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Best AI for Knowledge

Best Knowledge Models

Updated 2026-08-11

Ranked models122
Vendors19
Open-weight models20
Official prices52

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What this ranking says

A quick reading of the current knowledge ranking before the full data table.

Claude Fable 5 leads this page at 100.0, 0.0 points ahead of Claude Mythos.

MiMo V2.5 Pro is the highest-ranked open-weight option at #15. Nova Micro has the lowest official input price among ranked models.

Top knowledge modelClaude Fable 5100.0 knowledge scoreBest open-weight modelMiMo V2.5 ProRank #15Lowest official inputNova Micro$0.04 / 1MLargest contextLlama 4 Scout10M tokens

Knowledge Ranking Leaders

The leading knowledge scores, with the axis focused on the competitive range rather than zero.

Top knowledge models

Knowledge Capability Profile

Compare knowledge strength with each model's broader capability score.

ModelReasoningKnowledgeMathCodingInstruction
Claude Fable 5AnthropicN/A100.097.894.689.2
Claude MythosAnthropic99.8100.099.792.793.3
GPT-5.5OpenAI98.8100.073.173.872.2
Muse SparkMeta78.9100.095.749.489.8
Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic61.3100.0N/A71.178.9
29.348.667.987.1106.4-7.820.548.777105.2Knowledge scoreOverall score
80 models with comparable dataOpen a model by selecting its logo
GPQA94.6%Claude Mythos Preview95 compared models
MMLU-Pro88.5%Qwen3.6 Plus53 compared models
AIME 2025100.0%Gemini 3 Pro39 compared models
SWE-Bench Verified95.0%Claude Fable 541 compared models
MMLU91.8%o149 compared models
Humanity's Last Exam64.7%Claude Mythos Preview40 compared models
LiveCodeBench79.4%Grok-311 compared models
MATH96.4%o137 compared models

Knowledge Model Ranking

Models are ordered by their knowledge score.

