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Arena text leaderboard

Arena's text leaderboard ranks chat models by blind, pairwise human preference votes converted into a Bradley–Terry rating. A higher rating means the model won more anonymous head-to-head comparisons. This page lists every model ModelCap tracks with a published Arena text result, its best evaluated configuration, the source's own rank, and the model's ModelCap Index position, API price and context window.

Snapshot as of 30 September 2026

Claude Opus 4.6 from Anthropic leads the Arena text leaderboard among the 208 tracked models with 1505 (High configuration), per the source snapshot published 30 September 2026.

Tracked models with a result
208
Entries on the source board
410
Open-weight models listed
75

Arena text standings (208 models)

Sorted by published score, one row per model. Source: Arena (LMArena).

Arena text leaderboard: every tracked model's published score, source rank, ModelCap Index position, price and context
#ModelRatingConfigurationSource rankModelCap IndexOutput $/1MContextWeightsPublished
1Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic15051502–1509High#2 / 410—$25.001MAPI only30 September 2026
2Claude Fable 5Anthropic15051500–1509High#3 / 410—$50.001MAPI only30 September 2026
3Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic15041494–1514High#4 / 410#2$20.001MAPI only30 September 2026
4Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic15021498–1505High#5 / 410—$25.001MAPI only30 September 2026
5Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic15011495–1508Max#6 / 410#4$50.001MAPI only30 September 2026
6Muse Spark 1.3Meta14951488–1501Max#8 / 410#5$4.251MAPI only30 September 2026
7Muse Spark 1.2Meta14941484–1504X-High#10 / 410—$4.251MAPI only30 September 2026
8Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle14941489–1499High#11 / 410#9$3.751MAPI only30 September 2026
9Muse Spark 1.1Meta14921487–1496Not reported#12 / 410—$4.251MAPI only30 September 2026
10Claude Opus 5Anthropic14911487–1495High#13 / 410—$25.001MAPI only30 September 2026
11Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle14881483–1494High#16 / 410—$3.751MAPI only30 September 2026
12Kimi K3Moonshot AI14881483–1493Max#17 / 410#10$10.001MRestricted license30 September 2026
13Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle14871484–1490Not reported#18 / 410#12$12.001MAPI only30 September 2026
14GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI14841479–1488X-High#20 / 410—$10.001MAPI only30 September 2026
15Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle14831479–1488High#21 / 410—$3.751MAPI only30 September 2026
16GPT-5.5OpenAI14811478–1485High#22 / 410#14$30.001MAPI only30 September 2026
17Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic14811477–1485High#23 / 410—$25.001MAPI only30 September 2026
18Qwen3.8 Max (0803)Qwen14811476–1486Not reported#24 / 410—$6.001MRestricted license30 September 2026
19MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi14801470–1489Not reported#25 / 410#6$0.871MOpen weights30 September 2026
20GLM 5.3Z.ai14791474–1485Max#26 / 410#11$3.391MRestricted license30 September 2026
21Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle14771473–1481High#27 / 410—$9.001MAPI only30 September 2026
22GPT-6 AstraOpenAI14761469–1483Max#30 / 410#8$50.001MAPI only30 September 2026
23GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAI14761472–1480Not reported#31 / 410——128KAPI only30 September 2026
24GLM 5.2Z.ai14751471–1480Max#32 / 410—$3.991MOpen weights30 September 2026
25GPT-5.4OpenAI14751471–1479High#33 / 410—$15.001MAPI only30 September 2026
26Grok 4.20xAI14751470–1479Beta1#34 / 410—$2.502MAPI only30 September 2026
27Qwen3.7 MaxQwen14751465–1484Preview#35 / 410—$4.421MAPI only30 September 2026
28Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic14741470–1478High · 32K#37 / 410—$25.00200KAPI only30 September 2026
29GLM 5.3 FlashZ.ai14741468–1479Not reported#38 / 410#17$0.501MOpen weights30 September 2026
30DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek14731466–1480Max#40 / 410#15$0.501MOpen weights30 September 2026
31Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle14731468–1477Not reported#41 / 410—$3.001MAPI only30 September 2026
32Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic14721469–1476Not reported#42 / 410—$15.001MAPI only30 September 2026
33Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentxAI14711467–1474Beta · 0309#44 / 410#13$2.502MAPI only30 September 2026
34MiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomi14671464–1471Not reported#47 / 410—$0.871MOpen weights30 September 2026
