# Show HN: Independent LLM benchmark index tracking 22 frontier models

> Source: <https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/>
> Published: 2026-10-18 12:36:53+00:00

# AI Coding Benchmarks & Rankings Leaderboard

Empirical evaluations measuring coding proficiency, reasoning benchmarks (GPQA, SWE-bench Verified, HLE), and real-time value-for-money ($/point) metrics.

```
                    Highlights
                

                    Updated Daily • Empirical Telemetry
                

Intelligence

Updated

                            Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index • Higher is better
                        

GPT-6 Astra (max) Benchmarks, Price & Specs (Oct 2026): 55 (OpenAI)

                                55                            

                                O                            

                                    GPT-6 Astra (m..                                

Claude Fable 5.1 (max with fallback): 53 (Anthropic)

                                53                            

                                A                            

                                    Claude Fable 5..                                

Claude Opus 5 (max) Benchmarks, Price & Specs (Oct 2026): 53 (Anthropic)

                                53                            

                                A                            

                                    Claude Opus 5 ..                                

Muse Spark 1.3 (max): 48 (Meta)

                                48                            

                                M                            

                                    Muse Spark 1.3..                                

GPT-5.6 Sol (max) Benchmarks, Price & Specs (Oct 2026): 48 (OpenAI)

                                48                            

                                O                            

                                    GPT-5.6 Sol (m..                                

GLM-5.3 (max): 45 (Z AI)

                                45                            

                                Z                            

                                    GLM-5.3 (max)                                

Qwen3.8 Max (0902): 45 (Alibaba)

                                45                            

                                Q                            

                                    Qwen3.8 Max (0..                                

Step 5 Preview: 44 (StepFun)

                                44                            

                                S                            

                                    Step 5 Preview                                

Grok 4.6 (high): 44 (SpaceXAI)

                                44                            

                                X                            

                                    Grok 4.6 (high)                                

Kimi K3 (max): 44 (Kimi)

                                44                            

                                K                            

                                    Kimi K3 (max)                                

Speed

                            Output tokens per second • Higher is better
                        

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: 358 t/s (Google)

                                358 t/s                            

                                G                            

                                    Gemini 3.5 Fla..                                

Gemini 3.8 Flash (high): 298 t/s (Google)

                                298 t/s                            

                                G                            

                                    Gemini 3.8 Fla..                                

Muse Spark 1.3 (max): 214 t/s (Meta)

                                214 t/s                            

                                M                            

                                    Muse Spark 1.3..                                

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (max): 214 t/s (DeepSeek)

                                214 t/s                            

                                D                            

                                    DeepSeek V4 Fl..                                

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (max): 208 t/s (DeepSeek)

                                208 t/s                            

                                D                            

                                    DeepSeek V4.1 ..                                

MiniMax-M3: 186 t/s (MiniMax)

                                186 t/s                            

                                M                            

                                    MiniMax-M3                                

gpt-oss-120b (high): 181 t/s (OpenAI)

                                181 t/s                            

                                O                            

                                    gpt-oss-120b (..                                

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 164 t/s (NVIDIA)

                                164 t/s                            

                                N                            

                                    Nemotron 3 Ultra                                

Mistral Medium 3.5: 137 t/s (Mistral)

                                137 t/s                            

                                M                            

                                    Mistral Medium..                                

GPT-5.6 Luna (max): 133 t/s (OpenAI)

                                133 t/s                            

                                O                            

                                    GPT-5.6 Luna (..                                

Cost per 1M Tokens

                            Weighted average blended price (USD) • Lower is better
                        

Muse Glimmer (high): $0.12 (Meta)

                                $0.12                            

                                M                            

                                    Muse Glimmer (..                                

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: $0.18 (Google)

                                $0.18                            

                                G                            

                                    Gemini 3.5 Fla..                                

gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.18 (OpenAI)

                                $0.18                            

                                O                            

                                    gpt-oss-120b (..                                

GLM-5.3-Flash: $0.35 (Z AI)

                                $0.35                            

                                Z                            

                                    GLM-5.3-Flash                                

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (max): $0.37 (DeepSeek)

                                $0.37                            

                                D                            

                                    DeepSeek V4.1 ..                                

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: $0.45 (Alibaba)

                                $0.45                            

                                Q                            

                                    Qwen3.8-Flash-..                                

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (max): $0.47 (DeepSeek)

                                $0.47                            

                                D                            

                                    DeepSeek V4 Fl..                                

GPT-5.6 Luna (max): $0.52 (OpenAI)

                                $0.52                            

                                O                            

                                    GPT-5.6 Luna (..                                

Mistral Medium 3.5: $0.60 (Mistral)

                                $0.60                            

                                M                            

                                    Mistral Medium..                                

MiniMax-M3: $0.60 (MiniMax)

                                $0.60                            

                                M                            

                                    MiniMax-M3
```

## Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

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Intelligence Index v4.3 incorporates evaluations: SWE-bench Verified (40%), Terminal-Bench 2.0 (25%), Aider Polyglot (20%), LiveCodeBench (15%). Every figure is verified against primary source logs without prompt leakage.

