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Feb 21, 2026
768,519 votes
311 models
Rank Spread
1
17
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1491±21
856
2
14
Google · Proprietary
1488±9
5,312
3
111
Google · Proprietary
1480±25
577
4
19
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1478±19
935
5
213
Anthropic
1461±10
4,171
6
316
Google · Proprietary
1458±10
4,106
7
317
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1456±9
4,871
8
419
Google · Proprietary
1451±6
12,965
9
420
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1448±8
6,215
10
236
OpenAI · Proprietary
1447±31
329
11
232
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1445±26
461
12
523
Anthropic
1445±8
6,582
13
528
1442±12
2,743
14
628
Anthropic
1441±8
6,452
15
727
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1440±6
10,196
16
630
OpenAI · Proprietary
1438±12
2,618
17
830
xAI · Proprietary
1436±9
5,110
18
830
OpenAI · Proprietary
1435±10
4,648
19
642
Z.ai · MIT
1430±21
778
20
1031
xAI · Proprietary
1429±9
5,439
21
1032
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1428±9
4,746
22
1142
Baidu
Baidu · Proprietary
1423±13
2,034
23
1436
OpenAI · Proprietary
1422±6
11,401
24
1150
Baidu
Baidu · Proprietary
1420±16
1,465
25
1150
MoonshotAI
Moonshot · Modified MIT
1420±15
1,481
26
1441
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1419±8
5,774
27
1061
Bytedance
Bytedance · Proprietary
1415±23
623
28
1166
Baidu
Baidu · Proprietary
1413±23
649
29
973
DeepSeek · MIT
1412±27
457
30
1759
DeepSeek · MIT
1411±14
1,714
31
1271
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1410±23
568
32
1857
OpenAI · Proprietary
1410±9
4,943
33
2059
xAI · Proprietary
1407±9
4,294
34
2067
Z.ai · MIT
1404±14
1,785
35
2071
DeepSeek · MIT
1403±15
1,471
36
2359
OpenAI · Proprietary
1403±8
6,825
37
2261
Z.ai · MIT
1402±9
4,716
38
2261
xAI · Proprietary
1402±9
4,971
39
2271
OpenAI · Proprietary
1400±13
2,183
40
2568
DeepSeek · MIT
1399±10
3,941
41
2762
Google · Proprietary
1397±6
12,694
42
2081
MoonshotAI
Moonshot · Modified MIT
1397±19
951
43
2570
xAI · Proprietary
1397±8
5,503
44
2574
OpenAI · Proprietary
1396±12
2,577
45
2572
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Proprietary
1396±10
3,694
46
2281
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Proprietary
1396±17
1,151
47
2577
DeepSeek · MIT
1395±13
2,075
48
2772
Anthropic
1395±9
4,573
49
2772
Anthropic
1395±8
5,462
50
2283
1394±18
1,149
51
2773
OpenAI · Proprietary
1394±10
3,984
52
2775
MoonshotAI
Moonshot · Modified MIT
1392±9
4,936
53
2874
DeepSeek · MIT
1392±8
6,324
54
2881
DeepSeek · MIT
1389±10
3,546
55
2782
DeepSeek · MIT
1389±12
2,652
56
3183
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1385±9
5,314
57
3583
OpenAI · Proprietary
1384±7
7,983
58
3682
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1384±7
9,498
59
3484
OpenAI · Proprietary
1383±9
4,646
60
2597
Tencent
Tencent · Proprietary
1383±23
641
61
2793
xAI · Proprietary
1382±19
992
62
3783
Mistral · Proprietary
1382±7
8,946
63
3586
1382±9
4,226
64
3786
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1382±8
6,125
65
25103
1381±27
446
66
3191
MoonshotAI
Moonshot · Modified MIT
1380±15
1,491
67
3887
OpenAI · Proprietary
