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LLM leaderboard · 278 models · 57 labs

The LLM leaderboard: who is smartest, who is cheapest, who is fastest.

Gemini 4 Carbon (high) from Google leads the LLM leaderboard at 59.4. Within 5 points of it, GPT-6.1 Sol (max) runs the full Intelligence Index for $1.27, 84% less than the leader. K2 Horizon 375B A23B is the fastest scored model at 720 tokens per second, and the best open-weights model is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (max) at 32.5.

Most intelligentGemini 4 Carbon (high)
Best value near the top$per index run · GPT-6.1 Sol (max) scores 54.5
Fastest scored modeloutput tokens/s · K2 Horizon 375B A23B
Models tracked90 have a current Intelligence Index score
Open weights (scored)best: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (max)
Best picks

Which LLM should you pick? The best model for each job

Six answers computed from the data below, so they update when the data does. Each card links to the lab that makes the model.

  • Most intelligentGemini 4 Carbon (high)59.4 index

    1 point ahead of Claude Opus 5.5 (max with fallback). Costs $7.76 to run the full index.

    Google · Google DeepMind
  • Best value near the topGPT-6.1 Sol (max)$1.27 per index run

    Scores 54.5, 4.9 points below the leader, for 84% less than the leader's $7.76.

    OpenAI · OpenAI
  • Fastest scored modelK2 Horizon 375B A23B720 tokens/s

    Scores 17.8, 41.7 points below the leader: speed here costs capability.

    Institute of Foundation Models
  • Best open weightsDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (max)32.5 index

    26.9 points below the leader, and the weights are published. 34 of the 90 scored models are open.

    DeepSeek · DeepSeek
  • Longest context, scoredMuse Wonder (max)1M tokens

    Scores 43.3. Several scored models share this window; this is the strongest of them.

    Meta · AI at Meta
  • Cheapest output near the topGPT-6.1 Terra (max)$5.00 per 1M output

    Among models within 15 points of the leader, the lowest output price. Scores 51.0.

    OpenAI · OpenAI

Our take. For most work, start with the best-value pick and move up to the leader only if your own tests show the gap matters. The top models sit close together, so price and speed decide more purchases than the last few index points. For which companies sit behind these models, see the top 10 AI companies.

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Compare all 278 LLMs: filter, sort and chart

Filters apply to every chart and table below. Select any model to see its price, speed and benchmark profile against the leader.

Showing 90 of 278 models · 90 with an Intelligence Index score

Gemini 4 Carbon (high)

Google · released 2026-10-28 · closed weights · reasoning

59.4index
Index cost
$7.76
Input / 1M
$4.00
Output / 1M
$20.00
Tokens / s
95
Latency
137.6 s
Context
1M

Benchmarks (%). The tick marks the leader, Gemini 4 Carbon.

Terminal-Bench 465.2
FrontierCode 240.6
Long context79.3
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Intelligence Index, top 15

Composite of agentic, coding, science and knowledge evals. Higher is better. Hover, tap or tab to a bar to inspect the model.

  1. 1Gemini 4 Carbon (high)59.4
  2. 2Claude Opus 5.5 (max with fallback)58.4
  3. 3Gemini 4 Carbon (medium)57.7
  4. 4Claude Opus 5.5 (xhigh with fallback)57.0
  5. 5GPT-6 Astra (max)56.9
  6. 6GPT-6 Astra (xhigh)55.3
  7. 7GPT-6 Astra (high)54.9
  8. 8GPT-6.1 Sol (max)54.5
  9. 9Claude Sonnet 5.5 (max with fallback)54.2
  10. 10GPT-6.1 Sol (xhigh)52.3
  11. 11Claude Opus 5.5 (high with fallback)51.7
  12. 12GPT-6 Astra (medium)51.5
  13. 13GPT-6.1 Terra (max)51.0
  14. 14Gemini 4 Argon (high)50.4
  15. 15GPT-6.1 Sol (high)50.2

Intelligence vs cost to run the index

USD to run the full Intelligence Index, log scale. Up and left is better.

0102030405060$0.1$0.3$1$3$10Cost to run the index (USD)Intelligence IndexGPT-6 LunaClaude Haiku 5.5GPT-6.1 TerraGPT-6.1 SolGPT-6 AstraGemini 4 Carbon (high) · 59.4

Glowing line: the best score you can get at each cost. 82 scored models plotted.

Intelligence vs output speed

Median output tokens per second, log scale. Up and right is better.

010203040506010301003001000Output tokens per secondIntelligence IndexK2 Horizon 375B A23BClaude Haiku 5.5Muse WonderClaude Sonnet 5.5Gemini 4 Carbon (high) · 59.4

Glowing line: the best score you can get at each speed. 79 scored models plotted.