### Intelligence Index vs. Cost per 1M Tokens

Code Intelligence Index vs. Weighted average cost (USD, Log Scale)

### Frontier Language Model Intelligence, Over Time

Progressive evolution across Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek, Google, and Meta from 2023 to 2026.

### Canonical Benchmark Suite

Breakdown across isolated execution harnesses matching Artificial Analysis methodologies.

### Value-for-Money Intelligence vs. Cost Matrix

| RANK | MODEL & CREATOR |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | [Claude Fable 5.1 (max with fallback)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/claude-fable-5-1-max/) Anthropic • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 68 t/s TTFT: 262210ms | $30.0000 | — | 
| 02 | [Muse Spark 1.3 (max)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/muse-spark-1-3-max/) Meta • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 214 t/s TTFT: 24160ms | $2.2500 | — | 
| 03 | [GLM-5.3 (max)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/glm-5-3-max/) Z AI • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 72 t/s TTFT: 2960ms | $1.5000 | — | 
| 04 | [Qwen3.8 Max (0902)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/qwen-3-8-max-0902/) Alibaba • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 984K | 37 t/s TTFT: 2720ms | $3.0000 | — | 
| 05 | [Step 5 Preview](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/step-5-preview/) StepFun • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 100 t/s TTFT: 2960ms | $1.2000 | — | 
| 06 | [Grok 4.6 (high)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/grok-4-6-high/) SpaceXAI • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 500K | 60 t/s TTFT: 44250ms | $4.0000 | — | 
| 07 | [Kimi K3 (max)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/kimi-k3-max/) Kimi • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 1.05M | 38 t/s TTFT: 3990ms | $1.8000 | — | 
| 08 | [GPT-5.6 Terra (max)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/gpt-5-6-terra-max/) OpenAI • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 84 t/s TTFT: 220860ms | $3.1500 | — | 
| 09 | [GLM-5.3-Flash](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/glm-5-3-flash/) Z AI • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 95 t/s TTFT: 2500ms | $0.3500 | — | 
| 10 | [Gemini 3.8 Flash (high)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/gemini-3-8-flash-high/) Google • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 298 t/s TTFT: 15470ms | $1.3100 | — | 
| 11 | [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (max)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/deepseek-v4-1-flash-max/) DeepSeek • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 208 t/s TTFT: 1140ms | $0.3700 | — | 
| 12 | [Qwen3.8-Flash-Next](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/qwen-3-8-flash-next/) Alibaba • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 256K | 55 t/s TTFT: 2890ms | $0.4500 | — | 
| 13 | [Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/qwen-3-8-2-4t-a95b/) Alibaba • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 984K | 38 t/s TTFT: 2690ms | $2.2500 | — | 
| 14 | [Claude Sonnet 5 (max)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/claude-sonnet-5-max/) Anthropic • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 74 t/s TTFT: 133400ms | $8.0000 | — | 
| 15 | [GPT-5.6 Luna (max)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/gpt-5-6-luna-max/) OpenAI • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 133 t/s TTFT: 113240ms | $0.5200 | — | 
| 16 | [DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (max)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-max/) DeepSeek • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 214 t/s TTFT: 1050ms | $0.4700 | — | 
| 17 | [Qwen3.8 27B (xhigh)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/qwen-3-8-27b-xhigh/) Alibaba • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 256K | 43 t/s TTFT: 3840ms | $0.9000 | — | 
| 18 | [Nemotron 3 Ultra](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/nemotron-3-ultra/) NVIDIA • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 262K | 164 t/s TTFT: 2400ms | $0.7500 | — | 
| 19 | [gpt-oss-120b (high)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/gpt-oss-120b-high/) OpenAI • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 131K | 181 t/s TTFT: 850ms | $0.1800 | — | 
| 20 | [Mistral Medium 3.5](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/mistral-medium-3-5/) Mistral • API • ▼ -1 |  | —% | —% | 256K | 137 t/s TTFT: 2290ms | $0.6000 | — | 
| 21 | [Muse Glimmer (high)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/muse-glimmer-high/) Meta • API • ▼ -2 |  | —% | —% | 131K | 93 t/s TTFT: 990ms | $0.1200 | — | 
| 22 | [Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/gemini-3-5-flash-lite/) Google • API • ▼ -3 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 358 t/s TTFT: 9780ms | $0.1750 | — | 
| 23 | [Inkling](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/inkling/) Thinking Machines • API • ▼ -5 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 81 t/s TTFT: 2480ms | $0.7500 | — | 
| 24 | [Gemini 3.1 Pro Benchmarks, Price & Specs (Oct 2026)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/gemini-3-1-pro-preview/) Google • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 119 t/s TTFT: 33160ms | $1.4000 | — | 
| 25 | [MiniMax-M3](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/minimax-m3/) MiniMax • API • ▼ -7 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 186 t/s TTFT: 1000ms | $0.6000 | — | 
| 26 | [K2 Horizon 375B A23B](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/k2-horizon-375b-a23b/) Institute of Foundation Models • API • ▼ -8 |  | —% | —% | 524K | 80 t/s TTFT: 3500ms | $1.2000 | — | 
| 27 | [DeepSeek V4 Pro Benchmarks, Price & Specs (Oct 2026)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/deepseek-v4-pro-0813-max/) DeepSeek • API • ▼ -11 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 88 t/s TTFT: 1700ms | $0.9600 | — | 
| 28 | [GPT-5.6 Sol (max) Benchmarks, Price & Specs (Oct 2026)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/gpt-5-6-sol-max/) OpenAI • API • ▼ -25 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 61 t/s TTFT: 129500ms | $6.1250 | — | 
| 29 | [Claude Opus 5 (max) Benchmarks, Price & Specs (Oct 2026)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/claude-opus-5-max/) Anthropic • API • ▲ +1 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 51 t/s TTFT: 57030ms | $20.0000 | — | 
| 30 | [GPT-6 Astra (max) Benchmarks, Price & Specs (Oct 2026)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/gpt-6-astra-max/) OpenAI • API • ▼ -29 |  | —% | —% | 1M | 57 t/s TTFT: 283660ms | $12.0000 | — | 

