Arena Hard V2

    🏆 Leaderboard

    As of August 20, 2026, MiMo-V2-Flash is #1 for Arena Hard V2 at 86.2%. Ranked by the Arena Hard V2 score 13 models in this index have a published Arena Hard V2 score. Arena Hard V2 leaderboard: rank models by Arena Hard V2 next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 20, 2026282 models33 providers
    MiMo-V2-FlashOSS
    Xiaomi · Open Source
    86.2%$0.40
    Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    82.7%$1.65
    Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507OSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    79.7%$3.30
    Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507OSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    79.2%$0.95
    Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    77.4%$1.79
    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)OSS
    NVIDIA · Open Source · via OpenRouter
    73.9%$0.54
    Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)OSS
    NVIDIA · Open Source
    67.7%$0.30
    Qwen3 VL 32B InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source · via OpenRouter
    64.7%$0.52
    Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-ThinkingOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    62.3%$1.65
    Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    58.5%$0.90
    Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    56.7%$1.20
    Qwen3 VL 8B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    51.1%$2.27
    Qwen3 VL 4B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    36.8%$1.10
    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-V2.5OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.42
    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
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    Which model leads Arena Hard V2 right now?

    As of August 20, 2026, MiMo-V2-Flash by Xiaomi is #1 for Arena Hard V2 at 86.2%. Ranked by the Arena Hard V2 score This board also tracks Arena Hard V2. Next on the same board: Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507. This arena hard v2 leaderboard ranks models by Arena Hard V2. 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 hard v2. Ranked by the Arena Hard V2 score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelArena Hard V2Input /MOutput /M
    1MiMo-V2-Flash86.2%$0.10$0.30
    2Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct82.7%$0.15$1.50
    3Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-250779.7%$0.30$3.00
    4Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-250779.2%$0.15$0.80
    5Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct77.4%$0.30$1.49
    6Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)73.9%$0.09$0.45
    7Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)67.7%$0.06$0.24
    8Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct64.7%$0.10$0.42

    Arena Hard V2 FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the Arena Hard V2 leaderboard?

    As of August 20, 2026, MiMo-V2-Flash by Xiaomi ranks #1 on Arena Hard V2 at 86.2%. API pricing is $0.10/M input and $0.30/M output.

    What are the top models on Arena Hard V2?

    The current Arena Hard V2 ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. MiMo-V2-Flash at 86.2%; 2. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct at 82.7%; 3. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 at 79.7%.

    Which arena hard v2 model is the cheapest?

    Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is the cheapest scored model on this arena hard v2 leaderboard at $0.06/M input and $0.24/M output ($0.30 blended). MiMo-V2-Flash still leads Arena Hard V2 at 86.2%.

    Should I always pick the #1 Arena Hard V2 model?

    Not automatically. MiMo-V2-Flash leads Arena Hard V2, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Arena Hard V2 against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the Arena Hard V2 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 Hard V2?

    Arena Hard V2 is a public LLM eval (the Arena Hard V2 score). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.

    Where is the Arena Hard V2 leaderboard?

    This page is the Arena Hard V2 leaderboard. Models are sorted by Arena Hard V2, 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 Hard V2 ranking different from the official board?

    Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published Arena Hard V2 score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.