Rankings

Best AI models, ranked by capability

Ranked by Epoch AI's Capabilities Index (ECI), an aggregate score of each model's measured capability across standardized evaluations.

Ranked by the Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) — Epoch AI’s composite intelligence score.

129 models
Claude Fable 5Jun 9, 2026 · 9 in the newsAnthropic1M$10.00 / $50.00161
GPT-5.5 ProApr 23, 2026OpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.00160
GPT-5.5Apr 23, 2026 · 14 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$5.00 / $30.00159
GPT-5.4 ProMar 5, 2026OpenAI1.1M$30.00 / $180.00158
Claude Opus 4.8May 28, 2026 · 1 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.00157
GPT-5.4Mar 5, 2026 · 6 in the newsOpenAI1.1M$2.50 / $15.00156
Claude Opus 4.7Apr 16, 2026 · 4 in the newsAnthropic1M$5.00 / $25.00156
GPT-5.3 CodexFeb 5, 2026 · 4 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.00156
Gemini 3.1 ProFeb 19, 2026 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——156
Gemini 3.5 FlashMay 19, 2026Google1M$1.50 / $9.00155
Muse SparkApr 8, 2026Meta AI——155
Claude Opus 4.6Feb 5, 2026Anthropic1M$5.00 / $25.00155
Qwen 3.7 MaxMay 19, 2026 · 4 in the newsAlibaba1M$1.25 / $3.75154
Grok 4.20Feb 17, 2026xAI2M$1.25 / $2.50154
GPT-5.2 ProDec 11, 2025OpenAI400K$21.00 / $168.00154
GPT-5.2Dec 11, 2025 · 7 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.00154
Gemini 3 ProNov 18, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——153
Claude Sonnet 4.6Feb 17, 2026 · 1 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.00152
Kimi K2.6Apr 20, 2026 · 4 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.66 / $3.50152
Gemini 3 FlashDec 17, 2025 · 2 in the newsGoogle DeepMind——151
Qwen 3.6 Max (Preview)Apr 20, 2026 · 2 in the newsAlibaba262K$1.04 / $6.24151
GPT-5 ProOct 7, 2025OpenAI400K$15.00 / $120.00150
Kimi K2.7 CodeJun 12, 2026Moonshot262K$0.61 / $3.07150
GPT-5Aug 7, 2025 · 61 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00150
GLM-5.1Apr 7, 2026 · 5 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)203K$0.98 / $3.08150
GPT-5.1Nov 13, 2025 · 6 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00149
Claude Opus 4.5Nov 24, 2025Anthropic200K$5.00 / $25.00149
GPT-5.4 MiniMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.75 / $4.50149
Qwen 3.6 PlusApr 1, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba1M$0.33 / $1.95149
Kimi K2.5Feb 2, 2026 · 10 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.38 / $2.02148
MiniMax-M2.5Feb 12, 2026MiniMax205K$0.15 / $0.90147
Grok 4Jul 9, 2025xAI——147
GPT-5.4 NanoMar 17, 2026OpenAI400K$0.20 / $1.25147
Claude Sonnet 4.5Sep 29, 2025 · 3 in the newsAnthropic1M$3.00 / $15.00147
GLM-5Feb 17, 2026 · 26 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)203K$0.60 / $1.92146
DeepSeek-V3.2Dec 1, 2025 · 1 in the newsDeepSeek131K$0.23 / $0.34146
Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)Feb 16, 2026Alibaba——146
GPT-5 miniAug 7, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.00146
Qwen3-235B-A22B (Jul 2025)Jul 25, 2025Alibaba——145
Kimi K2 ThinkingNov 6, 2025 · 4 in the newsMoonshot262K$0.60 / $2.50145
Qwen 3.6 FlashApr 27, 2026Alibaba1M$0.19 / $1.13145
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpSep 29, 2025DeepSeek164K$0.27 / $0.41145
Qwen 3.5 Flash (hosted 35B-A3B)Feb 25, 2026Alibaba——145
Grok 4 FastSep 19, 2025xAI——145
Qwen3-MaxSep 5, 2025 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.78 / $3.90144
GLM-4.7Dec 22, 2025 · 3 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI)203K$0.40 / $1.75144
Claude Opus 4.1Aug 5, 2025Anthropic200K$15.00 / $75.00144
Gemini 2.5 FlashSep 25, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.30 / $2.50143
Claude Haiku 4.5Oct 15, 2025 · 1 in the newsAnthropic200K$1.00 / $5.00143
GLM-4.6Sep 30, 2025 · 3 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University203K$0.43 / $1.74141
Grok-3 miniJun 24, 2025xAI——141
Kimi K2Jul 11, 2025 · 27 in the newsMoonshot131K$0.57 / $2.30141
GPT-5 nanoAug 7, 2025OpenAI400K$0.05 / $0.40141
gpt-oss-120bAug 5, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.04 / $0.18141
DeepSeek-V3.1Aug 21, 2025DeepSeek——139
Claude Mythos 5Jun 9, 2026 · 1 in the newsAnthropic———
Nemotron 3 UltraJun 4, 2026 · 1 in the newsNVIDIA———
MAI-Image-2.5Jun 2, 2026Microsoft———
MiniMax-M3Jun 1, 2026MiniMax1M$0.30 / $1.20—
Composer 2.5May 18, 2026Cursor———
TML-Interaction-SmallMay 11, 2026Thinking Machines———
DeepSeek-V4-ProApr 24, 2026 · 3 in the newsDeepSeek1M$0.43 / $0.87—
DeepSeek-V4-FlashApr 24, 2026DeepSeek1M$0.09 / $0.18—
MiMo-V2.5-ProApr 23, 2026Xiaomi Corp1M$0.43 / $0.87—