Click a column to sort. Prices are USD per 1M tokens; latency is time to first token. Click a row to inspect it.

LLM leaderboard: intelligence, cost, price, speed and context for 90 models
Gemini 4 Carbon (high)Google59.4$7.76$4.00$20.0095137.6 s1M2026-10-28Closed
Claude Opus 5.5 (max with fallback)Anthropic58.4$10.04$4.00$20.0096728.7 s1M2026-09-22Closed
Gemini 4 Carbon (medium)Google57.7$6.59$4.00$20.00––1M2026-10-28Closed
Claude Opus 5.5 (xhigh with fallback)Anthropic57.0$6.05$4.00$20.0082128.8 s1M2026-09-22Closed
GPT-6 Astra (max)OpenAI56.9$6.24$10.00$50.0072367.6 s1M2026-09-03Closed
GPT-6 Astra (xhigh)OpenAI55.3$3.66$10.00$50.0068197.4 s1M2026-09-03Closed
GPT-6 Astra (high)OpenAI54.9$3.24$10.00$50.006295.7 s1M2026-09-03Closed
GPT-6.1 Sol (max)OpenAI54.5$1.27$2.00$10.0087331.4 s1M2026-09-29Closed
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (max with fallback)Anthropic54.2$10.02$2.00$10.00137514.9 s1M2026-09-28Closed
GPT-6.1 Sol (xhigh)OpenAI52.3$0.76$2.00$10.0077144.1 s1M2026-09-29Closed
Claude Opus 5.5 (high with fallback)Anthropic51.7$3.46$4.00$20.008047.5 s1M2026-09-22Closed
GPT-6 Astra (medium)OpenAI51.5$2.73$10.00$50.00575.09 s1M2026-09-03Closed
GPT-6.1 Terra (max)OpenAI51.0$0.96$1.00$5.00107264.3 s1M2026-10-26Closed
Gemini 4 Argon (high)Google50.4$7.68$4.00$20.008340.5 s1M2026-09-30Closed
GPT-6.1 Sol (high)OpenAI50.2$0.59$2.00$10.006669.6 s1M2026-09-29Closed
Muse Wonder Full (max)Meta49.7–––––1M2026-10-12Closed
Claude Fable 5.1 (xhigh with fallback)Anthropic49.7$10.85$10.00$50.006273.5 s1M2026-09-01Closed
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh with fallback)Anthropic49.6$4.09$2.00$10.0010832.9 s1M2026-09-28Closed
Claude Fable 5.1 (max with fallback)Anthropic49.0$12.99$10.00$50.0070263.5 s1M2026-09-01Closed
Claude Opus 5.5 (medium with fallback)Anthropic48.1$2.45$4.00$20.008019.9 s1M2026-09-22Closed
Claude Fable 5.1 (high with fallback)Anthropic47.0$7.54$10.00$50.005817.1 s1M2026-09-01Closed
GPT-6.1 Sol (medium)OpenAI46.1$0.36$2.00$10.00638.14 s1M2026-09-29Closed
Kimi K3.1 ProKimi46.0$3.68$2.00$10.003168.3 s1M2026-10-23Closed
GPT-6.1 Terra (xhigh)OpenAI45.0$0.40$1.00$5.0010168.8 s1M2026-10-26Closed
Muse Wonder (max)Meta43.3$6.95$4.00$20.0019236.8 s1M2026-10-12Closed
GPT-6 Astra (low)OpenAI43.0$1.42$10.00$50.00572.55 s1M2026-09-03Closed
Claude Fable 5.1 (medium with fallback)Anthropic43.0$5.56$10.00$50.005812.9 s1M2026-09-01Closed
GPT-6.1 Terra (high)OpenAI42.3$0.26$1.00$5.009620.7 s1M2026-10-26Closed
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (high with fallback)Anthropic41.1$1.64$2.00$10.0010712.6 s1M2026-09-28Closed
Claude Fable 5.1 (low with fallback)Anthropic38.5$4.47$10.00$50.00562.78 s1M2026-09-01Closed
GPT-6.1 Terra (medium)OpenAI38.1$0.17$1.00$5.00914.90 s1M2026-10-26Closed
Claude Haiku 5.5 (max)Anthropic36.2$0.41$0.10$0.50235370.1 s1M2026-10-07Closed
Grok 4.7 (high)SpaceXAI35.0$6.18$2.00$6.007643.2 s488K2026-09-21Closed
Claude Opus 5.5 (low with fallback)Anthropic34.5$0.98$4.00$20.007910.3 s1M2026-09-22Closed
GPT-6.1 Sol (low)OpenAI34.5$0.16$2.00$10.00612.48 s1M2026-09-29Closed
Claude Haiku 5.5 (xhigh)Anthropic34.3$0.25$0.10$0.5020071.5 s1M2026-10-07Closed
Grok 4.7 (xhigh)SpaceXAI34.3$7.51$2.00$6.0081102.0 s488K2026-09-21Closed
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alibaba33.5$10.02$2.00$6.004053.5 s961K2026-09-02Closed
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (max)DeepSeek32.5$0.60$0.30$1.2017113.0 s1M2026-10-17Open
GLM-5.3 (max)Z AI31.6$5.01$1.40$4.408923.9 s1M2026-08-18Open
Grok 4.7 (low)SpaceXAI30.9$2.92$2.00$6.00706.11 s488K2026-09-21Closed
Gemini 3.8 Flash (high)Google30.6$7.77$0.75$3.7513124.9 s1M2026-09-02Closed
GPT-6.1 Terra (non-reasoning)OpenAI30.4$0.23$1.00$5.00910.96 s1M2026-10-26Closed
