    DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
    DeepSeek
    75% · highB69
    1. Price$0.06/M
    2. AA Index52
    3. Speed141 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  5. 5
    Qwen3.8 Max
    Alibaba (Qwen)
    100% · highB68
    1. Price$1.18/M
    2. AA Index58
    3. Speed45 tok/s
    4. Arena1491

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  6. 6
    GPT-5.6 Terra
    OpenAI
    75% · highB67
    1. Price$1.74/M
    2. AA Index57
    3. Speed149 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  7. 7
    Grok 4.6
    xAI
    100% · highB67
    1. Price$1.35/M
    2. AA Index61
    3. Speed58 tok/s
    4. Arena1464

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: speed_tps

  8. 8
    GLM-5.2
    Z.AI (Zhipu)
    75% · highB66
    1. Price$0.86/M
    2. AA Index53
    3. Speed141 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  9. 9
    Gemini 3.5 Flash
    Google DeepMind
    100% · highB65
    1. Price$1.31/M
    2. AA Index52
    3. Speed191 tok/s
    4. Arena1476

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  10. 10
    Grok 4.5
    xAI
    75% · highB64
    1. Price$1.21/M
    2. AA Index56
    3. Speed60 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  11. 11
    Claude Opus 5
    Anthropic
    100% · highB63
    1. Price$3.85/M
    2. AA Index63
    3. Speed52 tok/s
    4. Arena1493

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: speed_tps

  12. 12
    DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
    DeepSeek
    75% · highB63
    1. Price$0.69/M
    2. AA Index53
    3. Speed79 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  13. 13
    Kimi K3
    Moonshot AI
    75% · highB62
    1. Price$2.31/M
    2. AA Index60
    3. Speed38 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: speed_tps

  14. 14
    Claude Sonnet 5
    Anthropic
    75% · highB62
    1. Price$1.54/M
    2. AA Index55
    3. Speed82 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  15. 15
    Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
    Google DeepMind
    75% · highB60
    1. Price$0.33/M
    2. AA Index37
    3. Speed397 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  16. 16
    Qwen3.8-27B
    Alibaba (Qwen)
    25% · lowB58
    1. Price—
    2. AA Index52
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: aa_index

  17. 17
    GPT-5.6 Sol
    OpenAI
    100% · highB57
    1. Price$4.35/M
    2. AA Index61
    3. Speed69 tok/s
    4. Arena1482

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: speed_tps

  18. 18
    Gemini 3.1 Pro
    Google DeepMind
    100% · highB57
    1. Price$1.74/M
    2. AA Index48
    3. Speed136 tok/s
    4. Arena1487

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  19. 19
    Qwen3.7 Max
    Alibaba (Qwen)
    100% · highB55
    1. Price$1.60/M
    2. AA Index47
    3. Speed210 tok/s
    4. Arena1460

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  20. 20
    Claude Opus 4.7
    Anthropic
    100% · highB55
    1. Price$3.85/M
    2. AA Index55
    3. Speed55 tok/s
    4. Arena1501

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: speed_tps

  21. 21
    MiniMax-M3
    MiniMax
    75% · highC55
    1. Price$0.22/M
    2. AA Index45
    3. Speed94 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  22. 22
    Claude Opus 4.8
    Anthropic
    100% · highC54
    1. Price$3.85/M
    2. AA Index57
    3. Speed58 tok/s
    4. Arena1483

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: speed_tps

  23. 23
    DeepSeek V4 Pro
    DeepSeek
    75% · highC54
    1. Price$0.18/M
    2. AA Index45
    3. Speed78 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  24. 24
    GPT-5.5
    OpenAI
    100% · highC52
    1. Price$4.35/M
    2. AA Index56
    3. Speed93 tok/s
    4. Arena1482

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: speed_tps

  25. 25
    GPT-5.4 mini
    OpenAI
    75% · highC52
    1. Price$0.65/M
    2. AA Index41
    3. Speed184 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  26. 26
    GPT-5.3 Codex
    OpenAI
    75% · highC50
    1. Price$1.87/M
    2. AA Index46
    3. Speed145 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  27. 27
    DeepSeek V4 Flash (Preview)
    DeepSeek
    75% · highC50
    1. Price$0.06/M
    2. AA Index40
    3. Speed122 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  28. 28
    Claude Fable 5
    Anthropic
    100% · highC48
    1. Price$7.70/M
    2. AA Index62
    3. Speed67 tok/s
    4. Arena1506

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: price_blended

  29. 29
    Kimi K2.7 Code
    Moonshot AI
    75% · highC46
    1. Price$0.72/M
    2. AA Index43
    3. Speed44 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  30. 30
    GLM-5.1
    Z.AI (Zhipu)
    100% · highC45
    1. Price$0.90/M
    2. AA Index41
    3. Speed72 tok/s
    4. Arena1467

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  31. 31
    Grok 4.3
    xAI
    75% · highC44
    1. Price$0.64/M
    2. AA Index38
    3. Speed129 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  32. 32
    Muse Spark
    Meta
    50% · mediumC44
    1. Price—
    2. AA Index44
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena1488

    Strongest: arena_elo · Weakest: aa_index

  33. 33
    Qwen3.7 Plus
    Alibaba (Qwen)
    75% · highC43
    1. Price$0.27/M
    2. AA Index39
    3. Speed57 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  34. 34
    MiMo-V2.5-Pro
    Xiaomi
    100% · highC43
    1. Price$0.18/M
    2. AA Index43
    3. Speed77 tok/s
    4. Arena1425

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: arena_elo

  35. 35
    Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Anthropic
    100% · highC42
    1. Price$2.31/M
    2. AA Index48
    3. Speed55 tok/s
    4. Arena1442

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  36. 36
    Kimi K2.6
    Moonshot AI
    100% · highC42
    1. Price$0.70/M
    2. AA Index45
    3. Speed54 tok/s
    4. Arena1422

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: arena_elo

  37. 37
    Gemma 3 27B
    Google
    0% · lowD0
    1. Price—
    2. AA Index—
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: — · Weakest: —

  38. 38
    gpt-oss-120b
    OpenAI
    0% · lowD0
    1. Price—
    2. AA Index—
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: — · Weakest: —

  39. 39
    gpt-oss-20b
    OpenAI
    0% · lowD0
    1. Price—
    2. AA Index—
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: — · Weakest: —

  40. 40
    Mistral Small 3.2 24B
    Mistral AI
    0% · lowD0
    1. Price—
    2. AA Index—
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: — · Weakest: —

  41. 41
    Phi-4
    Microsoft
    0% · lowD0
    1. Price—
    2. AA Index—
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: — · Weakest: —

  42. 42
    Qwen3-32B
    Alibaba (Qwen)
    0% · lowD0
    1. Price—
    2. AA Index—
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: — · Weakest: —

Composite = Σ(goodness · weight) over the criteria a model actually carries, renormalized so a sparse row scores on its axes — not against zeros. Tiers map the 0–100 composite onto S / A / B / C / D. Re-verify against the linked sources before you cut a PO.

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