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Best AI for Knowledge

Best Knowledge Models

Updated 2026-08-11

Ranked models112
Vendors21
Open-weight models31
Official prices49

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What this ranking says

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

Claude Mythos leads this page at 99.7, 1.9 points ahead of Muse Spark.

Kimi K2.5 is the highest-ranked open-weight option at #9. Phi 4 Mini has the lowest official input price among ranked models.

Top knowledge modelClaude Mythos99.7 knowledge scoreBest open-weight modelKimi K2.5Rank #9Lowest official inputPhi 4 Mini$0.07 / 1MLargest contextGrok 4 Fast2M 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 MythosAnthropic99.899.7100.098.7N/A
Muse SparkMeta68.097.8N/A47.2N/A
GPT-4.5OpenAI43.891.048.733.438.7
Seed 2.1 ProByteDance95.590.633.354.3N/A
Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle96.290.3N/A54.0N/A
30.649.568.387.2106-7.519.646.873.9101Knowledge scoreOverall score
80 models with comparable dataOpen a model by selecting its logo
GPQA94.6%Claude Mythos Preview95 compared models
MMLU-Pro89.6%Qwen3.7 Max81 compared models
AIME 2025100.0%Gemini 3 Pro44 compared models
SWE-Bench Verified93.9%Claude Mythos Preview47 compared models
MMLU91.8%o148 compared models
Humanity's Last Exam64.7%Claude Mythos Preview54 compared models
LiveCodeBench93.5%DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max27 compared models
MATH97.9%o3-mini26 compared models

Knowledge Model Ranking

Models are ordered by their knowledge score.