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium with fallback)Anthropic30.3$0.78$2.00$10.001041.22 s1M2026-09-28Closed
Gemini 3.8 Flash (medium)Google30.0$6.26$0.75$3.75––1M2026-09-02Closed
MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi29.9$0.26$0.43$0.874449.3 s1M2026-09-21Open
Claude Haiku 5.5 (high)Anthropic29.6$0.16$0.10$0.5018131.7 s1M2026-10-07Closed
Ling 3.1 Flash 1019InclusionAI29.5$3.19$0.30$0.90––1M2026-10-22Open
GPT-6.1 Terra (low)OpenAI29.2$0.071$1.00$5.00911.43 s1M2026-10-26Closed
MiniMax-M3.1-FlashMiniMax28.9$0.49$0.15$0.6013615.6 s1M2026-10-19Open
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (high)DeepSeek28.5–$0.30$1.20––1M2026-10-17Open
Step 5 PreviewStepFun28.5$2.35$1.00$2.7014614.6 s1M2026-09-18Open
GPT-6 Luna (max)OpenAI27.8$0.15$0.10$0.50117112.8 s1M2026-09-22Closed
GLM-5.3-FlashZ AI27.8$0.58$0.15$0.507627.8 s1M2026-08-26Open
MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi26.7$0.13$0.14$0.283758.1 s1M2026-09-21Open
Mistral Large 4 (high)Mistral26.0$2.06$0.70$2.10––1M2026-10-29Open
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low with fallback)Anthropic25.3$0.51$2.00$10.001061.15 s1M2026-09-28Closed
Muse Spark Open (xhigh)Meta24.7$2.02$1.25$4.2519311.1 s1M2026-10-15Open
Claude Haiku 5.5 (medium)Anthropic24.6$0.092$0.10$0.5017213.8 s1M2026-10-07Closed
GPT-6 Luna (xhigh)OpenAI23.3$0.10$0.10$0.5012840.4 s1M2026-09-22Closed
Mistral Large 4 (medium)Mistral23.1$1.41$0.70$2.10––1M2026-10-29Open
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (max)DeepSeek23.1$1.77$1.32$3.969423.2 s1M2026-08-13Open
GLM-5.3 (low)Z AI23.1$1.57$1.40$4.408026.5 s1M2026-08-18Open
Gemini 3.8 Flash (low)Google22.4–$0.75$3.75––1M2026-09-02Closed
GPT-6 Luna (high)OpenAI21.4$0.073$0.10$0.5011929.0 s1M2026-09-22Closed
Nanbeige4.3-33BNanbeige20.4–$0$016014.0 s512K2026-10-25Open
Qwen3.8 27B (xhigh)Alibaba20.1$3.53$0.50$3.004152.7 s250K2026-08-14Open
MiniMax-M3MiniMax18.7$1.29$0.30$1.2012017.4 s1M2026-06-01Open
Claude Haiku 5.5 (low)Anthropic18.6$0.044$0.10$0.501678.83 s1M2026-10-07Closed
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (non-reasoning)DeepSeek18.5$0.43$0.30$1.201851.38 s1M2026-10-17Open
GPT-6 Luna (medium)OpenAI18.3$0.042$0.10$0.50––1M2026-09-22Closed
K2 Horizon 375B A23BInstitute of Foundation Models17.8<$0.01$0$07205.15 s512K2026-09-03Open
Beam 1.0Reflection17.7$0.28$0.40$1.203616.16 s1M2026-10-16Open
Qwen3.8 27B (medium)Alibaba17.5$2.16$0.50$3.005143.2 s250K2026-08-14Open
Qwen3.8 27B (low)Alibaba15.7$1.91$0.50$3.004845.4 s250K2026-08-14Open
Nemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA13.6$0.54$0.20$0.504794.89 s1M2026-10-15Open
Inkling SmallThinking Machines12.9$0.20$0.30$1.2023010.3 s1M2026-07-30Open
Inkling (xhigh)Thinking Machines12.5$1.35$1.00$4.0521111.2 s1M2026-07-15Open
Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA11.8$2.23$0.60$2.7016115.3 s256K2026-06-04Open
Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteGoogle11.7$0.69$0.30$2.504236.22 s1M2026-07-21Closed
Qwen3.8 27B (non-reasoning)Alibaba10.0$3.77$0.50$3.00463.96 s250K2026-08-14Open
GPT-6 Luna (low)OpenAI9.7$0.005$0.10$0.501212.81 s1M2026-09-22Closed
GPT-6 Luna (non-reasoning)OpenAI9.4$0.071$0.10$0.501120.81 s1M2026-09-22Closed
Muse Glimmer (high)Meta6.3$0.16$0.30$1.2012017.8 s128K2026-08-10Open
Command A+Cohere6.2<$0.01$0$015413.5 s188K2026-05-20Open
Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA5.5$0.29$0.060$0.202957.35 s1M2026-08-11Open
Granite 4.2 8BIBM5.1$0.041$0.060$0.256133.7 s128K2026-08-25Open
Granite 4.2 3BIBM4.7–––––128K2026-08-25Open
Mistral Small 4Mistral4.3$0.040$0.15$0.6015813.4 s250K2026-03-16Open
Nemotron 3 Nano 4BNVIDIA1.8–––––256K2026-03-16Open
By lab