1379±10
4,305
68
3590
xAI · Proprietary
1379±12
2,349
69
3990
Z.ai · MIT
1377±11
3,215
70
4788
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1377±8
6,255
71
4290
DeepSeek · MIT
1377±10
3,295
72
4590
Mistral · Apache 2.0
1376±10
3,764
73
5091
1374±9
4,421
74
35102
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1373±18
1,148
75
5193
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1372±9
4,892
76
5490
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1371±6
11,983
77
5195
MoonshotAI
Moonshot · Modified MIT
1371±10
3,703
78
25122
Tencent
Tencent · Proprietary
1369±36
258
79
50103
Tencent
Tencent · Proprietary
1367±15
1,576
80
5598
OpenAI · Proprietary
1367±10
4,506
81
51105
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1365±17
1,370
82
61102
Mistral · Proprietary
1365±9
4,427
83
60103
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1364±10
3,468
84
61103
1362±11
2,793
85
50110
Minimax
MiniMax · Modified MIT
1361±21
759
86
64103
1361±8
6,189
87
65103
Google · Proprietary
1361±7
8,065
88
63106
Microsoft AI · Proprietary
1359±13
2,235
89
72106
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Proprietary
1355±8
5,130
90
49136
Z.ai · MIT
1354±29
388
91
74110
DeepSeek · DeepSeek
1352±10
3,624
92
65124
Stepfun
StepFun · Apache 2.0
1350±18
1,061
93
77110
Google · Gemma
1350±8
6,585
94
77110
Google · Proprietary
1349±8
6,491
95
77110
OpenAI · Proprietary
1349±9
5,424
96
75120
Minimax
MiniMax · MIT
1348±12
2,605
97
77117
1347±9
4,100
98
72133
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1346±18
1,004
99
79121
Google · Proprietary
1345±10
7,026
100
85122
OpenAI · Proprietary
1341±8
6,068
101
70140
1341±24
580
102
88124
OpenAI · Proprietary
1339±7
16,599
103
75139
Stepfun
StepFun · Proprietary
1339±21
748
104
88130
Cohere
Cohere · CC-BY-NC-4.0
1336±7
7,840
105
86136
xAI · Proprietary
1336±11
2,994
106
85138
1335±15
1,635
107
76144
Google · Gemma
1335±23
600
108
74152
Nvidia
Nvidia · Nvidia Open Model
1335±27
444
109
88138
xAI · Proprietary
1333±13
2,201
110
88141
Meituan · MIT
1331±16
1,378
111
93138
Z.ai · MIT
1330±10
4,009
112
93138
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1329±10
3,781
113
94138
OpenAI · Proprietary
1328±8
6,756
114
93140
OpenAI · Proprietary
1328±10
3,487
115
93144
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1326±14
1,794
116
94141
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1326±11
3,059
117
98140
Google · Proprietary
1325±8
11,800
118
100140
OpenAI · Proprietary
1324±8
14,398
119
98141
Minimax
MiniMax · Apache 2.0
1324±9
4,867
120
95145
Mistral · Apache 2.0
1323±12
2,358
121
93159
Zhipu · Proprietary
1320±19
920
122
102144
xAI · Proprietary
1320±7
9,339
123
94157
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Proprietary
1319±18
933
124
100151
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1319±11
2,914
125
93172
Z.ai · MIT
1316±23
630
126
104156
OpenAI · Proprietary
1314±11
3,067
127
101171
DeepSeek · DeepSeek
1312±17
1,088
128
96175
PrimeIntellect
Prime Intellect · MIT
1311±22
759
129
109157
1310±8
5,426
130
93182
Nvidia
1310±28
405
131
102174
OpenAI · Proprietary
1308±18
1,008
132
100180
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1308±22
