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New Diffusion LLM Research and a German Data Center Push

arxiv.org publishes a paper on Nemotron-Labs-Diffusion-Uni, described in its title as an elastic, self-refining unified diffusion language model using cross-paradigm on-policy distillation. Separately, datacenterdynamics.com reports that Nvidia is partnering with PreussenElektra to explore deploying AI data centers at former nuclear sites in Germany.

Sources: arxiv.org, datacenterdynamics.com

Two Headlines on AI Power and Model Scaling

datacenterknowledge.com publishes "The Power Challenge Behind Hyperscale AI Expansion," a title framing power as a challenge connected to hyperscale AI growth. In a separate item, arxiv.org carries "OpenESM: Energy-Steered Models Are Scalable Foundation Learners," whose headline asserts that energy-steered models work as scalable foundation learners. The two headlines, from datacenterknowledge.com and arxiv.org respectively, place questions of power constraints alongside energy-aware model design.

Sources: datacenterknowledge.com, arxiv.org

Best orchestrator

Planning proxy from outside evaluations.

Hidden 426 models: 425 without a current paid OpenRouter listing; 1 without a usable rating for this role.

1Gemini 4 ArgonSince yesterday: same1529Arena-scaledGoogle
2Claude Opus 5.5Since yesterday: same1512Arena-scaledAnthropicour build check: 96.46/100
3Muse WonderSince yesterday: same1509Arena-scaledMeta
4Claude Fable 5.1Since yesterday: same1507Arena-scaledAnthropic
5GPT-6 AstraSince yesterday: same1504Arena-scaledOpenAI
6GPT-6.1 SolSince yesterday: same1501Arena-scaledOpenAIour build check: 98.9/100
7Claude Fable 5Since yesterday: same1501Arena-scaledAnthropic
8Claude Opus 5Since yesterday: same1496Arena-scaledAnthropic
9Claude Sonnet 5.5Since yesterday: same1494Arena-scaledAnthropic
10GPT-5.6 SolSince yesterday: same1492Arena-scaledOpenAI
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11GPT-5.5Since yesterday: same1487Arena-scaledOpenAI
12Claude Opus 4.7Since yesterday: same1485Arena-scaledAnthropic
13Muse Spark 1.3Since yesterday: same1485Arena-scaledMeta
14GPT-6 SolSince yesterday: same1485Arena-scaledOpenAIour build check: 91.6/100
15Kimi K3Since yesterday: same1485Arena-scaledMoonshot AI
16Gemini 3.7 FlashSince yesterday: same1482Arena-scaledGoogle
17Claude Opus 4.6Since yesterday: same1482Arena-scaledAnthropic
18Gemini 3.8 FlashSince yesterday: same1482Arena-scaledGoogle
19Claude Opus 4.8Since yesterday: same1480Arena-scaledAnthropic
20Muse Spark 1.2Since yesterday: same1480Arena-scaledMeta
21DeepSeek V4.1 FlashSince yesterday: same1479Arena-scaledDeepSeek
22Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewSince yesterday: same1479Arena-scaledGoogle
23GPT-5.6 TerraSince yesterday: same1479Arena-scaledOpenAI
24GPT-5.4Since yesterday: same1478Arena-scaledOpenAI
25GLM 5.3Since yesterday: same1477Arena-scaledZhipu AI
26Muse Spark 1.1Since yesterday: same1475Arena-scaledMeta
27DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Since yesterday: samepartial: 1 of 3 families1474Arena-scaledDeepSeek
28Gemini 3.6 FlashSince yesterday: same1472Arena-scaledGoogle
29Qwen3.8 Max 0902Since yesterday: same1471Arena-scaledAlibaba
30Gemini 3.5 FlashSince yesterday: same1471Arena-scaledGoogle
31Grok 4.6Since yesterday: same1470Arena-scaledxAI
32Claude Sonnet 5Since yesterday: same1470Arena-scaledAnthropic
33GLM 5.3 FlashSince yesterday: same1467Arena-scaledZhipu AI
34Grok 4.5Since yesterday: same1467Arena-scaledxAI
35DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731Since yesterday: samepartial: 1 of 3 families1466Arena-scaledDeepSeek
36GPT-5.6 LunaSince yesterday: same1465Arena-scaledOpenAI
37Claude Sonnet 4.6Since yesterday: same1464Arena-scaledAnthropic
38GLM 5.2Since yesterday: same1464Arena-scaledZhipu AI
39Qwen3.7Since yesterday: samepartial: 1 of 3 families1463Arena-scaledAlibaba
40GPT-6 LunaSince yesterday: same1461Arena-scaledOpenAIour build check: 65.25/100
41Grok 4.7Since yesterday: same1459Arena-scaledxAI
42Claude Opus 4.5Since yesterday: same1457Arena-scaledAnthropic
43Claude Haiku 5.5Since yesterday: same1457Arena-scaledAnthropic
44GPT-5.2Since yesterday: same1454Arena-scaledOpenAI
45Kimi K2.6Since yesterday: same1454Arena-scaledMoonshot AI
46Qwen3.8 27BSince yesterday: same1451Arena-scaledAlibaba
47DeepSeek V4 ProSince yesterday: same1450Arena-scaledDeepSeek
48GLM 5.1Since yesterday: same1449Arena-scaledZhipu AI
49GPT-5.1Since yesterday: same1445Arena-scaledOpenAI
50Kimi K2.7 CodeSince yesterday: samepartial: 1 of 3 families1444Arena-scaledMoonshot AI
51InklingSince yesterday: same1443Arena-scaledThinky
52GPT-5.4 MiniSince yesterday: same1440Arena-scaledOpenAI
53Qwen3.6 PlusSince yesterday: same1439Arena-scaledAlibaba
54GPT-5Since yesterday: same1438Arena-scaledOpenAI
55Kimi K2.5Since yesterday: same1436Arena-scaledMoonshot AI
56MiniMax M3Since yesterday: same1435Arena-scaledMiniMax
57Qwen3.7 PlusSince yesterday: same1435Arena-scaledAlibaba
58Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteSince yesterday: same1434Arena-scaledGoogle
59Claude Sonnet 4.5Since yesterday: same1433Arena-scaledAnthropic
60Grok 4.3Since yesterday: same1433Arena-scaledxAI
61GLM 5Since yesterday: same1431Arena-scaledZhipu AI
62DeepSeek V4 FlashSince yesterday: same1430Arena-scaledDeepSeek
63Qwen3.5 397B A17BSince yesterday: same1429Arena-scaledAlibaba
64Inkling SmallSince yesterday: same1428Arena-scaledThinky
65Qwen3.6 27BSince yesterday: samepartial: 1 of 3 families1425Arena-scaledAlibaba
66O3Since yesterday: same1425Arena-scaledOpenAI
67GPT-5.4 NanoSince yesterday: same1421Arena-scaledOpenAI
68Claude Opus 4.1Since yesterday: same1421Arena-scaledAnthropic
69DeepSeek V3.2Since yesterday: same1420Arena-scaledDeepSeek
70Gemma 4 31BSince yesterday: same1418Arena-scaledGoogle
71GLM 4.7Since yesterday: same1417Arena-scaledZhipu AI
72DeepSeek V3.2 ExpSince yesterday: same1415Arena-scaledDeepSeek
73MiniMax M2.7Since yesterday: same1415Arena-scaledMiniMax
74MiniMax M2.5Since yesterday: same1409Arena-scaledMiniMax
75O4 MiniSince yesterday: same1405Arena-scaledOpenAI
76GPT-5 MiniSince yesterday: same1404Arena-scaledOpenAI
77Mistral Medium 3.5Since yesterday: same1403Arena-scaledMistral
78Claude Haiku 4.5Since yesterday: same1401Arena-scaledAnthropicour build check: 4.28/100
79O1Since yesterday: same1395Arena-scaledOpenAI
80Qwen3.5 35B A3BSince yesterday: same1395Arena-scaledAlibaba
81GPT-4.1Since yesterday: same1381Arena-scaledOpenAI
82O3 MiniSince yesterday: same1375Arena-scaledOpenAI
83GPT-Oss 120BSince yesterday: same1369Arena-scaledOpenAI
84GPT-4.1 MiniSince yesterday: same1363Arena-scaledOpenAI
85Qwen3 32BSince yesterday: same1362Arena-scaledAlibaba
86GPT-5 NanoSince yesterday: same1362Arena-scaledOpenAI
87GPT-Oss 20BSince yesterday: same1348Arena-scaledOpenAI
88Qwen3 30B A3BSince yesterday: same1346Arena-scaledAlibaba
89GPT-4.1 NanoSince yesterday: same1320Arena-scaledOpenAI
90GPT-4O MiniSince yesterday: same1307Arena-scaledOpenAI
91Phi 4Since yesterday: same1299Arena-scaledMicrosoft
New, not enough ratings yet
How we rank

