Who ranks #1 on the LiveCodeBench leaderboard?
As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max by DeepSeek ranks #1 on LiveCodeBench at 93.5%. API pricing is $1.74/M input and $3.48/M output.
As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max is #1 for LiveCodeBench at 93.5%. Ranked by LiveCodeBench: contest programming on problems released after training. 128 models in this index have a published LiveCodeBench score. Methodology: LiveCodeBench (https://livecodebench.github.io/). LiveCodeBench leaderboard with live API prices. LiveCodeBench — contamination-resistant contest programming on problems released after training cutoffs. Official methodology: LiveCodeBench (https://livecodebench.github.io/).
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As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max by DeepSeek is #1 for LiveCodeBench at 93.5%. Ranked by LiveCodeBench: contest programming on problems released after training. This board also tracks LiveCodeBench. Next on the same board: DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Max and Claude Fable 5. This livecodebench leaderboard ranks models by LiveCodeBench. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.
Sources: LiveCodeBench (https://livecodebench.github.io/); 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 | LiveCodeBench | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max | 93.5% | $1.74 | $3.48 |
| 2 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Max | 91.6% | $0.14 | $0.28 |
| 3 | Claude Fable 5 | 89.8% | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 5 | 89.0% | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| 5 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | 88.7% | $0.75 | $3.75 |
| 6 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | 88.5% | $2.50 | $15.00 |
| 7 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 | 88.4% | $0.10 | $0.20 |
| 8 | Grok 4.6 | 88.2% | $2.00 | $6.00 |
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As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max by DeepSeek ranks #1 on LiveCodeBench at 93.5%. API pricing is $1.74/M input and $3.48/M output.
The current LiveCodeBench ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max at 93.5%; 2. DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Max at 91.6%; 3. Claude Fable 5 at 89.8%.
Gemma 3 4B is the cheapest scored model on this livecodebench leaderboard at $0.02/M input and $0.04/M output ($0.06 blended). DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max still leads LiveCodeBench at 93.5%.
Not automatically. DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max leads LiveCodeBench, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh LiveCodeBench 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.
LiveCodeBench — contamination-resistant contest programming on problems released after training cutoffs. This page ranks models that have published a LiveCodeBench score, with live API token prices on the same row. Official methodology: LiveCodeBench (https://livecodebench.github.io/).
This page is the LiveCodeBench leaderboard. Models are sorted by LiveCodeBench, 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 LiveCodeBench page owns the methodology. This page keeps the published LiveCodeBench score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number. Source: https://livecodebench.github.io/