622
133
104172
Z.ai · MIT
1308±16
1,386
134
102180
Stepfun
StepFun · Apache 2.0
1307±21
796
135
100181
Tencent
Tencent · Proprietary
1306±24
568
136
117164
Meta
Meta · Llama 3.1 Community
1306±8
8,950
137
110172
1306±12
2,663
138
117165
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1305±7
12,430
139
100183
Tencent
Tencent · Proprietary
1305±26
425
140
121164
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1305±6
10,158
141
100183
Tencent
Tencent · Proprietary
1305±25
452
142
121166
OpenAI · Proprietary
1303±7
8,453
143
121169
Meta
Meta · Llama 3.1 Community
1303±8
6,518
144
117174
Google · Gemma
1302±11
3,060
145
121172
Google · Proprietary
1301±9
5,018
146
101188
Nvidia
1301±27
430
147
121175
01.AI
01 AI · Proprietary
1300±10
3,782
148
122177
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1298±10
3,835
149
114183
Stepfun
StepFun · Proprietary
1297±18
1,114
150
123174
OpenAI · Proprietary
1297±7
10,501
151
101199
1296±32
318
152
126178
Google · Gemma license
1294±7
11,430
153
123181
1293±10
3,995
154
124181
Zhipu AI · Proprietary
1292±10
3,803
155
123188
Allen AI · Apache 2.0
1289±15
1,685
156
121191
Minimax
MiniMax · Apache 2.0
1289±22
795
157
127183
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1289±10
3,605
158
131181
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1289±6
28,394
159
129182
Mistral · Mistral Research
1289±9
6,693
160
131182
Meta
Meta · Llama-3.3
1289±7
8,255
161
120197
Tencent
Tencent · Proprietary
1288±23
673
162
131183
OpenAI · Proprietary
1288±8
15,576
163
127186
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Qwen
1287±12
2,358
164
127190
Princeton · MIT
1286±15
1,671
165
132186
OpenAI · Apache 2.0
1285±10
3,943
166
126190
1285±16
1,467
167
137186
OpenAI · Proprietary
1283±8
7,861
168
140188
OpenAI · Proprietary
1282±8
13,941
169
130197
Mistral · Proprietary
1281±16
1,464
170
127201
Nvidia
1280±19
1,000
171
123203
Tencent
Tencent · Proprietary
1279±24
590
172
133200
Amazon · Proprietary
1279±15
1,597
173
144190
Mistral · MRL
1278±9
4,441
174
127202
Google · Gemma
1278±22
667
175
144191
1277±9
4,348
176
137200
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Proprietary
1277±14
1,589
177
132204
AntGroup
Ant Group · MIT
1275±20
828
178
150193
xAI · Proprietary
1274±8
7,925
179
146201
NexusFlow · CC-BY-NC-4.0
1273±11
3,098
180
143205
Reka AI · Proprietary
1270±18
1,037
181
158202
DeepSeek · DeepSeek
1267±11
3,451
182
142209
Allen AI · Apache 2.0
1267±21
796
183
161201
OpenAI · Proprietary
1267±8
13,932
184
164202
Google · Proprietary
1265±8
9,032
185
153206
Cohere
Cohere · CC-BY-NC-4.0
1265±15
1,474
186
142212
Nvidia
1263±26
482
187
158209
AI21 Labs · Jamba Open
1263±16
1,379
188
169204
Google · Gemma license
1260±7
8,342
189
169204
Meta
Meta · Llama 3.1 Community
1260±8
8,250
190
158212
AntGroup
Ant Group · MIT
1258±20
889
191
172208
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Qwen
1256±8
5,680
192
170209
NexusFlow · NexusFlow
1256±10
3,716
193
173208
Meta
Meta · Llama 3 Community
1256±7
22,749
194
170209
OpenAI · Proprietary
1256±10
8,230
195
170212
Nvidia
Nvidia · NVIDIA Open Model
1252±13
2,233
196
164214
OpenAI · Proprietary
1252±20
928
197
161218
Ai2 · Llama 3.1
1250±25
441
198
