Alignbench

    🏆 Leaderboard

    As of August 20, 2026, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is #1 for Alignbench at 81.6%. Ranked by the Alignbench score 3 models in this index have a published Alignbench score. Alignbench leaderboard: rank models by Alignbench next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 20, 2026282 models33 providers
    Qwen2.5 72B InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    81.6%$0.75
    DeepSeek-V2.5OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    80.4%$0.42
    Qwen2.5 7B InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    73.3%$0.60
    ChatGPT-4o Latest
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    $12.50
    Claude 3 Haiku
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $1.50
    Claude 3 Opus
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $90.00
    Claude 3 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude 3.5 Haiku
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $4.80
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude 3.7 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Fable 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $60.00
    Claude Haiku 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $6.00
    Claude Mythos 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $60.00
    Claude Mythos Preview
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $60.00
    Claude Opus 4
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $90.00
    Claude Opus 4.1
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $90.00
    Claude Opus 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 4.7
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 4.8
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Sonnet 4
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Sonnet 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $12.00
    Command A+OSS
    Cohere · Open Source
    $12.50
    Command R+OSS
    Cohere · Open Source
    $1.25
    Composer 2
    Cursor · Proprietary
    $3.00
    Composer 2 Fast
    Cursor · Proprietary
    $9.00
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70BOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.50
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.30
    DeepSeek-R1OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $2.74
    DeepSeek-R1-0528OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $2.74
    DeepSeek-V3OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $1.37
    DeepSeek-V3 0324OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $1.42
    DeepSeek-V3.1OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $1.27
    DeepSeek-V3.2OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source · via OpenRouter
    $0.57
    DeepSeek-V3.2 (Non-thinking)OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.70
    DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.68
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.30
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $1.76
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-MaxOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.42
    DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $5.28
    DeepSeek-V4-Pro-MaxOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $5.22
    Devstral Medium
    Mistral · Proprietary · via Mistral AI
    $2.40
    Devstral Small 1.1OSS
    Mistral · Open Source · via Mistral AI
    $0.40
    ERNIE 4.5
    Baidu · Proprietary
    $4.40
    Gemini 1.0 Pro
    Google · Proprietary
    $2.00
    Gemini 1.5 Flash
    Google · Proprietary
    $0.75
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    Which model leads Alignbench right now?

    As of August 20, 2026, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct by Qwen is #1 for Alignbench at 81.6%. Ranked by the Alignbench score This board also tracks Alignbench. Next on the same board: DeepSeek-V2.5 and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct. This alignbench leaderboard ranks models by Alignbench. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.

    Sources: OpenAI API pricing (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing); Anthropic Claude API pricing (https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing); Gemini API pricing (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)

    Top 3 for alignbench. Ranked by the Alignbench score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelAlignbenchInput /MOutput /M
    1Qwen2.5 72B Instruct81.6%$0.35$0.40
    2DeepSeek-V2.580.4%$0.14$0.28
    3Qwen2.5 7B Instruct73.3%$0.30$0.30

    Alignbench FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the Alignbench leaderboard?

    As of August 20, 2026, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct by Qwen ranks #1 on Alignbench at 81.6%. API pricing is $0.35/M input and $0.40/M output.

    What are the top models on Alignbench?

    The current Alignbench ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct at 81.6%; 2. DeepSeek-V2.5 at 80.4%; 3. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct at 73.3%.

    Which alignbench model is the cheapest?

    DeepSeek-V2.5 is the cheapest scored model on this alignbench leaderboard at $0.14/M input and $0.28/M output ($0.42 blended). Qwen2.5 72B Instruct still leads Alignbench at 81.6%.

    Should I always pick the #1 Alignbench model?

    Not automatically. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads Alignbench, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Alignbench against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the Alignbench leaderboard updated?

    Scores and API prices on this page are refreshed from published evals and provider rates. The snapshot is labeled August 20, 2026. Treat it as a current index, not a one-off blog post.

    What is Alignbench?

    Alignbench is a public LLM eval (the Alignbench score). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.

    Where is the Alignbench leaderboard?

    This page is the Alignbench leaderboard. Models are sorted by Alignbench, with input and output token prices on the same row so you can weigh score against cost. Official boards often omit price; that comparison is the point of this index.

    How is this Alignbench ranking different from the official board?

    Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published Alignbench score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.