Who ranks #1 on the Chatbot Arena leaderboard?
As of August 20, 2026, Claude Fable 5 by Anthropic ranks #1 on Chatbot Arena at 1506. API pricing is $10.00/M input and $50.00/M output.
As of August 20, 2026, Claude Fable 5 is #1 for Chatbot Arena at 1506. Ranked by Chatbot Arena human votes: people pick the better reply in a blind test. That is a writing and taste rank, not a trivia quiz. 16 models in this index have a published Chatbot Arena score. Methodology: Chatbot Arena (LMArena) (https://lmarena.ai/). Chatbot Arena leaderboard with live API prices. Arena Text Elo — blind pairwise preference rating from Arena.ai text battles. Official methodology: Chatbot Arena (LMArena) (https://lmarena.ai/).
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As of August 20, 2026, Claude Fable 5 by Anthropic is #1 for Chatbot Arena at 1506. Ranked by Chatbot Arena human votes: people pick the better reply in a blind test. That is a writing and taste rank, not a trivia quiz. This board also tracks Chatbot Arena. Next on the same board: Muse Spark 1.2 and Claude Opus 4.6. This chatbot arena leaderboard ranks models by Chatbot Arena. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.
Sources: Chatbot Arena (LMArena) (https://lmarena.ai/); 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)
| Rank | Model | Chatbot Arena | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Fable 5 | 1506 | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| 2 | Muse Spark 1.2 | 1498 | $1.25 | $4.25 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.6 | 1497 | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.7 | 1494 | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 5 | 1493 | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| 6 | Qwen3.8 Max | 1491 | $2.00 | $6.00 |
| 7 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | 1490 | $0.75 | $3.75 |
| 8 | Kimi K3 | 1489 | $3.00 | $15.00 |
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As of August 20, 2026, Claude Fable 5 by Anthropic ranks #1 on Chatbot Arena at 1506. API pricing is $10.00/M input and $50.00/M output.
The current Chatbot Arena ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Claude Fable 5 at 1506; 2. Muse Spark 1.2 at 1498; 3. Claude Opus 4.6 at 1497.
Gemini 3.7 Flash is the cheapest scored model on this chatbot arena leaderboard at $0.75/M input and $3.75/M output ($4.50 blended). Claude Fable 5 still leads Chatbot Arena at 1506.
Not automatically. Claude Fable 5 leads Chatbot Arena, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Chatbot Arena against input/output price, context window, and related evals.
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.
Arena Text Elo — blind pairwise preference rating from Arena.ai text battles. This page ranks models that have published a Chatbot Arena score, with live API token prices on the same row. Official methodology: Chatbot Arena (LMArena) (https://lmarena.ai/).
This page is the Chatbot Arena leaderboard. Models are sorted by Chatbot Arena, 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.
The official Chatbot Arena (LMArena) page owns the methodology. This page keeps the published Chatbot Arena score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number. Source: https://lmarena.ai/