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The best AI models right now

Ranked by independent tests, with what each one costs. Compare two of them side by side.

#ModelMakerIntelligence indexSpeed (tokens/s)Input (1M tokens)Output (1M tokens)
1Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)Anthropic57.697$4$20
2Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)Anthropic56142$2$10
3Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback)Anthropic5686$4$20
4Muse Wonder Full (Max)Meta55.8–freefree
5Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)Anthropic53.679$4$20
6Claude Fable 5.1 (Max, Default Fallback)Anthropic53.473$10$50
7Claude Fable 5.1 (Xhigh, Default Fallback)Anthropic53.262$10$50
8GPT-6 Astra (Max)OpenAI52.769$10$50
9Gemini 4 Argon (High)Google52.6–$2$10
10Muse Wonder (Max)Meta52.4173$4$20
11GPT-6 Astra (Xhigh)OpenAI52.463$10$50
12Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback)Anthropic51.9108$2$10
13GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)OpenAI51.859$2$10
14Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback)Anthropic51.282$4$20
15Claude Fable 5.1 (High, Default Fallback)Anthropic51.258$10$50
16GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh)OpenAI5156$2$10
17GPT-6 Astra (High)OpenAI50.958$10$50
18Claude Opus 5 (Max)Anthropic50.8–$5$25
19GPT-6.1 Sol (High)OpenAI50.254$2$10
20Claude Opus 5 (Xhigh)Anthropic49.7–$5$25
21Claude Fable 5 (Max, Opus 4.8 Fallback)Anthropic49.6–$10$50
22GPT-6 Astra (Medium)OpenAI49.658$10$50
23Claude Fable 5.1 (Medium, Default Fallback)Anthropic48.957$10$50
24Claude Opus 5 (High)Anthropic48.1–$5$25
25Muse Spark 1.3 (Max)Meta48.1111$1.25$4.25
26GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium)OpenAI47.854$2$10
27GPT-6 Sol (Max)OpenAI47.6–$2$10
28GPT-5.6 Sol (Max)OpenAI47–$4$20
29Claude Fable 5.1 (Low, Default Fallback)Anthropic46.859$10$50
30Claude Sonnet 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)Anthropic46.8109$2$10
31Grok 4.7 (Xhigh)SpaceXAI46.483$2$6
32Grok 4.7 (High)SpaceXAI46.378$2$6
33MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi46.346$0.43$0.87
34GPT-6 Astra (Low)OpenAI45.857$10$50
35Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alibaba45.437$2$6
36Muse Spark 1.3 (Xhigh)Meta45.1263$1.25$4.25
37Claude Opus 5 (Medium)Anthropic44.8–$5$25
38GLM-5.3 (Max)Z AI44.883$1.40$4.40
39Grok 4.6 (High)SpaceXAI44.3–$2$6
40GPT-6 Sol (Xhigh)OpenAI44.2–$2$10

Data from Artificial Analysis, updated every few hours. The intelligence index combines several independent tests. Prices are in US dollars for one million tokens: input is the text you send the model, output is the text it writes back. A token is a small piece of text, roughly three quarters of a word.

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