GPT Image 2Apr 21, 2026 · 1 in the newsOpenAI———
Grok 4.3 BetaApr 17, 2026xAI———
Gemini Flash 3.1 TTSApr 15, 2026Google DeepMind———
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3BApr 14, 2026 · 3 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.14 / $1.00—
Gemma 4 31B ITApr 2, 2026Google DeepMind262K$0.12 / $0.35—
Qwen3.5-Omni-FlashMar 29, 2026Alibaba———
Qwen3.5-Omni-PlusMar 29, 2026Alibaba———
Composer 2Mar 19, 2026Cursor———
MiMo-V2-ProMar 18, 2026Xiaomi Corp———
MiniMax-M2.7Mar 18, 2026MiniMax205K$0.25 / $1.00—
Nemotron 3 SuperMar 11, 2026NVIDIA———
Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteMar 3, 2026 · 1 in the newsGoogle1M$0.25 / $1.50—
Gemini 3.0 Flash-liteMar 3, 2026Google DeepMind———
SWE 1.6Mar 1, 2026Cognition———
Qwen3.5-122B-A10BFeb 24, 2026Alibaba262K$0.26 / $2.08—
Qwen3.5 397B-A17BFeb 13, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba256K$0.39 / $2.45—
Seedance 2.0Feb 12, 2026 · 3 in the newsByteDance———
Qwen3-Coder-NextFeb 2, 2026 · 1 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.11 / $0.80—
Qwen3-Max-ThinkingJan 25, 2026 · 2 in the newsAlibaba262K$0.78 / $3.90—
Solar Open 100BDec 31, 2025Upstage———
K-EXAONEDec 31, 2025LG AI Research———
VAETKIDec 30, 2025NC AI———
A.X K1Dec 30, 2025SK Telecom———
HyperCLOVA X SEED 32B ThinkDec 29, 2025NAVER———
MiniMax-M2.1Dec 23, 2025MiniMax205K$0.29 / $0.95—
GPT-5.2 CodexDec 18, 2025 · 3 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.75 / $14.00—
Nemotron 3-Nano-30B-A3BDec 15, 2025NVIDIA262K$0.05 / $0.20—
SIMA 2Dec 4, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———
DeepSeekMath-V2Nov 27, 2025DeepSeek———
Olmo 3Nov 20, 2025 · 1 in the newsAllen Institute for AI———
Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro)Nov 20, 2025Google DeepMind———
GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxNov 19, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00—
Grok 4.1 FastNov 19, 2025xAI———
π0.6 (pi-0.6)Nov 17, 2025Physical Intelligence———
P1-235B-A22BNov 17, 2025Shanghai AI Lab———
Grok 4.1Nov 17, 2025xAI———
GPT-5.1 InstantNov 13, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI———
GPT-5.1-Codex-miniNov 12, 2025OpenAI400K$0.25 / $2.00—
GPT-5.1-CodexNov 12, 2025 · 2 in the newsOpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00—
Meta's Generative Ads Model (GEM)Nov 10, 2025Meta AI———
Tongyi DeepResearchOct 28, 2025Alibaba———
MiniMax-M2Oct 27, 2025MiniMax205K$0.26 / $1.00—
Veo 3.1Oct 15, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind———
Ling-1TOct 10, 2025Ant Group———
Sora 2.0Sep 30, 2025OpenAI———
Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5Sep 25, 2025Google DeepMind———
Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteSep 25, 2025 · 1 in the newsGoogle DeepMind1M$0.10 / $0.40—
Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3BSep 22, 2025Alibaba———
AgentFounder-30BSep 16, 2025Alibaba———
GPT‑5-CodexSep 15, 2025OpenAI400K$1.25 / $10.00—
LongCat-FlashSep 1, 2025Meituan Inc———
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)Aug 26, 2025Google———
GLM-4.5Aug 5, 2025 · 7 in the newsZ.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University131K$0.60 / $2.20—
gpt-oss-20bAug 5, 2025 · 1 in the newsOpenAI131K$0.03 / $0.14—
Qwen ImageAug 4, 2025 · 4 in the newsAlibaba———
Hierarchical Reasoning Model (HPM)Aug 4, 2025Sapient Intelligence———
MindLink-72BAug 1, 2025Kunlun Inc.———
Gemini 2.5 Deep ThinkAug 1, 2025Google,Google DeepMind———
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025)Jul 25, 2025Alibaba———
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35BJul 22, 2025Alibaba———
GLM-4.5-AirJul 20, 2025Z.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University131K$0.13 / $0.85—
EXAONE 4.0 (32B)Jul 15, 2025LG AI Research———
Gemini EmbeddingJul 14, 2025Google DeepMind———
Grok 4 HeavyJul 10, 2025xAI———
EXAONE Path 2.0Jul 9, 2025LG AI Research———

Frequently asked questions

What is the best AI model for overall?

Claude Fable 5 (Anthropic) currently ranks first for overall on Model Beat, followed by GPT-5.5 Pro and GPT-5.5. Ranked by Epoch AI's Capabilities Index (ECI), an aggregate score of each model's measured capability across standardized evaluations.

Which is the most affordable strong overall model?

Among the top-ranked overall models, Gemini 3.5 Flash is the cheapest at $1.50 per million input tokens.

How are these overall rankings calculated?

Ranked by Epoch AI's Capabilities Index (ECI), an aggregate score of each model's measured capability across standardized evaluations.

Benchmarks & model data from Epoch AI (CC BY); pricing & specs from OpenRouter. ECI = Epoch Capabilities Index.