Who ranks #1 on the Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k leaderboard?
As of August 20, 2026, GPT-5 by OpenAI ranks #1 on Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k at 86.8%. API pricing is $1.25/M input and $10.00/M output.
As of August 20, 2026, GPT-5 is #1 for Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k at 86.8%. Ranked by the Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k score 1 models in this index have a published Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k score. Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k leaderboard: rank models by Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k next to live API token prices.
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As of August 20, 2026, GPT-5 by OpenAI is #1 for Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k at 86.8%. Ranked by the Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k score This board also tracks Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k. This openai mrcr 2 needle 256k leaderboard ranks models by Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k. 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 | Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5 | 86.8% | $1.25 | $10.00 |
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As of August 20, 2026, GPT-5 by OpenAI ranks #1 on Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k at 86.8%. API pricing is $1.25/M input and $10.00/M output.
GPT-5 currently leads Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k and is also the cheapest scored model on this page, at $1.25/M input and $10.00/M output ($11.25 blended).
Not automatically. GPT-5 leads Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k 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.
Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k is a public LLM eval (the Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k score). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.
This page is the Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k leaderboard. Models are sorted by Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k, 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 Openai Mrcr 2 Needle 256k score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.