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The best AI of 2026 (so far)

Intelligence ranking for everything in general: chatting, writing, summarizing, translating or answering questions, based on hard, independent tests.

Our picks

Three ways to get it right: the best one regardless of price, the best value and the best one without paying.

The most powerful

Claude Opus 5.5

Anthropic

Score 58/100

It's the best at solving difficult questions in independent tests.

You'll find it inClaude (Pro plan)

Pro: ≈ €18/mo$20/mo≈ €15$17/mo paid yearly

ProvenWidely used

The best value

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI

Score 48/100

It scores 48 versus 58 for the most powerful one, and it costs about 28 times less to use.

You'll find it inChatGPT (Plus plan)

Plus: ≈ €18/mo$20/mo

Score with its «medium» reasoning mode, the best value; in its most powerful mode it reaches 52.

Just releasedProvenWidely used

The best free one (open source)

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Xiaomi

Score 46/100

It's open source: you download it and use it without paying and without usage limits. It scores 46 versus 58 for the most powerful one.

You'll find it inDownload it (open source) · How to use it

Free (open source)

Needs a computer with about 625 GB of video memory (VRAM).

Open sourceNewModerately used

The top 10

One model per row (its best version). The variants (max, high, medium…) are in «For the data nerds», at the end.

1
Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic · You'll find it in: Claude (Pro plan)
Score 58/100Pro: ≈ €18/mo$20/mo
2
Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic · You'll find it in: Claude (web and app)It also has free use with limits in the app, in addition to the paid plans.
Score 56/100Pro: ≈ €18/mo$20/mo
3
Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic · You'll find it in: Claude (Pro plan)
Score 53/100Pro: ≈ €18/mo$20/mo
4
GPT-6 AstraOpenAI · You'll find it in: ChatGPT (Plus plan)
Score 53/100Plus: ≈ €18/mo$20/mo
5
Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle · You'll find it in: API only (for developers)
Score 53/100Developers only
6
The best valueGPT-6.1 SolOpenAI · You'll find it in: ChatGPT (Plus plan)
Score 52/100Plus: ≈ €18/mo$20/mo
7
Muse Spark 1.3Meta · You'll find it in: Meta AI (web and app)It also has free use with limits in the app, in addition to the paid plans.
Score 48/100Free use with limits in the app
8
Grok 4.7xAI (SpaceXAI) · You'll find it in: Grok (web and app)
Score 46/100Price not confirmed
9
MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi · You'll find it in: Download it (open source) · How to use it
Score 46/100Free (open source)
10
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alibaba · You'll find it in: API only (for developers)
Score 45/100Developers only

Data zone

For the data nerds

Quality vs price chart, full table with filters and all the variants of each model (max, high, medium…). Click ▸ on a row to see sources, memory and notes.

Sources publish API prices in dollars. With the €/$ button at the top you choose the currency; in euros they are converted at €1 = $1.1206 (ECB reference rate of October 9, 2026).

Intelligence vs cost per task

Up = better · left = cheaper · the dashed line is the efficient frontier.

34 models · 12 on the frontier · hover over or tap a point to see its name and values

ClosedOpen weightsEfficient frontier

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No published cost: Gemma 4 31B. No index: Mellum2.1, Liquid AI d1-3B.