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01ANClaude MythosAnthropicClaude Mythos Preview99.793.699.8100.098.7N/A80.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
02MEMuse SparkMetaMuse Spark97.873.268.0N/A47.2N/A60.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
03OPGPT-4.5OpenAIGPT-4.591.036.243.848.733.438.7100.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
04BYSeed 2.1 ProByteDanceSeed 2.1 Pro90.678.795.533.354.3N/A80.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
05GOGemini 3.1 ProGoogleGemini 3.1 Pro90.377.596.2N/A54.0N/A60.0%1MClosed weights$2$12
06ANClaude Opus 4.7AnthropicClaude Opus 4.790.184.298.7N/A71.5N/A60.0%1MClosed weights$5$25
07ACQwen3.7 MaxAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.7 Max89.178.891.593.185.692.2100.0%1MClosed weights$2.5$7.5
08ANClaude Opus 4.6AnthropicClaude Opus 4.687.779.683.295.674.7N/A80.0%1MClosed weights$5$25
09MAKimi K2.5Moonshot AIKimi K2.587.366.084.167.347.3N/A80.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.60$3
10ACQwen3.6 PlusAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.6 Plus87.367.580.973.351.872.7100.0%1MClosed weights$0.50$3
11BYSeed 2.1 TurboByteDanceSeed 2.1 Turbo85.973.190.939.642.5N/A80.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
12DEDeepSeek-V4-ProDeepSeekDeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max84.873.890.183.963.7N/A80.0%1MClosed weights$0.435$0.87
13ACQwen3.5 122B A10BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-122B-A10B84.659.267.456.354.269.8100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.40$3.2
14ACQwen3.7 PlusAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.7-Plus83.573.884.766.961.687.8100.0%1MClosed weights$0.50$3
15ACQwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-397B-A17B82.866.381.350.157.481.9100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.60$3.6
16BAERNIE 5.0BaiduERNIE 5.082.558.777.350.9N/AN/A60.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
17MAKimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AIKimi K2-Thinking-090582.061.075.565.761.00.0100.0%262.1KClosed weights$0.60$2.5
18OPo1OpenAIo181.736.359.457.236.0N/A80.0%200KClosed weights$15$60
19GOGemini 2.5 ProGoogleGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-0578.749.981.154.966.1100.0100.0%1MClosed weights$1.25$10
20ACQwen3.5 27BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-27B78.057.262.559.447.970.6100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.30$2.4
21ANClaude Sonnet 4.6AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4.677.772.678.2N/A48.7N/A60.0%1MClosed weights$3$15
22NVNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIANemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)77.362.982.6100.049.385.3100.0%1MOpen weights$0.50$2.5
23GOGemini 3 ProGoogleGemini 3 Pro74.567.373.498.254.4N/A80.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
24ZAGLM 4.7Zhipu AIGLM-4.774.559.779.460.647.2N/A80.0%204.8KOpen weights$0.60$2.2
25ACQwen3.6 27BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.6-27B71.460.571.849.949.0N/A80.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.60$3.6
26ACQwen3.5 35B A3BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-35B-A3B71.252.061.843.844.254.4100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.25$2
27MIMAI Thinking 1MicrosoftMAI-Thinking-171.155.174.558.845.838.4100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
28ACQwen3 235B A22BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-250770.642.461.121.551.272.8100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.70$2.8
29DEDeepSeek-R1DeepSeekDeepSeek-R1-052870.344.265.238.630.0N/A80.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
30OPGPT-5.2OpenAIGPT-5.269.971.474.090.087.5N/A80.0%400KClosed weights$1.75$14
31MIMiniMax M2.1MiniMaxMiniMax M2.169.253.765.239.860.939.3100.0%204.8KOpen weights$0.30$1.2
32GOGemini 3 FlashGoogleGemini 3 Flash69.064.872.194.753.4N/A80.0%1MClosed weights$0.50$3
33GOGemma 4 31BGoogleGemma 4 31B67.460.187.635.361.5N/A80.0%262.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
34XAGrok 4 FastxAIGrok 4 Fast67.454.079.465.288.9N/A80.0%2MClosed weightsN/AN/A
35ACQwen3 VL 32B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 32B Thinking66.540.547.945.133.663.4100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
36DEDeepSeek-V3.1DeepSeekDeepSeek-V3.166.339.953.67.536.8N/A80.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
37ACQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking65.240.958.245.738.562.7100.0%131.1KOpen weights$0.50$6
38ACQwen3 VL 235B A22BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct64.843.254.028.053.276.8100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
39XIMiMo V2 FlashXiaomiMiMo-V2-Flash63.051.373.057.046.5N/A80.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.14$0.28
40XIMiMo V2.5 ProXiaomiMiMo-V2.5-Pro62.846.784.092.849.7N/A80.0%1MOpen weights$0.435$0.87
41ACQwen3 235B A22B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-250761.948.571.463.553.984.9100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
42ACQwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.6-35B-A3B61.655.380.340.932.3N/A80.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.248$1.49
43MAKimi k1.5Moonshot AIKimi-k1.561.430.1N/A47.9N/A47.760.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
