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Model Ratings.

The tracked cohort, scored and tiered.

62 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 · 2026-10-05

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 4 Argon
    Google DeepMind
    75% · highS87
    1. Price$1.47/M
    2. AA Index53
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena1525

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: price_blended

  2. 2
    Gemini 3.8 Flash
    Google DeepMind
    100% · highA74
    1. Price$0.58/M
    2. AA Index41
    3. Speed329 tok/s
    4. Arena1493

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  3. 3
    Muse Spark 1.3
    Meta
    100% · highA74
    1. Price$0.78/M
    2. AA Index48
    3. Speed222 tok/s
    4. Arena1493

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  4. 4
    Gemini 3.7 Flash
    Google DeepMind
    100% · highA72
    1. Price$0.58/M
    2. AA Index39
    3. Speed335 tok/s
    4. Arena1490

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  5. 5
    Claude Sonnet 5.5
    Anthropic
    100% · highB70
    1. Price$1.54/M
    2. AA Index56
    3. Speed127 tok/s
    4. Arena1471

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: speed_tps

  6. 6
    Claude Opus 5.5
    Anthropic
    100% · highB69
    1. Price$2.94/M
    2. AA Index58
    3. Speed91 tok/s
    4. Arena1504

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: speed_tps

  7. 7
    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
    DeepSeek
    100% · highB67
    1. Price$0.18/M
    2. AA Index39
    3. Speed236 tok/s
    4. Arena1474

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  8. 8
    DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
    DeepSeek
    75% · highB65
    1. Price$0.23/M
    2. AA Index35
    3. Speed238 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  9. 9
    GPT-6.1 Sol
    OpenAI
    100% · highB65
    1. Price$1.47/M
    2. AA Index52
    3. Speed56 tok/s
    4. Arena1483

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  10. 10
    DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
    DeepSeek
    75% · highB64
    1. Price$0.23/M
    2. AA Index34
    3. Speed238 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  11. 11
    MiMo-V2.6-Pro
    Xiaomi
    100% · highB64
    1. Price$0.18/M
    2. AA Index46
    3. Speed45 tok/s
    4. Arena1480

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  12. 12
    GPT-5.6 Luna
    OpenAI
    75% · highB63
    1. Price$0.17/M
    2. AA Index37
    3. Speed165 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  13. 13
    GLM-5.3-Flash
    Z.AI (Zhipu)
    100% · highB63
    1. Price$0.10/M
    2. AA Index42
    3. Speed94 tok/s
    4. Arena1475

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  14. 14
    GLM-5.3
    Z.AI (Zhipu)
    100% · highB62
    1. Price$0.90/M
    2. AA Index45
    3. Speed66 tok/s
    4. Arena1483

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  15. 15
    Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
    Alibaba (Qwen)
    75% · highB61
    1. Price$0.09/M
    2. AA Index40
    3. Speed64 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  16. 16
    Gemini 3.6 Flash
    Google DeepMind
    100% · highB60
    1. Price$0.63/M
    2. AA Index34
    3. Speed219 tok/s
    4. Arena1480

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  17. 17
    GPT-6 Sol
    OpenAI
    100% · highB59
    1. Price$1.54/M
    2. AA Index48
    3. Speed104 tok/s
    4. Arena1457

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  18. 18
    Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
    Alibaba (Qwen)
    75% · highB59
    1. Price$1.18/M
    2. AA Index45
    3. Speed39 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  19. 19
    Step 5 Preview
    StepFun
    100% · highB59
    1. Price$0.51/M
    2. AA Index44
    3. Speed83 tok/s
    4. Arena1454

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  20. 20
    GPT-5.6 Terra
    OpenAI
    75% · highB57
    1. Price$1.74/M
    2. AA Index42
    3. Speed106 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  21. 21
    MiniMax-M3
    MiniMax
    75% · highB57
    1. Price$0.22/M
    2. AA Index29
    3. Speed198 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  22. 22
    Gemini 3.5 Flash
    Google DeepMind
    100% · highB57
    1. Price$1.31/M
    2. AA Index33
    3. Speed230 tok/s
    4. Arena1478

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  23. 23
    DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
    DeepSeek
    75% · highB56
    1. Price$0.69/M
    2. AA Index36
    3. Speed108 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  24. 24
    GPT-6 Luna
    OpenAI
    100% · highB56
    1. Price$0.08/M
    2. AA Index38
    3. Speed132 tok/s
    4. Arena1443

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: arena_elo

  25. 25
    Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
    Google DeepMind
    100% · highB56
    1. Price$0.33/M
    2. AA Index22
    3. Speed395 tok/s
    4. Arena1456

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  26. 26
    Claude Opus 5
    Anthropic
    100% · highB55
    1. Price$3.85/M
    2. AA Index51
    3. Speed59 tok/s
    4. Arena1493

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: speed_tps

  27. 27
    Grok 4.6
    xAI
    100% · highC55
    1. Price$1.35/M
    2. AA Index44
    3. Speed67 tok/s
    4. Arena1456

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  28. 28
    GPT-5.6 Sol
    OpenAI
    100% · highC54
    1. Price$3.08/M
    2. AA Index47
    3. Speed77 tok/s
    4. Arena1484

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: speed_tps

  29. 29
    Qwen3.8 Max
    Alibaba (Qwen)
    100% · highC54
    1. Price$1.18/M
    2. AA Index40
    3. Speed37 tok/s
    4. Arena1481

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  30. 30
    DeepSeek V4 Flash (Preview)
    DeepSeek
    50% · mediumC54
    1. Price$0.07/M
    2. AA Index24
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  31. 31
    Grok 4.5
    xAI
    75% · highC54
    1. Price$1.21/M
    2. AA Index39
    3. Speed62 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  32. 32
    MiMo-V2.6-Flash
    Xiaomi
    100% · highC54
    1. Price$0.06/M
    2. AA Index38
    3. Speed56 tok/s
    4. Arena1452