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1ANClaude Fable 5AnthropicClaude Fable 5100.095.8N/A97.894.689.280.0%1MClosed weights$10$50
2ANClaude MythosAnthropicClaude Mythos Preview100.093.699.899.792.793.3100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
3OPGPT-5.5OpenAIGPT-5.5100.084.098.873.173.872.2100.0%1.1MClosed weights$5$30
4MEMuse SparkMetaMuse Spark100.073.278.995.749.489.8100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
5ANClaude Opus 4.5AnthropicClaude Opus 4.5100.069.561.3N/A71.178.980.0%200KClosed weights$5$25
6GOGemini 3 ProGoogleGemini 3 Pro100.067.368.836.460.564.3100.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
7MIPhi 3.5 MoEMicrosoftPhi-3.5-MoE-instruct100.04.960.934.339.757.6100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
8GOGemma 2 27BGoogleGemma 2 27B97.10.169.325.68.664.2100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
9OPGPT-5.1OpenAIGPT-5.196.862.186.550.070.977.9100.0%400KClosed weights$1.25$10
10OPGPT-5.1-InstantOpenAIGPT-5.1 Instant96.861.386.550.070.977.9100.0%400KClosed weightsN/AN/A
11GOGemini 3 FlashGoogleGemini 3 Flash96.064.871.169.646.157.9100.0%1MClosed weights$0.50$3
12OPGPT-5.6-SolOpenAIGPT-5.6 Sol95.895.187.8100.092.990.6100.0%1.1MClosed weights$5$30
13ACQwen3.7 PlusAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.7-Plus92.073.872.162.459.090.1100.0%1MClosed weights$0.50$3
14BYSeed 2.1 ProByteDanceSeed 2.1 Pro91.778.780.158.864.393.1100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
15XIMiMo V2.5 ProXiaomiMiMo-V2.5-Pro88.246.770.082.750.172.7100.0%1MOpen weights$0.435$0.87
16ACQwen3.5 122B A10BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-122B-A10B87.859.261.773.451.668.5100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.40$3.2
17ACQwen3.6 27BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.6-27B83.860.579.454.845.572.7100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.60$3.6
18OPGPT-5.4OpenAIGPT-5.483.377.190.372.257.871.2100.0%1.1MClosed weights$2.5$15
19OPo4 miniOpenAIo4-mini82.345.066.757.252.244.5100.0%200KClosed weights$1.1$4.4
20ACQwen3.6 PlusAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.6 Plus82.067.584.974.448.877.3100.0%1MClosed weights$0.50$3
21GOGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogleGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite80.051.971.827.210.350.1100.0%1MClosed weights$0.25$1.5
22GOGemini 2.5 FlashGoogleGemini 2.5 Flash79.038.170.614.146.152.5100.0%1MClosed weights$0.30$2.5
23STStep3 VL 10BStepFunStep3-VL-10B75.843.6N/A72.2N/A77.260.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
24ANClaude Opus 5AnthropicClaude Opus 575.097.4100.099.590.4N/A80.0%1MClosed weights$5$25
25XAGrok 3xAIGrok-374.254.876.2N/A86.175.280.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
26MIMiniMax M3MiniMaxMiniMax M374.071.369.2100.053.862.6100.0%512KOpen weights$0.30$1.2
27ACQwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.6-35B-A3B74.055.357.047.426.572.1100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.248$1.49
28OPo1OpenAIo172.636.359.466.346.756.3100.0%200KClosed weights$15$60
29GOGemma 2 9BGoogleGemma 2 9B72.30.048.018.42.341.3100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
30GOGemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingGoogleGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking71.029.952.6N/AN/A30.860.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
31GOGemini 2.5 ProGoogleGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-0570.749.981.139.166.172.6100.0%1MClosed weights$1.25$10
32ACQwen3 VL 32BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 32B Instruct70.635.258.848.946.443.9100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
33OPGPT-4.5OpenAIGPT-4.569.336.243.885.040.552.8100.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
34ACQwen3.5 27BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-27B68.657.259.478.544.569.3100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.30$2.4
35COCommand A+CohereCommand A+67.741.933.186.833.351.8100.0%128KOpen weights$2.5$10
36OPGPT-5.2-ProOpenAIGPT-5.2 Pro66.771.678.579.963.298.2100.0%400KClosed weights$21$168
37ANClaude Opus 4.1AnthropicClaude Opus 4.166.752.464.2N/A75.857.480.0%200KClosed weightsN/AN/A
38ANClaude Sonnet 3.7AnthropicClaude 3.7 Sonnet66.138.776.856.560.551.3100.0%200KClosed weightsN/AN/A
39AMNova ProAmazonNova Pro66.120.965.380.752.775.0100.0%300KClosed weights$0.80$3.2
40ACQwen3 VL 32B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 32B Thinking64.840.565.560.660.258.1100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
41OPGPT-4.1OpenAIGPT-4.164.531.938.626.737.739.0100.0%1MClosed weights$2$8
42OPo3OpenAIo363.852.650.147.351.062.1100.0%200KClosed weights$2$8
43GOGemma 4 31BGoogleGemma 4 31B63.660.169.562.171.776.0100.0%262.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
44ANClaude Sonnet 4AnthropicClaude Sonnet 462.939.556.2N/A65.938.680.0%200KClosed weightsN/AN/A
45ANClaude Sonnet 5AnthropicClaude Sonnet 562.584.0N/A71.778.887.280.0%1MClosed weights$2$10
46MIPhi 3.5 miniMicrosoftPhi-3.5-mini-instruct62.50.050.724.418.731.5100.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
47MIPhi 4 MiniMicrosoftPhi 4 Mini62.50.045.035.6N/A25.180.0%128KOpen weights$0.075$0.30
48MELlama 4 MaverickMetaLlama 4 Maverick61.324.953.858.643.279.5100.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
49OPGPT-5.2OpenAIGPT-5.260.771.475.576.159.185.6100.0%400KClosed weights$1.75$14
50GOGemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogleGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite59.719.135.23.39.836.1100.0%1MClosed weights$0.10$0.40
51OPGPT-4.1-miniOpenAIGPT-4.1 mini58.124.835.628.413.130.9100.0%1MClosed weights$0.40$1.6
52GOGemini 2.0 FlashGoogleGemini 2.0 Flash54.828.133.797.227.861.0100.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
53GOGemma 4 26B A4BGoogleGemma 4 26B-A4B54.552.657.347.267.563.8100.0%262.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
54MAMistral Small 3.1 24BMistral AIMistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct53.08.418.940.759.219.6100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
55ACQwen3.5 35B A3BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-35B-A3B52.452.039.359.242.758.2100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.25$2
56ACQwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking52.331.845.643.338.839.6100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
57MAKimi K3Moonshot AIKimi K350.093.097.095.794.197.9100.0%1MOpen weights$3$15
58OPGPT-5.6-TerraOpenAIGPT-5.6 Terra50.087.671.471.979.166.0100.0%1.1MClosed weights$2$12
59ANClaude Opus 4.6AnthropicClaude Opus 4.650.079.677.585.972.277.2100.0%1MClosed weights$5$25
60OPGPT-5.5-ProOpenAIGPT-5.5 Pro50.075.8N/A80.694.7N/A60.0%1.1MClosed weights$30$180
61MAKimi k1.5Moonshot AIKimi-k1.549.230.1N/A70.3N/A62.060.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
62ACQwen2.5 VL 32BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct49.217.932.038.649.415.2100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
63MELlama 4 ScoutMetaLlama 4 Scout46.814.156.344.323.860.0100.0%10MClosed weightsN/AN/A
