LLM rankings
The 150 strongest language models by Epoch AI's Capabilities Index (ECI), one score built from dozens of benchmarks. Models a few points apart are statistically close, so treat small gaps as ties.
Best open-weights models: Kimi K3.1 Pro · DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 · Kimi K3 · GLM-5.3 · DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 · Muse Spark Open · Mistral Large 4 · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 · GLM-5.3-Flash.
| # | Model | Lab | Released | Size | ECI | Weights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Fable 5.2 | Anthropic | 2026-11-09 | – | 173.4 | closed |
| 2 | Gemini 4 Carbon | 2026-10-28 | – | 169.8 | closed | |
| 3 | GPT-6 Astra | OpenAI | 2026-09-03 | – | 169.0 | closed |
| 4 | Claude Opus 5.5 | Anthropic | 2026-09-22 | – | 168.5 | closed |
| 5 | GPT-6.1 Sol | OpenAI | 2026-09-29 | – | 168.5 | closed |
| 6 | GPT-6.1 Terra | OpenAI | 2026-10-26 | – | 167.7 | closed |
| 7 | Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | 2026-09-01 | – | 167.0 | closed |
| 8 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Anthropic | 2026-09-28 | – | 166.6 | closed |
| 9 | Gemini 4 Argon | 2026-09-30 | – | 166.5 | closed | |
| 10 | Claude Opus 5 | Anthropic | 2026-07-24 | – | 164.7 | closed |
| 11 | Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | 2026-06-09 | – | 164.1 | closed |
| 12 | GPT-6 Sol | OpenAI | 2026-09-22 | – | 163.8 | closed |
| 13 | GPT-5.6 Sol | OpenAI | 2026-07-09 | – | 163.0 | closed |
| 14 | GPT-5.5 Pro | OpenAI | 2026-04-23 | – | 162.7 | closed |
| 15 | Muse Wonder | Meta | 2026-10-12 | – | 161.7 | closed |
| 16 | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Moonshot AI | 2026-10-23 | 2.8T | 161.4 | open |
| 17 | GPT-5.6 Terra | OpenAI | 2026-07-09 | – | 160.7 | closed |
| 18 | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Anthropic | 2026-10-07 | – | 160.4 | closed |
| 19 | GPT-5.4 Pro | OpenAI | 2026-03-05 | – | 160.2 | closed |
| 20 | GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | 2026-04-23 | – | 160.1 | closed |
| 21 | Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | 2026-05-28 | – | 159.9 | closed |
| 22 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | DeepSeek | 2026-10-17 | 552B MoE | 159.4 | open |
| 23 | Gemini 3.8 Flash | 2026-09-02 | – | 158.8 | closed | |
| 24 | Kimi K3 | Moonshot AI | 2026-07-16 | 2.8T | 158.6 | open |
| 25 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | 2026-08-13 | – | 158.4 | closed | |
| 26 | Muse Spark 1.3 | Meta | 2026-09-02 | – | 158.2 | closed |
| 27 | GPT-5.4 | OpenAI | 2026-03-05 | – | 157.8 | closed |
| 28 | Grok 4.6 | xAI | 2026-08-12 | 1.5T | 157.8 | closed |
| 29 | Qwen 3.8 Max | Qwen | 2026-07-19 | 2.4T | 157.6 | closed |
| 30 | Claude Opus 4.7 | Anthropic | 2026-04-16 | – | 157.4 | closed |
| 31 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2025-12-11 | – | 157.3 | closed |
| 32 | GLM-5.3 | Z.ai | 2026-08-14 | 753B MoE | 157.1 | open |
