DROP

    ๐Ÿ† Leaderboard

    As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V3 is #1 for DROP at 91.6%. Ranked by the DROP score 24 models in this index have a published DROP score. DROP leaderboard: rank models by DROP next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 20, 2026282 models33 providers
    DeepSeek-V3OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    91.6%$1.37
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    87.1%$18.00
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    87.1%$18.00
    MiMo-V2.5-ProOSS
    Xiaomi ยท Open Source
    86.3%$1.30
    GPT-4 Turbo
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    86%$40.00
    Nova Pro
    Amazon ยท Proprietary
    85.4%$4.00
    Llama 3.1 405B InstructOSS
    Meta ยท Open Source
    84.8%$1.78
    GPT-4o
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    83.4%$12.50
    Claude 3.5 Haiku
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    83.1%$4.80
    Claude 3 Opus
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    83.1%$90.00
    GPT-4
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    80.9%$90.00
    Nova Lite
    Amazon ยท Proprietary
    80.2%$0.30
    GPT-4o mini
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    79.7%$0.75
    Llama 3.1 70B InstructOSS
    Meta ยท Open Source
    79.6%$0.40
    Nova Micro
    Amazon ยท Proprietary
    79.3%$0.17
    LongCat-Flash-ChatOSS
    Meituan ยท Open Source
    79.1%$1.50
    Claude 3 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    78.9%$18.00
    Claude 3 Haiku
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    78.4%$1.50
    Phi 4OSS
    Microsoft ยท Open Source
    75.5%$0.21
    Gemini 1.5 Pro
    Google ยท Proprietary
    74.9%$12.50
    GPT-3.5 Turbo
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    70.2%$2.00
    Llama 3.1 8B InstructOSS
    Meta ยท Open Source
    59.5%$0.06
    Granite 3.3 8B InstructOSS
    IBM ยท Open Source
    59.4%$1.00
    ERNIE 4.5
    Baidu ยท Proprietary
    28.6%$4.40
    ChatGPT-4o Latest
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$12.50
    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
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    Which model leads DROP right now?

    As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V3 by DeepSeek is #1 for DROP at 91.6%. Ranked by the DROP score This board also tracks DROP. Next on the same board: Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Claude 3.5 Sonnet. This drop leaderboard ranks models by DROP. 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 drop. Ranked by the DROP score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelDROPInput /MOutput /M
    1DeepSeek-V391.6%$0.27$1.10
    2Claude 3.5 Sonnet87.1%$3.00$15.00
    3Claude 3.5 Sonnet87.1%$3.00$15.00
    4MiMo-V2.5-Pro86.3%$0.43$0.87
    5GPT-4 Turbo86%$10.00$30.00
    6Nova Pro85.4%$0.80$3.20
    7Llama 3.1 405B Instruct84.8%$0.89$0.89
    8GPT-4o83.4%$2.50$10.00

    DROP FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the DROP leaderboard?

    As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V3 by DeepSeek ranks #1 on DROP at 91.6%. API pricing is $0.27/M input and $1.10/M output.

    What are the top models on DROP?

    The current DROP ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. DeepSeek-V3 at 91.6%; 2. Claude 3.5 Sonnet at 87.1%; 3. Claude 3.5 Sonnet at 87.1%.

    Which drop model is the cheapest?

    Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is the cheapest scored model on this drop leaderboard at $0.03/M input and $0.03/M output ($0.06 blended). DeepSeek-V3 still leads DROP at 91.6%.

    Should I always pick the #1 DROP model?

    Not automatically. DeepSeek-V3 leads DROP, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh DROP against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the DROP 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 DROP?

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

    Where is the DROP leaderboard?

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

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