AI Model Leaderboard 2026

Updated 5 hours ago (2026-08-18)

Ranked by real usage: token volume routed per model on OpenRouter over the last 7 days · ● Live, updated 2026-08-18

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As of 2026-08-18, the most used AI model tracked here is DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (DeepSeek), followed by Hy3 and GPT-5.6 Luna (batch). Ranked by tokens routed per model on OpenRouter over the trailing 7 days; refreshed automatically.

# Model Name Provider Tokens/wk Context Pricing (in/out per MTok)
1 DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 DeepSeek
16.07T
1.3M $0.08/$0.16
2 Hy3
Chinese tech giant behind the Hunyuan / Hy models
 tencent
9.7T
262K $0.13/$0.52
3 GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
5.57T
1.1M $0.1/$0.6
4 MiMo-V2.5
Chinese electronics giant, maker of the open MiMo models
 Xiaomi
4.99T
1.1M $0.12/$0.24
5 GLM 5.2
Chinese lab (Zhipu AI) behind the open GLM models
 Z.ai
4.41T
1M $0.5/$3.15
6 DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 DeepSeek
3.45T
1M $0.66/$1.98
7 Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)
Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models
 Google
2.77T
1M $0.38/$1.88
8 Claude Opus 5 (batch)
US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude
 Anthropic
2.7T
1M $2.5/$12.5
9 Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)
NVIDIA's model line (Nemotron)
 Nvidia
2.44T
1M Free
10 Laguna S 2.1 (free)
From poolside
 poolside
1.68T
262K Free
11 MiniMax M3 (batch)
Chinese AI lab (Shanghai) building open-weight models
 MiniMax
1.55T
524K $0.15/$0.6
12 Kimi K3
Chinese lab (Moonshot AI) behind the Kimi models
 moonshotai
1.37T
1M $2.6/$13
13 Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)
US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude
 Anthropic
1.08T
1M $1/$5
14 GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
948B
1.1M $1/$6
15 Step 3.7 Flash
From stepfun
 stepfun
922B
262K $0.2/$1.15
16 Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)
Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models
 Google
816B
1M $0.25/$1.5
17 Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)
NVIDIA's model line (Nemotron)
 Nvidia
797B
1M Free
18 GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
747B
1.1M $1.25/$7.5
19 Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)
Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models
 Google
717B
1M $0.05/$0.2
20 Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)
US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude
 Anthropic
706B
1M $1.5/$7.5
21 GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
613B
1.1M $0.1/$0.6
22 Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)
Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models
 Google
603B
1M $0.19/$0.94
23 Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)
US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude
 Anthropic
580B
1M $2.5/$12.5
24 Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)
US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude
 Anthropic
524B
1M $2.5/$12.5
25 MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Chinese electronics giant, maker of the open MiMo models
 Xiaomi
489B
1.1M $0.3/$0.61
26 Gemma 4 31B (free)
Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models
 Google
468B
262K Free
27 gpt-oss-120b
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
458B
131K $0.03/$0.17
28 Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)
Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models
 Google
449B
1M $0.15/$1.25
29 Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)
Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models
 Google
420B
1M $0.13/$0.75
30 DeepSeek V3.2 DeepSeek
411B
164K $0.21/$0.31
31 Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)
Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models
 Google
378B
262K Free
32 Solar Pro 4
From upstage
 upstage
377B
524K $0.03/$0.12
33 Nemotron 3 Super (free)
NVIDIA's model line (Nemotron)
 Nvidia
362B
262K Free
34 Grok 4.6
From SpaceXAI
 SpaceXAI
354B
500K $2/$6
35 GPT-5.5 (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
300B
1.1M $2.5/$15
36 Claude Fable 5 (batch)
US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude
 Anthropic
283B
1M $5/$25
37 Qwen3.8 Max
Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models
 Qwen
276B
1M $2/$6
38 Grok 4.5
From SpaceXAI
 SpaceXAI
249B
500K $2/$6
39 Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)
US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude
 Anthropic
237B
200K $0.5/$2.5
40 North Mini Code (free)
Enterprise-focused AI lab (Command models)
 Cohere
218B
256K Free
41 GPT-4o-mini (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
205B
128K $0.08/$0.3
42 GPT-5.4 (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
201B
1.1M $1.25/$7.5
43 MiniMax M2.7
Chinese AI lab (Shanghai) building open-weight models
 MiniMax
197B
205K $0.24/$0.96
44 Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)
US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude
 Anthropic
193B
1M $2.5/$12.5
45 Mistral Nemo Mistral AI
183B
131K $0.02/$0.03
46 Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)
Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models
 Google
179B
1M $1/$6
47 Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch)
Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models
 Google
174B
1M $0.75/$4.5
48 Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)
Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models
 Google
174B
1M $0.15/$1.25
49 Ling-2.6-flash
