Who ranks #1 on the Ds Arena Code leaderboard?
As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V2.5 by DeepSeek ranks #1 on Ds Arena Code at 63.1%. API pricing is $0.14/M input and $0.28/M output.
As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V2.5 is #1 for Ds Arena Code at 63.1%. Ranked by the Ds Arena Code score 1 models in this index have a published Ds Arena Code score. Ds Arena Code leaderboard: rank models by Ds Arena Code next to live API token prices.
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As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V2.5 by DeepSeek is #1 for Ds Arena Code at 63.1%. Ranked by the Ds Arena Code score This board also tracks Ds Arena Code. This ds arena code leaderboard ranks models by Ds Arena Code. 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)
| Rank | Model | Ds Arena Code | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeepSeek-V2.5 | 63.1% | $0.14 | $0.28 |
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As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V2.5 by DeepSeek ranks #1 on Ds Arena Code at 63.1%. API pricing is $0.14/M input and $0.28/M output.
DeepSeek-V2.5 currently leads Ds Arena Code and is also the cheapest scored model on this page, at $0.14/M input and $0.28/M output ($0.42 blended).
Not automatically. DeepSeek-V2.5 leads Ds Arena Code, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Ds Arena Code 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.
Ds Arena Code is a public LLM eval (the Ds Arena Code score). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.
This page is the Ds Arena Code leaderboard. Models are sorted by Ds Arena Code, 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.
Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published Ds Arena Code score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.