Full table

37 models and variants · click ▸ on a row to see sources, memory and notes

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Model	IndexAA ⇅	Costper task ⇅	WeightsWeights⇅	MaturityMad.⇅	€/1M$/1Min / out	Paramstotal / act.	Memory ⇅VRAM · disco	License
Claude Opus 5.5 (max) Anthropic	58	€5.34$5.98	ClosedClosed	ProvenProven OpenRouter top 20 · #2 · 5 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€3.57$4.00 / €17.85$20.00	—	—	—
Featured: on the efficient frontier (nothing gives more performance for less money) Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: ProvenProven top 20 OpenRouter · 5 leaderboards · 17 days · Adoption: Widely used (OpenRouter top 20 · #2 · 5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-22; data from 2026-10-09) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (max) Anthropic	56	€4.87$5.46	ClosedClosed	NewNew on OpenRouter · 5 rankingsModerately usedModerately used	€1.78$2.00 / €8.92$10.00	—	—	—
Featured: on the efficient frontier (nothing gives more performance for less money) Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: NewNew Released 11 days ago · on OpenRouter · 5 leaderboards · Adoption: Moderately used (on OpenRouter · 5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-28; data from 2026-10-09) Score: Since Oct 7, cache reads cost half (Anthropic). Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Claude Opus 5.5 (high) Anthropic	54	€1.63$1.82	ClosedClosed	ProvenProven OpenRouter top 20 · #2 · 5 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€3.57$4.00 / €17.85$20.00	—	—	—
Featured: on the efficient frontier (nothing gives more performance for less money) Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: ProvenProven top 20 OpenRouter · 5 leaderboards · 17 days · Adoption: Widely used (OpenRouter top 20 · #2 · 5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-22; data from 2026-10-09) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Claude Fable 5.1 (max) Anthropic	53	€6.81$7.63	ClosedClosed	ProvenProven on OpenRouter · 5 rankingsModerately usedModerately used	€8.92$10.00 / €44.62$50.00	—	—	—
Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: ProvenProven on OpenRouter · 5 leaderboards · 38 days · Adoption: Moderately used (on OpenRouter · 5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-01; data from 2026-10-09) Score: The most expensive of the high end ($10/$50); xhigh gives 53.2 for $5.98/task. Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-09
GPT-6 Astra (max) OpenAI	53	€2.91$3.26	ClosedClosed	ProvenProven on OpenRouter · 5 rankingsModerately usedModerately used	€8.92$10.00 / €44.62$50.00	—	—	—
Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: ProvenProven on OpenRouter · 5 leaderboards · 36 days · Adoption: Moderately used (on OpenRouter · 5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-03; data from 2026-10-09) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Gemini 4 Argon (high) Google	53	€1.78$1.99	ClosedClosed	NewNew 5 rankingsNo usage dataNo data	€1.78$2.00 / €8.92$10.00	—	—	—
Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: NewNew Released 9 days ago · 5 leaderboards · Adoption: No usage data (5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-30; data from 2026-10-09) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh) Anthropic	52	€1.80$2.01	ClosedClosed	NewNew on OpenRouter · 5 rankingsModerately usedModerately used	€1.78$2.00 / €8.92$10.00	—	—	—
Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: NewNew Released 11 days ago · on OpenRouter · 5 leaderboards · Adoption: Moderately used (on OpenRouter · 5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-28; data from 2026-10-09) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
GPT-6.1 Sol (max) OpenAI	52	€0.65$0.72	ClosedClosed	ProvenProven OpenRouter top 20 · #1 · 5 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€1.78$2.00 / €8.92$10.00	—	—	—
Featured: on the efficient frontier (nothing gives more performance for less money) Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: ProvenProven top 20 OpenRouter · 5 leaderboards · 10 days · Adoption: Widely used (OpenRouter top 20 · #1 · 5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-29; data from 2026-10-09) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
