Who ranks #1 on the Livecodebench 01 09 leaderboard?
As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V2.5 by DeepSeek ranks #1 on Livecodebench 01 09 at 41.8%. API pricing is $0.14/M input and $0.28/M output.
As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V2.5 is #1 for Livecodebench 01 09 at 41.8%. Ranked by the Livecodebench 01 09 score 1 models in this index have a published Livecodebench 01 09 score. Livecodebench 01 09 leaderboard: rank models by Livecodebench 01 09 next to live API token prices.
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As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V2.5 by DeepSeek is #1 for Livecodebench 01 09 at 41.8%. Ranked by the Livecodebench 01 09 score This board also tracks Livecodebench 01 09. This livecodebench 01 09 leaderboard ranks models by Livecodebench 01 09. 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 | Livecodebench 01 09 | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeepSeek-V2.5 | 41.8% | $0.14 | $0.28 |
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As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V2.5 by DeepSeek ranks #1 on Livecodebench 01 09 at 41.8%. API pricing is $0.14/M input and $0.28/M output.
DeepSeek-V2.5 currently leads Livecodebench 01 09 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 Livecodebench 01 09, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Livecodebench 01 09 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 01 09 is a public LLM eval (the Livecodebench 01 09 score). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.
This page is the Livecodebench 01 09 leaderboard. Models are sorted by Livecodebench 01 09, 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 Livecodebench 01 09 score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.