BenchLeader: blog and daily digest AI model rankings, price changes and new benchmark results, from the BenchLeader daily update. https://www.benchleader.com/feed.xml 2026-10-21T00:00:00Z BenchLeaderhttps://www.benchleader.com https://www.benchleader.com/apple-icon Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 price cut (21 Oct 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-21 2026-10-21T00:00:00Z 2026-10-21T00:00:00Z Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 got cheaper; Gemini 3.7 Flash got cheaper. 99 price changes, 58 new benchmark results. Muse Wonder Full up to #3, GLM 4.5V price cut (20 Oct 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-20 2026-10-20T00:00:00Z 2026-10-20T00:00:00Z Muse Wonder Full moved #15 → #3; GLM 4.5V got cheaper. 8 top-10 rank changes, 85 price changes, 194 new benchmark results. MiniMax-M3.1-Flash added, Mercury 3 added (19 Oct 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-19 2026-10-19T00:00:00Z 2026-10-19T00:00:00Z MiniMax-M3.1-Flash joins the board; Mercury 3 joins the board. 2 new models, 10 top-10 rank changes, 77 price changes, 384 new benchmark results. Grok 4.20 price cut, DeepSeek V4 Pro price cut (18 Oct 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-18 2026-10-18T00:00:00Z 2026-10-18T00:00:00Z Grok 4.20 got cheaper; DeepSeek V4 Pro got cheaper. 16 price changes, 812 new benchmark results. Muse Wonder Full + 15 new AI models: 12 Oct–18 Oct https://www.benchleader.com/blog/week-2026-10-18 2026-10-18T00:00:00Z 2026-10-18T00:00:00Z 16 new models incl. Muse Wonder Full, Muse Wonder and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, Mimo v2 Omni up 1.3, 29 price cuts, 1400 new benchmark results: what moved on the BenchLeader Index this week. Muse Spark Open 816B A42B added, Beam 1.0 added (17 Oct) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-17 2026-10-17T00:00:00Z 2026-10-17T00:00:00Z Muse Spark Open 816B A42B joins the board; Beam 1.0 joins the board. 7 new models, 2 top-10 rank changes, 37 price changes, 78 new benchmark results. Muse Spark Open added (16 Oct 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-16 2026-10-16T00:00:00Z 2026-10-16T00:00:00Z Muse Spark Open joins the board; Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B joins the board. 4 new models, 290 new benchmark results. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B added (15 Oct 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-15 2026-10-15T00:00:00Z 2026-10-15T00:00:00Z Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B joins the board. 1 new model, 8 price changes, 313 new benchmark results. Musespark 1.3 added, LFM2.5-24B-A2B added (14 Oct 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-14 2026-10-14T00:00:00Z 2026-10-14T00:00:00Z Musespark 1.3 joins the board; LFM2.5-24B-A2B joins the board. 2 new models, 4 top-10 rank changes, 3 price changes, 122 new benchmark results. Muse Wonder added, Muse Wonder Full added (13 Oct 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-13 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z Muse Wonder joins the board; Muse Wonder Full joins the board. 2 new models, 3 top-10 rank changes, 86 price changes, 212 new benchmark results. Daily digest, 12 Oct 2026 https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-12 2026-10-12T00:00:00Z 2026-10-12T00:00:00Z 33 new or updated benchmark results across 23 data feeds. Daily digest, 11 Oct 2026 https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-11 2026-10-11T00:00:00Z 2026-10-11T00:00:00Z 91 new or updated benchmark results across 23 data feeds. Claude Haiku 5.5 + 3 new AI models: 5 Oct–11 Oct https://www.benchleader.com/blog/week-2026-10-11 2026-10-11T00:00:00Z 2026-10-11T00:00:00Z 4 new models incl. Claude Haiku 5.5, GPT-6 Sol (Daybreak Blue) and Ling 3.0 Flash Sante, Claude Sonnet 5.5 up 5.8, 13 price cuts, 620 new benchmark results: what moved on the BenchLeader Index this week. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B price cut (10 Oct 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-10 2026-10-10T00:00:00Z 2026-10-10T00:00:00Z Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B got cheaper; deepseek-v4-flash-0731 got cheaper. 14 price changes, 50 new benchmark results. GPT-6 Sol (Daybreak Blue) added (9 Oct 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-09 2026-10-09T00:00:00Z 2026-10-09T00:00:00Z GPT-6 Sol (Daybreak Blue) joins the board. 2 new models, 3 top-10 rank changes, 3 price changes, 151 new benchmark results. Claude Opus 5.5 jumps to #1, Claude Haiku 5.5 added (8 Oct) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-08 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z Claude Opus 5.5 climbed from #10 to #1 on the BenchLeader Index. 