172214
Allen AI · Apache 2.0
1247±18
1,258
199
182212
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1247±8
15,593
200
167222
IBM · Apache 2.0
1245±24
701
201
175216
Reka AI · Proprietary
1245±18
1,037
202
178216
Zhipu AI · Proprietary
1243±15
1,547
203
187214
Google · Proprietary
1240±9
5,029
204
185216
Nvidia
Nvidia · NVIDIA Open Model
1240±12
3,153
205
187214
Amazon · Proprietary
1240±9
3,946
206
189214
Cohere
Cohere · CC-BY-NC-4.0
1238±9
11,009
207
181222
OpenAI · Apache 2.0
1238±18
1,293
208
193222
Cohere
Cohere · CC-BY-NC-4.0
1230±10
3,850
209
193224
Mistral · Apache 2.0
1229±12
2,417
210
186234
Allen AI · Apache-2.0
1226±25
568
211
197225
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Qianwen LICENSE
1225±10
5,505
212
170244
Inception AI · Proprietary
1224±42
251
213
197225
Amazon · Proprietary
1224±10
3,037
214
193233
Mistral · MRL
1223±22
678
215
206226
Anthropic
Anthropic · Proprietary
1217±8
16,721
216
202237
AI21 Labs · Jamba Open
1213±16
1,399
217
206233
Azure
Microsoft · MIT
1213±10
4,068
218
206233
Mistral · Proprietary
1213±9
9,058
219
205238
Cohere
Cohere · CC-BY-NC-4.0
1211±16
1,421
220
202241
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1210±19
835
221
209240
DeepSeek · DeepSeek License
1205±13
2,271
222
209241
Google · Proprietary
1204±14
3,045
223
212241
Amazon · Proprietary
1200±11
3,060
224
210244
Azure
Microsoft · Llama 2 Community
1200±17
1,779
225
206247
Ai2 · Llama 3.1
1199±25
471
226
213241
Meta
Meta · Llama 3 Community
1198±8
15,364
227
205252
Tencent
Tencent · Proprietary
1197±29
357
228
213243
Cohere
Cohere · CC-BY-NC-4.0
1197±10
7,837
229
213244
Mistral · Proprietary
1195±11
5,549
230
213244
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Qianwen LICENSE
1195±12
3,678
231
216244
Mistral · Apache 2.0
1192±9
7,448
232
213246
Cohere
Cohere · CC-BY-NC-4.0
1192±15
1,530
233
217245
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Qianwen LICENSE
1190±10
5,889
234
217244
OpenAI · Proprietary
1190±9
9,693
235
213252
OpenChat
OpenChat · Apache-2.0
1186±18
1,454
236
219246
Google · Gemma license
1185±8
7,095
237
213255
Google · Proprietary
1185±21
953
238
218252
Reka AI · Proprietary
1183±15
2,118
239
224248
Meta
Meta · Llama 3.1 Community
1180±8
7,346
240
224255
Reka AI · Proprietary
1176±12
3,490
241
225259
LMSYS · Non-commercial
1174±12
4,010
242
217271
IBM · Apache 2.0
1173±27
450
243
219271
HuggingFace
HuggingFace · Apache 2.0
1170±23
635
244
234267
Databricks · DBRX LICENSE
1165±12
4,808
245
235268
01.AI
01 AI · Apache-2.0
1162±11
3,602
246
236268
Mistral · Apache 2.0
1161±9
11,172
247
231274
NousResearch · Apache-2.0
1159±22
811
248
236272
01.AI
01 AI · Yi License
1156±14
2,378
249
220281
TII · Falcon-180B TII License
1155±37
270
250
236274
OpenAI · Proprietary
1154±15
2,828
251
241272
Azure
Microsoft · MIT
1152±11
3,736
252
232279
IBM · Apache 2.0
1150±29
443
253
242274
Google · Gemma license
1149±12
3,408
254
241274
OpenChat
OpenChat · Apache-2.0
1148±15
1,859
255
239275
AllenAI/UW · AI2 ImpACT Low-risk
1148±19
1,125
256
239275
Meta
Meta · Llama 3.2
1146±20
1,070
257
242275
Snowflake
Snowflake · Apache 2.0
1144±12
4,777
258
242275
Azure
Microsoft · Llama 2 Community
1142±18
1,375
259
241281
