Arena Code Elo

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    As of August 20, 2026, Claude Opus 5 is #1 for Arena Code Elo at 1711.88. Ranked by the Arena Code Elo score 84 models in this index have a published Arena Code Elo score. Arena Code Elo leaderboard with live API prices. Arena Code Elo — blind pairwise preference rating from Arena.ai coding battles.

    Updated August 20, 2026282 models33 providers
    Claude Opus 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1711.88$30.00
    Kimi K3OSS
    Moonshot AI · Open Source
    1681.75$18.00
    Qwen3.8 MaxOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    1667$8.00
    Grok 4.6
    xAI · Proprietary
    1631$8.00
    Claude Fable 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1627$60.00
    GPT-5.6 Sol
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1620.27$35.00
    GLM-5.2OSS
    Z AI · Open Source
    1593.25$5.80
    Gemini 3.7 Flash
    Google · Proprietary
    1587$4.50
    Claude Opus 4.7
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1558$30.00
    Grok 4.5
    xAI · Proprietary
    1555$8.00
    Claude Sonnet 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1544.16$12.00
    Claude Opus 4.8
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1539$30.00
    Muse Spark 1.1
    Meta · Proprietary
    1538$5.50
    Claude Opus 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1537$30.00
    Muse Spark 1.2
    Meta · Proprietary
    1535$5.50
    Gemini 3.6 Flash
    Google · Proprietary
    1527.83$4.50
    Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1524$18.00
    GPT-5.6 Luna
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1522.94$1.40
    Hy3OSS
    Tencent · Open Source
    1522$0.66
    GPT-5.6 Terra
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1521.61$14.00
    Qwen3.7 Max
    Qwen · Proprietary
    1517$5.00
    GLM-5.1OSS
    Z AI · Open Source
    1510$5.80
    Kimi K2.6OSS
    Moonshot AI · Open Source
    1509$4.93
    Gemini 3.5 Flash
    Google · Proprietary
    1506.38$10.50
    GPT-5.5
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1504.74$35.00
    MiniMax M3OSS
    MiniMax · Open Source
    1490$1.50
    MiMo-V2.5-ProOSS
    Xiaomi · Open Source
    1474$1.30
    Kimi K2.7 CodeOSS
    Moonshot AI · Open Source
    1473$4.93
    Claude Opus 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1468$30.00
    Qwen3.6 Plus
    Qwen · Proprietary
    1460$3.50
    Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
    Google · Proprietary
    1449$2.80
    Gemini 3.1 Pro
    Google · Proprietary
    1447$17.50
    DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    1446$5.28
    MiMo-V2.5OSS
    Xiaomi · Open Source
    1438$0.50
    Gemini 3 Pro
    Google · Proprietary
    1438$14.00
    Gemini 3 Flash
    Google · Proprietary
    1438$3.50
    GLM-5OSS
    Z AI · Open Source
    1436$4.20
    GLM-4.7OSS
    Z AI · Open Source
    1434$2.80
    Kimi K2.5OSS
    Moonshot AI · Open Source
    1430.56$3.68
    GPT-5 Medium
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1419$11.25
    GPT-5.2
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1418$15.75
    GPT-5.3 Codex
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1406.65$15.75
    GPT-5.4 mini
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1402.17$5.25
    Qwen3.5-397B-A17BOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    1400$4.20
    GLM-5V-TurboOSS
    Z AI · Open Source
    1400$5.20
    MiniMax M2.7OSS
    MiniMax · Open Source
    1397$1.50
    GPT-5
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1395$11.25
    MiniMax M2.1OSS
    MiniMax · Open Source
    1391.64$1.50
    GPT-5.1 Medium
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1391$11.25
    GPT-5.4
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1390$17.50
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    Which model leads Arena Code Elo right now?

    As of August 20, 2026, Claude Opus 5 by Anthropic is #1 for Arena Code Elo at 1711.88. Ranked by the Arena Code Elo score This board also tracks Arena Code Elo. Next on the same board: Kimi K3 and Qwen3.8 Max. This arena code elo leaderboard ranks models by Arena Code Elo. 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 8 for arena code elo. Ranked by the Arena Code Elo score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelArena Code EloInput /MOutput /M
    1Claude Opus 51711.88$5.00$25.00
    2Kimi K31681.75$3.00$15.00
    3Qwen3.8 Max1667$2.00$6.00
    4Grok 4.61631$2.00$6.00
    5Claude Fable 51627$10.00$50.00
    6GPT-5.6 Sol1620.27$5.00$30.00
    7GLM-5.21593.25$1.40$4.40
    8Gemini 3.7 Flash1587$0.75$3.75

    Arena Code Elo FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the Arena Code Elo leaderboard?

    As of August 20, 2026, Claude Opus 5 by Anthropic ranks #1 on Arena Code Elo at 1711.88. API pricing is $5.00/M input and $25.00/M output.

    What are the top models on Arena Code Elo?

    The current Arena Code Elo ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Claude Opus 5 at 1711.88; 2. Kimi K3 at 1681.75; 3. Qwen3.8 Max at 1667.

    Which arena code elo model is the cheapest?

    MiMo-V2-Flash is the cheapest scored model on this arena code elo leaderboard at $0.10/M input and $0.30/M output ($0.40 blended). Claude Opus 5 still leads Arena Code Elo at 1711.88.

    Should I always pick the #1 Arena Code Elo model?

    Not automatically. Claude Opus 5 leads Arena Code Elo, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Arena Code Elo against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the Arena Code Elo 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 Arena Code Elo?

    Arena Code Elo — blind pairwise preference rating from Arena.ai coding battles. This page ranks models that have published a Arena Code Elo score, with live API token prices on the same row.

    Where is the Arena Code Elo leaderboard?

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

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