64MAKimi K2.5Moonshot AIKimi K2.546.066.069.073.648.160.3100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.60$3
65GODiffusionGemma 26B A4BGoogleDiffusionGemma 26B-A4B45.534.233.434.018.640.5100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
66ACQwen3 VL 235B A22BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct45.343.265.544.659.362.5100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
67ACQwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking45.345.853.948.761.662.2100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
68ANClaude Sonnet 3.5AnthropicClaude 3.5 Sonnet45.232.180.476.148.880.4100.0%200KClosed weightsN/AN/A
69ACQwen2.5 VL 72BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct44.622.742.520.812.637.2100.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
70ACQwen3 VL 30B A3BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct44.028.831.728.726.836.7100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
71GOGemini 2.0 Flash LiteGoogleGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite43.521.026.686.0N/A39.780.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
72XAGrok 2xAIGrok-241.921.029.262.466.945.3100.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
73BYSeed 2.1 TurboByteDanceSeed 2.1 Turbo41.773.152.666.653.587.5100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
74GOGemma 3n E4B LiteRTGoogleGemma 3n E4B Instructed LiteRT Preview41.20.021.131.716.929.0100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
75GOGemini 1.5 ProGoogleGemini 1.5 Pro40.320.531.352.041.572.8100.0%2.1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
76MAPixtral LargeMistral AIPixtral Large38.721.282.163.2N/A65.680.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
77ANClaude Opus 4.8AnthropicClaude Opus 4.837.587.999.094.685.084.7100.0%1MClosed weights$5$25
78XAGrok 2 minixAIGrok-2 mini37.116.326.056.150.839.8100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
79GOGemma 4 12BGoogleGemma 4 12B36.438.251.832.829.341.9100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
80NRHermes 3 70BNous ResearchHermes 3 70B35.78.029.734.0N/A68.880.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
81AMNova LiteAmazonNova Lite35.513.251.159.934.242.6100.0%300KClosed weights$0.06$0.24
82MAMistral Small 3.2 24BMistral AIMistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct35.515.957.745.8N/A36.480.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
83ACQwen2 VL 72BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2-VL-72B-Instruct34.425.557.118.2N/A81.380.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
84GOGemini 1.5 FlashGoogleGemini 1.5 Flash33.910.726.040.423.146.6100.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
85ANClaude Sonnet 4.5AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4.533.356.072.1N/A90.862.980.0%200KClosed weights$3$15
86ANClaude Opus 4AnthropicClaude Opus 433.346.437.7N/A68.650.380.0%200KClosed weightsN/AN/A
87MAMistral NeMoMistral AIMistral NeMo Instruct33.10.083.3N/AN/A26.560.0%128KClosed weights$0.15$0.15
88ACQwen3 VL 8B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 8B Thinking30.828.539.338.228.838.3100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
89MELlama 3.2 90BMetaLlama 3.2 90B Instruct30.610.835.032.5N/A41.380.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
90OPGPT-4oOpenAIGPT-4o30.223.942.919.810.823.7100.0%128KClosed weights$2.5$10
91OPGPT-4o-miniOpenAIGPT-4o mini29.08.112.042.928.555.3100.0%128KClosed weights$0.15$0.60
92ACQwen3 VL 4B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 4B Thinking28.323.027.227.525.525.8100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
93ACQwen2.5 Omni 7BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5-Omni-7B27.710.221.835.326.125.1100.0%N/AClosed weights$0.10$0.40
94OPGPT-5.6-LunaOpenAIGPT-5.6 Luna25.076.455.243.868.640.8100.0%1.1MClosed weights$0.20$1.2
95ACQwen2.5 VL 7BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct23.812.837.68.46.716.9100.0%N/AClosed weights$0.35$1.05
96GOGemma 3 27BGoogleGemma 3 27B20.015.820.469.139.250.1100.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
97OPGPT-4.1-nanoOpenAIGPT-4.1 nano19.44.324.021.10.06.1100.0%1MClosed weights$0.10$0.40
98GOGemma 4 E4BGoogleGemma 4 E4B18.224.422.225.818.231.7100.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
99MIPhi 4 multimodalMicrosoftPhi-4-multimodal-instruct17.77.425.636.8N/A25.080.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
100MAMinistral 8BMistral AIMinistral 8B Instruct17.60.048.519.10.026.1100.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
101GOGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGoogleGemini 1.5 Flash 8B16.10.011.224.5N/A13.180.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
102ACQwen3 VL 8BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 8B Instruct16.024.839.221.029.327.1100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
103GOGemma 3n E2B LiteRTGoogleGemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)15.10.05.212.37.012.5100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
104XAGrok 1.5VxAIGrok-1.5V13.71.328.011.8N/AN/A60.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
105XAGrok 1.5xAIGrok-1.513.70.09.026.921.513.3100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
106MIMAI Thinking 1MicrosoftMAI-Thinking-113.655.174.530.054.475.1100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
107ACQwen3 VL 4BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 4B Instruct12.119.320.812.917.819.6100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
108MAPixtral 12BMistral AIPixtral-12B11.30.028.323.816.920.0100.0%128KOpen weights$0.15$0.15
109GOGemma 3 12BGoogleGemma 3 12B10.011.214.157.332.451.9100.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
110GOGemma 4 E2BGoogleGemma 4 E2B9.111.611.019.48.119.9100.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
111MELlama 3.2 11BMetaLlama 3.2 11B Instruct8.10.027.316.8N/A26.180.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
112OPGPT-5.5-InstantOpenAIGPT-5.5 Instant6.353.767.7N/AN/A38.460.0%400KClosed weightsN/AN/A
113GOGemini 1.0 ProGoogleGemini 1.0 Pro4.80.03.44.1N/A40.280.0%32.8KClosed weightsN/AN/A
114MIPhi 3.5 visionMicrosoftPhi-3.5-vision-instruct3.20.018.72.6N/A37.580.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
115DEDeepSeek-VL2DeepSeekDeepSeek VL2 Tiny1.60.016.615.8N/A0.080.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
116TEHy3TencentHy30.071.045.747.263.0N/A80.0%256KOpen weightsN/AN/A
117ANClaude Haiku 4.5AnthropicClaude Haiku 4.50.045.548.9N/A55.133.080.0%200KClosed weights$1$5
118ACQwen3 235B A22BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-25070.042.461.120.840.265.8100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.70$2.8
119AMNova MicroAmazonNova Micro0.04.340.638.317.313.0100.0%128KClosed weights$0.035$0.14
120OPGPT-3.5-TurboOpenAIGPT-3.5 Turbo0.00.05.213.912.313.6100.0%16.4KClosed weights$0.50$1.5
121GOGemma 3 4BGoogleGemma 3 4B0.00.01.738.910.826.2100.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
122BAERNIE 4.5BaiduERNIE 4.50.00.025.90.00.00.1100.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A

