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LiveBench Coding2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) · Higher is better
Source ↗Method
Single-run mean task score, 0–100.
Score × cost
Where performance meets price
LiveBench Coding · 1M input + 250K output tokens · uncached USD
21 priced resultsPareto frontier
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 ↗97.7% LiveBench Coding · $22.50 workload · Amazon Bedrock · via OpenRouter
Evaluation: Effort: max · single run. Price: $10.00 input / $50.00 output per 1M tokens · amazon-bedrock.
Numbers match the model key. Shared positions show an index range.
Model key Score / workload
- NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning22.6% / $0.055
- OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna84.5% / $0.1125
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash85.4% / $0.135
- GLM-5.3-Flash80.6% / $0.1375
- Qwen3.8-27B86.8% / $0.145
- Google: Gemma 4 31B49% / $0.185
- Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash87.4% / $0.2675
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp37.6% / $0.3773
- Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B83.9% / $0.50
- Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Pro81.5% / $0.6475
- GLM-5.382.8% / $0.8763
- Step-5-Preview85.6% / $1.675
- OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol96% / $2.25
- Google: Gemini 4 Argon89.7% / $2.25
- Meta: Muse Spark Open73.6% / $2.3125
- Kimi-K359.3% / $2.529
- Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B60.3% / $3.50
- Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.594.7% / $4.50
- Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.596.3% / $9.00
- OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra93.7% / $11.25
- Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.197.7% / $22.50
Pareto frontier
- NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 LightningScore22.6%Workload cost$0.055Darkbloom · via OpenRouter · darkbloom/int4 · quantization=int4Evaluation: Effort: max · single run. Price: $0.025 input / $0.12 output per 1M tokens · darkbloom/int4 · quantization=int4.
- OpenAI: GPT-6 LunaScore84.5%Workload cost$0.1125OpenAI · via OpenRouter · openai/flex · tier=flex · prompt ≤ 272000 tokensEvaluation: Effort: max · single run. Price: $0.05 input / $0.25 output per 1M tokens · openai/flex · tier=flex · prompt ≤ 272000 tokens.
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 FlashScore85.4%Workload cost$0.135Decart · via OpenRouter · decart/fp4 · quantization=fp4Evaluation: Effort: max · single run. Price: $0.09 input / $0.18 output per 1M tokens · decart/fp4 · quantization=fp4.
- Qwen3.8-27BScore86.8%Workload cost$0.145Tenstorrent · via OpenRouter · tenstorrent/fp4 · quantization=fp4Evaluation: Effort: max · single run. Price: $0.02 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens · tenstorrent/fp4 · quantization=fp4.
- Qwen: Qwen3.8 FlashScore87.4%Workload cost$0.2675Alibaba · via OpenRouter · alibaba/us-east-1Evaluation: Effort: max · single run. Price: $0.15 input / $0.47 output per 1M tokens · alibaba/us-east-1.
- OpenAI: GPT-6.1 SolScore96%Workload cost$2.25OpenAI · via OpenRouter · openai/flex · tier=flex · prompt ≤ 272000 tokensEvaluation: Effort: max · single run. Price: $1.00 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens · openai/flex · tier=flex · prompt ≤ 272000 tokens.
- Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5Score96.3%Workload cost$9.00Amazon Bedrock · via OpenRouter · amazon-bedrockEvaluation: Effort: max · single run. Price: $4.00 input / $20.00 output per 1M tokens · amazon-bedrock.
- Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1Score97.7%Workload cost$22.50Amazon Bedrock · via OpenRouter · amazon-bedrockEvaluation: Effort: max · single run. Price: $10.00 input / $50.00 output per 1M tokens · amazon-bedrock.
Frontier: no result is cheaper with an equal or better score, or equally priced with a better score. Each point uses its lowest generally available workload price from one endpoint; evaluation and provider configurations remain visible.