R = weighted mean over present families: sum(preset family weight × mean calibrated score within that family) / sum(present family weights). Role weights: {'objective_reasoning': 0.5, 'human_preference': 0.3, 'terminal_work': 0.2}. Best published configuration: use the highest raw score per source and model, never average efforts. Confirmed evaluator spelling aliases fold through an explicit table (Gemma 4 31B IT/instruct); arbitrary instruct and checkpoint suffixes stay distinct. Explicit effort suffixes fold into the base model. Full date aliases fold only when that source has one dated release for the base; checkpoint IDs, versions, tiers and parameter sizes stay distinct. Non-Arena sources use z-scores and one positive linear fit on at least 10 model-key overlaps with Arena text, frozen in this snapshot. Failed fits remain visible but contribute nothing. Models with just one contributing independent evaluator appear under 'New, not enough ratings yet', without a rank. Other models are ranked by their blended score; models with fewer than 2 rating families, 2 independent evaluators or 50% of the available weight are tagged partial. Available families have at least one calibrated, non-excluded source in this snapshot. Coverage weight remains the share of preset weight present. Boards warn when less than 50% of preset weight is available and name missing families. Terminal results retain the named agent configuration and serve as workflow proxies. Scores are Arena-scaled proxies; no pairwise win probability. Price only filters eligibility. PirateBench is our build check only.

