Apex

    ๐Ÿ† Leaderboard

    As of August 20, 2026, Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) is #1 for Apex at 84.8%. Ranked by the Apex score 2 models in this index have a published Apex score. Apex leaderboard: rank models by Apex next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 20, 2026282 models33 providers
    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)OSS
    NVIDIA ยท Open Source ยท via OpenRouter
    84.8%$2.70
    Qwen3.7-Plus
    Qwen ยท Proprietary
    22.7%$1.60
    ChatGPT-4o Latest
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$12.50
    Claude 3 Haiku
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$1.50
    Claude 3 Opus
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$90.00
    Claude 3 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude 3.5 Haiku
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$4.80
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude 3.7 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude Fable 5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$60.00
    Claude Haiku 4.5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$6.00
    Claude Mythos 5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$60.00
    Claude Mythos Preview
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$60.00
    Claude Opus 4
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$90.00
    Claude Opus 4.1
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$90.00
    Claude Opus 4.5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$30.00
    Claude Opus 4.6
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$30.00
    Claude Opus 4.7
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$30.00
    Claude Opus 4.8
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$30.00
    Claude Opus 5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$30.00
    Claude Sonnet 4
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude Sonnet 5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$12.00
    Command A+OSS
    Cohere ยท Open Source
    โ€”$12.50
    Command R+OSS
    Cohere ยท Open Source
    โ€”$1.25
    Composer 2
    Cursor ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$3.00
    Composer 2 Fast
    Cursor ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$9.00
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70BOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.50
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.30
    DeepSeek-R1OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$2.74
    DeepSeek-R1-0528OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$2.74
    DeepSeek-V2.5OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.42
    DeepSeek-V3OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$1.37
    DeepSeek-V3 0324OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$1.42
    DeepSeek-V3.1OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$1.27
    DeepSeek-V3.2OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source ยท via OpenRouter
    โ€”$0.57
    DeepSeek-V3.2 (Non-thinking)OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.70
    DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.68
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.30
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$1.76
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-MaxOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.42
    DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$5.28
    DeepSeek-V4-Pro-MaxOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$5.22
    Devstral Medium
    Mistral ยท Proprietary ยท via Mistral AI
    โ€”$2.40
    Devstral Small 1.1OSS
    Mistral ยท Open Source ยท via Mistral AI
    โ€”$0.40
    ERNIE 4.5
    Baidu ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$4.40
    Gemini 1.0 Pro
    Google ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$2.00
    Gemini 1.5 Flash
    Google ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$0.75
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    Which model leads Apex right now?

    As of August 20, 2026, Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) by NVIDIA is #1 for Apex at 84.8%. Ranked by the Apex score This board also tracks Apex. Next on the same board: Qwen3.7-Plus. This apex leaderboard ranks models by Apex. 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 2 for apex. Ranked by the Apex score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelApexInput /MOutput /M
    1Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)84.8%$0.50$2.20
    2Qwen3.7-Plus22.7%$0.32$1.28

    Apex FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the Apex leaderboard?

    As of August 20, 2026, Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) by NVIDIA ranks #1 on Apex at 84.8%. API pricing is $0.50/M input and $2.20/M output.

    What are the top models on Apex?

    The current Apex ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) at 84.8%; 2. Qwen3.7-Plus at 22.7%.

    Which apex model is the cheapest?

    Qwen3.7-Plus is the cheapest scored model on this apex leaderboard at $0.32/M input and $1.28/M output ($1.60 blended). Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) still leads Apex at 84.8%.

    Should I always pick the #1 Apex model?

    Not automatically. Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) leads Apex, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Apex against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the Apex 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 Apex?

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

    Where is the Apex leaderboard?

    This page is the Apex leaderboard. Models are sorted by Apex, 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 Apex ranking different from the official board?

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