| 33 | Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | 2026-06-30 | – | 156.9 | closed |
| 34 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | DeepSeek | 2026-09-09 | 552B MoE | 156.7 | open |
| 35 | GPT-5.6 Luna | OpenAI | 2026-07-09 | – | 156.7 | closed |
| 36 | GPT-6 Luna | OpenAI | 2026-09-22 | – | 156.4 | closed |
| 37 | Claude Opus 4.6 | Anthropic | 2026-02-05 | – | 156.3 | closed |
| 38 | Grok 4.7 | xAI | 2026-09-21 | 2.1T | 156.2 | closed |
| 39 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | 2026-02-19 | – | 156.2 | closed | |
| 40 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Qwen | 2026-09-01 | – | 156.0 | closed |
| 41 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | DeepSeek | 2026-08-13 | 1.7T MoE | 155.9 | open |
| 42 | Muse Spark Open | Meta | 2026-10-15 | 822B MoE | 155.4 | open |
| 43 | Gemini 3.5 Flash | 2026-05-19 | – | 155.3 | closed | |
| 44 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | 2026-07-21 | – | 155.2 | closed | |
| 45 | Muse Spark 1.2 | Meta | 2026-08-05 | – | 155.0 | closed |
| 46 | Grok 4.5 | xAI | 2026-07-08 | 1.5T | 155.0 | closed |
| 47 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Meta | 2026-07-09 | – | 154.9 | closed |
| 48 | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral | 2026-10-06 | 1.1T | 154.6 | open |
| 49 | Qwen3.7-Max | Qwen | 2026-05-19 | – | 154.5 | closed |
| 50 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2025-12-11 | – | 154.5 | closed |
| 51 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | DeepSeek | 2026-07-31 | 304B MoE | 154.4 | open |
| 52 | GLM-5.3-Flash | Z.ai | 2026-08-20 | 321B MoE | 153.8 | open |
| 53 | Muse Spark | Meta | 2026-04-08 | – | 153.1 | closed |
| 54 | GLM-5.2 | Z.ai | 2026-06-16 | 753B MoE | 153.0 | open |
| 55 | Gemini 3 Pro | 2025-11-18 | – | 153.0 | closed | |
| 56 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | 2026-02-17 | – | 152.9 | closed |
| 57 | Mistral Large 4 Preview | Mistral | 2026-10-06 | – | 152.7 | open |
| 58 | Qwen 3.8 27B | Qwen | 2026-08-14 | 28B | 152.6 | open |
| 59 | Gemini 3 Flash | 2025-12-17 | – | 152.3 | closed | |
| 60 | Grok 4.20 | xAI | 2026-02-17 | 500B | 152.3 | closed |
| 61 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 2025-11-24 | – | 151.9 | closed |
| 62 | Kimi K2.6 | Moonshot AI | 2026-04-20 | 1T MoE | 151.6 | open |
| 63 | GPT-5 Pro | OpenAI | 2025-10-07 | – | 151.2 | closed |
| 64 | Kimi K2.7 Code | Moonshot AI | 2026-06-12 | 1T MoE | 151.2 | open |
| 65 | GPT-5.1 | OpenAI | 2025-11-13 | – | 150.9 | closed |
| 66 | Beam 1.0 | Reflection | 2026-10-05 | 501B MoE | 150.9 | open |
| 67 | Inkling-Small | Thinking Machines | 2026-07-15 | 266B MoE | 150.8 | open |
| 68 | GLM-5.1 | Z.ai | 2026-04-07 | 754B MoE | 150.7 | open |
| 69 | DeepSeek-V4-Pro | DeepSeek | 2026-04-24 | 1.6T MoE | 150.2 | open |
| 70 | GPT-5 | OpenAI | 2025-08-07 | – | 150.0 | closed |
| 71 | Grok 4.3 Beta | xAI | 2026-04-17 | 500B | 149.9 | closed |
| 72 | Qwen 3.6 Max (Preview) | Qwen | 2026-04-20 | – | 149.8 | closed |
