Who ranks #1 on the MRCR v2 leaderboard?
As of August 20, 2026, Gemini 3.7 Flash by Google ranks #1 on MRCR v2 at 97%. API pricing is $0.75/M input and $3.75/M output.
As of August 20, 2026, Gemini 3.7 Flash is #1 for MRCR v2 at 97%. Ranked by MRCR: can the model still find planted facts inside a long prompt. 22 models in this index have a published MRCR v2 score. MRCR v2 leaderboard with live API prices. MRCR v2 — multi-needle long-context retrieval.
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As of August 20, 2026, Gemini 3.7 Flash by Google is #1 for MRCR v2 at 97%. Ranked by MRCR: can the model still find planted facts inside a long prompt. This board also tracks MRCR v2. Next on the same board: Qwen3.8 Max and Qwen3.7-Plus. This mrcr v2 leaderboard ranks models by MRCR v2. 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 | MRCR v2 | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | 97% | $0.75 | $3.75 |
| 2 | Qwen3.8 Max | 92.9% | $2.00 | $6.00 |
| 3 | Qwen3.7-Plus | 91.7% | $0.32 | $1.28 |
| 4 | GPT-5.6 Sol | 91.5% | $5.00 | $30.00 |
| 5 | GPT-5.6 Terra | 89.6% | $2.00 | $12.00 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.6 | 76% | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| 7 | GPT-5.5 | 74% | $5.00 | $30.00 |
| 8 | Gemma 4 31B | 66.4% | $0.14 | $0.40 |
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As of August 20, 2026, Gemini 3.7 Flash by Google ranks #1 on MRCR v2 at 97%. API pricing is $0.75/M input and $3.75/M output.
The current MRCR v2 ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Gemini 3.7 Flash at 97%; 2. Qwen3.8 Max at 92.9%; 3. Qwen3.7-Plus at 91.7%.
Gemma 3 27B is the cheapest scored model on this mrcr v2 leaderboard at $0.10/M input and $0.20/M output ($0.30 blended). Gemini 3.7 Flash still leads MRCR v2 at 97%.
Not automatically. Gemini 3.7 Flash leads MRCR v2, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh MRCR v2 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.
MRCR v2 — multi-needle long-context retrieval. This page ranks models that have published a MRCR v2 score, with live API token prices on the same row.
This page is the MRCR v2 leaderboard. Models are sorted by MRCR v2, 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 MRCR v2 score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.