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Ranking combines the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, task-specific evaluation results where independently reproduced, and price per million tokens. Vendor-only claims are excluded from the ranking itself and shown separately where relevant.
Candidates
| Model | Why it ranks here | Full comparison |
|---|---|---|
| GLM-5.3 | Near-frontier agentic coding at ~1/5 the price of the closed frontier; 1M-token context. | Compare → |
| Claude (Fable 5 / Opus) | Leads on the hardest SWE tasks; highest price and token use. | Compare → |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | Strong on offensive-security and the hardest benchmarks. | Compare → |
| Kimi K3 | Open-weight peer tied with GLM-5.3 on the Intelligence Index. | Compare → |
| DeepSeek V4 | Open-weight agentic-coding alternative. | Compare → |
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