Who ranks #1 on the Kernelbench Hard leaderboard?
As of August 20, 2026, MiniMax M3 by MiniMax ranks #1 on Kernelbench Hard at 28.8%. API pricing is $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output.
Kernelbench Hard
🏆 LeaderboardAs of August 20, 2026, MiniMax M3 is #1 for Kernelbench Hard at 28.8%. Ranked by the Kernelbench Hard score 1 models in this index have a published Kernelbench Hard score. Kernelbench Hard leaderboard: rank models by Kernelbench Hard next to live API token prices.
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282 models across 33 providers. Search or jump to a lab — every model page stays linked here.
OpenAI
51 modelsGPT-5.6 CyberGPT-5.6 LunaGPT-5.6 SolGPT-5.6 TerraGPT-5.5 InstantGPT-5.5GPT-5.5 ProGPT-5.4 miniGPT-5.4 nanoGPT-5.4GPT-5.3 ChatGPT-5.3 CodexGPT-5.2 CodexGPT-5.2GPT-5.2 ProGPT-5.1 CodexGPT-5.1GPT-5.1 Codex HighGPT-5.1 Codex MiniGPT-5.1 HighGPT-5.1 InstantGPT-5.1 MediumGPT-5.1 ThinkingGPT-5 CodexGPT-5GPT-5 HighGPT-5 MediumGPT-5 miniGPT-5 nanoGPT OSS 120BGPT OSS 120B HighGPT OSS 20BGPT OSS 20B Higho3-proo3o4-miniGPT-4.1GPT-4.1 miniGPT-4.1 nanoo3-minio1o1-proo1-minio1-previewGPT-4oGPT-4o miniChatGPT-4o LatestGPT-4oGPT-4 TurboGPT-4GPT-3.5 Turbo
Anthropic
22 modelsClaude Opus 5Claude Sonnet 5Claude Fable 5Claude Mythos 5Claude Opus 4.8Claude Opus 4.7Claude Sonnet 4.6Claude Opus 4.6Claude Opus 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5Claude Sonnet 4.5Claude Opus 4.1Claude Opus 4Claude Sonnet 4Claude 3.7 SonnetClaude 3.5 HaikuClaude 3.5 SonnetClaude 3.5 SonnetClaude 3 HaikuClaude 3 OpusClaude 3 SonnetClaude Mythos Preview
Gemini 3.7 FlashGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.5 FlashGemma 4 26B-A4BGemma 4 31BGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteGemini 3.1 ProGemini 3 FlashGemini 3 ProGemma 3n E4B InstructedGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Gemini 2.5 FlashGemini 2.5 ProGemma 3 12BGemma 3 27BGemma 3 4BGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemini 2.0 FlashGemma 2 27BGemini 1.5 FlashGemini 1.5 ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGemini 1.0 Pro
Cursor
2 models
xAI
15 models
DeepSeek
16 models
Qwen
38 modelsQwen3.8-27BQwen3.8-2.4T-A95BQwen3.8 MaxQwen3.7 FlashQwen3.7-PlusQwen3.7 MaxQwen3.6-27BQwen3.6-35B-A3BQwen3.6 PlusQwen3.5-9BQwen3.5-122B-A10BQwen3.5-27BQwen3.5-35B-A3BQwen3.5-397B-A17BQwen3 MaxQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingQwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructQwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingQwen3 VL 32B InstructQwen3 VL 4B InstructQwen3 VL 4B ThinkingQwen3 VL 8B InstructQwen3 VL 8B ThinkingQwen3-Next-80B-A3B-InstructQwen3-Next-80B-A3B-ThinkingQwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507Qwen3 235B A22BQwen3 30B A3BQwen3 32BQwen3-Coder 480B A35B InstructQwen2.5 VL 72B InstructQwen3-CoderQwQ-32B-PreviewQwen2.5 72B InstructQwen2.5 7B InstructQwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
AI21 Labs
2 models
Amazon
5 models
Baidu
1 models
ByteDance
2 models
Cohere
3 models
IBM
1 models
Inception
1 models
inclusionAI
1 models
LG AI Research
1 models
Meituan
4 models
Meta
12 models
Mistral
23 modelsMistral Medium 3.5Mistral Small 4Min istral 3 (3B Reasoning 2512)MiniStral 3 (14B Instruct 2512)Ministral 3 (14B Reasoning 2512)Ministral 3 (3B Instruct 2512)Ministral 3 (8B Instruct 2512)Ministral 3 (8B Reasoning 2512)Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512)Mistral Large 3Devstral Small 1.1Devstral MediumMistral Small 3.2 24B InstructMagistral MediumMistral Small 3.1 24B BaseMistral Small 3.1 24B InstructMistral Small 3 24B InstructPixtral LargeMinistral 8B InstructMistral SmallPixtral-12BMistral Large 2Mistral NeMo Instruct
Moonshot AI
9 models
Nous Research
1 models
NVIDIA
5 models
Poolside
2 models
Sakana AI
1 models
StepFun
1 models
Tencent
1 models
Thinking Machines
1 models
Unisound
1 models
Upstage
1 models
Xiaomi
3 modelsWhich model leads Kernelbench Hard right now?
As of August 20, 2026, MiniMax M3 by MiniMax is #1 for Kernelbench Hard at 28.8%. Ranked by the Kernelbench Hard score This board also tracks Kernelbench Hard. This kernelbench hard leaderboard ranks models by Kernelbench Hard. 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 | Kernelbench Hard | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MiniMax M3 | 28.8% | $0.30 | $1.20 |
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Kernelbench Hard FAQ
Which kernelbench hard model is the cheapest?
MiniMax M3 currently leads Kernelbench Hard and is also the cheapest scored model on this page, at $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output ($1.50 blended).
Should I always pick the #1 Kernelbench Hard model?
Not automatically. MiniMax M3 leads Kernelbench Hard, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Kernelbench Hard against input/output price, context window, and related evals.
How often is the Kernelbench Hard 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 Kernelbench Hard?
Kernelbench Hard is a public LLM eval (the Kernelbench Hard score). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.
Where is the Kernelbench Hard leaderboard?
This page is the Kernelbench Hard leaderboard. Models are sorted by Kernelbench Hard, 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 Kernelbench Hard ranking different from the official board?
Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published Kernelbench Hard score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.