Who ranks #1 on the GDPval leaderboard?
As of August 31, 2026, Seed 2.1 Pro by ByteDance ranks #1 on GDPval at 87.9%. API pricing is $0.89/M input and $4.45/M output.
As of August 31, 2026, Seed 2.1 Pro is #1 for GDPval at 87.9%. Ranked by GDPval: professional knowledge-work, closer to office output than trivia. 17 models in this index have a published GDPval score. GDPval leaderboard with live API prices. GDPval — professional knowledge-work tasks tied to real economic output.
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As of August 31, 2026, Seed 2.1 Pro by ByteDance is #1 for GDPval at 87.9%. Ranked by GDPval: professional knowledge-work, closer to office output than trivia. This board also tracks GDPval. Next on the same board: GPT-5.5 and Seed 2.1 Turbo. This gdpval leaderboard ranks models by GDPval. 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)
| Rank | Model | GDPval | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seed 2.1 Pro | 87.9% | $0.89 | $4.45 |
| 2 | GPT-5.5 | 84.9% | $5.00 | $30.00 |
| 3 | Seed 2.1 Turbo | 82.7% | $0.50 | $2.50 |
| 4 | GPT-5.5 Pro | 82.3% | $60.00 | $480.00 |
| 5 | GPT-5.2 | 49.7% | $1.75 | $14.00 |
| 6 | Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) | 46.7% | $0.50 | $2.20 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.5 | 45.5% | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.1 | 43.6% | $15.00 | $75.00 |
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As of August 31, 2026, Seed 2.1 Pro by ByteDance ranks #1 on GDPval at 87.9%. API pricing is $0.89/M input and $4.45/M output.
The current GDPval ranking as of August 31, 2026 is 1. Seed 2.1 Pro at 87.9%; 2. GPT-5.5 at 84.9%; 3. Seed 2.1 Turbo at 82.7%.
Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) is the cheapest scored model on this gdpval leaderboard at $0.50/M input and $2.20/M output ($2.70 blended). Seed 2.1 Pro still leads GDPval at 87.9%.
Not automatically. Seed 2.1 Pro leads GDPval, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh GDPval against input/output price, context window, and related evals.
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.
GDPval — professional knowledge-work tasks tied to real economic output. This page ranks models that have published a GDPval score, with live API token prices on the same row.
This page is the GDPval leaderboard. Models are sorted by GDPval, 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.
Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published GDPval score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.