Yc Bench

    ๐Ÿ† Leaderboard

    As of August 20, 2026, MiniMax M3 is #1 for Yc Bench at 2100000. Ranked by the Yc Bench score 1 models in this index have a published Yc Bench score. Yc Bench leaderboard: rank models by Yc Bench next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 20, 2026282 models33 providers
    MiniMax M3OSS
    MiniMax ยท Open Source
    2100000$1.50
    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
    Gemini 1.5 Flash
    Google ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$0.75
    Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
    Google ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$0.37
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    Which model leads Yc Bench right now?

    As of August 20, 2026, MiniMax M3 by MiniMax is #1 for Yc Bench at 2100000. Ranked by the Yc Bench score This board also tracks Yc Bench. This yc bench leaderboard ranks models by Yc 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 1 for yc bench. Ranked by the Yc Bench score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelYc BenchInput /MOutput /M
    1MiniMax M32100000$0.30$1.20

    Yc Bench FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the Yc Bench leaderboard?

    As of August 20, 2026, MiniMax M3 by MiniMax ranks #1 on Yc Bench at 2100000. API pricing is $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output.

    Which yc bench model is the cheapest?

    MiniMax M3 currently leads Yc Bench and is also the cheapest scored model on this page, at $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output ($1.50 blended).

    Should I always pick the #1 Yc Bench model?

    Not automatically. MiniMax M3 leads Yc Bench, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Yc Bench against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the Yc 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 Yc Bench?

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

    Where is the Yc Bench leaderboard?

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

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