Upstage AI · CC-BY-NC-4.0
1140±24
698
260
243276
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Qianwen LICENSE
1139±14
2,392
261
242279
HuggingFace
HuggingFace · MIT
1138±16
1,993
262
242279
UC Berkeley · CC-BY-NC-4.0
1138±16
1,701
263
242281
IBM · Apache 2.0
1138±21
895
264
242283
NousResearch · Apache-2.0
1137±23
616
265
239287
UW · Non-commercial
1137±28
515
266
236293
Cognitive Computations · Apache-2.0
1136±34
291
267
242282
DeepSeek · DeepSeek License
1136±22
789
268
245279
Azure
Microsoft · MIT
1135±13
2,400
269
245281
InternLM
InternLM · Other
1134±16
1,432
270
241293
MosaicML · CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
1134±29
452
271
247279
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Qianwen LICENSE
1133±12
3,024
272
249282
LMSYS · Llama 2 Community
1127±13
3,346
273
245296
Nvidia
Nvidia · Llama 2 Community
1121±25
603
274
258293
Meta
Meta · Llama 2 Community
1114±10
6,377
275
249298
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Apache 2.0
1110±29
454
276
257296
Nexusflow · Apache-2.0
1110±15
2,378
277
263296
Mistral · Apache-2.0
1106±13
2,952
278
258298
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Qianwen LICENSE
1103±21
898
279
253299
HuggingFace
HuggingFace · MIT
1103±30
399
280
263298
Google · Gemma license
1102±18
1,345
281
258298
IBM · Apache 2.0
1101±22
916
282
270298
1098±15
1,955
283
271298
Meta
Meta · Llama 2 Community
1094±13
3,296
284
270299
Google · Gemma license
1093±17
1,486
285
270299
Mistral · Apache 2.0
1092±17
1,689
286
269299
Stanford · Non-commercial
1092±22
954
287
270299
Together AI · Apache 2.0
1091±21
869
288
271299
LMSYS · Llama 2 Community
1091±18
1,323
289
271299
Meta
Meta · Llama 2 Community
1088±17
1,507
290
271299
Google · Proprietary
1088±18
1,576
291
274299
Azure
Microsoft · MIT
1087±14
2,949
292
271302
Meta
Meta · Llama 3.2
1085±21
1,091
293
271302
Qwen Icon
Alibaba · Qianwen LICENSE
1083±23
701
294
267302
HuggingFace
HuggingFace · Apache 2.0
1081±35
341
295
274302
Google · Gemma license
1078±23
696
296
277302
Azure
Microsoft · MIT
1076±13
2,812
297
277302
Meta
Meta · Llama 2 Community
1074±14
2,341
298
274305
Nomic AI · Non-commercial
1064±38
250
299
283304
MosaicML · CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
1053±24
683
300
292304
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Alibaba · Qianwen LICENSE
1050±19
1,082
301
292305
UC Berkeley · Non-commercial
1047±21
1,199
302
292306
Tsinghua · Apache-2.0
1041±23
816
303
298308
OpenAssistant · Apache 2.0
1013±21
1,094
304
302308
Allen AI · Apache-2.0
1005±20
1,020
305
298308
Tsinghua · Apache-2.0
1005±26
566
306
300308
RWKV
RWKV · Apache 2.0
1005±23
874
307
303309
LMSYS · Apache 2.0
992±24
744
308
303311
Databricks · MIT
970±28
565
309
307311
Tsinghua · Non-commercial
953±25
771
310
308311
Stability
Stability AI · CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
933±29
536
311
308311
Meta
Meta · Non-commercial
933±34
431

Default Leaderboard Plots

Battle Count for Each Combination of Models (without Ties)

Confidence Intervals on Model Strength (via Bootstrapping)

Fraction of Model A Wins for All Non-tied A vs. B Battles

Average Win Rate Against All Other Models (Uniform Sampling and No Ties)