5 new models, 11 top-10 rank changes, 26 price changes, 157 new benchmark results. GPT-6 Astra up to #3 (7 Oct 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-07 2026-10-07T00:00:00Z 2026-10-07T00:00:00Z GPT-6 Astra moved #4 → #3; Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B got cheaper. 2 top-10 rank changes, 3 price changes, 20 new benchmark results. Claude Fable 5.1 jumps to #1, Nano Banana 2.1 added (6 Oct) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-06 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Claude Fable 5.1 climbed from #36 to #1 on the BenchLeader Index. 1 new model, 10 top-10 rank changes, 38 price changes, 299 new benchmark results. Claude Opus 5.5 up to #2, Gemini 4 Argon up to #7 (5 Oct) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-05 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z Claude Opus 5.5 moved #7 → #2; Gemini 4 Argon moved #11 → #7. 8 top-10 rank changes, 6 price changes, 65 new benchmark results. Daily digest, 4 Oct 2026 https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-04 2026-10-04T00:00:00Z 2026-10-04T00:00:00Z 61 new or updated benchmark results across 23 data feeds. Gemini 4 Argon, GPT-6.1 Sol + 8 new AI models: 28 Sep–4 Oct https://www.benchleader.com/blog/week-2026-10-04 2026-10-04T00:00:00Z 2026-10-04T00:00:00Z 10 new models incl. Gemini 4 Argon, GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5.5, 5 price cuts, 613 new benchmark results: what moved on the BenchLeader Index this week. Ling 3.1 Flash added, Claude Opus 5.5 up to #3 (3 Oct 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-03 2026-10-03T00:00:00Z 2026-10-03T00:00:00Z Ling 3.1 Flash joins the board; Claude Opus 5.5 moved #4 → #3. 1 new model, 9 top-10 rank changes, 22 price changes, 149 new benchmark results. Gemini 4 Argon added, GPT-6.1 Sol added (2 Oct 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-10-02 2026-10-02T00:00:00Z 2026-10-02T00:00:00Z Gemini 4 Argon joins the board; GPT-6.1 Sol joins the board. 3 new models, 5 top-10 rank changes, 19 price changes, 399 new benchmark results. Claude Sonnet 5.5 added (29 Sept 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-29 2026-09-29T00:00:00Z 2026-09-29T00:00:00Z Claude Sonnet 5.5 joins the board; Claude Opus 5.5 Range joins the board. 4 new models, 9 top-10 rank changes, 20 price changes, 169 new benchmark results. Daybreak Blue added, Daybreak Red added (28 Sept 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-28 2026-09-28T00:00:00Z 2026-09-28T00:00:00Z Daybreak Blue joins the board; Daybreak Red joins the board. 2 new models, 2 top-10 rank changes, 12 price changes, 93 new benchmark results. Daily digest, 27 Sept 2026 https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-27 2026-09-27T00:00:00Z 2026-09-27T00:00:00Z 15 price changes, 155 new or updated benchmark results across 22 data feeds. Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol + 10 new AI models: 21 Sep–27 Sep https://www.benchleader.com/blog/week-2026-09-27 2026-09-27T00:00:00Z 2026-09-27T00:00:00Z 12 new models incl. Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol and MiMo-V2.6-Pro, GPT-6 Luna up 2.1, 23 price cuts, 2211 new benchmark results: what moved on the BenchLeader Index this week. Daily digest, 26 Sept 2026 https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-26 2026-09-26T00:00:00Z 2026-09-26T00:00:00Z 114 new or updated benchmark results across 22 data feeds. Claude Fable 5.1 up to #4 (25 Sept 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-25 2026-09-25T00:00:00Z 2026-09-25T00:00:00Z Claude Fable 5.1 moved #5 → #4. 2 top-10 rank changes, 70 new benchmark results. GLM 5.3 Prime added, Qwen3.8 Max Prime added (24 Sept 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-24 2026-09-24T00:00:00Z 2026-09-24T00:00:00Z GLM 5.3 Prime joins the board; Qwen3.8 Max Prime joins the board. 2 new models, 12 price changes, 21 new benchmark results. GPT-6 Sol added, GPT-6 Luna added (23 Sept 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-23 2026-09-23T00:00:00Z 2026-09-23T00:00:00Z GPT-6 Sol joins the board; GPT-6 Luna joins the board. 14 new models, 5 top-10 rank changes, 129 price changes, 83 new benchmark results. GPT-6 Astra jumps to #1, Claude Opus 5.5 added (22 Sep) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-22 2026-09-22T00:00:00Z 2026-09-22T00:00:00Z GPT-6 Astra climbed from #2 to #1 on the BenchLeader Index. 8 new models, 9 top-10 rank changes, 48 price changes, 1940 new benchmark results. Grok 4.7 added, Dots3 Note added (21 Sept 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-21 2026-09-21T00:00:00Z 2026-09-21T00:00:00Z Grok 4.7 joins the board; Dots3 Note joins the board. 3 new models, 2 top-10 rank changes, 4 price changes, 88 new benchmark results. Muse Glimmer price cut (20 Sept 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-20 2026-09-20T00:00:00Z 2026-09-20T00:00:00Z Muse Glimmer got cheaper. 