35Grok 4.5xAI14661461–1470Not reported#48 / 410—$6.00500KAPI only30 September 2026
36GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI14651461–1470X-High#50 / 410#22$12.001MAPI only30 September 2026
37GLM 5.1Z.ai14651461–1468Not reported#53 / 410—$3.03205KOpen weights30 September 2026
38DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek14641458–1471High#54 / 410#24$1.981MOpen weights30 September 2026
39Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic14621458–1466High#55 / 410—$10.001MAPI only30 September 2026
40Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI14611457–1465Not reported#56 / 410—$1.83262KRestricted license30 September 2026
41Qwen3.6 Max PreviewQwen14601452–1468Not reported#57 / 410—$6.16262KAPI only30 September 2026
42DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeek14581454–1462Not reported#60 / 410—$0.4181MOpen weights30 September 2026
43GLM 5Z.ai14581453–1462Not reported#61 / 410—$1.92205KOpen weights30 September 2026
44Hy3Tencent14571451–1464Not reported#62 / 410—$0.33262KOpen weights30 September 2026
45Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic14571454–1459High · 32K#63 / 410—$15.001MAPI only30 September 2026
46Qwen3.7 PlusQwen14561452–1460Not reported#65 / 410#30$1.281MAPI only30 September 2026
47GPT-6 SolOpenAI14561449–1463Max#66 / 410—$10.001MAPI only30 September 2026
48GPT-5.1OpenAI14561452–1459High#67 / 410—$10.00400KAPI only30 September 2026
49Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle14541450–1459Not reported#70 / 410#32$2.501MAPI only30 September 2026
50MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi14541446–1462Not reported#71 / 410#25$0.281MOpen weights30 September 2026
51GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI14531449–1458X-High#72 / 410—$1.201MAPI only30 September 2026
52Grok 4.6xAI14531448–1459High#73 / 410—$6.00500KAPI only30 September 2026
53Gemma 4 31BGoogle14531445–1460Not reported#74 / 410#28$0.34262KOpen weights30 September 2026
54Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI14501447–1454Thinking#75 / 410—$2.25262KRestricted license30 September 2026
55Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic14501446–1453Thinking · 16K#77 / 410—$75.00200KAPI only30 September 2026
56GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI14471443–1451High#81 / 410#36$4.50400KAPI only30 September 2026
57Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle14461443–1448Not reported#83 / 410—$10.001MAPI only30 September 2026
58GPT-6 LunaOpenAI14441437–1451Max#85 / 410#31$0.501MAPI only30 September 2026
59Qwen3.6 PlusQwen14431439–1447Not reported#86 / 410—$1.951MAPI only30 September 2026
60Grok 4.7xAI14421434–1451X-High#88 / 410#29$6.00500KAPI only30 September 2026
61InklingThinking Machines14421437–1446Not reported#89 / 410#47$4.05524KOpen weights30 September 2026
62Qwen3.5 397B A17BQwen14421438–1445Not reported#90 / 410#43$3.50262KOpen weights30 September 2026
63GLM 4.7Z.ai14421435–1448Not reported#91 / 410—$2.20205KOpen weights30 September 2026
64Grok 4.3xAI14411438–1445Not reported#92 / 410—$2.501MAPI only30 September 2026
65MiniMax M3MiniMax14401436–1444Not reported#93 / 410#40$1.201MRestricted license30 September 2026
66Qwen3.8 27BQwen14391433–1444Not reported#94 / 410#39$3.001MOpen weights30 September 2026
67Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle14371430–1445Not reported#97 / 410#41$0.255262KOpen weights30 September 2026
68GPT-5.2OpenAI14371434–1441High#98 / 410—$14.00400KAPI only30 September 2026
69DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeek14361432–1440Not reported#100 / 410—$0.0841MOpen weights30 September 2026
70GPT-5OpenAI14341430–1439High#102 / 410—$10.00400KAPI only30 September 2026
71GLM 5V TurboZ.ai14341427–1440Not reported#104 / 410#45$4.00203KAPI only30 September 2026
72MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi14341430–1438Not reported#105 / 410#44$0.281MOpen weights30 September 2026
73Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle14331429–1436Not reported#106 / 410—$1.501MAPI only30 September 2026
74o3OpenAI14321428–1435Not reported#107 / 410#57$8.00200KAPI only30 September 2026
75Kimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AI14301427–1433Turbo#111 / 410#52$2.50262KRestricted license30 September 2026
76Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI14271421–1433Not reported#112 / 410#65$7.50262KAPI only30 September 2026
77Claude Opus 4Anthropic14261422–1430Thinking · 16K#116 / 410——200KAPI only30 September 2026
78DeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeek14251418–1431Thinking#118 / 410—$0.41164KOpen weights30 September 2026
79DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek14251421–1428Not reported#119 / 410#66$0.42164KOpen weights30 September 2026
80GLM 4.6Z.ai14241420–1428Not reported#120 / 410—$1.75205KOpen weights30 September 2026
81Qwen3 MaxQwen14231416–1429Not reported#121 / 410—$3.90262KAPI only30 September 2026
82Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Qwen14221420–1425Not reported#123 / 410#64$0.35262KOpen weights30 September 2026
83R1 0528DeepSeek14221416–1427Not reported#125 / 410#67$2.15164KOpen weights30 September 2026
84Kimi K2 0905Moonshot AI14191412–1425Preview#128 / 410—$2.50262KRestricted license30 September 2026
85DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeek14171411–1423Not reported#130 / 410—$0.95164KOpen weights30 September 2026
86DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeek14171407–1427Thinking#131 / 410#76$1.00164KOpen weights30 September 2026
87Qwen3.5-122B-A10BQwen14161412–1420Not reported#132 / 410#77$2.08262KOpen weights30 September 2026
88MiniMax M2.7MiniMax14151411–1418Not reported#134 / 410—$0.84205KRestricted license30 September 2026
89GPT-4.1OpenAI14151411–1419Not reported#135 / 410—$8.001MAPI only30 September 2026
90Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral AI14141411–1417Not reported#138 / 410#74$1.50262KAPI only30 September 2026
91Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic14141411–1416Not reported#139 / 410#75$5.00200KAPI only30 September 2026
92Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen14131407–1420Not reported#140 / 410#78$1.90262KOpen weights30 September 2026
93GLM 4.5Z.ai14111406–1416Not reported#143 / 410—$2.20131KOpen weights30 September 2026
94Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle14091407–1412Not reported#145 / 410—$2.501MAPI only30 September 2026
95Hy3 previewTencent14091402–1416Not reported#146 / 410—$0.60262KRestricted license30 September 2026
96Qwen3.5-27BQwen14091405–1413Not reported#147 / 410—$1.56262KOpen weights30 September 2026
97Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral AI14081405–1411Not reported#148 / 410—$2.00131KAPI only30 September 2026
98Inkling SmallThinking Machines14051400–1410Not reported#149 / 410#82$1.20524KOpen weights30 September 2026
99Qwen3 235B A22BQwen14031398–1407No thinking#152 / 410#92$1.82131KOpen weights30 September 2026
100o1OpenAI14021398–1407Not reported#153 / 410—$60.00200KAPI only30 September 2026
101Claude Sonnet 4Anthropic14021397–1406Thinking · 32K#154 / 410—$15.00200KAPI only30 September 2026
102GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI14011397–1405High#156 / 410#84$1.25400KAPI only30 September 2026
103Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen14001393–1407Not reported#157 / 410#96$2.30131KOpen weights30 September 2026
104Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructQwen13991394–1404Not reported#158 / 410#98$1.10262KOpen weights30 September 2026
105R1DeepSeek13981393–1403Not reported#159 / 410—$2.5064KOpen weights30 September 2026
106Qwen3.5-FlashQwen13961392–1400Not reported#160 / 410—$0.261MAPI only30 September 2026
107DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeek13961392–1400Not reported#161 / 410—$1.14164KOpen weights30 September 2026
108Qwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingQwen13951388–1402Not reported#163 / 410#101$4.00131KOpen weights30 September 2026
109Qwen3.5-35B-A3BQwen13941390–1398Not reported#165 / 410—$1.30262KOpen weights30 September 2026
110Step 3.5 FlashStepFun13931390–1397Not reported#166 / 410—$0.30262KOpen weights30 September 2026
111MiniMax M2.5MiniMax13911387–1395Not reported#168 / 410—$1.08205KRestricted license30 September 2026
112o4 MiniOpenAI13911387–1395Not reported#169 / 410#117$4.40200KAPI only30 September 2026
113GPT-5 MiniOpenAI13901385–1394High#171 / 410—$2.00400KAPI only30 September 2026
114Mistral Medium 3Mistral AI13871383–1392Not reported#174 / 410—$2.00131KAPI only30 September 2026
115Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen13871382–1392Not reported#175 / 410#115$1.00262KOpen weights30 September 2026
116Solar Pro 4Upstage13861380–1392Not reported#178 / 410#119$0.36524KAPI only30 September 2026
117MiniMax M2.1MiniMax13851379–1390Preview#179 / 410—$1.20205KRestricted license30 September 2026
118Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Qwen13831378–1388Not reported#180 / 410#120$0.193262KOpen weights30 September 2026
119GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI13831378–1387Not reported#181 / 410—$1.601MAPI only30 September 2026