GPT-6.1 Sol (xhigh) OpenAI	51	€0.35$0.39	ClosedClosed	ProvenProven OpenRouter top 20 · #1 · 5 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€1.78$2.00 / €8.92$10.00	—	—	—
Featured: on the efficient frontier (nothing gives more performance for less money) Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: ProvenProven top 20 OpenRouter · 5 leaderboards · 10 days · Adoption: Widely used (OpenRouter top 20 · #1 · 5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-29; data from 2026-10-09) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Muse Spark 1.3 (max) Meta	48	€1.43$1.60	ClosedClosed	ProvenProven on OpenRouter · 5 rankingsModerately usedModerately used	€1.12$1.25 / €3.79$4.25	—	—	—
Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: ProvenProven on OpenRouter · 5 leaderboards · 37 days · Adoption: Moderately used (on OpenRouter · 5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-02; data from 2026-10-09) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
GPT-6.1 Sol (medium) OpenAI	48	€0.19$0.21	ClosedClosed	ProvenProven OpenRouter top 20 · #1 · 5 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€1.78$2.00 / €8.92$10.00	—	—	—
Featured: ★ Best value · on the efficient frontier (nothing gives more performance for less money) Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: ProvenProven top 20 OpenRouter · 5 leaderboards · 10 days · Adoption: Widely used (OpenRouter top 20 · #1 · 5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-29; data from 2026-10-09) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Grok 4.7 (high) xAI (SpaceXAI)	46	€2.43$2.73	ClosedClosed	NewNew on OpenRouter · 4 rankingsModerately usedModerately used	€1.78$2.00 / €5.35$6.00	—	—	—
Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: NewNew Released 18 days ago · on OpenRouter · 4 leaderboards · Adoption: Moderately used (on OpenRouter · 4 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-21; data from 2026-10-09) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
MiMo-V2.6-Pro Xiaomi	46	€0.12$0.13	OpenOpen	NewNew ⬇ 93k/mo HF · 4 rankingsModerately usedModerately used	€0.39$0.43 / €0.78$0.87	1.0T / 42B	625 GB approx. ▣ 1 node 8 GPU disk 566 GB 1 node 8× Blackwell (2 nodes on Hopper)	MIT
Featured: ★ Best open (and cheap) · on the efficient frontier (nothing gives more performance for less money) Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: NewNew Released 18 days ago · 93k HF downloads/mo · on OpenRouter · 4 leaderboards · Adoption: Moderately used (⬇ 93k/mo HF · 4 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-21; data from 2026-10-09) Score: Best open by index (Sep 21). Memory: disk 566 GB (FP4/FP8 mixed) · Min. VRAM 625 GB approx. · fits on: 1 node 8× Blackwell (2 nodes on Hopper) Official FP4/FP8 566 GB Requirement: Model card: vLLM with tensor-parallel 8 (SGLang tp 16). GenAI Brief: ~1 TB in FP8; one node of 8 Blackwell GPUs. source License: MIT Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) Alibaba	45	€4.83$5.41	ClosedClosed	ProvenProven on OpenRouter · 4 rankingsModerately usedModerately used	€1.78$2.00 / €5.35$6.00	—	—	—
Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: ProvenProven on OpenRouter · 4 leaderboards · 37 days · Adoption: Moderately used (on OpenRouter · 4 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-02; data from 2026-10-09) Score: Closed (Alibaba API). Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-09
GLM-5.3 (max) Z AI	45	€1.79$2.01	OpenOpen	ProvenProven OpenRouter top 20 · #4 · 5 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€1.25$1.40 / €3.93$4.40	753B / 40B	833 GB approx. ▣ 1 node 8 GPU disk 756 GB 1 node 8× H200 (FP8)	GLM-5.3 (condition >$10,000M MaaS)
Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: ProvenProven 1.5 M HF downloads/mo · top 20 OpenRouter · 5 leaderboards · 52 days · Adoption: Widely used (OpenRouter top 20 · #4 · 5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-08-18; data from 2026-10-09) Memory: disk 756 GB (FP8) · Min. VRAM 833 GB approx. · fits on: 1 node 8× H200 (FP8) Official FP8 756 GB Requirement: GenAI Brief: ~750 GB in FP8; fits on an 8× H200 node. source Repo zai-org/GLM-5.3-FP8 returns 401 (not accessible). License: GLM-5.3 (condition >$10,000M MaaS) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Step 5 Preview StepFun	44	€0.64$0.72	ClosedClosed	NewNew on OpenRouter · 5 rankingsModerately usedModerately used	€0.89$1.00 / €2.41$2.70	—	—	—
Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: NewNew Released 21 days ago · on OpenRouter · 5 leaderboards · Adoption: Moderately used (on OpenRouter · 5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-18; data from 2026-10-09) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Kimi K3 (max) Moonshot AI	44	€1.78$2.00	OpenOpen	ProvenProven OpenRouter top 20 · #6 · 5 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€2.68$3.00 / €13.39$15.00	2.8T / 104B	1719 GB approx. ▣ Multi-node disk 1561 GB Multi-node on Hopper; high-memory Blackwell node	Kimi K3 (attribution and MaaS agreement >$20M)
Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: ProvenProven 1.2 M HF downloads/mo · top 20 OpenRouter · 5 leaderboards · 85 days · Adoption: Widely used (OpenRouter top 20 · #6 · 5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-07-16; data from 2026-10-09) Memory: disk 1561 GB (MXFP4/U8) · Min. VRAM 1719 GB approx. · fits on: Multi-node on Hopper; high-memory Blackwell node Official MXFP4 1561 GB GGUF UD-IQ1_S (community) 594 GB Requirement: GenAI Brief: ~1.4 TB in MXFP4; multi-node on Hopper. source License: Kimi K3 (attribution and MaaS agreement >$20M) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Claude Haiku 5.5 (max) Anthropic	43	€0.19$0.21	ClosedClosed	NewNew on OpenRouter · 4 rankingsModerately usedModerately used	€0.089$0.10 / €0.45$0.50	—	—	—
Featured: ★ Cheap and smart Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: NewNew Released 2 days ago · on OpenRouter · 4 leaderboards · Adoption: Moderately used (on OpenRouter · 4 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-10-07; data from 2026-10-09) Score: New (Oct 7). Prompts >100K tokens: price x5. Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
GLM-5.3-Flash Z AI	42	€0.23$0.25	OpenOpen	ProvenProven OpenRouter top 20 · #11 · 4 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€0.13$0.15 / €0.45$0.50	320B / 18B	363 GB approx. ▣ 1 node 8 GPU disk 328 GB 1 node 8× H100 (FP8)	MIT
Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: ProvenProven 6.4 M HF downloads/mo · top 20 OpenRouter · 4 leaderboards · 44 days · Adoption: Widely used (OpenRouter top 20 · #11 · 4 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-08-26; data from 2026-10-09) Memory: disk 328 GB (FP8) · Min. VRAM 363 GB approx. · fits on: 1 node 8× H100 (FP8) Official FP8 328 GB GGUF Q8_0 341 GB GGUF UD-IQ1_S 93.1 GB Requirement: GenAI Brief: Flash fits comfortably on 8× H100. source License: MIT Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Claude Haiku 5.5 (xhigh) Anthropic	41	€0.11$0.12	ClosedClosed	NewNew on OpenRouter · 4 rankingsModerately usedModerately used	€0.089$0.10 / €0.45$0.50	—	—	—
Featured: on the efficient frontier (nothing gives more performance for less money) Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: NewNew Released 2 days ago · on OpenRouter · 4 leaderboards · Adoption: Moderately used (on OpenRouter · 4 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-10-07; data from 2026-10-09) Score: New (Oct 7). Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Ling 3.1 Flash InclusionAI	41	€0.88$0.99	ClosedClosed	NewNew on OpenRouter · 2 rankingsModerately usedModerately used	€0.27$0.30 / €0.80$0.90	—	—	—
Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: NewNew Released 8 days ago · on OpenRouter · 2 leaderboards (AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0) · Adoption: Moderately used (on OpenRouter · 2 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0; released: 2026-10-01; data from 2026-10-09) Score: Very fast (214 tok/s); no weights on Hugging Face as of Oct 9. Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-09
Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) Google	41	€1.11$1.24	ClosedClosed	ProvenProven OpenRouter top 20 · #16 · 5 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€0.67$0.75 / €3.35$3.75	—	—	—
Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: ProvenProven top 20 OpenRouter · 5 leaderboards · 37 days · Adoption: Widely used (OpenRouter top 20 · #16 · 5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-02; data from 2026-10-09) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B Alibaba	40	€1.92$2.16	OpenOpen	ProvenProven ⬇ 33k/mo HF · 2 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€1.78$2.00 / €5.35$6.00	2.4T / 95B	5384 GB approx. ▣ Multi-node disk 4892 GB Multi-node (does not fit on a Hopper node)	Qwen3.8-Max (commercial terms)
Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: ProvenProven 33k HF downloads/mo · on OpenRouter · 2 leaderboards (AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0) · 58 days · Adoption: Widely used (⬇ 33k/mo HF · 2 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0; released: 2026-08-12; data from 2026-10-09) Memory: disk 4892 GB (BF16) · Min. VRAM 5384 GB approx. · fits on: Multi-node (does not fit on a Hopper node) Official BF16 4892 GB Requirement: GenAI Brief: does not fit on a Hopper node at any published precision. source License: Qwen3.8-Max (commercial terms) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next Alibaba	40	€0.33$0.37	OpenOpen	ProvenProven ⬇ 1.6M/mo HF · 3 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€0.13$0.15 / €0.42$0.47	180B / 6B	124 GB approx. ▣ 2–4 GPU disk 360 GB 1× H200 (141 GB) or 2× 80 GB (approx.)	Qwen Community 1.0
Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: ProvenProven 1.6 M HF downloads/mo · 3 leaderboards · 44 days · Adoption: Widely used (⬇ 1.6M/mo HF · 3 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-08-26; data from 2026-10-09) Memory: disk 360 GB (BF16) · Min. VRAM 124 GB approx. · fits on: 1× H200 (141 GB) or 2× 80 GB (approx.) Official BF16 360 GB GGUF UD-Q4_K_XL 111 GB GGUF UD-IQ1_S 72.5 GB 180B total / 6B active: in Q4 it runs on 2× 80 GB or a Mac with 128 GB+ (approx.). License: Qwen Community 1.0 Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (max) DeepSeek	40	€0.24$0.27	OpenOpen	ProvenProven OpenRouter top 20 · #3 · 4 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€0.27$0.30 / €1.07$1.20	552B / 16B	563 GB approx. ▣ 1 node 8 GPU disk 510 GB 1 node 8 GPU (FP8)	MIT
Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: ProvenProven 1.3 M HF downloads/mo · top 20 OpenRouter · 4 leaderboards · 29 days · Adoption: Widely used (OpenRouter top 20 · #3 · 4 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-10; data from 2026-10-09) Score: The fastest of the big ones (~216 tok/s). Memory: disk 510 GB (FP8/INT8) · Min. VRAM 563 GB approx. · fits on: 1 node 8 GPU (FP8) Official FP8 510 GB GGUF Q2 (antirez) 366 GB Requirement: GenAI Brief: ~550 GB in FP8; one 8-GPU node. source License: MIT Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Mistral Large 4 Preview Mistral	38	€1.01$1.13	ClosedClosed	NewNew on OpenRouter · 4 rankingsModerately usedModerately used	€1.21$1.36 / €3.73$4.18	—	—	—
Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: NewNew Released 3 days ago · on OpenRouter · 4 leaderboards · Adoption: Moderately used (on OpenRouter · 4 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-10-06; data from 2026-10-09) Score: 1.05T (52B active). API preview at 50% ($0.68/$2.09); weights on Oct 27. Preview since Oct 6 in Mistral Studio. Open weights announced for Oct 27 under its own license (Large 3 was Apache 2.0). 1M context; vision (1.6B encoder). When the weights come out it will become an open row with memory. Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-09
GPT-6 Luna (max) OpenAI	38	€0.061$0.068	ClosedClosed	ProvenProven OpenRouter top 20 · #7 · 5 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€0.089$0.10 / €0.45$0.50	—	—	—
Featured: on the efficient frontier (nothing gives more performance for less money) Weights: ClosedClosed Maturity: ProvenProven top 20 OpenRouter · 5 leaderboards · 17 days · Adoption: Widely used (OpenRouter top 20 · #7 · 5 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, AA Coding Agents, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-22; data from 2026-10-09) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi	38	€0.056$0.062	OpenOpen	ProvenProven OpenRouter top 20 · #8 · 4 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€0.12$0.14 / €0.25$0.28	309B / 15B	186 GB approx. ▣ 2–4 GPU disk 173 GB 4× GPU 80 GB (TP 4)	MIT
