Mt Bench

    🏆 Leaderboard

    As of August 20, 2026, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is #1 for Mt Bench at 93.5%. Ranked by the Mt Bench score 8 models in this index have a published Mt Bench score. Mt Bench leaderboard: rank models by Mt Bench next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 20, 2026282 models33 providers
    Qwen2.5 72B InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    93.5%$0.75
    DeepSeek-V2.5OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    90.2%$0.42
    Hermes 3 70BOSS
    Nous Research · Open Source
    89.9%$1.75
    Qwen2.5 7B InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    87.5%$0.60
    Mistral Large 2OSS
    Mistral · Open Source · via Mistral AI
    86.3%$8.00
    Mistral Small 3 24B InstructOSS
    Mistral · Open Source · via Mistral AI
    83.5%$0.21
    Ministral 8B InstructOSS
    Mistral · Open Source · via Mistral AI
    83%$0.20
    Pixtral-12BOSS
    Mistral · Open Source · via Mistral AI
    76.8%$0.30
    ChatGPT-4o Latest
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    $12.50
    Claude 3 Haiku
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $1.50
    Claude 3 Opus
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $90.00
    Claude 3 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude 3.5 Haiku
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $4.80
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude 3.7 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Fable 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $60.00
    Claude Haiku 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $6.00
    Claude Mythos 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $60.00
    Claude Mythos Preview
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $60.00
    Claude Opus 4
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $90.00
    Claude Opus 4.1
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $90.00
    Claude Opus 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 4.7
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 4.8
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Sonnet 4
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Sonnet 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $12.00
    Command A+OSS
    Cohere · Open Source
    $12.50
    Command R+OSS
    Cohere · Open Source
    $1.25
    Composer 2
    Cursor · Proprietary
    $3.00
    Composer 2 Fast
    Cursor · Proprietary
    $9.00
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70BOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.50
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.30
    DeepSeek-R1OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $2.74
    DeepSeek-R1-0528OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $2.74
    DeepSeek-V3OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $1.37
    DeepSeek-V3 0324OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $1.42
    DeepSeek-V3.1OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $1.27
    DeepSeek-V3.2OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source · via OpenRouter
    $0.57
    DeepSeek-V3.2 (Non-thinking)OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.70
    DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.68
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.30
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $1.76
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-MaxOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.42
    DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $5.28
    DeepSeek-V4-Pro-MaxOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $5.22
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    Which model leads Mt Bench right now?

    As of August 20, 2026, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct by Qwen is #1 for Mt Bench at 93.5%. Ranked by the Mt Bench score This board also tracks Mt Bench. Next on the same board: DeepSeek-V2.5 and Hermes 3 70B. This mt bench leaderboard ranks models by Mt Bench. 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)

    Top 8 for mt bench. Ranked by the Mt Bench score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelMt BenchInput /MOutput /M
    1Qwen2.5 72B Instruct93.5%$0.35$0.40
    2DeepSeek-V2.590.2%$0.14$0.28
    3Hermes 3 70B89.9%$0.35$1.40
    4Qwen2.5 7B Instruct87.5%$0.30$0.30
    5Mistral Large 286.3%$2.00$6.00
    6Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct83.5%$0.07$0.14
    7Ministral 8B Instruct83%$0.10$0.10
    8Pixtral-12B76.8%$0.15$0.15

    Mt Bench FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the Mt Bench leaderboard?

    As of August 20, 2026, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct by Qwen ranks #1 on Mt Bench at 93.5%. API pricing is $0.35/M input and $0.40/M output.

    What are the top models on Mt Bench?

    The current Mt Bench ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct at 93.5%; 2. DeepSeek-V2.5 at 90.2%; 3. Hermes 3 70B at 89.9%.

    Which mt bench model is the cheapest?

    Ministral 8B Instruct is the cheapest scored model on this mt bench leaderboard at $0.10/M input and $0.10/M output ($0.20 blended). Qwen2.5 72B Instruct still leads Mt Bench at 93.5%.

    Should I always pick the #1 Mt Bench model?

    Not automatically. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads Mt Bench, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Mt Bench against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the Mt Bench 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 Mt Bench?

    Mt Bench is a public LLM eval (the Mt Bench score). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.

    Where is the Mt Bench leaderboard?

    This page is the Mt Bench leaderboard. Models are sorted by Mt Bench, 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 Mt Bench ranking different from the official board?

    Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published Mt Bench score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.