V Star

    ๐Ÿ† Leaderboard

    As of August 20, 2026, Kimi K2.6 is #1 for V Star at 96.9%. Ranked by the V Star score 7 models in this index have a published V Star score. V Star leaderboard: rank models by V Star next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 20, 2026282 models33 providers
    Qwen3.6 Plus
    Qwen ยท Proprietary
    96.9%$3.50
    Kimi K2.6OSS
    Moonshot AI ยท Open Source
    96.9%$4.93
    Qwen3.6-27BOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    94.7%$4.20
    Qwen3.5-27BOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    93.7%$2.70
    Qwen3.5-122B-A10BOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    93.2%$3.60
    Qwen3.5-35B-A3BOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    92.7%$2.25
    GLM-5V-TurboOSS
    Z AI ยท Open Source
    89%$5.20
    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
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    Which model leads V Star right now?

    As of August 20, 2026, Kimi K2.6 by Moonshot AI is #1 for V Star at 96.9%. Ranked by the V Star score This board also tracks V Star. Next on the same board: Qwen3.6 Plus and Qwen3.6-27B. This v star leaderboard ranks models by V Star. 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 7 for v star. Ranked by the V Star score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelV StarInput /MOutput /M
    1Kimi K2.696.9%$0.96$3.97
    2Qwen3.6 Plus96.9%$0.50$3.00
    3Qwen3.6-27B94.7%$0.60$3.60
    4Qwen3.5-27B93.7%$0.30$2.40
    5Qwen3.5-122B-A10B93.2%$0.40$3.20
    6Qwen3.5-35B-A3B92.7%$0.25$2.00
    7GLM-5V-Turbo89%$1.20$4.00

    V Star FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the V Star leaderboard?

    As of August 20, 2026, Kimi K2.6 by Moonshot AI ranks #1 on V Star at 96.9%. API pricing is $0.96/M input and $3.97/M output.

    What are the top models on V Star?

    The current V Star ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Kimi K2.6 at 96.9%; 2. Qwen3.6 Plus at 96.9%; 3. Qwen3.6-27B at 94.7%.

    Which v star model is the cheapest?

    Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is the cheapest scored model on this v star leaderboard at $0.25/M input and $2.00/M output ($2.25 blended). Kimi K2.6 still leads V Star at 96.9%.

    Should I always pick the #1 V Star model?

    Not automatically. Kimi K2.6 leads V Star, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh V Star against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the V Star 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 V Star?

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

    Where is the V Star leaderboard?

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

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