120GLM 4.6VZ.ai13791368–1390Not reported#184 / 410#122$0.90131KOpen weights30 September 2026
121GLM 4.5 AirZ.ai13731369–1378Not reported#190 / 410#125$0.85131KOpen weights30 September 2026
122Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingQwen13691363–1375Not reported#192 / 410#127$1.20262KOpen weights30 September 2026
123Trinity Large ThinkingArcee AI13671363–1372Not reported#193 / 410#124$0.80262KRestricted license30 September 2026
124Gemma 3 27BGoogle13651362–1369Not reported#194 / 410#133$0.45131KGated access30 September 2026
125GLM 4.7 FlashZ.ai13651359–1371Not reported#195 / 410—$0.40200KOpen weights30 September 2026
126MiniMax M1MiniMax13641360–1368Not reported#197 / 410—$2.201MAPI only30 September 2026
127Nemotron 3 SuperNVIDIA13611353–1368Not reported#200 / 410#134$0.45262KRestricted license30 September 2026
128DeepSeek V3DeepSeek13581354–1363Not reported#202 / 410—$1.03164KLicense unverified30 September 2026
129Mistral Small 3.2 24BMistral AI13561351–1362Not reported#204 / 410#141$0.25256KOpen weights30 September 2026
130Command ACohere13541350–1357Not reported#206 / 410#143$10.00256KGated access30 September 2026
131GLM 4.5VZ.ai13521344–1361Not reported#208 / 410—$1.8066KOpen weights30 September 2026
132gpt-oss-120bOpenAI13521347–1356Not reported#209 / 410#132$0.17131KOpen weights30 September 2026
133o3 MiniOpenAI13481344–1352Not reported#215 / 410—$4.40200KAPI only30 September 2026
134Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1NVIDIA13481336–1359Not reported#216 / 410#148——Restricted license30 September 2026
135Qwen3 32BQwen13471337–1356Not reported#218 / 410#144$0.28131KOpen weights30 September 2026
136GPT-4o (2024-05-13)OpenAI13461343–1350Not reported#219 / 410—$15.00128KAPI only30 September 2026
137Qwen-PlusQwen13461338–1354Not reported#220 / 410—$0.781MAPI only30 September 2026
138MiniMax M2MiniMax13431335–1351Not reported#222 / 410—$1.20205KRestricted license30 September 2026
139Mercury 2Inception Labs13431333–1354Not reported#223 / 410—$0.75128KAPI only30 September 2026
140Gemma 3 12BGoogle13421332–1351Not reported#227 / 410#163$0.15131KGated access30 September 2026
141granite 4.2 30bIBM Granite13401329–1350Not reported#229 / 410#158—131KOpen weights30 September 2026
142GPT-5 NanoOpenAI13371331–1344High#230 / 410—$0.40400KAPI only30 September 2026
143QwQ 32BQwen13361331–1340Not reported#233 / 410#159——Open weights30 September 2026
144GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAI13361331–1340Not reported#235 / 410#165$10.00128KAPI only30 September 2026
145Nova 2 LiteAmazon13351329–1341Not reported#237 / 410#162$2.501MAPI only30 September 2026
146Llama 4 MaverickMeta13271323–1331Not reported#243 / 410#174$0.6521MGated access30 September 2026
147Qwen3 30B A3BQwen13271322–1331Not reported#244 / 410#171$0.50131KOpen weights30 September 2026
148GPT-4 TurboOpenAI13241321–1328Not reported#247 / 410#176$30.00128KAPI only30 September 2026
149GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAI13221315–1330Not reported#251 / 410—$0.401MAPI only30 September 2026
150Llama 4 ScoutMeta13221317–1326Not reported#254 / 410#177$0.301.3MGated access30 September 2026
151Llama 3.3 70B InstructMeta13181314–1321Not reported#258 / 410#178$0.32131KGated access30 September 2026
152GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)OpenAI13181314–1321Not reported#259 / 410—$0.60128KAPI only30 September 2026
153gpt-oss-20bOpenAI13181311–1324Not reported#260 / 410#166$0.09131KOpen weights30 September 2026
154gemma 3n E4B itGoogle13171312–1323Not reported#261 / 410#181—33KGated access30 September 2026
155Mistral Large 2407Mistral AI13141310–1318Not reported#263 / 410—$6.00131KAPI only30 September 2026
156Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA13141308–1319Not reported#265 / 410#179$0.20262KRestricted license30 September 2026
157Olmo 3 32B ThinkAllen Institute13061298–1315Not reported#273 / 410———Open weights30 September 2026
158Mistral LargeMistral AI13061301–1310Not reported#275 / 410—$6.00128KAPI only30 September 2026
159granite 4.1 8bIBM Granite13051295–1315Not reported#277 / 410———Open weights30 September 2026
160Gemma 3 4BGoogle13031294–1313Not reported#278 / 410#194$0.10131KGated access30 September 2026
161Mistral Small 3.1 24BMistral AI13031299–1308Not reported#279 / 410—$0.555128KOpen weights30 September 2026
162Qwen2.5 72B InstructQwen13031299–1307Not reported#280 / 410#189$0.4033KRestricted license30 September 2026
163Llama 3.1 70B InstructMeta12931290–1297Not reported#283 / 410—$0.40131KGated access30 September 2026
164Nova Pro 1.0Amazon12901286–1295Not reported#284 / 410#195$3.20300KAPI only30 September 2026