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  33. 33
    Kimi K3
    Moonshot AI
    100% · highC54
    1. Price$2.31/M
    2. AA Index44
    3. Speed44 tok/s
    4. Arena1485

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  34. 34
    Grok 4.7
    xAI
    100% · highC53
    1. Price$1.35/M
    2. AA Index46
    3. Speed40 tok/s
    4. Arena1442

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  35. 35
    DeepSeek V4 Pro
    DeepSeek
    75% · highC53
    1. Price$0.18/M
    2. AA Index30
    3. Speed107 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  36. 36
    Claude Sonnet 5
    Anthropic
    75% · highC52
    1. Price$1.54/M
    2. AA Index38
    3. Speed81 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  37. 37
    GLM-5.2
    Z.AI (Zhipu)
    75% · highC51
    1. Price$0.90/M
    2. AA Index34
    3. Speed73 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  38. 38
    GPT-5.4 mini
    OpenAI
    75% · highC51
    1. Price$0.65/M
    2. AA Index24
    3. Speed225 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  39. 39
    GPT-5.3 Codex
    OpenAI
    75% · highC51
    1. Price$1.87/M
    2. AA Index33
    3. Speed170 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  40. 40
    Gemini 3.1 Pro
    Google DeepMind
    100% · highC48
    1. Price$1.74/M
    2. AA Index30
    3. Speed124 tok/s
    4. Arena1487

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  41. 41
    Qwen3.7 Max
    Alibaba (Qwen)
    100% · highC47
    1. Price$1.60/M
    2. AA Index29
    3. Speed199 tok/s
    4. Arena1460

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  42. 42
    Claude Opus 4.7
    Anthropic
    100% · highC47
    1. Price$3.85/M
    2. AA Index41
    3. Speed51 tok/s
    4. Arena1501

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  43. 43
    Qwen3.8-27B
    Alibaba (Qwen)
    100% · highC46
    1. Price$0.47/M
    2. AA Index34
    3. Speed42 tok/s
    4. Arena1438

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  44. 44
    Claude Opus 4.8
    Anthropic
    100% · highC46
    1. Price$3.85/M
    2. AA Index42
    3. Speed59 tok/s
    4. Arena1483

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: speed_tps

  45. 45
    Grok 4.3
    xAI
    75% · highC45
    1. Price$0.64/M
    2. AA Index25
    3. Speed112 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  46. 46
    Claude Fable 5.1
    Anthropic
    100% · highC43
    1. Price$7.17/M
    2. AA Index53
    3. Speed69 tok/s
    4. Arena1498

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: price_blended

  47. 47
    Kimi K2.7 Code
    Moonshot AI
    75% · highC43
    1. Price$0.72/M
    2. AA Index26
    3. Speed63 tok/s
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  48. 48
    GPT-5.5
    OpenAI
    100% · highC43
    1. Price$4.35/M
    2. AA Index38
    3. Speed119 tok/s
    4. Arena1482

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  49. 49
    Qwen3.7 Plus
    Alibaba (Qwen)
    100% · highC43
    1. Price$0.30/M
    2. AA Index25
    3. Speed69 tok/s
    4. Arena1456

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: aa_index

  50. 50
    GLM-5.1
    Z.AI (Zhipu)
    100% · highC41
    1. Price$0.85/M
    2. AA Index26
    3. Speed38 tok/s
    4. Arena1467

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  51. 51
    Claude Fable 5
    Anthropic
    100% · highD39
    1. Price$7.70/M
    2. AA Index50
    3. Speed68 tok/s
    4. Arena1504

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: price_blended

  52. 52
    GPT-6 Astra
    OpenAI
    100% · highD38
    1. Price$7.70/M
    2. AA Index53
    3. Speed69 tok/s
    4. Arena1480

    Strongest: aa_index · Weakest: price_blended

  53. 53
    Muse Spark
    Meta
    50% · mediumD38
    1. Price—
    2. AA Index31
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena1488

    Strongest: arena_elo · Weakest: aa_index

  54. 54
    MiMo-V2.5-Pro
    Xiaomi
    100% · highD38
    1. Price$0.18/M
    2. AA Index26
    3. Speed47 tok/s
    4. Arena1425

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: arena_elo

  55. 55
    Kimi K2.6
    Moonshot AI
    100% · highD36
    1. Price$0.70/M
    2. AA Index27
    3. Speed36 tok/s
    4. Arena1422

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  56. 56
    Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Anthropic
    100% · highD35
    1. Price$2.31/M
    2. AA Index30
    3. Speed57 tok/s
    4. Arena1442

    Strongest: price_blended · Weakest: speed_tps

  57. 57
    Gemma 3 27B
    Google
    0% · lowD0
    1. Price—
    2. AA Index—
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: — · Weakest: —

  58. 58
    gpt-oss-120b
    OpenAI
    0% · lowD0
    1. Price—
    2. AA Index—
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: — · Weakest: —

  59. 59
    gpt-oss-20b
    OpenAI
    0% · lowD0
    1. Price—
    2. AA Index—
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: — · Weakest: —

  60. 60
    Mistral Small 3.2 24B
    Mistral AI
    0% · lowD0
    1. Price—
    2. AA Index—
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: — · Weakest: —

  61. 61
    Phi-4
    Microsoft
    0% · lowD0
    1. Price—
    2. AA Index—
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: — · Weakest: —

  62. 62
    Qwen3-32B
    Alibaba (Qwen)
    0% · lowD0
    1. Price—
    2. AA Index—
    3. Speed—
    4. Arena—

    Strongest: — · Weakest: —