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What was the top AI model in ?

GPT-5 from OpenAI, scoring 23 on the Intelligence Index at $3.44 per million tokens. It had been on top for 3 weeks.

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The top 10 on August 31, 2025

Ranked by the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, with each model's price on that day (per million tokens, 3 parts input to 1 part output).

  1. 1
    GPT-5Closed
    OpenAI · released Aug 7, 2025 · 3 weeks old
    Intelligence 23
    $3.44 /M
  2. 2
    Claude 4.1 OpusClosed
    Anthropic · released Aug 5, 2025 · 4 weeks old
    Intelligence 22.8
    $30 /M
  3. 3
    Grok 4Closed
    xAI · released Jul 10, 2025 · 7 weeks old
    Intelligence 22.5
    $6 /M
  4. 4
    o3-proClosed
    OpenAI · released Jun 10, 2025 · 3 months old
    Intelligence 21.9
    $35 /M
  5. 5
    Claude 4 OpusClosed
    Anthropic · released May 22, 2025 · 3 months old
    Intelligence 20.6
    $30 /M
  6. 6
    GPT-5 miniClosed
    OpenAI · released Aug 7, 2025 · 3 weeks old
    Intelligence 20.6
    $0.69 /M
  7. 7
    o3Closed
    OpenAI · released Apr 16, 2025 · 5 months old
    Intelligence 20.2
    $3.50 /M
  8. 8
    Claude 4 SonnetClosed
    Anthropic · released May 22, 2025 · 3 months old
    Intelligence 18.9
    $6 /M
  9. 9
    Claude 3.7 SonnetClosed
    Anthropic · released Feb 24, 2025 · 6 months old
    Intelligence 17.7
    $6 /M
  10. 10
    o4-miniClosed
    OpenAI · released Apr 16, 2025 · 5 months old
    Intelligence 16.7
    $1.93 /M

14 months later

What has happened since

#106Where GPT-5 ranks today

282 models have come out since. Today's best is Claude Opus 5.5 at 57.6, 34.6 points higher.

25×Cheaper for the same score

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 scores at least as well today for $0.14 per million tokens, against $3.44 for GPT-5 back then.

8 monthsUntil it cost under $1

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 matched it for $0.14 per million tokens on Apr 24, 2026.

5 monthsUntil open weights caught up

Kimi K2.5 from Kimi matched it on Jan 27, 2026, free to download and run.

The race

Which lab held the top spot

OpenAI led for 2.5 years of the 4 years since ChatGPT launched. Anthropic has held #1 since Apr 16, 2026, 6 models in a row. We rank by the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Other leaderboards, such as LMArena's human votes, crown different models.

  • OpenAI65%2.5 years at #1 across 12 models. Longest: GPT-4, 8 months.
  • Anthropic33%15 months at #1 across 11 models. Longest: Claude 3 Opus, 6 months.
  • xAI2%4 weeks at #1 across 1 model. Longest: Grok 4, 4 weeks.
  • Google<1%6 days at #1 across 1 model. Longest: Gemini 3 Pro Preview, 6 days.

The wider field

218 models were out on Aug 31, 2025

Best open model
DeepSeek V3.1

DeepSeek, scoring 13.7. #17 overall, 9.3 points behind.

Best under $1 per million
GPT-5 mini

OpenAI, scoring 20.6. #6 overall at $0.69, 5× cheaper than #1.

New in the 30 days before · 18
  • Grok Code Fast 114.1
  • Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B7.9
  • Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B7.5
  • DeepSeek V3.113.7
  • Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct12.1
  • NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V27.4
and 12 more

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Scores and release dates from Artificial Analysis (Intelligence Index, best published effort of each model), data through October 18, 2026. Prices are list prices on the day, including later cuts we know of. Models without a public price are ranked but not priced.