165Gemma 2 27BGoogle12891286–1293Not reported#285 / 410—$0.658KGated access30 September 2026
166granite 4.2 3bIBM Granite12891278–1301Not reported#287 / 410#173—131KOpen weights30 September 2026
167GPT-4OpenAI12881283–1292Release 0314#289 / 410—$60.008KAPI only30 September 2026
168Granite 4.2 8BIBM Granite12881276–1299Not reported#290 / 410#172$0.25131KOpen weights30 September 2026
169Llama 3 1 Nemotron 51B InstructNVIDIA12871277–1297Not reported#292 / 410#201——Restricted license30 September 2026
170Olmo 3.1 32B ThinkAllen Institute12861279–1294Not reported#294 / 410#198——Open weights30 September 2026
171Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 70BAllen Institute12861276–1297Not reported#295 / 410#204——Restricted license30 September 2026
172Command R+ (08-2024)Cohere12761270–1283Not reported#300 / 410#211$10.00128KAPI only30 September 2026
173Mistral Small 3Mistral AI12741268–1280Not reported#302 / 410—$0.0833KOpen weights30 September 2026
174Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructQwen12711262–1279Not reported#305 / 410#210$1.0033KOpen weights30 September 2026
175gemma 2 9b itGoogle12671263–1271Not reported#307 / 410#218——Gated access30 September 2026
176Qwen2 72B InstructQwen12621257–1267Not reported#309 / 410———Restricted license30 September 2026
177Claude 3 HaikuAnthropic12621258–1265Not reported#311 / 410——200KAPI only30 September 2026
178Nova Lite 1.0Amazon12601255–1266Not reported#312 / 410—$0.24300KAPI only30 September 2026
179Phi 4Microsoft12561252–1261Not reported#314 / 410#219$0.1416KOpen weights30 September 2026
180OLMo 2 0325 32B InstructAllen Institute12521241–1262Not reported#315 / 410#220——Open weights30 September 2026
181Command R (08-2024)Cohere12501244–1257Not reported#316 / 410#221$0.60128KAPI only30 September 2026
182Nova Micro 1.0Amazon12411236–1246Not reported#318 / 410#224$0.14128KAPI only30 September 2026
183Qwen1.5 72B ChatQwen12331228–1239Not reported#324 / 410#228——Restricted license30 September 2026
184Mixtral 8x22B InstructMistral AI12301225–1234Not reported#326 / 410#229$6.0066KOpen weights30 September 2026
185GPT-3.5 TurboOpenAI12261221–1230Release 0125#329 / 410—$1.5016KAPI only30 September 2026
186Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8BAllen Institute12201210–1231Not reported#334 / 410#231——Restricted license30 September 2026
187Llama 3.1 8B InstructMeta12111207–1215Not reported#337 / 410#233$0.08131KGated access30 September 2026
188granite 3.1 8b instructIBM Granite12081197–1220Not reported#338 / 410———Open weights30 September 2026
189Qwen1.5 32B ChatQwen12041198–1210Not reported#340 / 410#243——Restricted license30 September 2026
190gemma 2 2b itGoogle12001196–1204Not reported#341 / 410#253——Gated access30 September 2026
191Phi 3 medium 4k instructMicrosoft11981193–1203Not reported#342 / 410#249——Open weights30 September 2026
192Qwen1.5 14B ChatQwen11911184–1198Not reported#345 / 410#254——Restricted license30 September 2026
193granite 3.0 8b instructIBM Granite11831174–1192Not reported#350 / 410———Open weights30 September 2026
194gemma 1.1 7b itGoogle11831176–1189Not reported#353 / 410#259——Gated access30 September 2026
195granite 3.1 2b instructIBM Granite11791168–1190Not reported#355 / 410———Open weights30 September 2026
196Phi 3 small 8k instructMicrosoft11711165–1177Not reported#359 / 410#260——Open weights30 September 2026
197Llama 3.2 3B InstructMeta11671159–1174Not reported#363 / 410#262$0.33131KGated access30 September 2026
198granite 3.0 2b instructIBM Granite11571148–1165Not reported#365 / 410———Open weights30 September 2026
199QwQ 32B PreviewQwen11541143–1166Not reported#367 / 410———Open weights30 September 2026
200Mistral 7B Instruct v0.2Mistral AI11491143–1156Not reported#372 / 410#271——Open weights30 September 2026
201Qwen1.5 7B ChatQwen11441134–1154Not reported#374 / 410#272——Restricted license30 September 2026
202Qwen 14B ChatQwen11391128–1150Not reported#378 / 410———License unverified30 September 2026
203Phi 3 mini 128k instructMicrosoft11301122–1137Not reported#383 / 410———Open weights30 September 2026
204Phi 3 mini 4k instructMicrosoft11281122–1134Not reported#384 / 410———Open weights30 September 2026
205gemma 1.1 2b itGoogle11171109–1124Not reported#389 / 410———Gated access30 September 2026
206Llama 3.2 1B InstructMeta11111103–1119Not reported#392 / 410#275$0.20160KGated access30 September 2026
207Qwen1.5 4B ChatQwen10911082–1100Not reported#396 / 410#277——Restricted license30 September 2026
208OLMo 7B InstructAllen Institute10741062–1085Not reported#397 / 410#280——Open weights30 September 2026