Featured: ★ Ultra-cheap open · on the efficient frontier (nothing gives more performance for less money) Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: ProvenProven 56k HF downloads/mo · top 20 OpenRouter · 4 leaderboards · 18 days · Adoption: Widely used (OpenRouter top 20 · #8 · 4 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-09-21; data from 2026-10-09) Memory: disk 173 GB (FP4/FP8 mixed) · Min. VRAM 186 GB approx. · fits on: 4× GPU 80 GB (TP 4) Official FP4/FP8 173 GB GGUF MXFP4 167 GB Requirement: Model card: vLLM example with tensor-parallel 4. source License: MIT Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Qwen3.8 27B (xhigh) Alibaba	34	€0.90$1.01	OpenOpen	ProvenProven ⬇ 6.8M/mo HF · 4 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€0.45$0.50 / €2.68$3.00	27B / 27B (dense)	20.0 GB approx. ▣ 1 consumer GPU ✓ Fits on your computer disk 55.6 GB 1× 80 GB (BF16) · 1× 24–32 GB (Q4)	Apache 2.0
Featured: ★ Fits on 1 GPU Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: ProvenProven 6.8 M HF downloads/mo · on OpenRouter · 4 leaderboards · 56 days · Adoption: Widely used (⬇ 6.8M/mo HF · 4 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-08-14; data from 2026-10-09) Score: The best one that fits on a single GPU. Memory: disk 55.6 GB (BF16) · Min. VRAM 20.0 GB approx. · fits on: 1× 80 GB (BF16) · 1× 24–32 GB (Q4) Official BF16 55.6 GB Official FP8 30.9 GB GGUF UD-Q4_K_M 16.5 GB Requirement: GenAI Brief: 55.6 GB BF16 fits on an 80 GB GPU without quantizing; the default «single-GPU» model. source License: Apache 2.0 Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
MiniMax-M3 MiniMax	29	€0.45$0.51	OpenOpen	ProvenProven ⬇ 204k/mo HF · 4 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€0.27$0.30 / €1.07$1.20	428B / 23B	284 GB approx. ▣ 1 node 8 GPU disk 854 GB 1 node 8× H100 (8 bits)	MiniMax Community (commercial use with notice)
Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: ProvenProven 204k HF downloads/mo · on OpenRouter · 4 leaderboards · from 2026-06 · Adoption: Widely used (⬇ 204k/mo HF · 4 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-06-01; data from 2026-10-09) Memory: disk 854 GB (BF16) · Min. VRAM 284 GB approx. · fits on: 1 node 8× H100 (8 bits) Official BF16 854 GB Official MXFP8 444 GB GGUF MXFP4_MOE 256 GB Requirement: GenAI Brief: at 8 bits the weights fit on an 8× H100 node. source License: MiniMax Community (commercial use with notice) Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Nemotron 3 Ultra NVIDIA	23	€0.53$0.60	OpenOpen	ProvenProven OpenRouter top 20 · #14 · 3 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€0.54$0.60 / €2.23$2.50	550B / 55B	390 GB approx. ▣ 1 node 8 GPU disk 1121 GB 4× B200/GB200 (NVFP4) or 8× H100	OpenMDW-1.1
Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: ProvenProven 760k HF downloads/mo · top 20 OpenRouter · 3 leaderboards · from 2026-06 · Adoption: Widely used (OpenRouter top 20 · #14 · 3 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, LMArena Text; released: 2026-06-04; data from 2026-10-09) Score: It also publishes the training data. Memory: disk 1121 GB (BF16) · Min. VRAM 390 GB approx. · fits on: 4× B200/GB200 (NVFP4) or 8× H100 Official BF16 1121 GB Official NVFP4 352 GB Requirement: NVFP4 model card: minimum GPU 4× GB200, 4× B200, 4× GB300, 4× B300 or 8× H100. source License: OpenMDW-1.1 Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Muse Glimmer (high) Meta	18	€0.051$0.057	OpenOpen	ProvenProven ⬇ 269k/mo HF · 4 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€0.29$0.32 / €1.20$1.35	30B / n/d	19.0 GB approx. ▣ 1 consumer GPU ✓ Fits on your computer disk 59.6 GB 1× 24–32 GB (quantized)	Apache 2.0
Featured: on the efficient frontier (nothing gives more performance for less money) Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: ProvenProven 269k HF downloads/mo · on OpenRouter · 4 leaderboards · 60 days · Adoption: Widely used (⬇ 269k/mo HF · 4 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-08-10; data from 2026-10-09) Score: Open successor to Llama. Memory: disk 59.6 GB (BF16) · Min. VRAM 19.0 GB approx. · fits on: 1× 24–32 GB (quantized) Official BF16 59.6 GB GGUF Q8_0 29.6 GB GGUF UD-Q4_K_XL 15.9 GB Requirement: Meta (via GenAI Brief): runs on 24 or 32 GB consumer GPUs. source License: Apache 2.0 Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Gemma 4 31B Google	15	self-host	OpenOpen	ProvenProven ⬇ 9.6M/mo HF · 4 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	n/d	30.7B / 30.7B (dense)	22.0 GB approx. ▣ 1 consumer GPU ✓ Fits on your computer disk 62.5 GB 1× 24 GB (approx.)	Apache 2.0
Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: ProvenProven 9.6 M HF downloads/mo · on OpenRouter · 4 leaderboards · from 2026-04 · Adoption: Widely used (⬇ 9.6M/mo HF · 4 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2026-04-02; data from 2026-10-09) Score: AA gives no cost per task (price ≈ €0$0). Memory: disk 62.5 GB (BF16) · Min. VRAM 22.0 GB approx. · fits on: 1× 24 GB (approx.) Official BF16 62.5 GB GGUF Q8_0 33.2 GB GGUF Q4_K_M 18.3 GB Requirement: Google: 12B/26B A4B/31B designed for consumer GPUs and workstations. source License: Apache 2.0 Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
gpt-oss-120b (high) OpenAI	12	€0.096$0.11	OpenOpen	ProvenProven ⬇ 4.0M/mo HF · 3 rankingsWidely usedWidely used	€0.13$0.15 / €0.53$0.59	117B / 5.1B	74.0 GB approx. ▣ 1× 80 GB disk 65.2 GB 1× 80 GB (H100 / MI300X)	Apache 2.0
Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: ProvenProven 4.0 M HF downloads/mo · on OpenRouter · 3 leaderboards · from 2025-08 · Adoption: Widely used (⬇ 4.0M/mo HF · 3 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, LMArena Text; released: 2025-08-05; data from 2026-10-09) Score: Fits on an 80 GB GPU. Memory: disk 65.2 GB (MXFP4) · Min. VRAM 74.0 GB approx. · fits on: 1× 80 GB (H100 / MI300X) Official MXFP4 65.2 GB Requirement: Model card: fits on a single 80 GB GPU (H100 or MI300X) thanks to MXFP4. source License: Apache 2.0 Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Mistral Large 3 Mistral	9	€0.028$0.031	OpenOpen	ProvenProven ⬇ 2k/mo HF · 4 rankingsModerately usedModerately used	€0.45$0.50 / €1.34$1.50	675B / 41B	445 GB approx. ▣ 1 node 8 GPU disk 682 GB 1 node 8× H200/B200 (FP8) · 1 node H100/A100 (NVFP4)	Apache 2.0
Featured: on the efficient frontier (nothing gives more performance for less money) Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: ProvenProven 2k HF downloads/mo · on OpenRouter · 4 leaderboards · from 2025-12 · Adoption: Moderately used (⬇ 2k/mo HF · 4 rankings) (leaderboards: AA Intelligence Index, AA Terminal-Bench 4.0, LMArena Text, LMArena WebDev; released: 2025-12-02; data from 2026-10-09) Memory: disk 682 GB (FP8) · Min. VRAM 445 GB approx. · fits on: 1 node 8× H200/B200 (FP8) · 1 node H100/A100 (NVFP4) Official FP8 682 GB Official NVFP4 403 GB GGUF Q4_K_M 407 GB Requirement: Model card: FP8 on a B200 or H200 node; NVFP4 on an H100 or A100 node. source License: Apache 2.0 Source: artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models · 2026-10-08
Mellum2.1 JetBrains	n/d	self-host	OpenOpen	Barely testedBarely t. ⬇ 110/mo HF · 0 rankingsLittle usedLittle used	n/d	12B / 2.5B	12.0 GB approx. ▣ 1 consumer GPU ✓ Fits on your computer disk 24.3 GB 1× 16 GB (approx.)	Apache 2.0
Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: Barely testedBarely t. No independent benchmark · 110 HF downloads/mo · 19 days · Adoption: Little used (⬇ 110/mo HF · 0 rankings) (released: 2026-09-20; data from 2026-10-09) Score: New. No AA index or API price; for local coding agents. Memory: disk 24.3 GB (BF16) · Min. VRAM 12.0 GB approx. · fits on: 1× 16 GB (approx.) Official BF16 24.3 GB GGUF Q8_0 12.9 GB GGUF Q4_K_M 8.8 GB License: Apache 2.0
Liquid AI d1-3B Liquid AI	n/d	self-host	OpenOpen	NewNew ⬇ 5.4k/mo HF · 1 rankingModerately usedModerately used	n/d	3B / 3B (dense)	4.0 GB approx. ▣ Edge · ≤10 GB ✓ Fits on your computer disk 6.2 GB Any 8 GB GPU, Jetson or Mac	LFM Open License 1.0
Weights: OpenOpen 🤗 Hugging Face Maturity: NewNew Released 4 days ago · 5k HF downloads/mo · 1 leaderboard (Decision Index 0.3) · Adoption: Moderately used (⬇ 5.4k/mo HF · 1 ranking) (leaderboards: Decision Index 0.3; released: 2026-10-05; data from 2026-10-09) Score: New (Oct 7). Decision model (not chat): 8–50 ms per answer. Memory: disk 6.2 GB (BF16) · Min. VRAM 4.0 GB approx. · fits on: Any 8 GB GPU, Jetson or Mac Official BF16 6.2 GB GGUF Q8_0 2.9 GB GGUF Q4_K_M 1.7 GB Requirement: Model card: 8 ms per decision on an RTX 4090 (bf16); also Jetson Orin Nano (50 ms) and Apple M5 Pro (30 ms). source License: LFM Open License 1.0

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