Mt Bench

    ๐Ÿ† Leaderboard

    As of August 31, 2026, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is #1 for Mt Bench at 93.5%. Ranked by the Mt Bench score 12 models in this index have a published Mt Bench score. Mt Bench leaderboard: rank models by Mt Bench next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 31, 2026345 models36 providers

    Mt Bench vs price

    12 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
    Qwen2.5 72B InstructOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    93.5%$0.75
    Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1OSS
    NVIDIA ยท Open Source
    91.7%$0.50
    DeepSeek-V2.5OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    90.2%$0.42
    Hermes 3 70BOSS
    Nous Research ยท Open Source
    89.9%$1.75
    Qwen2.5 7B InstructOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    87.5%$0.60
    Mistral Large 2OSS
    Mistral ยท Open Source ยท via Mistral AI
    86.3%$8.00
    Qwen2 7B InstructOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    84.1%$0.60
    Mistral Small 3 24B InstructOSS
    Mistral ยท Open Source ยท via Mistral AI
    83.5%$0.21
    Ministral 8B InstructOSS
    Mistral ยท Open Source ยท via Mistral AI
    83%$0.20
    Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1OSS
    NVIDIA ยท Open Source
    81%$0.20
    Pixtral-12BOSS
    Mistral ยท Open Source ยท via Mistral AI
    76.8%$0.30
    Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructOSS
    NVIDIA ยท Open Source
    9.0%$2.40
    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
    Command R+OSS
    Cohere ยท Open Source
    โ€”$1.25
    Composer 2
    Cursor ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$3.00
    Composer 2 Fast
    Cursor ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$9.00
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70BOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.50
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.30
    DeepSeek VL2OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source ยท via Replicate
    โ€”$2.80
    DeepSeek VL2 SmallOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source ยท via Replicate
    โ€”$1.70
    DeepSeek VL2 TinyOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source ยท via Replicate
    โ€”$0.90
    DeepSeek-R1OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$2.74
    DeepSeek-R1-0528OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$2.74
    DeepSeek-V3OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$1.37
    DeepSeek-V3 0324OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$1.42
    DeepSeek-V3.1OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$1.27
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    All Large Language Models

    345 models across 36 providers. Search or jump to a lab โ€” every model page stays linked here.

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    2 models

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    1 models

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    1 models

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    1 models

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    2 models

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    1 models

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    1 models

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    1 models

    Which model leads Mt Bench right now?

    As of August 31, 2026, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct by Qwen is #1 for Mt Bench at 93.5%. Ranked by the Mt Bench score This board also tracks Mt Bench. Next on the same board: Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 and DeepSeek-V2.5. This mt bench leaderboard ranks models by Mt Bench. 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 mt bench. Ranked by the Mt Bench score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelMt BenchInput /MOutput /M
    1Qwen2.5 72B Instruct93.5%$0.35$0.40
    2Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v191.7%$0.10$0.40
    3DeepSeek-V2.590.2%$0.14$0.28
    4Hermes 3 70B89.9%$0.35$1.40
    5Qwen2.5 7B Instruct87.5%$0.30$0.30
    6Mistral Large 286.3%$2.00$6.00
    7Qwen2 7B Instruct84.1%$0.30$0.30
    8Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct83.5%$0.07$0.14

    Mt Bench FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the Mt Bench leaderboard?

    As of August 31, 2026, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct by Qwen ranks #1 on Mt Bench at 93.5%. API pricing is $0.35/M input and $0.40/M output.

    What are the top models on Mt Bench?

    The current Mt Bench ranking as of August 31, 2026 is 1. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct at 93.5%; 2. Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 at 91.7%; 3. DeepSeek-V2.5 at 90.2%.

    Which mt bench model is the cheapest?

    Ministral 8B Instruct is the cheapest scored model on this mt bench leaderboard at $0.10/M input and $0.10/M output ($0.20 blended). Qwen2.5 72B Instruct still leads Mt Bench at 93.5%.

    Should I always pick the #1 Mt Bench model?

    Not automatically. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads Mt Bench, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Mt Bench against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the Mt Bench 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 Mt Bench?

    Mt Bench is a public LLM eval (the Mt Bench score). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.

    Where is the Mt Bench leaderboard?

    This page is the Mt Bench leaderboard. Models are sorted by Mt Bench, 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 Mt Bench ranking different from the official board?

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