9 price changes, 220 new benchmark results. Step 5 Preview + 12 new AI models: 14 Sep–20 Sep https://www.benchleader.com/blog/week-2026-09-20 2026-09-20T00:00:00Z 2026-09-20T00:00:00Z 13 new models incl. Step 5 Preview, Mercury 2.5 and GLM 5.3 FlashX, DeepSeek V4 Flash up 10.0, 15 price cuts, 6954 new benchmark results: what moved on the BenchLeader Index this week. Claude Fable 5.1 jumps to #1, Step 5 Preview added (19 Sep) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-19 2026-09-19T00:00:00Z 2026-09-19T00:00:00Z Claude Fable 5.1 climbed from #8 to #1 on the BenchLeader Index. 2 new models, 12 top-10 rank changes, 41 price changes, 6874 new benchmark results. GPT-6 Astra up to #4, Claude Fable 5.1 up to #5 (18 Sep) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-18 2026-09-18T00:00:00Z 2026-09-18T00:00:00Z GPT-6 Astra moved #6 → #4; Claude Fable 5.1 moved #7 → #5. 8 top-10 rank changes, 13 new benchmark results. union-alpha added, Jamba Large added (17 Sept 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-17 2026-09-17T00:00:00Z 2026-09-17T00:00:00Z union-alpha joins the board; Jamba Large joins the board. 3 new models, 4 top-10 rank changes, 17 price changes, 11 new benchmark results. qwen3-8 added, solar-pro-4 added (16 Sept 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-16 2026-09-16T00:00:00Z 2026-09-16T00:00:00Z qwen3-8 joins the board; solar-pro-4 joins the board. 3 new models, 2 top-10 rank changes, 12 price changes, 23 new benchmark results. Mercury 2.5 added, Claude Opus 5 up to #8 (15 Sept 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-15 2026-09-15T00:00:00Z 2026-09-15T00:00:00Z Mercury 2.5 joins the board; Claude Opus 5 moved #9 → #8. 1 new model, 2 top-10 rank changes, 5 price changes, 13 new benchmark results. k2-1b-final added, k2-4b-ph1 added (14 Sept 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-14 2026-09-14T00:00:00Z 2026-09-14T00:00:00Z k2-1b-final joins the board; k2-4b-ph1 joins the board. 4 new models, 6 top-10 rank changes, 3 price changes, 81 new benchmark results. au-anthropic-claude-opus-4-6-v1 added (13 Sept 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-13 2026-09-13T00:00:00Z 2026-09-13T00:00:00Z au-anthropic-claude-opus-4-6-v1 joins the board. 93 new models, 4 top-10 rank changes, 8 price changes, 33 new benchmark results. agnes-3-0-flash: new AI model, 7 Sep–13 Sep https://www.benchleader.com/blog/week-2026-09-13 2026-09-13T00:00:00Z 2026-09-13T00:00:00Z 1 new model incl. agnes-3-0-flash, MiniMax M3 up 7.8, 37 price cuts, 3 new benchmark results: what moved on the BenchLeader Index this week. Claude Fable 5.1 jumps to #1, Granite 3.3 8B added (12 Sep) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-12 2026-09-12T00:00:00Z 2026-09-12T00:00:00Z Claude Fable 5.1 climbed from #7 to #1 on the BenchLeader Index. 10 new models, 9 top-10 rank changes, 6 price changes, 389 new benchmark results. agnes-3-0-flash added, LongCat 2.0 price cut (11 Sept 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-11 2026-09-11T00:00:00Z 2026-09-11T00:00:00Z agnes-3-0-flash joins the board; LongCat 2.0 got cheaper. 1 new model, 4 price changes, 5 new benchmark results. mimo-v2-omni-0327 added, Qwen3 added (10 Sept 2026) https://www.benchleader.com/blog/digest-2026-09-10 2026-09-10T00:00:00Z 2026-09-10T00:00:00Z mimo-v2-omni-0327 joins the board; Qwen3 joins the board. 78 new models, 2 top-10 rank changes, 112 price changes, 223 new benchmark results. The best AI models for coding, by the benchmarks that actually test coding https://www.benchleader.com/blog/2026-09-09-best-ai-models-for-coding 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z Which LLMs write and fix code best, judged by SWE-bench Verified, LiveCodeBench, Aider, Terminal-Bench, SWE-Bench Pro and WebDev Arena, with prices. The fastest LLMs: output speed and time to first answer, measured https://www.benchleader.com/blog/2026-09-09-fastest-llm-inference-speed 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z Which AI models stream fastest and answer soonest, measured on live traffic, and why reasoning effort turns a two-second model into a two-minute one. LLM API pricing compared: what a task really costs in 2026 https://www.benchleader.com/blog/2026-09-09-llm-api-pricing-compared 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z Per-token prices hide the shape of real work. What a chat reply, a document summary, a code edit and an agent session cost, with and without caching. How to read an LLM leaderboard: ties, price, speed and reasoning effort https://www.benchleader.com/blog/2026-09-09-llm-leaderboard-2026 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z How to read AI model rankings: when a lead is real, why price and speed change the answer, and what reasoning effort does to a score.