Official PAYG prices appear here. Third-party offers remain on the pricing and model detail pages.

Capability at each price point

Official vendor API prices plotted against the knowledge metric used on this page. Price remains a separate decision signal.

020406080100$0.05$0.1$0.2$0.5$1.0$2.0$5.0$10Knowledge scoreOfficial API price blend (8:1 input/output), USD / 1M
Efficient frontier52 models with official PAYG prices

Knowledge Ranking Composition

Vendor concentration and model access among the first 25 ranked products.

Top-model vendor mix

25 models
OpenAI6Google5Anthropic4Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team4Meta1Microsoft1ByteDance1Xiaomi1

Access model

Open weights
3
Closed weights
22
Official price available
16

Compare the leaders

Open focused comparisons between the current leader and the nearest practical alternatives.

Claude Fable 5vsClaude MythosClaude Fable 5vsMiMo V2.5 ProClaude Fable 5vsNova Micro
Overall leaderboardCoding leaderboardReasoning leaderboardMath leaderboardInstruction leaderboard

About this leaderboard

Common questions about Best AI for Knowledge.

What is the best model on Best AI for Knowledge?

Claude Fable 5 is currently ranked first with a knowledge score of 100.0.

How is this leaderboard ranked?

Each model appears once using its current scored version. Category pages use the capability named in the title, while the overall page uses the LLMBoard score.

How many models are included?

This page currently ranks 122 unique model products.

Where does pricing come from?

Main price columns use the model vendor's official standard PAYG API rate. Eligible third-party offers appear only in separately labeled columns, and unavailable official prices display as N/A.

Does Arena affect the score?

No. Arena results are displayed as an independent signal and are not included in the current LLMBoard capability score.

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Modalities

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