From inclusionai
 inclusionai
164B
262K $0.01/$0.03
50 Laguna XS 2.1 (free)
From poolside
 poolside
163B
262K Free
51 GPT-5 Mini (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
159B
400K $0.13/$1
52 Qwen3.7 Flash
Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models
 Qwen
158B
1M $0.03/$0.13
53 gpt-oss-20b (free)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
155B
131K Free
54 Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models
 Qwen
154B
262K $0.1/$0.95
55 Kimi K2.6
Chinese lab (Moonshot AI) behind the Kimi models
 moonshotai
149B
262K $0.57/$3.33
56 Qwen3.7 Max
Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models
 Qwen
140B
1M $1.48/$4.43
57 Kimi K2.7 Code (batch)
Chinese lab (Moonshot AI) behind the Kimi models
 moonshotai
112B
262K $0.48/$2
58 GPT-5.4 Nano (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
109B
400K $0.1/$0.63
59 GPT-5.4 Mini (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
104B
400K $0.38/$2.25
60 Ling-3.0-flash
From inclusionai
 inclusionai
96B
262K $0.02/$0.06
61 Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models
 Google
96B
1M $0.25/$1.5
62 Muse Spark 1.2
Meta AI, maker of the open Llama models
 Meta
95B
1M $1.25/$4.25
63 Qwen3.7 Plus
Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models
 Qwen
88B
1M $0.32/$1.28
64 Kimi K2.5
Chinese lab (Moonshot AI) behind the Kimi models
 moonshotai
84B
262K $0.38/$2.03
65 GPT-4.1 Mini (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
80B
1M $0.2/$0.8
66 Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)
US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude
 Anthropic
75B
1M $1.5/$7.5
67 GLM 5.1
Chinese lab (Zhipu AI) behind the open GLM models
 Z.ai
70B
205K $0.91/$2.86
68 Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models
 Qwen
68B
262K $0.09/$0.55
69 Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta AI, maker of the open Llama models
 Meta Llama
67B
131K $0.02/$0.04
70 Grok 4.3
From SpaceXAI
 SpaceXAI
60B
1M $1.25/$2.5
71 Gemma 3 27B
Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models
 Google
59B
262K $0.08/$0.16
72 GLM 4.7
Chinese lab (Zhipu AI) behind the open GLM models
 Z.ai
58B
205K $0.4/$1.75
73 Gemini 2.5 Pro (batch)
Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models
 Google
56B
1M $0.63/$5
74 Nova Micro 1.0
From Amazon
 Amazon
55B
128K $0.04/$0.14
75 Qwen3.5-Flash
Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models
 Qwen
54B
1M $0.07/$0.26
76 GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
52B
1.1M $1.25/$7.5
77 Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free)
NVIDIA's model line (Nemotron)
 Nvidia
52B
256K Free
78 Nex-N2-Mini
From nex-agi
 nex-agi
51B
262K $0.03/$0.1
79 GPT-4.1 (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
50B
1M $1/$4
80 GLM 5
Chinese lab (Zhipu AI) behind the open GLM models
 Z.ai
49B
205K $0.6/$1.92
81 GPT-5 Nano (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
46B
400K $0.03/$0.2
82 Llama 4 Scout
Meta AI, maker of the open Llama models
 Meta Llama
45B
1.3M $0.1/$0.3
83 GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
44B
1.1M $1/$6
84 DeepSeek V3.1 DeepSeek
43B
164K $0.25/$0.95
85 MiniMax M2.5
Chinese AI lab (Shanghai) building open-weight models
 MiniMax
42B
205K $0.22/$0.9
86 Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models
 Qwen
39B
262K $0.3/$1.93
87 Muse Glimmer 30B
Meta AI, maker of the open Llama models
 Meta
39B
131K $0.3/$1.2
88 GPT-5.3-Codex
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
36B
400K $1.75/$14
89 DeepSeek V3 0324 DeepSeek
36B
164K $0.24/$0.9
90 Ling 3.0 Tiny
From inclusionai
 inclusionai
35B
262K -
91 Grok 4.20
From SpaceXAI
 SpaceXAI
35B
2M $1.25/$2.5
92 GPT-4.1 Nano (batch)
US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series
 OpenAI
33B
1M $0.05/$0.2
93 Dots3-Note Preview (free) Dots Studio
32B
512K Free
94 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Meta AI, maker of the open Llama models
 Meta Llama
32B
131K $0.1/$0.32
95 Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)
NVIDIA's model line (Nemotron)
 Nvidia
32B
256K Free
96 Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models
 Qwen
31B
131K $0.1/$0.42
97 Qwen3 32B
Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models
 Qwen
30B
131K $0.08/$0.28
98 Gemma 3 12B
Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models
 Google
29B
131K $0.05/$0.15
99 GLM 5V Turbo
Chinese lab (Zhipu AI) behind the open GLM models
 Z.ai
27B
203K $1.2/$4
100 Claude Opus 5 (Fast)
US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude
 Anthropic
27B
1M $10/$50

Newly available models

Recently listed on OpenRouter, not yet in the ranking above — too new to have meaningful usage yet.

Model Name Provider Tokens/wk Context Pricing (in/out per MTok) Listed
Qwen3.8 27B Qwen — 262K $0.25/$1.75 2026-08-14
Dots3-Note Preview (free) Dots Studio — 512K Free 2026-08-14
Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) Google — 1M $0.19/$0.94 2026-08-13
voyage-code-4 voyageai — 32K $0.12/$0 2026-08-13
Qwen3 Reranker 8B Qwen — 41K Free 2026-08-13

Ranked by real usage: the total tokens (prompt + completion) routed to each model on OpenRouter over the trailing 7 days. This reflects developer/API demand on the OpenRouter marketplace. It does not include first-party app traffic (ChatGPT, the Gemini app, claude.ai), so consumer chat flagships are under-counted relative to their true reach. Names, pricing and context windows are live from OpenRouter's own catalog and validated against it before display. Refreshed automatically; no hand-maintained list.

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