Blink

    ๐Ÿ† Leaderboard

    As of August 20, 2026, Seed 2.1 Turbo is #1 for Blink at 79.4%. Ranked by the Blink score 11 models in this index have a published Blink score. Blink leaderboard: rank models by Blink next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 20, 2026282 models33 providers
    Seed 2.1 Turbo
    ByteDance ยท Proprietary
    79.4%$3.00
    Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    70.7%$1.79
    Qwen3 VL 8B InstructOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    69.1%$0.58
    Qwen3 VL 8B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    68.7%$2.27
    Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    67.7%$0.90
    Qwen3 VL 32B InstructOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source ยท via OpenRouter
    67.3%$0.52
    Qwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    67.1%$3.94
    Qwen3 VL 4B InstructOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    65.8%$0.70
    Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    65.4%$1.20
    Qwen3 VL 4B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    63.4%$1.10
    Phi-4-multimodal-instructOSS
    Microsoft ยท Open Source
    61.3%$0.15
    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
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    All Large Language Models

    282 models across 33 providers. Search or jump to a lab โ€” every model page stays linked here.

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    1 models

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    1 models

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    1 models

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    1 models

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    1 models

    Which model leads Blink right now?

    As of August 20, 2026, Seed 2.1 Turbo by ByteDance is #1 for Blink at 79.4%. Ranked by the Blink score This board also tracks Blink. Next on the same board: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct. This blink leaderboard ranks models by Blink. 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 blink. Ranked by the Blink score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelBlinkInput /MOutput /M
    1Seed 2.1 Turbo79.4%$0.50$2.50
    2Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct70.7%$0.30$1.49
    3Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct69.1%$0.08$0.50
    4Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking68.7%$0.18$2.09
    5Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct67.7%$0.20$0.70
    6Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct67.3%$0.10$0.42
    7Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking67.1%$0.45$3.49
    8Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct65.8%$0.10$0.60

    Blink FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the Blink leaderboard?

    As of August 20, 2026, Seed 2.1 Turbo by ByteDance ranks #1 on Blink at 79.4%. API pricing is $0.50/M input and $2.50/M output.

    What are the top models on Blink?

    The current Blink ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Seed 2.1 Turbo at 79.4%; 2. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct at 70.7%; 3. Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct at 69.1%.

    Which blink model is the cheapest?

    Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is the cheapest scored model on this blink leaderboard at $0.05/M input and $0.10/M output ($0.15 blended). Seed 2.1 Turbo still leads Blink at 79.4%.

    Should I always pick the #1 Blink model?

    Not automatically. Seed 2.1 Turbo leads Blink, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Blink against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the Blink 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 Blink?

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

    Where is the Blink leaderboard?

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

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