Sources: Arena, Epoch AI, LiveBench, Terminal-Bench, Aider, OpenRouter rates, PirateBench — our build check / list build prices · How we score

Arena, as of 2026-10-22 · CC BY 4.0; Epoch AI, as of 2026-10-15 · CC BY 4.0; LiveBench, as of 2026-06-25 · CC BY-SA 4.0; Terminal-Bench, as of 2026-09-29 · Apache-2.0; Aider, as of 2025-08-23 · Apache-2.0; OpenRouter rates, as of 2026-10-28 · OpenRouter terms; PirateBench — our build check / list build prices, as of 2026-10-02 · Normalization and aggregation are our transformation. Rating table: CC BY-SA 4.0. Apache source licence and notices: evaluator notices. · Board as of 2026-10-28

Best open-weight model

Downloadable weights; general quality. Weight licence terms vary.

1Kimi K3Since yesterday: same1485Arena-scaledMoonshot AI
2DeepSeek V4.1 FlashSince yesterday: same1479Arena-scaledDeepSeek
3GLM 5.3Since yesterday: same1477Arena-scaledZhipu AI
4GLM 5.3 FlashSince yesterday: same1467Arena-scaledZhipu AI
5GLM 5.2Since yesterday: same1464Arena-scaledZhipu AI
6Kimi K2.6Since yesterday: same1454Arena-scaledMoonshot AI
7Qwen3.8 27BSince yesterday: same1451Arena-scaledAlibaba
8DeepSeek V4 ProSince yesterday: same1450Arena-scaledDeepSeek
9GLM 5.1Since yesterday: same1449Arena-scaledZhipu AI
10InklingSince yesterday: same1443Arena-scaledThinky
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11Kimi K2.5Since yesterday: same1436Arena-scaledMoonshot AI
12MiniMax M3Since yesterday: same1435Arena-scaledMiniMax
13GLM 5Since yesterday: same1431Arena-scaledZhipu AI
14DeepSeek V4 FlashSince yesterday: same1430Arena-scaledDeepSeek
15Qwen3.5 397B A17BSince yesterday: same1429Arena-scaledAlibaba
16Inkling SmallSince yesterday: same1428Arena-scaledThinky
17DeepSeek V3.2Since yesterday: same1420Arena-scaledDeepSeek
18Gemma 4 31BSince yesterday: same1418Arena-scaledGoogle
19GLM 4.7Since yesterday: same1417Arena-scaledZhipu AI
20DeepSeek V3.2 ExpSince yesterday: same1415Arena-scaledDeepSeek
21MiniMax M2.7Since yesterday: same1415Arena-scaledMiniMax
22Gemma 4 26B A4BSince yesterday: same1409Arena-scaledGoogle
23MiniMax M2.5Since yesterday: same1409Arena-scaledMiniMax
24Mistral Medium 3.5Since yesterday: same1403Arena-scaledMistral
25Qwen3.5 35B A3BSince yesterday: same1395Arena-scaledAlibaba
26DeepSeek V3.1Since yesterday: same1393Arena-scaledDeepSeek
27Qwen3 235B A22BSince yesterday: same1385Arena-scaledAlibaba
28DeepSeek R1Since yesterday: same1383Arena-scaledDeepSeek
29GPT-Oss 120BSince yesterday: same1369Arena-scaledOpenAI
30Qwen3 32BSince yesterday: same1362Arena-scaledAlibaba
31Qwq 32BSince yesterday: same1354Arena-scaledAlibaba
32GPT-Oss 20BSince yesterday: same1348Arena-scaledOpenAI
33Qwen3 30B A3BSince yesterday: same1346Arena-scaledAlibaba
34DeepSeek V3Since yesterday: same1344Arena-scaledDeepSeek
35Phi 4Since yesterday: same1299Arena-scaledMicrosoft
36Command R+Since yesterday: same1259Arena-scaledCohere
37Chatglm2 6BSince yesterday: same1094Arena-scaled
38Llama 13BSince yesterday: same1082Arena-scaledMeta
39Dolly 2.0 12BSince yesterday: same1044Arena-scaled
40Stablelm Tuned Alpha 7BSince yesterday: same906Arena-scaled
New, not enough ratings yet
  • MiMo 2.6 Pro · Arena
  • MiMo 2.5 Pro · Arena
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro High, · Arena
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro Preview · Arena
  • Hy3 · Arena
  • MiMo 2.6 Flash · Arena
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash Preview · Arena
  • Beam 1.0 501B A23B · Arena
  • MiMo 2.5 · Arena
  • Kimi K2.5 Instant · Arena
  • Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo · Arena
  • NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Nvfp4 · Arena
  • Muse Glimmer · Arena
  • GLM 4.6 · Arena
  • Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 · Arena
  • DeepSeek R1 0528 · Arena
  • Kimi K2 Preview 0905 · Arena
  • Kimi K2 Preview 0711 · Arena
  • Qwen3.5 122B A10B · Arena
  • DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus · Arena
  • Mistral Large 3 · Arena
  • Qwen3 Vl 235B A22B Instruct · Arena
  • NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super Vl 120B A12B Nvfp4 · Arena
  • GLM 4.5 · Arena
  • Hy3 Preview · Arena
  • Qwen3.5 27B · Arena
  • Longcat Flash Chat · Arena
  • Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 · Arena
  • Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct · Arena
  • DeepSeek V3 0324 · Arena
  • Qwen3 Vl 235B A22B · Arena
  • Step 3.5 Flash · Arena
  • MiMo 2 Flash · Arena
  • Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct · Arena
  • MiniMax M2.1 Preview · Arena
  • Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 · Arena
  • Trinity Large Preview · Arena
  • GLM 4.6V · Arena
  • GLM 4.5 Air · Arena
  • Qwen3 Next 80B A3B · Arena
  • Trinity Large · Arena
  • Gemma 3 27B It · Arena
  • GLM 4.7 Flash · Arena