| 73 | GPT-5.4 Mini | OpenAI | 2026-03-17 | – | 149.3 | closed |
| 74 | Qwen 3.6 Plus | Qwen | 2026-03-31 | – | 148.9 | closed |
| 75 | Kimi K2.5 | Moonshot AI | 2026-01-27 | 1T MoE | 148.8 | open |
| 76 | Inkling | Thinking Machines | 2026-07-15 | 952B MoE | 148.4 | open |
| 77 | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | Qwen | 2026-02-13 | 403B MoE | 147.9 | open |
| 78 | Qwen3.7-Plus | Qwen | 2026-06-02 | – | 147.9 | closed |
| 79 | MiniMax-M3 | MiniMax | 2026-06-01 | 427B MoE | 147.7 | open |
| 80 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Anthropic | 2025-09-29 | – | 147.6 | closed |
| 81 | o3-pro | OpenAI | 2025-06-10 | – | 147.5 | closed |
| 82 | Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B) | Qwen | 2026-02-16 | – | 147.3 | closed |
| 83 | o3 | OpenAI | 2025-04-16 | – | 147.1 | closed |
| 84 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | NVIDIA | 2026-06-04 | 550B | 146.9 | open |
| 85 | Grok 4 | xAI | 2025-07-09 | 3T | 146.9 | closed |
| 86 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash | DeepSeek | 2026-04-24 | 304B MoE | 146.8 | open |
| 87 | Qwen3.6 27B | Qwen | 2026-04-21 | 28B | 146.7 | open |
| 88 | GLM-5 | Z.ai | 2026-02-11 | 754B MoE | 146.5 | open |
| 89 | GPT-5.4 Nano | OpenAI | 2026-03-17 | – | 146.4 | closed |
| 90 | DeepSeek-V3.2 | DeepSeek | 2025-12-01 | 685B MoE | 146.3 | open |
| 91 | GPT-5 mini | OpenAI | 2025-08-07 | – | 146.1 | closed |
| 92 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | 2026-07-21 | – | 145.6 | closed | |
| 93 | Kimi K2 Thinking | Moonshot AI | 2025-11-06 | 1T MoE | 145.4 | open |
| 94 | o4-mini | OpenAI | 2025-04-16 | – | 145.3 | closed |
| 95 | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | 2026-03-03 | – | 145.0 | closed | |
| 96 | Gemini 2.5 Pro (Jun 2025) | 2025-06-05 | – | 144.9 | closed | |
| 97 | Claude Opus 4.1 | Anthropic | 2025-08-05 | – | 144.8 | closed |
| 98 | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | DeepSeek | 2025-09-29 | 685B MoE | 144.4 | open |
| 99 | Grok 4 Fast | xAI | 2025-09-19 | – | 144.3 | closed |
| 100 | Gemma 4 31B IT | 2026-04-02 | 31B | 144.3 | open | |
| 101 | Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B | Qwen | 2026-04-14 | 36B MoE | 144.0 | open |
| 102 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen | 2026-02-24 | 36B MoE | 144.0 | open |
| 103 | Gemini 2.5 Pro (Mar 2025) | 2025-03-31 | – | 143.9 | closed | |
| 104 | Qwen 3.5 Flash (hosted 35B-A3B) | Qwen | 2026-02-25 | – | 143.8 | closed |
| 105 | Qwen 3.6 Flash | Qwen | 2026-04-27 | – | 143.7 | closed |
| 106 | GLM-4.7 | Z.ai | 2025-12-22 | 358B MoE | 143.3 | open |
| 107 | Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) | Qwen | 2025-07-25 | 235B MoE | 143.2 | open |
| 108 | Claude Opus 4 | Anthropic | 2025-05-22 | – | 142.9 | closed |
| 109 | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | 2025-10-15 | – | 142.8 | closed |
| 110 | Qwen3-Max | Qwen | 2025-09-05 | 1T | 142.6 | closed |
| 111 | Gemini 2.5 Flash (Sep 2025) | 2025-09-25 | – | 141.9 | closed | |