Which lab has the best LLM? The top model from each lab

Each lab's highest-scoring model and how many of its models are scored. Links go to the lab's own site.

Guide

How do you read an LLM leaderboard? What each column means

Intelligence Index
A composite of agentic, coding, science and knowledge evaluations. Higher is better. It is a single number for ranking, not a promise about your task.
Index cost
US dollars to run the full Intelligence Index with that model. A rough measure of how expensive the model is to use for hard work, not a price list.
Input and output price
US dollars per million tokens. Reasoning models often spend many extra output tokens thinking, so the cost of a finished job can differ from the price per token.
Tokens per second
Median output speed on the lab's own API. Faster models feel better in chat and agents, but speed rarely comes with the top score.
Latency
Time to the first answer token, in seconds. Reasoning models can take longer because they think before answering.
Context
The longest input the model accepts, in tokens. Long context does not guarantee good long-context reasoning; see the Long context benchmark.
Open weights
The model files are published so you can run them yourself. Licences differ, so read the licence before commercial use.
Benchmarks
Percentage scores on individual evaluations such as Terminal-Bench 4, FrontierCode 2, SciCode, GPQA and HLE. Hover a benchmark in the detail card for what it measures.
Quick answers

LLM leaderboard questions, answered

What is the best LLM in 2026?

On our leaderboard, Gemini 4 Carbon (high) from Google scores highest at 59.4 on the Intelligence Index. GPT-6.1 Sol (max) comes within 4.9 points at $1.27 per index run, against $7.76 for the leader (data as of 2026-11-02).

Which LLM is the best value near the top?

GPT-6.1 Sol (max) from OpenAI: it scores 54.5 and costs $1.27 to run the full index, 84% less than the leader. We count only models within 5 points of the top score that have a cost figure.

What is the fastest LLM?

Among scored models, K2 Horizon 375B A23B from Institute of Foundation Models is fastest at 720 output tokens per second, but it scores 17.8, 41.7 points below the leader. Speed is the median on the lab's own API.

What is the best open-weights LLM?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (max) from DeepSeek scores highest among open-weights models at 32.5, 26.9 points below the leader. 34 of the 90 scored models have published weights; check each model's licence before commercial use.

Why do some models have no score?

We track 278 models but only 90 have a current Intelligence Index score. The rest are older or smaller models we list for price, speed and benchmark context; use the "Scored only" switch to include them. Cost and speed figures are also missing for some scored models.

Sources and limits

This leaderboard was compiled by the TheBestSuperintelligence editorial team from published benchmark and pricing sources and is dated 2026-11-02. We have not itemised the source of every column. Intelligence scores follow the Intelligence Index v5.0 published by Artificial Analysis, and for the 25 models this leaderboard shares with our Frontier Gap Report the scores agree after rounding. Only 90 of the 278 models have an index score, and cost and speed figures are missing for some of those, so a blank means "not available", not zero. Prices, speeds and costs change often and some are vendor-reported; check the lab's page before you buy. "Open weights" says the weights are published, not that the licence allows every use. Lab links were opened on 2026-11-02; labs without a confirmed official site are not linked.

Keep reading: the Frontier Gap Report, how to compare frontier AI models, the top 10 AI companies and the best AI agents for work.