  • MiniMax M1 · Arena
  • NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B · Arena
  • Mistral Small 3.2 2506 · Arena
  • Intellect 3 · Arena
  • Command A 03 2025 · Arena
  • NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B Nvfp4 · Arena
  • GLM 4.5V · Arena
  • Step 3 · Arena
  • Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B V1 · Arena
  • MiniMax M2 · Arena
  • Ling Flash 2.0 · Arena
  • Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B V1.5 · Arena
  • Gemma 3 12B It · Arena
  • Granite 4.2 30B · Arena
  • Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Bf16 · Arena
  • Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Fp8 · Arena
  • Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct · Arena
  • Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B V1 · Arena
  • Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct · Arena
  • DeepSeek V2.5 1210 · Arena
  • Ring Flash 2.0 · Arena
  • Molmo 2 8B · Arena
  • Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct · Arena
  • Qwen Max 0919 · Arena
  • Llama 3.3 70B Instruct · Arena
  • Gemma 3N E4B It · Arena
  • Mistral Large 2 2407 · Arena
  • Athene V2 Chat · Arena
  • NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B Bf16 · Arena
  • DeepSeek V2.5 · Arena
  • Athene 70B 0725 · Arena
  • Olmo 3 32B Think · Arena
  • Mistral Large 2411 · Arena
  • Granite 4.1 8B · Arena
  • Gemma 3 4B It · Arena
  • Qwen2.5 72B Instruct · Arena
  • Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct 2503 · Arena
  • Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct · Arena
  • Llama 3.1 70B Instruct · Arena
  • Granite 4.2 3B · Arena
  • Granite 4.2 8B · Arena
  • Gemma 2 27B It · Arena
  • Jamba 1.5 Large · Arena
  • Granite 4.0 H Small · Arena
  • Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51B Instruct · Arena
  • Olmo 3.1 32B Think · Arena
  • Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 70B · Arena
  • Gemma 2 9B It Simpo · Arena
  • Nemotron 4 340B Instruct · Arena
  • Llama 3 70B Instruct · Arena
  • Command R+ 08 2024 · Arena
  • Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 · Arena
  • Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct · Arena
  • Aya Expanse 32B · Arena
  • Gemma 2 9B It · Arena
  • DeepSeek Coder V2 · Arena
  • Qwen2 72B Instruct · Arena
  • Olmo 2 32B Instruct 0325 · Arena
  • Jamba 1.5 Mini · Arena
  • Ministral 8B 2410 · Arena
  • Qwen1.5 110B Chat · Arena
  • Qwen1.5 72B Chat · Arena
  • Mixtral 8X22B Instruct V0.1 · Arena
  • Llama 3 8B Instruct · Arena
  • Aya Expanse 8B · Arena
  • Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B · Arena
  • Zephyr Orpo 141B A35B V0.1 · Arena
  • Yi 1.5 34B Chat · Arena
  • Llama 3.1 8B Instruct · Arena
  • Granite 3.1 8B Instruct · Arena
  • Qwen1.5 32B Chat · Arena
  • Gemma 2 2B It · Arena
  • Phi 3 Medium 4K Instruct · Arena
  • Mixtral 8X7B Instruct V0.1 · Arena
  • Dbrx Instruct Preview · Arena
  • Qwen1.5 14B Chat · Arena
  • Internlm2.5 20B Chat · Arena
  • DeepSeek Llm 67B Chat · Arena
  • Wizardlm 70B · Arena
  • Yi 34B Chat · Arena
  • Granite 3.0 8B Instruct · Arena
  • Openchat 3.5 · Arena
  • Openchat 3.5 0106 · Arena
  • Gemma 1.1 7B It · Arena
  • Snowflake Arctic Instruct · Arena
  • Granite 3.1 2B Instruct · Arena
  • Tulu 2 Dpo 70B · Arena
  • Openhermes 2.5 Mistral 7B · Arena
  • Vicuna 33B · Arena
  • Phi 3 Small 8K Instruct · Arena
  • Starling Lm 7B Beta · Arena
  • Llama 2 70B Chat · Arena
  • Starling Lm 7B Alpha · Arena
  • Llama 3.2 3B Instruct · Arena
  • Nous Hermes 2 Mixtral 8X7B Dpo · Arena
  • Granite 3.0 2B Instruct · Arena
  • Llama 2 70B Steerlm Chat · Arena
  • Qwq 32B Preview · Arena
  • Solar 10.7B Instruct V1.0 · Arena
  • Dolphin 2.2.1 Mistral 7B · Arena
  • Mpt 30B Chat · Arena
  • Wizardlm 13B · Arena
  • Mistral 7B Instruct V0.2 · Arena
  • Falcon 180B Chat · Arena
  • Qwen1.5 7B Chat · Arena
  • Phi 3 Mini 4K Instruct June 2024 · Arena
  • Vicuna 13B · Arena
  • Llama 2 13B Chat · Arena
  • Qwen 14B Chat · Arena
  • Gemma 7B It · Arena
  • Code Llama 34B Instruct · Arena
  • Zephyr 7B Beta · Arena
  • Phi 3 Mini 128K Instruct · Arena
  • Phi 3 Mini 4K Instruct · Arena
  • Guanaco 33B · Arena
  • Zephyr 7B Alpha · Arena
  • Stripedhyena Nous 7B · Arena
  • Code Llama 70B Instruct · Arena
  • Gemma 1.1 2B It · Arena
  • Vicuna 7B · Arena
  • Smollm2 1.7B Instruct · Arena
  • Llama 3.2 1B Instruct · Arena
  • Mistral 7B Instruct · Arena
  • Llama 2 7B Chat · Arena
  • Gemma 2B It · Arena
  • Qwen1.5 4B Chat · Arena
  • Olmo 7B Instruct · Arena
  • Koala 13B · Arena
  • Alpaca 13B · Arena
  • Gpt4All 13B Snoozy · Arena
  • Mpt 7B Chat · Arena
  • Chatglm3 6B · Arena
  • Rwkv 4 Raven 14B · Arena
  • Openassistant Pythia 12B · Arena
  • Chatglm 6B · Arena
  • Fastchat T5 3B · Arena
How we rank

