Pope

    ๐Ÿ† Leaderboard

    As of August 31, 2026, LFM2.5-VL-3B is #1 for Pope at 88.7%. Ranked by the Pope score 3 models in this index have a published Pope score. Pope leaderboard: rank models by Pope next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 31, 2026345 models36 providers
    LFM2.5-VL-3BOSS
    Liquid AI ยท Open Source
    88.7%$0.15
    Phi-3.5-vision-instructOSS
    Microsoft ยท Open Source
    86.1%$0.21
    Phi-4-multimodal-instructOSS
    Microsoft ยท Open Source
    85.6%$0.15
    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-V2.5OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.42
    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
    DeepSeek-V3.2OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source ยท via OpenRouter
    โ€”$0.57
    DeepSeek-V3.2 (Non-thinking)OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.70
    DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.68
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.30
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$1.76
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-MaxOSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$0.42
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp
    DeepSeek ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$0.88
    DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    โ€”$5.28
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    Which model leads Pope right now?

    As of August 31, 2026, LFM2.5-VL-3B by Liquid AI is #1 for Pope at 88.7%. Ranked by the Pope score This board also tracks Pope. Next on the same board: Phi-3.5-vision-instruct and Phi-4-multimodal-instruct. This pope leaderboard ranks models by Pope. 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 3 for pope. Ranked by the Pope score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelPopeInput /MOutput /M
    1LFM2.5-VL-3B88.7%$0.05$0.10
    2Phi-3.5-vision-instruct86.1%$0.07$0.14
    3Phi-4-multimodal-instruct85.6%$0.05$0.10

    Pope FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the Pope leaderboard?

    As of August 31, 2026, LFM2.5-VL-3B by Liquid AI ranks #1 on Pope at 88.7%. API pricing is $0.05/M input and $0.10/M output.

    What are the top models on Pope?

    The current Pope ranking as of August 31, 2026 is 1. LFM2.5-VL-3B at 88.7%; 2. Phi-3.5-vision-instruct at 86.1%; 3. Phi-4-multimodal-instruct at 85.6%.

    Which pope model is the cheapest?

    LFM2.5-VL-3B currently leads Pope and is also the cheapest scored model on this page, at $0.05/M input and $0.10/M output ($0.15 blended).

    Should I always pick the #1 Pope model?

    Not automatically. LFM2.5-VL-3B leads Pope, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Pope against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the Pope 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 Pope?

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

    Where is the Pope leaderboard?

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

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