Who ranks #1 on the Lmarena Text leaderboard?
As of August 20, 2026, Grok-4.1 Thinking by xAI ranks #1 on Lmarena Text at 74.2%. API pricing is $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output.
As of August 20, 2026, Grok-4.1 Thinking is #1 for Lmarena Text at 74.2%. Ranked by the Lmarena Text score 2 models in this index have a published Lmarena Text score. Lmarena Text leaderboard: rank models by Lmarena Text next to live API token prices.
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As of August 20, 2026, Grok-4.1 Thinking by xAI is #1 for Lmarena Text at 74.2%. Ranked by the Lmarena Text score This board also tracks Lmarena Text. Next on the same board: Grok-4.1. This lmarena text leaderboard ranks models by Lmarena Text. 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 | Lmarena Text | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grok-4.1 Thinking | 74.2% | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| 2 | Grok-4.1 | 73.3% | $3.00 | $15.00 |
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As of August 20, 2026, Grok-4.1 Thinking by xAI ranks #1 on Lmarena Text at 74.2%. API pricing is $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output.
The current Lmarena Text ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Grok-4.1 Thinking at 74.2%; 2. Grok-4.1 at 73.3%.
Grok-4.1 Thinking currently leads Lmarena Text and is also the cheapest scored model on this page, at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output ($18.00 blended).
Not automatically. Grok-4.1 Thinking leads Lmarena Text, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Lmarena Text 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.
Lmarena Text is a public LLM eval (the Lmarena Text score). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.
This page is the Lmarena Text leaderboard. Models are sorted by Lmarena Text, 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 Lmarena Text score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.