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LiveBench Design2.0 · 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 Design · 1M input + 250K output tokens · uncached USD
21 priced resultsPareto frontier
Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 ↗86.9% LiveBench Design · $9.00 workload · Amazon Bedrock · via OpenRouter
Evaluation: Effort: max · single run. Price: $4.00 input / $20.00 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 Lightning43.9% / $0.055
- OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna82.5% / $0.1125
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash77% / $0.135
- GLM-5.3-Flash77.2% / $0.1375
- Qwen3.8-27B75.9% / $0.145
- Google: Gemma 4 31B58.4% / $0.185
- Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash72.8% / $0.2675
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp70.7% / $0.3773
- Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B67.9% / $0.50
- Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Pro78.5% / $0.6475
- GLM-5.377.3% / $0.8763
- Step-5-Preview76.9% / $1.675
- OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol82.1% / $2.25
- Google: Gemini 4 Argon73.7% / $2.25
- Meta: Muse Spark Open60.3% / $2.3125
- Kimi-K377.2% / $2.529
- Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B78.6% / $3.50
- Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.585% / $4.50
- Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.586.9% / $9.00
- OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra82% / $11.25
- Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.183.4% / $22.50
Pareto frontier
- NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 LightningScore43.9%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 LunaScore82.5%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.
- Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5Score85%Workload cost$4.50Amazon Bedrock · via OpenRouter · amazon-bedrockEvaluation: Effort: max · single run. Price: $2.00 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens · amazon-bedrock.
- Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5Score86.9%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.
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 Design | Configuration | API rate / unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5anthropic | 86.9% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $4.00 in / $20.00 out/ 1M tokens · Amazon Bedrock · via OpenRouteramazon-bedrock | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 2 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5anthropic | 85% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $2.00 in / $10.00 out/ 1M tokens · Amazon Bedrock · via OpenRouteramazon-bedrock | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 3 | Claude Fable 5Anthropic | 84.7% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 4 | Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1anthropic | 83.4% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $10.00 in / $50.00 out/ 1M tokens · Amazon Bedrock · via OpenRouteramazon-bedrock | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 5Anthropic | 83% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 6 | OpenAI: GPT-6 Lunaopenai | 82.5% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.05 in / $0.25 out/ 1M tokens · OpenAI · via OpenRouteropenai/flex · tier=flex · prompt ≤ 272000 tokens | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 7 | Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic | 82.2% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 8 | GPT-6 SolOpenAI | 82.2% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 9 | OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Solopenai | 82.1% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $1.00 in / $5.00 out/ 1M tokens · OpenAI · via OpenRouteropenai/flex · tier=flex · prompt ≤ 272000 tokens | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 10 | Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic | 82% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 11 | OpenAI: GPT-6 Astraopenai | 82% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $5.00 in / $25.00 out/ 1M tokens · OpenAI · via OpenRouteropenai/flex · tier=flex · prompt ≤ 272000 tokens | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 12 | GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI | 81.6% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 13 | Grok 4.6xAI | 79.8% | Effort: xhigh · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 14 | Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic | 78.8% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 15 | Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95Bqwen | 78.6% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $2.00 in / $6.00 out/ 1M tokens · Alibaba · via OpenRouteralibaba | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 16 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Proxiaomi | 78.5% | Effort: high · single runIndependent result | $0.43 in / $0.87 out/ 1M tokens · DeepInfra · via OpenRouterdeepinfra/fp8 · quantization=fp8 | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 17 | Grok 4.5xAI | 78.1% | Effort: xhigh · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 18 | Grok 4.7xAI | 78% | Effort: xhigh · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 19 | GLM-5.3zai-org | 77.3% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.0632 in / $4.40 out/ 1M tokens · Relace · via OpenRouterrelace | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 20 | GLM-5.3-Flashzai-org | 77.2% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.06 in / $1.60 out/ 1M tokens · Reka · via OpenRouterreka | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 21 | Kimi-K3moonshotai | 77.2% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.27 in / $14.00 out/ 1M tokens · Relace · via OpenRouterrelace/fp4 · quantization=fp4 | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 22 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flashdeepseek | 77% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.09 in / $0.18 out/ 1M tokens · Decart · via OpenRouterdecart/fp4 · quantization=fp4 | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 23 | Step-5-Previewstepfun-ai | 76.9% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $1.00 in / $2.70 out/ 1M tokens · DeepInfra | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 24 | smaug-flashUnknown | 76.2% | Effort not specified · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 25 | GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI | 76% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 26 | GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI | 76% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 27 | Qwen3.8-27BQwen | 75.9% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.02 in / $0.50 out/ 1M tokens · Tenstorrent · via OpenRoutertenstorrent/fp4 · quantization=fp4 | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 28 | Muse Wonder 1.0Meta | 75.1% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 29 | Muse Spark 1.3Meta | 74.8% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 30 | Google: Gemini 4 Argongoogle | 73.7% | 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 17, 2026 |
| 31 | Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle | 73.2% | Effort: high · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 32 | Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flashqwen | 72.8% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.15 in / $0.47 out/ 1M tokens · Alibaba · via OpenRouteralibaba/us-east-1 | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 33 | Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle | 72.7% | Effort: high · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 34 | Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | 71.8% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 35 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Expdeepseek-ai | 70.7% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.2156 in / $0.6468 out/ 1M tokens · DeepInfra · via OpenRouterdeepinfra/fp8 · quantization=fp8 | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 36 | GPT-5.5OpenAI | 70.3% | Effort: xhigh · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 37 | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23Breflection | 67.9% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.25 in / $1.00 out/ 1M tokens · Nebius · via OpenRouternebius/fp8 · quantization=fp8 | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 38 | Muse Spark 1.2Meta | 67.1% | Effort: xhigh · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 39 | MiniMax M3MiniMax | 66.2% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 40 | Mistral Large 4Mistral AI | 65.6% | Effort: high · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 41 | Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle | 61.6% | Effort: high · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 42 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA | 60.7% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 43 | Meta: Muse Spark Openmeta | 60.3% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $1.25 in / $4.25 out/ 1M tokens · baseten · via Hugging Face | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 44 | Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | 59.9% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 45 | Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA | 58.6% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 46 | Google: Gemma 4 31Bgoogle | 58.4% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.10 in / $0.34 out/ 1M tokens · CoreWeave · via OpenRoutercoreweave/fp4 · quantization=fp4 | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 47 | InklingThinking Machines | 58.3% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | See provider quotes | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |
| 48 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightningnvidia | 43.9% | Effort: max · single runIndependent result | $0.025 in / $0.12 out/ 1M tokens · Darkbloom · via OpenRouterdarkbloom/int4 · quantization=int4 | Result ↗Oct 17, 2026 |