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Claude Opus 4.8 from Anthropic, scoring 41.8 on the Intelligence Index at $10 per million tokens. It had been on top for 3 days.

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The top 10 on May 31, 2026

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
    Claude Opus 4.8Closed
    Anthropic · released May 28, 2026 · 3 days old
    Intelligence 41.8
    $10 /M
  2. 2
    Claude Opus 4.7Closed
    Anthropic · released Apr 16, 2026 · 6 weeks old
    Intelligence 40.7
    $10 /M
  3. 3
    GPT-5.4Closed
    OpenAI · released Mar 5, 2026 · 3 months old
    Intelligence 39
    $5.62 /M
  4. 4
    GPT-5.5Closed
    OpenAI · released Apr 23, 2026 · 5 weeks old
    Intelligence 38.4
    $11 /M
  5. 5
    Gemini 3.5 FlashClosed
    Google · released May 19, 2026 · 12 days old
    Intelligence 33.6
    $3.38 /M
  6. 6
    GPT-5.3 CodexClosed
    OpenAI · released Feb 5, 2026 · 4 months old
    Intelligence 32.5
    $4.81 /M
  7. 7
    Claude Opus 4.6Closed
    Anthropic · released Feb 5, 2026 · 4 months old
    Intelligence 31.9
    $10 /M
  8. 8
    Muse SparkClosed
    Meta · released Apr 8, 2026 · 8 weeks old
    Intelligence 31.3
    No public price
  9. 9
    GPT-5.2Closed
    OpenAI · released Dec 11, 2025 · 6 months old
    Intelligence 30.4
    $4.81 /M
  10. 10
    DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424Open weights
    DeepSeek · released Apr 24, 2026 · 5 weeks old
    Intelligence 30.4
    $0.54 /M

5 months later

What has happened since

#23Where Claude Opus 4.8 ranks today

94 models have come out since. Today's best is Claude Opus 5.5 at 57.6, 15.8 points higher.

50×Cheaper for the same score

Claude Haiku 5.5 scores at least as well today for $0.20 per million tokens, against $10 for Claude Opus 4.8 back then.

3 monthsUntil it cost under $1

GLM-5.3-Flash matched it for $0.12 per million tokens on Aug 26, 2026.

7 weeksUntil open weights caught up

Kimi K3 from Kimi matched it on Jul 16, 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

406 models were out on May 31, 2026

Best open model
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424

DeepSeek, scoring 30.4. #10 overall, 11.4 points behind.

Best under $1 per million
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424

DeepSeek, scoring 30.4. #10 overall at $0.54, 20× cheaper than #1.

New in the 30 days before · 12
  • Step 3.7 Flash19.5
  • Claude Opus 4.841.8
  • LFM2.5-8B-A1B7.2
  • HyperNova 60B 260511.7
  • MiniCPM5-1B8.8
  • Command A+13.1
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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.