| 112 | Claude Sonnet 4 | Anthropic | 2025-05-22 | – | 141.9 | closed |
| 113 | Gemma 4 26B A4B | 2026-04-02 | 26B MoE | 141.6 | open | |
| 114 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Mistral | 2026-04-28 | 128B | 141.6 | open |
| 115 | Gemini 2.5 Flash (May 2025) | 2025-05-20 | – | 141.6 | closed | |
| 116 | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Moonshot AI | 2025-07-11 | 1T | 141.2 | open |
| 117 | o1 | OpenAI | 2024-12-17 | – | 141.2 | closed |
| 118 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Anthropic | 2025-02-24 | – | 141.0 | closed |
| 119 | Gemini 2.5 Pro (May 2025) | 2025-05-06 | – | 140.9 | closed | |
| 120 | DeepSeek-V3.1 | DeepSeek | 2025-08-21 | 685B MoE | 140.8 | open |
| 121 | Gemini 2.5 Flash (Jun 2025) | 2025-06-17 | – | 140.8 | closed | |
| 122 | Gemini 2.5 Flash (Apr 2025) | 2025-04-17 | – | 140.8 | closed | |
| 123 | DeepSeek-R1 (May 2025) | DeepSeek | 2025-05-28 | – | 140.7 | open |
| 124 | o3-mini | OpenAI | 2025-01-31 | – | 140.6 | closed |
| 125 | gpt-oss-120b | OpenAI | 2025-08-05 | 117B MoE | 140.2 | open |
| 126 | Grok-3 mini | xAI | 2025-06-24 | – | 139.9 | closed |
| 127 | Qwen3.5-9B | Qwen | 2026-02-24 | 9.7B | 139.3 | open |
| 128 | GPT-5 nano | OpenAI | 2025-08-07 | – | 139.1 | closed |
| 129 | DeepSeek-R1 | DeepSeek | 2025-01-20 | 684B MoE | 138.6 | open |
| 130 | Qwen3-235B-A22B | Qwen | 2025-04-28 | 235B MoE | 138.4 | open |
| 131 | Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking (Jul 2025) | Qwen | 2025-07-30 | 30B MoE | 138.3 | open |
| 132 | Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct (Jul 2025) | Qwen | 2025-07-25 | 235B MoE | 138.1 | open |
| 133 | Grok 3 | xAI | 2025-04-09 | – | 137.5 | closed |
| 134 | Qwen3-32B | Qwen | 2025-04-29 | 33B | 136.9 | open |
| 135 | QwQ-32B | Qwen | 2025-03-05 | 32B | 136.5 | open |
| 136 | GPT-4.5 | OpenAI | 2025-02-27 | – | 136.4 | closed |
| 137 | GPT-4.1 | OpenAI | 2025-04-14 | – | 136.2 | closed |
| 138 | Qwen3-14B | Qwen | 2025-04-29 | 15B | 136.1 | open |
| 139 | Gemini 2.0 Pro | 2025-02-05 | – | 135.3 | closed | |
| 140 | o1-mini | OpenAI | 2024-09-12 | – | 135.3 | closed |
| 141 | DeepSeek-V3 (Mar 2025) | DeepSeek | 2025-03-24 | – | 135.2 | open |
| 142 | Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct (Jul 2025) | Qwen | 2025-07-29 | 30B MoE | 135.2 | open |
| 143 | gpt-oss-20b | OpenAI | 2025-08-05 | 21B MoE | 135.0 | open |
| 144 | GPT-4.1 mini | OpenAI | 2025-04-14 | – | 134.2 | closed |
| 145 | Qwen3-30B-A3B | Qwen | 2025-04-29 | 31B MoE | 134.1 | open |
| 146 | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | 2025-02-05 | – | 133.9 | closed | |
| 147 | o1-preview | OpenAI | 2024-09-12 | – | 133.8 | closed |
| 148 | Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (Jan 2025) | 2025-01-21 | – | 133.8 | closed | |
| 149 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024) | Anthropic | 2024-10-22 | – | 133.4 | closed |
| 150 | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Jun 2025) | 2025-06-15 | – | 133.1 | closed |