**53.1%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**68 t/s (262210ms)**

**$30.0000**

**—**

**48.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**214 t/s (24160ms)**

**$2.2500**

**—**

[GLM-5.3 (max)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/glm-5-3-max/)

**45.1%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**72 t/s (2960ms)**

**$1.5000**

**—**

**45.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**984K**

**37 t/s (2720ms)**

**$3.0000**

**—**

[Step 5 Preview](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/step-5-preview/)

**44.1%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**100 t/s (2960ms)**

**$1.2000**

**—**

[Grok 4.6 (high)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/grok-4-6-high/)

**44.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**500K**

**60 t/s (44250ms)**

**$4.0000**

**—**

[Kimi K3 (max)](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/kimi-k3-max/)

**44.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1.05M**

**38 t/s (3990ms)**

**$1.8000**

**—**

**42.1%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**84 t/s (220860ms)**

**$3.1500**

**—**

[GLM-5.3-Flash](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/glm-5-3-flash/)

**42.1%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**95 t/s (2500ms)**

**$0.3500**

**—**

**41.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**298 t/s (15470ms)**

**$1.3100**

**—**

**40.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**208 t/s (1140ms)**

**$0.3700**

**—**

**40.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**256K**

**55 t/s (2890ms)**

**$0.4500**

**—**

**40.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**984K**

**38 t/s (2690ms)**

**$2.2500**

**—**

**38.1%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**74 t/s (133400ms)**

**$8.0000**

**—**

**38.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**133 t/s (113240ms)**

**$0.5200**

**—**

**35.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**214 t/s (1050ms)**

**$0.4700**

**—**

**34.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**256K**

**43 t/s (3840ms)**

**$0.9000**

**—**

[Nemotron 3 Ultra](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/nemotron-3-ultra/)

**23.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**262K**

**164 t/s (2400ms)**

**$0.7500**

**—**

**0.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**131K**

**181 t/s (850ms)**

**$0.1800**

**—**

**0.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**256K**

**137 t/s (2290ms)**

**$0.6000**

**—**

**0.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**131K**

**93 t/s (990ms)**

**$0.1200**

**—**

**0.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**358 t/s (9780ms)**

**$0.1750**

**—**

[Inkling](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/inkling/)

**0.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**81 t/s (2480ms)**

**$0.7500**

**—**

**0.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**119 t/s (33160ms)**

**$1.4000**

**—**

[MiniMax-M3](https://vibecoderjournal.com/rankings/minimax-m3/)

**0.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**186 t/s (1000ms)**

**$0.6000**

**—**

**0.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**524K**

**80 t/s (3500ms)**

**$1.2000**

**—**

**0.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**88 t/s (1700ms)**

**$0.9600**

**—**

**0.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**61 t/s (129500ms)**

**$6.1250**

**—**

**0.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**51 t/s (57030ms)**

**$20.0000**

**—**

**0.0%**

**—%**

**—%**

**1M**

**57 t/s (283660ms)**

**$12.0000**

**—**