R = weighted mean over present families: sum(preset family weight × mean calibrated score within that family) / sum(present family weights). Role weights: {'objective_reasoning': 0.5, 'human_preference': 0.3, 'terminal_work': 0.2}. Best published configuration: use the highest raw score per source and model, never average efforts. Confirmed evaluator spelling aliases fold through an explicit table (Gemma 4 31B IT/instruct); arbitrary instruct and checkpoint suffixes stay distinct. Explicit effort suffixes fold into the base model. Full date aliases fold only when that source has one dated release for the base; checkpoint IDs, versions, tiers and parameter sizes stay distinct. Non-Arena sources use z-scores and one positive linear fit on at least 10 model-key overlaps with Arena text, frozen in this snapshot. Failed fits remain visible but contribute nothing. Models with just one contributing independent evaluator appear under 'New, not enough ratings yet', without a rank. Other models are ranked by their blended score; models with fewer than 2 rating families, 2 independent evaluators or 50% of the available weight are tagged partial. Available families have at least one calibrated, non-excluded source in this snapshot. Coverage weight remains the share of preset weight present. Boards warn when less than 50% of preset weight is available and name missing families. Terminal results retain the named agent configuration and serve as workflow proxies. Scores are Arena-scaled proxies; no pairwise win probability. Price only filters eligibility. PirateBench is our build check only.

Sources: Arena, Epoch AI, LiveBench, Terminal-Bench, Aider, LiteLLM, OpenRouter rates · How we score

Arena, as of 2026-10-22 · CC BY 4.0; Epoch AI, as of 2026-09-09 · CC BY 4.0; LiveBench, as of 2026-06-25 · CC BY-SA 4.0; Terminal-Bench, as of 2026-08-26 · Apache-2.0; Aider, as of 2025-08-06 · Apache-2.0; LiteLLM, as of 2026-10-28 · MIT; OpenRouter rates, as of 2026-10-28 · OpenRouter terms · Normalization and aggregation are our transformation. Rating table: CC BY-SA 4.0. Apache source licence and notices: evaluator notices. · Board as of 2026-10-28

Best mid-tier worker

Worker aggregate within the existing mid-tier price limits.

Hidden 48 models: 44 without a current paid OpenRouter listing; 4 without a usable rating for this role.

Executed edits: Aider results as of 2025-07-17 (35% preset weight). Missing results are excluded; present families are reweighted.

1GLM 5.2Since yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1486Arena-scaled$1.80 per million tokens (blended)
2Kimi K2.6Since yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1485Arena-scaled$1.30 per million tokens (blended)
3GLM 5.3Since yesterday: same1485Arena-scaled$0.40 per million tokens (blended)
4Gemini 3.6 FlashSince yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1485Arena-scaled$1.50 per million tokens (blended)
5GPT-5.6 LunaSince yesterday: same1479Arena-scaled$0.45 per million tokens (blended)
6Qwen3.6 PlusSince yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1478Arena-scaled$0.73 per million tokens (blended)
7Gemini 3.7 FlashSince yesterday: same1477Arena-scaled$1.50 per million tokens (blended)
8Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteSince yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1476Arena-scaled$0.85 per million tokens (blended)
9Gemini 3.8 FlashSince yesterday: same1475Arena-scaled$1.70 per million tokens (blended)
10Qwen3.8 27BSince yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1474Arena-scaled$0.34 per million tokens (blended)
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11GPT-5.4 MiniSince yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1466Arena-scaled$1.70 per million tokens (blended)
12DeepSeek V4 ProSince yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1465Arena-scaled$1.20 per million tokens (blended)
13InklingSince yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1464Arena-scaled$1.80 per million tokens (blended)
14MiniMax M3Since yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1460Arena-scaled$0.52 per million tokens (blended)
15GPT-5.4 NanoSince yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1453Arena-scaled$0.46 per million tokens (blended)
16DeepSeek R1 0528Since yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1423Arena-scaled$0.91 per million tokens (blended)
17O4 MiniSince yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1417Arena-scaled$1.90 per million tokens (blended)
18O3 MiniSince yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1405Arena-scaled$1.90 per million tokens (blended)
19GPT-4.1 MiniSince yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1374Arena-scaled$0.70 per million tokens (blended)
20Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructSince yesterday: samepartial: 2 of 4 families1336Arena-scaled$0.75 per million tokens (blended)
New, not enough ratings yet
How we rank