| # | Model | LiveBench Coding | Configuration | API rate / unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Fable 5Anthropic | 98.3% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 2 | Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1anthropic | 97.7% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $10.00 in / $50.00 out/ 1M tokens · Amazon Bedrock · via OpenRouteramazon-bedrock | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 3 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5anthropic | 96.3% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $4.00 in / $20.00 out/ 1M tokens · Amazon Bedrock · via OpenRouteramazon-bedrock | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 4 | OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Solopenai | 96% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $1.00 in / $5.00 out/ 1M tokens · OpenAI · via OpenRouteropenai/flex · tier=flex · prompt ≤ 272000 tokens | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 5 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5anthropic | 94.7% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $2.00 in / $10.00 out/ 1M tokens · Amazon Bedrock · via OpenRouteramazon-bedrock | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 6 | Grok 4.5xAI | 94.3% | Effort: xhigh · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 7 | OpenAI: GPT-6 Astraopenai | 93.7% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $5.00 in / $25.00 out/ 1M tokens · OpenAI · via OpenRouteropenai/flex · tier=flex · prompt ≤ 272000 tokens | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 8 | GPT-6 SolOpenAI | 93.1% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 5Anthropic | 90.8% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 10 | Muse Spark 1.3Meta | 90.2% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 11 | Google: Gemini 4 Argongoogle | 89.7% | Effort: high · single runIndependent result | $1.00 in / $5.00 out/ 1M tokens · Google AI Studio · via OpenRoutergoogle-ai-studio/flex · tier=flex | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 12 | GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI | 89.7% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 13 | Grok 4.6xAI | 89.1% | Effort: xhigh · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 14 | Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flashqwen | 87.4% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.15 in / $0.47 out/ 1M tokens · Alibaba · via OpenRouteralibaba/us-east-1 | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 15 | Qwen3.8-27BQwen | 86.8% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.02 in / $0.50 out/ 1M tokens · Tenstorrent · via OpenRoutertenstorrent/fp4 · quantization=fp4 | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 16 | GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI | 86.2% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 17 | Muse Wonder 1.0Meta | 86.2% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 18 | Step-5-Previewstepfun-ai | 85.6% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $1.00 in / $2.70 out/ 1M tokens · DeepInfra | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 19 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flashdeepseek | 85.4% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.09 in / $0.18 out/ 1M tokens · Decart · via OpenRouterdecart/fp4 · quantization=fp4 | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 20 | GPT-5.5OpenAI | 85.1% | Effort: xhigh · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 21 | Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic | 84.5% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 22 | OpenAI: GPT-6 Lunaopenai | 84.5% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.05 in / $0.25 out/ 1M tokens · OpenAI · via OpenRouteropenai/flex · tier=flex · prompt ≤ 272000 tokens | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 23 | Grok 4.7xAI | 84.5% | Effort: xhigh · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 24 | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23Breflection | 83.9% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.25 in / $1.00 out/ 1M tokens · Nebius · via OpenRouternebius/fp8 · quantization=fp8 | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 25 | GLM-5.3zai-org | 82.8% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.0632 in / $4.40 out/ 1M tokens · Relace · via OpenRouterrelace | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 26 | Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic | 82.2% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 27 | Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle | 82.2% | Effort: high · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 28 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Proxiaomi | 81.5% | Effort: high · single runIndependent result | $0.43 in / $0.87 out/ 1M tokens · DeepInfra · via OpenRouterdeepinfra/fp8 · quantization=fp8 | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 29 | GLM-5.3-Flashzai-org | 80.6% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.06 in / $1.60 out/ 1M tokens · Reka · via OpenRouterreka | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 30 | Muse Spark 1.2Meta | 80.6% | Effort: xhigh · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 31 | Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle | 80.5% | Effort: high · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 32 | Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic | 77.3% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 33 | GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI | 73.6% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 34 | Meta: Muse Spark Openmeta | 73.6% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $1.25 in / $4.25 out/ 1M tokens · baseten · via Hugging Face | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 35 | MiniMax M3MiniMax | 70.9% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 36 | Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle | 66.7% | Effort: high · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 37 | Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | 66.6% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 38 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA | 65.5% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 39 | InklingThinking Machines | 64% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 40 | Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95Bqwen | 60.3% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $2.00 in / $6.00 out/ 1M tokens · Alibaba · via OpenRouteralibaba | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 41 | smaug-flashUnknown | 60.1% | Effort not specified · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 42 | Mistral Large 4Mistral AI | 60% | Effort: high · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 43 | Kimi-K3moonshotai | 59.3% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.27 in / $14.00 out/ 1M tokens · Relace · via OpenRouterrelace/fp4 · quantization=fp4 | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 44 | Google: Gemma 4 31Bgoogle | 49% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.10 in / $0.34 out/ 1M tokens · CoreWeave · via OpenRoutercoreweave/fp4 · quantization=fp4 | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 45 | Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | 48.1% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 46 | Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA | 43.6% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 47 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Expdeepseek-ai | 37.6% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.2156 in / $0.6468 out/ 1M tokens · DeepInfra · via OpenRouterdeepinfra/fp8 · quantization=fp8 | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |
| 48 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightningnvidia | 22.6% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.025 in / $0.12 out/ 1M tokens · Darkbloom · via OpenRouterdarkbloom/int4 · quantization=int4 | Result ↗Oct 18, 2026 |