Chat
12 models ranked
The most contested category on the board. Chat models decide everything from everyday assistance to the hardest reasoning problems, and the gap between the best and the rest keeps shifting every week. We weigh benchmark results, real-world tool use and the human experience of long conversations to rank the models that define how most people meet AI.
| # | Model | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5 | OpenAI | ReasoningCode | 99 | ▲ 12 | 82 t/s |
| 2 | Claude 4 Opus | Anthropic | Long contextReasoning | 98 | ▲ 8 | 61 t/s |
| 3 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | MultimodalLong context | 97 | ▲ 5 | 74 t/s | |
| 4 | Llama 4 405B | Meta | Open weightsReasoning | 95 | ▲ 3 | 66 t/s |
| 5 | Grok 3 | xAI | RealtimeReasoning | 94 | ▲ 15 | 88 t/s |
| 6 | Qwen3 235B | Alibaba | MultilingualOpen weights | 93 | ▲ 7 | 71 t/s |
| 7 | DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek | Open weightsCheap | 92 | ▼ 4 | 69 t/s |
| 8 | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral | EuropeanReasoning | 91 | ▲ 2 | 64 t/s |
| 9 | Claude 4 Sonnet | Anthropic | FastCode | 90 | ▲ 6 | 79 t/s |
| 10 | Command R+ | Cohere | RAGEnterprise | 88 | ▼ 2 | 58 t/s |
| 11 | Gemini 2.5 Flash | CheapFast | 87 | ▲ 9 | 93 t/s | |
| 12 | GPT-4o mini | OpenAI | CheapFast | 85 | ▼ 6 | 96 t/s |
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Chat AI model?
As of the latest weekly update, the top-scored Chat model is GPT-5 with 99 out of 100. That said, the best model depends on your use case — budget, context length, speed, privacy and tooling all matter. Compare the top contenders side by side to find the right fit.
How are Chat AI models ranked?
Scores come from community-voted LMArena Elo ratings mapped to a 0–100 scale, where 1000 Elo equals 0 and 1400 Elo equals 100. When no arena rating exists, the Hugging Face trending score is used as a fallback. Rankings refresh daily and combine speed and pricing data from OpenRouter and Artificial Analysis.