R = weighted mean over present families: sum(preset family weight × mean calibrated score within that family) / sum(present family weights). Role weights: {'executed_edits': 0.35, 'terminal_work': 0.35, 'objective_coding': 0.2, 'human_preference': 0.1}. Best published configuration: use the highest raw score per source and model, never average efforts. Confirmed evaluator spelling aliases fold through an explicit table (Gemma 4 31B IT/instruct); arbitrary instruct and checkpoint suffixes stay distinct. Explicit effort suffixes fold into the base model. Full date aliases fold only when that source has one dated release for the base; checkpoint IDs, versions, tiers and parameter sizes stay distinct. Non-Arena sources use z-scores and one positive linear fit on at least 10 model-key overlaps with Arena text, frozen in this snapshot. Failed fits remain visible but contribute nothing. Models with just one contributing independent evaluator appear under 'New, not enough ratings yet', without a rank. Other models are ranked by their blended score; models with fewer than 2 rating families, 2 independent evaluators or 50% of the available weight are tagged partial. Available families have at least one calibrated, non-excluded source in this snapshot. Coverage weight remains the share of preset weight present. Boards warn when less than 50% of preset weight is available and name missing families. Terminal results retain the named agent configuration and serve as workflow proxies. Scores are Arena-scaled proxies; no pairwise win probability. Price only filters eligibility. PirateBench is our build check only.

Sources: Arena, Epoch AI, LiveBench, Terminal-Bench, Aider, OpenRouter rates · How we score

Arena, as of 2026-10-22 · CC BY 4.0; Epoch AI, as of 2026-09-02 · CC BY 4.0; LiveBench, as of 2026-06-25 · CC BY-SA 4.0; Terminal-Bench, as of 2026-09-02 · Apache-2.0; Aider, as of 2025-07-17 · Apache-2.0; OpenRouter rates, as of 2026-10-28 · OpenRouter terms · Normalization and aggregation are our transformation. Rating table: CC BY-SA 4.0. Apache source licence and notices: evaluator notices. · Board as of 2026-10-28

Best rote worker

Routine-task aggregate within the existing rote price caps.

Hidden 56 models: 50 without a current paid OpenRouter listing; 6 without a usable rating for this role.

1DeepSeek V4.1 FlashSince yesterday: same1473Arena-scaled$0.21 per million tokens (blended)
2GLM 5.3 FlashSince yesterday: same1463Arena-scaled$0.24 per million tokens (blended)
3Claude Haiku 5.5Since yesterday: same1461Arena-scaled$0.20 per million tokens (blended)
4GPT-6 LunaSince yesterday: same1459Arena-scaled$0.0075 a build (list price)our build check: 65.25/100
5DeepSeek V4 FlashSince yesterday: same1454Arena-scaled$0.11 per million tokens (blended)
New, not enough ratings yet
How we rank

R = weighted mean over present families: sum(preset family weight × mean calibrated score within that family) / sum(present family weights). Role weights: {'routine_tasks': 0.6, 'objective_coding': 0.25, 'human_preference': 0.15}. Best published configuration: use the highest raw score per source and model, never average efforts. Confirmed evaluator spelling aliases fold through an explicit table (Gemma 4 31B IT/instruct); arbitrary instruct and checkpoint suffixes stay distinct. Explicit effort suffixes fold into the base model. Full date aliases fold only when that source has one dated release for the base; checkpoint IDs, versions, tiers and parameter sizes stay distinct. Non-Arena sources use z-scores and one positive linear fit on at least 10 model-key overlaps with Arena text, frozen in this snapshot. Failed fits remain visible but contribute nothing. Models with just one contributing independent evaluator appear under 'New, not enough ratings yet', without a rank. Other models are ranked by their blended score; models with fewer than 2 rating families, 2 independent evaluators or 50% of the available weight are tagged partial. Available families have at least one calibrated, non-excluded source in this snapshot. Coverage weight remains the share of preset weight present. Boards warn when less than 50% of preset weight is available and name missing families. Terminal results retain the named agent configuration and serve as workflow proxies. Scores are Arena-scaled proxies; no pairwise win probability. Price only filters eligibility. PirateBench is our build check only.

Sources: Arena, Epoch AI, LiveBench, Terminal-Bench, Aider, OpenRouter rates, PirateBench — our build check / list build prices · How we score

Arena, as of 2026-10-22 · CC BY 4.0; Epoch AI, as of 2026-10-07 · CC BY 4.0; LiveBench, as of 2026-06-25 · CC BY-SA 4.0; Terminal-Bench, as of 2026-09-22 · Apache-2.0; Aider, as of 2025-08-06 · Apache-2.0; OpenRouter rates, as of 2026-10-28 · OpenRouter terms; PirateBench — our build check / list build prices, as of 2026-10-02 · Normalization and aggregation are our transformation. Rating table: CC BY-SA 4.0. Apache source licence and notices: evaluator notices. · Board as of 2026-10-28

Best at published build prices

Aggregate quality with each measured build price shown.

