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What was the top AI model in ?

Claude Opus 5.5 from Anthropic, scoring 57.6 on the Intelligence Index at $8 per million tokens. It had been on top for 4 weeks.

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The top 10 on October 18, 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 5.5Closed
    Anthropic · released Sep 22, 2026 · 4 weeks old
    Intelligence 57.6
    $8 /M
  2. 2
    Claude Sonnet 5.5Closed
    Anthropic · released Sep 28, 2026 · 3 weeks old
    Intelligence 56
    $4 /M
  3. 3
    Muse Wonder FullClosed
    Meta · released Oct 12, 2026 · 6 days old
    Intelligence 55.8
    No public price
  4. 4
    Claude Fable 5.1Closed
    Anthropic · released Sep 1, 2026 · 7 weeks old
    Intelligence 53.4
    $20 /M
  5. 5
    GPT-6 AstraClosed
    OpenAI · released Sep 3, 2026 · 6 weeks old
    Intelligence 52.7
    $20 /M
  6. 6
    Gemini 4 ArgonClosed
    Google · released Sep 30, 2026 · 3 weeks old
    Intelligence 52.6
    $4 /M
  7. 7
    Muse WonderClosed
    Meta · released Oct 12, 2026 · 6 days old
    Intelligence 52.4
    $8 /M
  8. 8
    GPT-6.1 SolClosed
    OpenAI · released Sep 29, 2026 · 3 weeks old
    Intelligence 51.8
    $4 /M
  9. 9
    Claude Opus 5Closed
    Anthropic · released Jul 24, 2026 · 3 months old
    Intelligence 50.8
    $10 /M
  10. 10
    Claude Fable 5Closed
    Anthropic · released Jun 9, 2026 · 4 months old
    Intelligence 49.6
    $20 /M

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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

500 models were out on Oct 18, 2026

Best open model
MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Xiaomi, scoring 46.3. #15 overall, 11.3 points behind.

Best under $1 per million
MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Xiaomi, scoring 46.3. #15 overall at $0.54, 15× cheaper than #1.

New in the 30 days before · 19
  • Beam 1.030.3
  • Muse Spark Open38.9
  • Nemotron 3.5 Super VL26.5
  • Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B21.4
  • Muse Wonder Full55.8
  • Muse Wonder52.4
and 13 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.