SAGE

    ๐Ÿ† Leaderboard

    As of August 31, 2026, Claude Opus 4.7 is #1 for SAGE at 56.1%. Ranked by the SAGE score 55 models in this index have a published SAGE score. SAGE leaderboard with live API prices. SAGE โ€” Vals.ai safety and generalized evaluation suite.

    Updated August 31, 2026345 models36 providers

    SAGE vs price

    55 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
    Claude Opus 4.7
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    56.1%$30.00
    Gemma 4 31BOSS
    Google ยท Open Source
    55.0%$0.54
    Claude Opus 4.8
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    54.8%$30.00
    Kimi K3OSS
    Moonshot AI ยท Open Source
    54.3%$18.00
    GPT-5.6 Sol
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    52.6%$35.00
    Claude Fable 5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    51.9%$60.00
    Gemini 3 Flash
    Google ยท Proprietary
    51.9%$3.50
    GPT-5.5
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    51.5%$35.00
    Qwen3.8 MaxOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    51.3%$8.00
    GPT-5.4 mini
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    50.8%$5.25
    MiniMax M3OSS
    MiniMax ยท Open Source
    50.6%$1.50
    Kimi K2.6OSS
    Moonshot AI ยท Open Source
    50.2%$4.93
    Gemini 3.5 Flash
    Google ยท Proprietary
    49.9%$10.50
    Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
    Google ยท Proprietary
    49.5%$1.75
    Claude Opus 5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    49.4%$30.00
    GPT-5.2
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    49.3%$15.75
    Gemini 3.7 Flash
    Google ยท Proprietary
    49.2%$4.50
    Claude Sonnet 5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    48.9%$12.00
    Gemini 3.6 Flash
    Google ยท Proprietary
    48.7%$4.50
    Gemini 3.1 Pro
    Google ยท Proprietary
    48.7%$17.50
    Muse Spark 1.2
    Meta ยท Proprietary
    47.7%$5.50
    Gemini 3 Pro
    Google ยท Proprietary
    47.6%$14.00
    Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
    Google ยท Proprietary
    47.3%$2.80
    GPT-5.6 Terra
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    47%$14.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    46.6%$18.00
    Qwen3.6-27BOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    45.6%$4.20
    Muse Spark 1.1
    Meta ยท Proprietary
    45.6%$5.50
    Claude Opus 4.5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    45%$30.00
    Qwen3.6 Plus
    Qwen ยท Proprietary
    44.9%$3.50
    Gemini 2.5 Flash
    Google ยท Proprietary
    44.8%$2.80
    GPT-5.6 Luna
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    44.2%$1.40
    GPT-5
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    43.7%$11.25
    GPT-5.4
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    43.3%$17.50
    MiMo-V2.5OSS
    Xiaomi ยท Open Source
    43.3%$0.50
    GPT-5.1
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    43.2%$11.25
    GPT-5 mini
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    43.0%$2.25
    Gemini 2.5 Pro
    Google ยท Proprietary
    41.9%$11.25
    o3
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    41.8%$10.00
    o4-mini
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    41.1%$5.50
    Qwen3.7-Plus
    Qwen ยท Proprietary
    39.3%$1.60
    GPT-5.4 nano
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    38.1%$1.45
    Mistral Medium 3.5OSS
    Mistral ยท Open Source ยท via Mistral AI
    37.6%$9.00
    Claude Sonnet 4
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    35%$18.00
    Grok 4.5
    xAI ยท Proprietary
    35.0%$8.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    32.9%$18.00
    Inkling-SmallOSS
    Thinking Machines ยท Open Source ยท via Thinking Machines Lab
    32.7%$1.50
    Claude Opus 4.1
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    31.4%$90.00
    Grok-4.1 Fast Reasoning
    xAI ยท Proprietary
    31.3%$0.70
    GPT-5 nano
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    30.4%$0.45
    Grok-4 Fast Reasoning
    xAI ยท Proprietary
    29.8%$0.70
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    Which model leads SAGE right now?

    As of August 31, 2026, Claude Opus 4.7 by Anthropic is #1 for SAGE at 56.1%. Ranked by the SAGE score This board also tracks SAGE. Next on the same board: Gemma 4 31B and Claude Opus 4.8. This sage leaderboard ranks models by SAGE. 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 sage. Ranked by the SAGE score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelSAGEInput /MOutput /M
    1Claude Opus 4.756.1%$5.00$25.00
    2Gemma 4 31B55.0%$0.14$0.40
    3Claude Opus 4.854.8%$5.00$25.00
    4Kimi K354.3%$3.00$15.00
    5GPT-5.6 Sol52.6%$5.00$30.00
    6Claude Fable 551.9%$10.00$50.00
    7Gemini 3 Flash51.9%$0.50$3.00
    8GPT-5.551.5%$5.00$30.00

    SAGE FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the SAGE leaderboard?

    As of August 31, 2026, Claude Opus 4.7 by Anthropic ranks #1 on SAGE at 56.1%. API pricing is $5.00/M input and $25.00/M output.

    What are the top models on SAGE?

    The current SAGE ranking as of August 31, 2026 is 1. Claude Opus 4.7 at 56.1%; 2. Gemma 4 31B at 55.0%; 3. Claude Opus 4.8 at 54.8%.

    Which sage model is the cheapest?

    GPT-5 nano is the cheapest scored model on this sage leaderboard at $0.05/M input and $0.40/M output ($0.45 blended). Claude Opus 4.7 still leads SAGE at 56.1%.

    Should I always pick the #1 SAGE model?

    Not automatically. Claude Opus 4.7 leads SAGE, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh SAGE against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the SAGE 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 SAGE?

    SAGE โ€” Vals.ai safety and generalized evaluation suite. This page ranks models that have published a SAGE score, with live API token prices on the same row.

    Where is the SAGE leaderboard?

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

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