1Claude Opus 5.5Since yesterday: same1503Arena-scaled$1.80 a build (list price)our build check: 96.46/100
2GPT-6.1 SolSince yesterday: same1493Arena-scaled$0.26 a build (list price)our build check: 98.9/100
3GPT-6 SolSince yesterday: same1489Arena-scaled$0.31 a build (list price)our build check: 91.6/100
4GPT-6 LunaSince yesterday: same1476Arena-scaled$0.0075 a build (list price)our build check: 65.25/100
New, not enough ratings yet
  • Claude Haiku 4.5 · Arena
How we rank

R = weighted mean over present families: sum(preset family weight × mean calibrated score within that family) / sum(present family weights). Role weights: {'executed_edits': 0.35, 'terminal_work': 0.35, 'objective_coding': 0.2, 'human_preference': 0.1}. Best published configuration: use the highest raw score per source and model, never average efforts. Confirmed evaluator spelling aliases fold through an explicit table (Gemma 4 31B IT/instruct); arbitrary instruct and checkpoint suffixes stay distinct. Explicit effort suffixes fold into the base model. Full date aliases fold only when that source has one dated release for the base; checkpoint IDs, versions, tiers and parameter sizes stay distinct. Non-Arena sources use z-scores and one positive linear fit on at least 10 model-key overlaps with Arena text, frozen in this snapshot. Failed fits remain visible but contribute nothing. Models with just one contributing independent evaluator appear under 'New, not enough ratings yet', without a rank. Other models are ranked by their blended score; models with fewer than 2 rating families, 2 independent evaluators or 50% of the available weight are tagged partial. Available families have at least one calibrated, non-excluded source in this snapshot. Coverage weight remains the share of preset weight present. Boards warn when less than 50% of preset weight is available and name missing families. Terminal results retain the named agent configuration and serve as workflow proxies. Scores are Arena-scaled proxies; no pairwise win probability. Price only filters eligibility. PirateBench is our build check only.

Sources: Arena, Epoch AI, LiveBench, Terminal-Bench, OpenRouter rates, PirateBench — our build check / list build prices · How we score

Arena, as of 2026-10-22 · CC BY 4.0; Epoch AI, as of 2026-09-29 · CC BY 4.0; LiveBench, as of 2026-06-25 · CC BY-SA 4.0; Terminal-Bench, as of 2026-09-29 · Apache-2.0; OpenRouter rates, as of 2026-10-28 · OpenRouter terms; PirateBench — our build check / list build prices, as of 2026-10-02 · Normalization and aggregation are our transformation. Rating table: CC BY-SA 4.0. Apache source licence and notices: evaluator notices. · Board as of 2026-10-28

Best stack

One aggregate pick for each kind of job.

1OrchestratorGemini 4 ArgonSince yesterday: same1529Arena-scaledGoogle
2Mid-tier workerGLM 5.3Since yesterday: same1485Arena-scaled$0.40 per million tokens (blended)
3Rote workerDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSince yesterday: same1473Arena-scaled$0.21 per million tokens (blended)
How we rank

R = weighted mean over present families: sum(preset family weight × mean calibrated score within that family) / sum(present family weights). Role weights: {'planner': {'objective_reasoning': 0.5, 'human_preference': 0.3, 'terminal_work': 0.2}, 'mid': {'executed_edits': 0.35, 'terminal_work': 0.35, 'objective_coding': 0.2, 'human_preference': 0.1}, 'rote': {'routine_tasks': 0.6, 'objective_coding': 0.25, 'human_preference': 0.15}}. Best published configuration: use the highest raw score per source and model, never average efforts. Confirmed evaluator spelling aliases fold through an explicit table (Gemma 4 31B IT/instruct); arbitrary instruct and checkpoint suffixes stay distinct. Explicit effort suffixes fold into the base model. Full date aliases fold only when that source has one dated release for the base; checkpoint IDs, versions, tiers and parameter sizes stay distinct. Non-Arena sources use z-scores and one positive linear fit on at least 10 model-key overlaps with Arena text, frozen in this snapshot. Failed fits remain visible but contribute nothing. Models with just one contributing independent evaluator appear under 'New, not enough ratings yet', without a rank. Other models are ranked by their blended score; models with fewer than 2 rating families, 2 independent evaluators or 50% of the available weight are tagged partial. Available families have at least one calibrated, non-excluded source in this snapshot. Coverage weight remains the share of preset weight present. Boards warn when less than 50% of preset weight is available and name missing families. Terminal results retain the named agent configuration and serve as workflow proxies. Scores are Arena-scaled proxies; no pairwise win probability. Price only filters eligibility. PirateBench is our build check only.

Sources: Arena, Epoch AI, LiveBench, Terminal-Bench, OpenRouter rates · How we score

Arena, as of 2026-10-22 · CC BY 4.0; Epoch AI, as of 2026-09-30 · CC BY 4.0; LiveBench, as of 2026-06-25 · CC BY-SA 4.0; Terminal-Bench, as of 2026-08-14 · Apache-2.0; OpenRouter rates, as of 2026-10-28 · OpenRouter terms · Normalization and aggregation are our transformation. Rating table: CC BY-SA 4.0. Apache source licence and notices: evaluator notices. · Board as of 2026-10-28

Best value stack, pay as you go

Role aggregates below $5 / $1 / $0.30 per million tokens.

Hidden 242 role candidates: 227 without a current paid OpenRouter listing; 15 without a usable rating for this role.

