Best AI Chat Models
48 models — live arena Elo, API pricing, downloads, and our news-mention tracking. Synced daily. JSON is available at /api/models.
All uses💬 Chat 285🖼️ Image 54💻 Code 26🎬 Video 22🧮 Reasoning 19🔍 Search 19👁️ Vision 12🎙️ Audio 4🛡️ Safety 2
All orgsopenai 74qwen 50google 47anthropic 24mistralai 20deepseek 15z-ai 14nvidia 10xai 10meta-llama 10minimax 9moonshotai 8
🏆 Best right now
GPT-5.5
openai · Elo 1466
💸 Best value
gpt-oss-20b (free)
openai · Elo 1288 at $0.0300/M
🔓 Open-weight pick
gpt-oss-120b (free)
openai · Elo 1366
| # | Model | Use | Arena Elo | In / Out $/M | Context | HF DLs | 7d News | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.5openai | 💬 Chat | 1466 | $5.00 / $30.00 | 1.1M | — | 2 | 4mo |
| 2 | GPT-5.4openai | 💬 Chat | 1453 | $2.50 / $15.00 | 1.1M | — | 9 | 5mo |
| 3 | GPT-5.1openai | 💬 Chat | 1422 | $1.25 / $10.00 | 400K | — | 1 | 9mo |
| 4 | GPT-5.2openai | 💬 Chat | 1412 | $1.75 / $14.00 | 400K | — | 1 | 8mo |
| 5 | GPT-5 Chatopenai | 💬 Chat | 1404 | $1.25 / $10.00 | 128K | — | — | 12mo |
| 6 | gpt-oss-120b (free)openaiopen | 💬 Chat | 1366 | $0.0370 / $0.17 | 131K | 4.9M | — | 12mo |
| 7 | o3 Mini Highopenai | 💬 Chat | 1337 | $1.10 / $4.40 | 200K | — | — | 18mo |
| 8 | o3 Miniopenai | 💬 Chat | 1319 | $1.10 / $4.40 | 200K | — | — | 19mo |
| 9 | GPT-4o (2024-05-13)openai | 💬 Chat | 1301 | $5.00 / $15.00 | 128K | — | — | 27mo |
| 10 | gpt-oss-20b (free)openaiopen | 💬 Chat | 1288 | $0.0300 / $0.13 | 131K | 7.2M | — | 12mo |
| 11 | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)openai | 💬 Chat | 1287 | $0.15 / $0.60 | 128K | — | — | 25mo |
| 12 | GPT-4o (2024-08-06)openai | 💬 Chat | 1283 | $2.50 / $10.00 | 128K | — | — | 24mo |
| 13 | GPT-5.4 Nanoopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $0.20 / $1.25 | 400K | — | 1 | 5mo |
| 14 | GPT-5.5 Proopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $30.00 / $180.00 | 1.1M | — | — | 4mo |
| 15 | GPT-4 Turboopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $10.00 / $30.00 | 128K | — | 1 | 28mo |
| 16 | GPT-4oopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $2.50 / $10.00 | 128K | — | 3 | 27mo |
| 17 | GPT-4openai | 💬 Chat | — | $30.00 / $60.00 | 8K | — | 2 | 39mo |
| 18 | GPT-4o-miniopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $0.15 / $0.60 | 128K | — | 2 | 25mo |
| 19 | GPT-3.5 Turbo Instructopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $1.50 / $2.00 | 4K | — | — | 35mo |
| 20 | OpenAI GPT Latestopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $2.00 / $10.00 | 1.1M | — | — | 3mo |
| 21 | GPT-5.3 Chatopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $1.75 / $14.00 | 128K | — | — | 5mo |
| 22 | OpenAI GPT Mini Latestopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $0.75 / $4.50 | 400K | — | — | 3mo |
| 23 | GPT-4 Turbo Previewopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $10.00 / $30.00 | 128K | — | — | 31mo |
| 24 | GPT-4.1 Miniopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $0.40 / $1.60 | 1.0M | — | 1 | 16mo |
| 25 | GPT-4o (2024-11-20)openai | 💬 Chat | — | $2.50 / $10.00 | 128K | — | — | 21mo |
| 26 | GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)openai | 💬 Chat | — | $1.00 / $2.00 | 4K | — | — | 31mo |
| 27 | GPT-4.1openai | 💬 Chat | — | $2.00 / $8.00 | 1.0M | — | 2 | 16mo |
| 28 | GPT-4.1 Nanoopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $0.10 / $0.40 | 1.0M | — | 1 | 16mo |
| 29 | GPT-5.4 Miniopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $0.75 / $4.50 | 400K | — | 1 | 5mo |
| 30 | GPT-5.6 Sol Proopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $2.00 / $10.00 | 1.1M | — | 1 | 1mo |
| 31 | GPT-5 Nanoopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $0.0500 / $0.40 | 400K | — | 1 | 12mo |
| 32 | GPT-5openai | 💬 Chat | — | $1.25 / $10.00 | 400K | — | 43 | 12mo |
| 33 | GPT-5.6 Terraopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $2.00 / $12.00 | 1.1M | — | 2 | 1mo |
| 34 | GPT-5.6 Lunaopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $0.20 / $1.20 | 1.1M | — | 3 | 1mo |
| 35 | GPT-5.6 Solopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $2.00 / $10.00 | 1.1M | — | 16 | 1mo |
| 36 | GPT-5.2 Proopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $21.00 / $168.00 | 400K | — | 1 | 8mo |
| 37 | GPT-5.6 Luna Proopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $0.20 / $1.20 | 1.1M | — | — | 1mo |
| 38 | GPT-5.2 Chatopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $1.75 / $14.00 | 128K | — | — | 8mo |
| 39 | GPT-5 Miniopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $0.25 / $2.00 | 400K | — | 2 | 12mo |
| 40 | o4 Miniopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $1.10 / $4.40 | 200K | — | — | 16mo |
| 41 | GPT-5 Proopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $15.00 / $120.00 | 400K | — | 1 | 10mo |
| 42 | GPT-5.1 Chatopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $1.25 / $10.00 | 128K | — | 1 | 9mo |
| 43 | GPT-3.5 Turboopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $0.50 / $1.50 | 16K | — | — | 38mo |
| 44 | GPT-3.5 Turbo 16kopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $3.00 / $4.00 | 16K | — | — | 36mo |
| 45 | o4 Mini Highopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $1.10 / $4.40 | 200K | — | — | 16mo |
| 46 | GPT Chat Latestopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $5.00 / $30.00 | 400K | — | — | 3mo |
| 47 | GPT-5.4 Proopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $30.00 / $180.00 | 1.1M | — | 1 | 5mo |
| 48 | GPT-5.6 Terra Proopenai | 💬 Chat | — | $2.00 / $12.00 | 1.1M | — | — | 1mo |
Elo: LMArena per-category arenas (CC-BY) — image/video/search models are ranked by their own arena, not text. Pricing: OpenRouter/LiteLLM. Use-case labels are auto-classified — suggest fixes on any model page. Methodology.