Ruler

    ๐Ÿ† Leaderboard

    As of August 20, 2026, Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) is #1 for Ruler at 94.7%. Ranked by the Ruler score 3 models in this index have a published Ruler score. Ruler leaderboard: rank models by Ruler next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 20, 2026282 models33 providers
    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)OSS
    NVIDIA ยท Open Source ยท via OpenRouter
    94.7%$2.70
    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)OSS
    NVIDIA ยท Open Source ยท via OpenRouter
    91.8%$0.54
    Phi-3.5-mini-instructOSS
    Microsoft ยท Open Source
    84.1%$0.20
    ChatGPT-4o Latest
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$12.50
    Claude 3 Haiku
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$1.50
    Claude 3 Opus
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$90.00
    Claude 3 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude 3.5 Haiku
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$4.80
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude 3.7 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude Fable 5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$60.00
    Claude Haiku 4.5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$6.00
    Claude Mythos 5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$60.00
    Claude Mythos Preview
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$60.00
    Claude Opus 4
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$90.00
    Claude Opus 4.1
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$90.00
    Claude Opus 4.5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$30.00
    Claude Opus 4.6
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$30.00
    Claude Opus 4.7
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$30.00
    Claude Opus 4.8
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$30.00
    Claude Opus 5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$30.00
    Claude Sonnet 4
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude Sonnet 5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$12.00
    Command A+OSS
    Cohere ยท Open Source
    โ€”$12.50
    Command R+OSS
    Cohere ยท Open Source
    โ€”$1.25
    Composer 2
    Cursor ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$3.00
    Composer 2 Fast
    Cursor ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$9.00
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70BOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.50
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.30
    DeepSeek-R1OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$2.74
    DeepSeek-R1-0528OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$2.74
    DeepSeek-V2.5OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.42
    DeepSeek-V3OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$1.37
    DeepSeek-V3 0324OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$1.42
    DeepSeek-V3.1OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$1.27
    DeepSeek-V3.2OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source ยท via OpenRouter
    โ€”$0.57
    DeepSeek-V3.2 (Non-thinking)OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.70
    DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.68
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.30
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$1.76
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-MaxOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.42
    DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$5.28
    DeepSeek-V4-Pro-MaxOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$5.22
    Devstral Medium
    Mistral ยท Proprietary ยท via Mistral AI
    โ€”$2.40
    Devstral Small 1.1OSS
    Mistral ยท Open Source ยท via Mistral AI
    โ€”$0.40
    ERNIE 4.5
    Baidu ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$4.40
    Gemini 1.0 Pro
    Google ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$2.00
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    Which model leads Ruler right now?

    As of August 20, 2026, Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) by NVIDIA is #1 for Ruler at 94.7%. Ranked by the Ruler score This board also tracks Ruler. Next on the same board: Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct. This ruler leaderboard ranks models by Ruler. 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 3 for ruler. Ranked by the Ruler score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelRulerInput /MOutput /M
    1Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)94.7%$0.50$2.20
    2Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)91.8%$0.09$0.45
    3Phi-3.5-mini-instruct84.1%$0.10$0.10

    Ruler FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the Ruler leaderboard?

    As of August 20, 2026, Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) by NVIDIA ranks #1 on Ruler at 94.7%. API pricing is $0.50/M input and $2.20/M output.

    What are the top models on Ruler?

    The current Ruler ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) at 94.7%; 2. Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) at 91.8%; 3. Phi-3.5-mini-instruct at 84.1%.

    Which ruler model is the cheapest?

    Phi-3.5-mini-instruct is the cheapest scored model on this ruler leaderboard at $0.10/M input and $0.10/M output ($0.20 blended). Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) still leads Ruler at 94.7%.

    Should I always pick the #1 Ruler model?

    Not automatically. Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) leads Ruler, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Ruler against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the Ruler 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 Ruler?

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

    Where is the Ruler leaderboard?

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

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