1OrchestratorGemini 4 ArgonSince yesterday: same1529Arena-scaled$4.00 per million tokens (blended)
2Mid-tier workerGLM 5.3Since yesterday: same1485Arena-scaled$0.40 per million tokens (blended)
3Rote workerDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSince yesterday: same1473Arena-scaled$0.21 per million tokens (blended)
How we rank

R = weighted mean over present families: sum(preset family weight × mean calibrated score within that family) / sum(present family weights). Role weights: {'planner': {'objective_reasoning': 0.5, 'human_preference': 0.3, 'terminal_work': 0.2}, 'mid': {'executed_edits': 0.35, 'terminal_work': 0.35, 'objective_coding': 0.2, 'human_preference': 0.1}, 'rote': {'routine_tasks': 0.6, 'objective_coding': 0.25, 'human_preference': 0.15}}. Best published configuration: use the highest raw score per source and model, never average efforts. Confirmed evaluator spelling aliases fold through an explicit table (Gemma 4 31B IT/instruct); arbitrary instruct and checkpoint suffixes stay distinct. Explicit effort suffixes fold into the base model. Full date aliases fold only when that source has one dated release for the base; checkpoint IDs, versions, tiers and parameter sizes stay distinct. Non-Arena sources use z-scores and one positive linear fit on at least 10 model-key overlaps with Arena text, frozen in this snapshot. Failed fits remain visible but contribute nothing. Models with just one contributing independent evaluator appear under 'New, not enough ratings yet', without a rank. Other models are ranked by their blended score; models with fewer than 2 rating families, 2 independent evaluators or 50% of the available weight are tagged partial. Available families have at least one calibrated, non-excluded source in this snapshot. Coverage weight remains the share of preset weight present. Boards warn when less than 50% of preset weight is available and name missing families. Terminal results retain the named agent configuration and serve as workflow proxies. Scores are Arena-scaled proxies; no pairwise win probability. Price only filters eligibility. PirateBench is our build check only.

Sources: Arena, Epoch AI, LiveBench, Terminal-Bench, OpenRouter rates · How we score

Arena, as of 2026-10-22 · CC BY 4.0; Epoch AI, as of 2026-09-30 · CC BY 4.0; LiveBench, as of 2026-06-25 · CC BY-SA 4.0; Terminal-Bench, as of 2026-08-14 · Apache-2.0; OpenRouter rates, as of 2026-10-28 · OpenRouter terms · Normalization and aggregation are our transformation. Rating table: CC BY-SA 4.0. Apache source licence and notices: evaluator notices. · Board as of 2026-10-28

A day of work: ~$22.52. List rates, not quotes.

Best you can run at home

General quality from API evaluations, not measured on this hardware. Estimated 4-bit fit; speed unmeasured.

1GLM 5.3 FlashMac Studio, 512 GB, $9,900Since yesterday: same1467Arena-scaled200.8 GB estimated fit
2Qwen3.8 27BRTX 3090, 24 GB, $900Since yesterday: same1451Arena-scaled17.4 GB estimated fit
2Qwen3.8 27BStrix Halo, 128 GB, $2,500Since yesterday: same1451Arena-scaled17.4 GB estimated fit; same pick as RTX 3090, 24 GB, $900
How we rank

R = weighted mean over present families: sum(preset family weight × mean calibrated score within that family) / sum(present family weights). Role weights: {'objective_reasoning': 0.5, 'human_preference': 0.3, 'terminal_work': 0.2}. Best published configuration: use the highest raw score per source and model, never average efforts. Confirmed evaluator spelling aliases fold through an explicit table (Gemma 4 31B IT/instruct); arbitrary instruct and checkpoint suffixes stay distinct. Explicit effort suffixes fold into the base model. Full date aliases fold only when that source has one dated release for the base; checkpoint IDs, versions, tiers and parameter sizes stay distinct. Non-Arena sources use z-scores and one positive linear fit on at least 10 model-key overlaps with Arena text, frozen in this snapshot. Failed fits remain visible but contribute nothing. Models with just one contributing independent evaluator appear under 'New, not enough ratings yet', without a rank. Other models are ranked by their blended score; models with fewer than 2 rating families, 2 independent evaluators or 50% of the available weight are tagged partial. Available families have at least one calibrated, non-excluded source in this snapshot. Coverage weight remains the share of preset weight present. Boards warn when less than 50% of preset weight is available and name missing families. Terminal results retain the named agent configuration and serve as workflow proxies. Scores are Arena-scaled proxies; no pairwise win probability. Price only filters eligibility. PirateBench is our build check only. Fit: total checkpoint parameters × 0.5 × 1.25 GB, <= 80% of RAM/VRAM; all experts count.

Sources: Arena, Epoch AI, LiveBench, Terminal-Bench, OpenRouter rates · How we score

Arena, as of 2026-10-22 · CC BY 4.0; Epoch AI, as of 2026-08-20 · CC BY 4.0; LiveBench, as of 2026-06-25 · CC BY-SA 4.0; Terminal-Bench, as of 2026-08-26 · Apache-2.0; OpenRouter rates, as of 2026-10-28 · OpenRouter terms · Normalization and aggregation are our transformation. Rating table: CC BY-SA 4.0. Apache source licence and notices: evaluator notices. · Board as of 2026-10-28