Comparison of generative AI models

This is a comparison of generative AI models, such as language models and text-to-image models, across various benchmarks and user-generated Elo ratings. Leading large language models are sometimes called frontier models.

Background

Independent evaluation is widely used to compare frontier models because developer-reported scores are hard to compare directly.

Language models

Comparison of language models across benchmarks, as of 10 October 2026
ModelDeveloperOriginRelease DateLicenseAA Intelligence IndexArena.ai Text RatingEpoch Capability IndexVals IndexAA Cost per Task (USD)AA Speed (Median Tokens/s)
Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic United States22 September 2026Proprietary581507167.367.0$5.9896
Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic United States28 September 2026Proprietary561476165.067.0$5.46141
Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic United StatesSeptember 2026Proprietary531501164.765.8$7.6370
GPT-6 AstraOpenAI United States3 September 2026Proprietary531475166.463.1$3.2647
Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle DeepMind United States30 September 2026 (limited access)Proprietary531525n/a68.9$1.99n/a
GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI United States29 September 2026Proprietary521484166.161.2$0.7256
Claude Opus 5Anthropic United States24 July 2026Proprietary511490162.863.7$5.8653
Claude Fable 5Anthropic United States9 June 2026Proprietary501504162.161.4$8.7568
Muse Spark 1.3Meta Platforms United StatesSeptember 2026Proprietary481494156.858.2$1.60175
GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI United States9 July 2026Proprietary471485161.758.0$1.9979
Grok 4.7SpaceXAI United StatesSeptember 2026Proprietary461443153.555.0$3.7474
MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi China21 September 2026MIT License461480n/a55.2$0.1343
Qwen3.8 Max 0902Alibaba Cloud China2 September 2026Proprietary451483156.448.3$5.4136
GLM-5.3Zhipu AI ChinaAugust 2026MIT License451478155.653.5$2.0183
Grok 4.6SpaceXAI United States12 August 2026Proprietary441454156.452.1$1.8660
Step 5 PreviewStepFun ChinaAugust 2026Proprietary441447n/an/a$1.0387
Kimi K3Moonshot AI China16 July 2026Kimi K3 License441488157.450.3$2.0041
Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic United States7 October 2026Proprietary43n/an/a54.3$0.21240
GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI United States9 July 2026Proprietary421466159.653.1$1.40108
GLM-5.3-FlashZhipu AI ChinaAugust 2026MIT License421475151.9n/a$0.2553
Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic United States28 May 2026Proprietary421481158.255.1$4.0857
Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle DeepMind United StatesSeptember 2026Proprietary411497156.754.8$1.24125
Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic United States16 April 2026Proprietary411501156.3n/an/a50
Ling 3.1 FlashInclusionAI China30 September 2026Proprietary41n/an/an/a$0.99214
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba Cloud ChinaSeptember 2026Qwen3.8-Max license40n/an/an/a$2.1637
Qwen3.8-Flash-NextAlibaba Cloud ChinaSeptember 2026Qwen Community 1.040n/an/an/a$0.3756
Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle DeepMind United States13 August 2026Proprietary391486157.351.3$0.93318
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek ChinaAugust 2026MIT License391475154.951.3$0.27217
GPT-5.4OpenAI United States5 March 2026Proprietary391475156.8n/an/a142
Grok 4.5SpaceXAI United States8 July 2026Proprietary391466153.944.7$1.0461
Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic United States30 June 2026Proprietary381461156.251.8$5.0977
GPT-5.5OpenAI United States23 April 2026Proprietary381482159.1n/a$2.63108
GPT-6 LunaOpenAI United States22 September 2026Proprietary381443156.351.2$0.07139
MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi China21 September 2026MIT License381451n/a53.2$0.0658
Mistral Large 4 PreviewMistral AI France6 October 2026Proprietary381429n/a48.1$1.13n/a
GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI United States9 July 2026Proprietary371452156.451.7$0.18159
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek China13 August 2026MIT License361465155.347.6$0.6789
Agnes 3.0 FlashSapiens AI Singapore2026Proprietary36*n/an/an/an/an/a
Agnes 2.5 Pro BetaSapiens AI Singapore2026Proprietary35*n/an/an/an/an/a
DeepSeek V4 Flash VisionDeepSeek ChinaAugust 2026MIT License35n/an/an/a$0.31221

Text-to-image models

Comparison of text-to-image models, as of 10 October 2026
ModelDeveloperOriginRelease DateAA EloArena EloAPI Price per 1k Images (USD)License
GPT Image 2.5 SunburstOpenAI United StatesSeptember 202611981425$210.70Proprietary
GPT Image 2.5 FlareOpenAI United StatesSeptember 202611911398$210.70Proprietary
GPT Image 2OpenAI United StatesApril 202611711383$211.00Proprietary
Nano Banana 2.1Google DeepMind United StatesOctober 202611601328$33.60Proprietary
Grok Imagine Image 2.0SpaceXAI United StatesAugust 202611561334$60.00Proprietary
MAI-Image-2.6Microsoft AI United StatesAugust 202611511332$38.90Proprietary
Nano Banana 2Google DeepMind United StatesFebruary 202611271262$67.00Proprietary
Muse ImageMeta Platforms United StatesJuly 202611161274$10.00Proprietary
FLUX 3 ImageBlack Forest Labs GermanyOctober 20261115n/a$48.00Proprietary
GPT Image 1.5OpenAI United StatesDecember 202511071237$133.00Proprietary
MAI-Image-2.6-FlashMicrosoft AI United StatesSeptember 20261106n/a$19.50Proprietary
MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft AI United StatesJune 202611031254$48.10Proprietary
Nano Banana ProGoogle DeepMind United StatesNovember 202511021248$134.00Proprietary
MAI-Image-2.5-ProMicrosoft AI United StatesJuly 20261100n/a$108.50Proprietary
Nano Banana 2 LiteGoogle DeepMind United StatesJune 202610951250$33.60Proprietary
Qwen-Image-3.0-ProAlibaba Cloud ChinaJuly 202610881255$40.00Qwen License
Seedream 5.0 ProByteDance ChinaJuly 202610801255$90.00Proprietary
Qwen-Image-3.0Alibaba Cloud ChinaJuly 20261074n/a$30.00Qwen License
Grok Imagine Image QualitySpaceXAI United StatesMay 20261046n/a$50.00Proprietary
Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba Cloud ChinaSeptember 202610381223n/aQwen License

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ An asterisk denotes an Artificial Analysis estimated score pending independent evaluation; n/a indicates no published score in the cited snapshot.
  2. 1 2 Scores shown are for each model's highest-performing reasoning effort level on Artificial Analysis; lower-effort configurations of the same model are omitted.
  3. ↑ Arena.ai scores shown are each model's best across reported effort variants on the leaderboard.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Arena Elo ratings annotated as preliminary are based on fewer than 5,000 votes at the time of collection and are subject to greater statistical uncertainty as additional votes are recorded.

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