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LMArena Text Arena People chat with two anonymous models side by side and vote for the better answer; votes become an Elo-style score.
Run by LMArena. Leaderboard as of 20 Oct 2026 · retrieved 21 Oct 2026. Showing top 29 of 417 models listed.
Arena score Score vs price
A AnthropicO OpenAIG GoogleX xAIM MetaD DeepSeekQ AlibabaZ Z.aiK MoonshotLMArena Text Arena: top 15 by Arena score Ranked bars. Leader: Gemini 4 Argon (High) at 1524. Full values in the table below. 1400 1450 1500 Gemini 4 Argon (High) (Google): 1524 G Gemini 4 Argon (High) 1524 Muse Wonder (Max) (Meta): 1510 M Muse Wonder (Max) 1510 Claude Opus 5.5 (High) (Anthropic): 1509 A Claude Opus 5.5 (High) 1509 Claude Fable 5 (High) (Anthropic): 1504 A Claude Fable 5 (High) 1504 Claude Opus 4.6 (High) (Anthropic): 1503 A Claude Opus 4.6 (High) 1503 Claude Fable 5.1 (Max) (Anthropic): 1503 A Claude Fable 5.1 (Max) 1503 Claude Opus 4.7 (High) (Anthropic): 1501 A Claude Opus 4.7 (High) 1501 Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic): 1497 A Claude Opus 4.6 1497 Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) (Google): 1496 G Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) 1496 Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) (Meta): 1495 M Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) 1495 Claude Opus 4.7 (Anthropic): 1494 A Claude Opus 4.7 1494 Muse Spark 1.2 (xHigh) (Meta): 1492 M Muse Spark 1.2 (xHigh) 1492 Claude Opus 5 (Max) (Anthropic): 1491 A Claude Opus 5 (Max) 1491 Muse Spark 1.1 (Meta): 1490 M Muse Spark 1.1 1490 Claude Opus 5 (High) (Anthropic): 1490 A Claude Opus 5 (High) 1490 axis starts at 1400
LMArena Text Arena: Arena score vs Output price ($ per 1M tokens) Scatter plot of 26 models. Leader on Arena score: Gemini 4 Argon (High) at 1524. Full values in the table below. $1 $10 $100 1460 1480 1500 1520 1540 Output price ($ per 1M tokens) (log scale) → ↑ Arena score DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) (DeepSeek): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $1.20, Arena score 1475 D GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) (OpenAI): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $10, Arena score 1479 O GLM-5.3 (Max) (Z.ai): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $4.40, Arena score 1481 Z Claude Opus 4.8 (High) (Anthropic): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $25, Arena score 1481 A GPT-5.5 (High) (OpenAI): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $30, Arena score 1481 O Qwen3.8-Max (Alibaba): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $6.00, Arena score 1483 Q Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) (Google): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $3.75, Arena score 1483 G GPT-5.6 Sol (xHigh) (OpenAI): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $20, Arena score 1484 O Gemini 3 Pro (Google): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $12, Arena score 1485 G Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (Google): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $6.00, Arena score 1487 G Gemini 3.7 Flash (High) (Google): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $3.75, Arena score 1489 G Claude Opus 5 (High) (Anthropic): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $25, Arena score 1490 A Muse Spark 1.1 (Meta): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $4.25, Arena score 1490 M Claude Opus 5 (Max) (Anthropic): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $25, Arena score 1491 A Muse Spark 1.2 (xHigh) (Meta): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $4.25, Arena score 1492 M Claude Opus 4.7 (Anthropic): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $25, Arena score 1494 A Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) (Meta): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $4.25, Arena score 1495 M Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) (Google): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $3.75, Arena score 1496 G Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $25, Arena score 1497 A Claude Opus 4.7 (High) (Anthropic): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $25, Arena score 1501 A Claude Fable 5.1 (Max) (Anthropic): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $50, Arena score 1503 A Claude Opus 4.6 (High) (Anthropic): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $25, Arena score 1503 A Claude Fable 5 (High) (Anthropic): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $50, Arena score 1504 A Claude Opus 5.5 (High) (Anthropic): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $20, Arena score 1509 A Muse Wonder (Max) (Meta): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $20, Arena score 1510 M Gemini 4 Argon (High) (Google): Output price ($ per 1M tokens) $10, Arena score 1524 G Gemini 4 Argon Muse Wonder Claude Opus 5.5
Arena score Elo-style rating from 8.9M+ head-to-head human votes (± is the confidence interval).
Output price ($ per 1M tokens) List price for output tokens, as shown on the leaderboard. Top 25 overall, plus the best-ranked entry for OpenAI, xAI, DeepSeek and Z.ai (ranks 26–39). Models without a listed price are left off the price view.
LMArena Text Arena scores Rank Model Provider Arena score Output price ($ per 1M tokens) ± Votes Input price ($/1M) 1 G Gemini 4 Argon (High) Preliminary Google 1524 $10 ±9 4,900 $2 2 M Muse Wonder (Max)Meta 1510 $20 ±9 5,099 $4 3 A Claude Opus 5.5 (High)Anthropic 1509 $20 ±7 9,496 $4 4 A Claude Fable 5 (High)Anthropic 1504 $50 ±4 43,399 $10 5 A Claude Opus 4.6 (High)Anthropic 1503 $25 ±3 82,619 $5 6 A Claude Fable 5.1 (Max)Anthropic 1503 $50 ±6 15,623 $10 7 A Claude Opus 4.7 (High)Anthropic 1501 $25 ±4 65,131 $5 8 A Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic 1497 $25 ±3 87,372 $5 9 G Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) Preliminary Google 1496 $3.75 ±5 41,423 $0.75 10 M Muse Spark 1.3 (Max)Meta 1495 $4.25 ±5 19,323 $1.25
Show 19 more rows Rank Model Provider Arena score Output price ($ per 1M tokens) ± Votes Input price ($/1M) 11 A Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic 1494 $25 ±4 66,185 $5 12 M Muse Spark 1.2 (xHigh)Meta 1492 $4.25 ±7 9,578 $1.25 13 A Claude Opus 5 (Max)Anthropic 1491 $25 ±5 33,683 $5 14 M Muse Spark 1.1Meta 1490 $4.25 ±4 44,815 $1.25 15 A Claude Opus 5 (High)Anthropic 1490 $25 ±4 69,307 $5 16 M Muse SparkMeta 1489 – ±6 14,153 N/A 17 G Gemini 3.7 Flash (High) Preliminary Google 1489 $3.75 ±5 29,177 $0.75 18 K Kimi K3 (Max)Moonshot 1488 – ±5 34,325 N/A 19 G Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle 1487 $6.00 ±3 129,523 $1 20 G Gemini 3 ProGoogle 1485 $12 ±4 42,059 $2 21 O GPT-5.6 Sol (xHigh)OpenAI 1484 $20 ±4 41,803 $4 22 G Gemini 3.6 Flash (High)Google 1483 $3.75 ±4 36,079 $0.75 23 Q Qwen3.8-MaxAlibaba 1483 $6.00 ±5 29,418 $2 24 O GPT-5.5 (High)OpenAI 1481 $30 ±4 69,340 $5 25 A Claude Opus 4.8 (High)Anthropic 1481 $25 ±4 64,063 $5 26 Z GLM-5.3 (Max)Z.ai 1481 $4.40 ±5 24,035 $1.4 28 O GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)OpenAI 1479 $10 ±8 7,453 $2 36 D DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max)DeepSeek 1475 $1.20 ±6 13,444 $0.3 39 X Grok 4.20 Beta 1xAI 1475 – ±5 27,918 N/A
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