How ModelCap uses Arena text

Arena text ranks models by human preference rating from blind pairwise votes. ModelCap ingests the board as published, matches each entry to a catalogue model with a reviewed identity, and shows the source's score, interval and rank unchanged. Not on its own. The ModelCap Index combines several public capability sources with published uncertainty; Arena text contributes as general evidence where a model has an admitted result. The methodology page documents the weighting. Read the methodology and identity rules.

Arena text leaderboard: common questions

What is the Arena text benchmark?

Arena's text leaderboard ranks chat models by blind, pairwise human preference votes converted into a Bradley–Terry rating. A higher rating means the model won more anonymous head-to-head comparisons. It is published by Arena (LMArena).

Which AI model leads Arena text right now?

Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic) holds the top Arena text score among the models ModelCap tracks, at 1505 as of the source snapshot published 30 September 2026.

How many models are ranked on the Arena text leaderboard here?

208 tracked models have a published Arena text result on ModelCap; the source board itself lists 410 entries. Each row shows the model's best evaluated configuration.

What is the best open-weight model on Arena text?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro from Xiaomi is the highest-scoring model with openly downloadable weights on this board, at 1480.

Which model offers the best value on Arena text?

Among the ten highest-scoring priced models, Gemini 3.8 Flash has the lowest listed output price at $3.75 per 1M tokens while scoring 1494.

How is Arena text scored?

The board ranks models by human preference rating from blind pairwise votes; higher ratings are better. ModelCap shows the source's own score, interval and rank and never re-runs the evaluation.

Does Arena text decide the ModelCap Index rank?

Not on its own. The ModelCap Index combines several public capability sources with published uncertainty; Arena text contributes as general evidence where a model has an admitted result. The methodology page documents the weighting.

How recent are the Arena text results?

The newest Arena text publication ModelCap holds is dated 30 September 2026. This page uses the published snapshot; source collection, publication and page updates happen separately.

Which Arena text model ranks highest on the ModelCap Index?

Claude Opus 5.5 is the highest-scoring model on this board that currently holds a ModelCap Index position (#2).

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