ERQA

    ๐Ÿ† Leaderboard

    As of August 31, 2026, Qwen3.8 Max is #1 for ERQA at 77.8%. Ranked by the ERQA score 25 models in this index have a published ERQA score. ERQA leaderboard with live API prices. ERQA โ€” Embodied Reasoning QA. Spatial and physical questions from images, not textbook science.

    Updated August 31, 2026345 models36 providers

    ERQA vs price

    25 models. Left is cheaper. Up is a higher score. The line is the best score you can buy at each price โ€” a dot under it is a worse deal than something on the line.

    Best score at each price#1 on this board
    Qwen3.8 MaxOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    77.8%$8.00
    Qwen3.8-Flash-NextOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    72.3%$0.62
    Qwen3.8 Flash
    Qwen ยท Proprietary
    72.3%$0.62
    Seed 2.1 Pro
    ByteDance ยท Proprietary
    72%$5.34
    Seed 2.1 Turbo
    ByteDance ยท Proprietary
    71.3%$3.00
    Qwen3.7-Plus
    Qwen ยท Proprietary
    69.8%$1.60
    Qwen3.6 Plus
    Qwen ยท Proprietary
    65.7%$3.50
    GPT-5
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    65.7%$11.25
    Qwen3.8-27BOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    65.5%$3.65
    Qwen3.5-35B-A3BOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    64.8%$2.25
    o3
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    64%$10.00
    Qwen3.6-27BOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    62.5%$4.20
    Qwen3.5-122B-A10BOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    62%$3.60
    Qwen3.5-27BOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    60.5%$2.70
    Qwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    52.5%$3.94
    Qwen3 VL 32B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    52.3%$0.80
    Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    51.3%$1.79
    Qwen3 VL 32B InstructOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source ยท via OpenRouter
    48.8%$0.52
    Qwen3 VL 4B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    47.3%$1.10
    Qwen3 VL 8B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    46.8%$2.27
    Qwen3 VL 8B InstructOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    45.8%$0.58
    Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    45.3%$1.20
    Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    43%$0.90
    Qwen3 VL 4B InstructOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    41.3%$0.70
    GPT-4o
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    35.2%$12.50
    ChatGPT-4o Latest
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$12.50
    Claude 3 Haiku
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$1.50
    Claude 3 Opus
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$90.00
    Claude 3 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude 3.5 Haiku
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$4.80
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude 3.7 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude Fable 5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$60.00
    Claude Haiku 4.5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$6.00
    Claude Mythos 5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$60.00
    Claude Mythos Preview
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$60.00
    Claude Opus 4
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$90.00
    Claude Opus 4.1
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$90.00
    Claude Opus 4.5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$30.00
    Claude Opus 4.6
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$30.00
    Claude Opus 4.7
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$30.00
    Claude Opus 4.8
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$30.00
    Claude Opus 5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$30.00
    Claude Sonnet 4
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$18.00
    Claude Sonnet 5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$12.00
    Codestral-22BOSS
    Mistral ยท Open Source ยท via Mistral AI
    โ€”$1.20
    Command A+OSS
    Cohere ยท Open Source
    โ€”$12.50
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    Which model leads ERQA right now?

    As of August 31, 2026, Qwen3.8 Max by Qwen is #1 for ERQA at 77.8%. Ranked by the ERQA score This board also tracks ERQA. Next on the same board: Qwen3.8 Flash and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next. This erqa leaderboard ranks models by ERQA. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.

    Sources: OpenAI API pricing (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing); Anthropic Claude API pricing (https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing); Gemini API pricing (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)

    Top 8 for erqa. Ranked by the ERQA score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelERQAInput /MOutput /M
    1Qwen3.8 Max77.8%$2.00$6.00
    2Qwen3.8 Flash72.3%$0.15$0.47
    3Qwen3.8-Flash-Next72.3%$0.15$0.47
    4Seed 2.1 Pro72%$0.89$4.45
    5Seed 2.1 Turbo71.3%$0.50$2.50
    6Qwen3.7-Plus69.8%$0.32$1.28
    7Qwen3.6 Plus65.7%$0.50$3.00
    8GPT-565.7%$1.25$10.00

    ERQA FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the ERQA leaderboard?

    As of August 31, 2026, Qwen3.8 Max by Qwen ranks #1 on ERQA at 77.8%. API pricing is $2.00/M input and $6.00/M output.

    What are the top models on ERQA?

    The current ERQA ranking as of August 31, 2026 is 1. Qwen3.8 Max at 77.8%; 2. Qwen3.8 Flash at 72.3%; 3. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next at 72.3%.

    Which erqa model is the cheapest?

    Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is the cheapest scored model on this erqa leaderboard at $0.10/M input and $0.42/M output ($0.52 blended). Qwen3.8 Max still leads ERQA at 77.8%.

    Should I always pick the #1 ERQA model?

    Not automatically. Qwen3.8 Max leads ERQA, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh ERQA against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the ERQA leaderboard updated?

    Scores and API prices on this page are refreshed from published evals and provider rates. The snapshot is labeled August 31, 2026. Treat it as a current index, not a one-off blog post.

    What is ERQA?

    ERQA โ€” Embodied Reasoning QA. Spatial and physical questions from images, not textbook science. This page ranks models that have published a ERQA score, with live API token prices on the same row.

    Where is the ERQA leaderboard?

    This page is the ERQA leaderboard. Models are sorted by ERQA, with input and output token prices on the same row so you can weigh score against cost. Official boards often omit price; that comparison is the point of this index.

    How is this ERQA ranking different from the official board?

    Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published ERQA score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.