44NVNemotron 3 SuperNVIDIANemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)60.844.870.068.731.971.4100.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.20$0.80
45GOGemini 2.0 FlashGoogleGemini 2.0 Flash60.028.133.797.227.861.9100.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
46GOGemma 2 27BGoogleGemma 2 27B59.40.068.610.78.6N/A80.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
47GOGemini 2.5 FlashGoogleGemini 2.5 Flash58.238.170.624.846.171.4100.0%1MClosed weights$0.30$2.5
48ACQwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking55.945.858.653.846.177.7100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
49ACQwen3 Next 80B A3BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct53.036.653.418.949.062.7100.0%131.1KOpen weights$0.50$2
50GOGemma 4 26B A4BGoogleGemma 4 26B-A4B52.852.679.226.557.7N/A80.0%262.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
51NVLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70BNVIDIALlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct52.03.157.353.2N/A0.080.0%128KOpen weightsN/AN/A
52ACQwen3.5 9BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-9B52.041.447.628.133.644.6100.0%262.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
53GOGemini 2.0 Flash LiteGoogleGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite51.421.026.686.050.00.0100.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
54ZAGLM 4.5Zhipu AIGLM-4.551.349.361.490.049.6N/A80.0%131.1KOpen weights$0.60$2.2
55MIPhi 3.5 MoEMicrosoftPhi-3.5-MoE-instruct50.64.961.834.339.775.0100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
56OPGPT-4.1OpenAIGPT-4.149.031.938.63.532.329.3100.0%1MClosed weights$2$8
57IBGranite 3.3 8BIBMGranite 3.3 8B Instruct48.73.827.425.380.810.2100.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
58MIPhi 4 MiniMicrosoftPhi 4 Mini48.20.023.835.6N/AN/A60.0%128KOpen weights$0.075$0.30
59ACQwen3 VL 8B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 8B Thinking47.028.532.533.628.941.3100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
60OPo3 miniOpenAIo3-mini46.936.358.163.851.770.0100.0%200KClosed weights$1.1$4.4
61GOGemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogleGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite44.819.135.211.99.828.6100.0%1MClosed weights$0.10$0.40
62MIMiniMax M2MiniMaxMiniMax M243.943.959.434.549.8N/A80.0%196.6KOpen weights$0.30$1.2
63ACQwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking43.431.837.838.830.839.9100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
64ACQwen3 VL 32BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 32B Instruct43.335.239.319.59.641.0100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
65MIPhi 3.5 miniMicrosoftPhi-3.5-mini-instruct42.90.027.724.418.7100.0100.0%128KClosed weightsN/AN/A
66SASarvam 105BSarvam AISarvam-105B42.044.660.173.431.740.6100.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
67ACQwen3 VL 30B A3BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct41.628.830.614.37.737.6100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
68GOGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogleGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite41.651.982.0N/AN/AN/A40.0%1MClosed weights$0.25$1.5
69NVNemotron 3 NanoNVIDIANemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)40.235.254.392.012.156.7100.0%262.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
70ACQwen2.5 14BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 14B Instruct40.08.220.373.151.2N/A80.0%N/AClosed weights$0.35$1.4
71NRHermes 3 70BNous ResearchHermes 3 70B39.67.259.21.4N/A82.880.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
72ZAGLM 4.5 AirZhipu AIGLM-4.5-Air39.641.554.386.530.9N/A80.0%131.1KOpen weights$0.20$1.1
73MAMistral Small 3.1 24BMistral AIMistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct39.58.418.940.759.2N/A80.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
74GOGemma 2 9BGoogleGemma 2 9B39.50.049.95.32.3N/A80.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
75OPGPT-4.1-miniOpenAIGPT-4.1 mini38.624.835.65.313.121.1100.0%1MClosed weights$0.40$1.6
76MAKimi K2Moonshot AIKimi K2-Instruct-090538.037.255.134.535.363.4100.0%N/AClosed weights$0.60$2.5
77GODiffusionGemma 26B A4BGoogleDiffusionGemma 26B-A4B37.934.259.911.821.2N/A80.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
78GOGemma 3 27BGoogleGemma 3 27B37.915.846.889.039.261.1100.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
79ACQwen2.5 32BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 32B Instruct37.414.850.681.768.3N/A80.0%N/AClosed weights$0.70$2.8
80ACQwen3.5 4BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-4B36.932.435.818.825.036.3100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
81MAMistral Large 3Mistral AIMistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512)36.415.816.970.024.3N/A80.0%262.1KOpen weights$0.50$1.5
82GOGemma 3 12BGoogleGemma 3 12B35.411.239.474.832.451.4100.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
83OPGPT-4oOpenAIGPT-4o35.223.922.80.08.517.4100.0%128KClosed weights$2.5$10
84ALJamba 1.5 LargeAI21 LabsJamba 1.5 Large33.92.746.131.9N/A14.380.0%256KClosed weightsN/AN/A
85ACQwen3 VL 4BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 4B Instruct33.419.312.34.01.916.8100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
86MIMiniMax M1 80KMiniMaxMiniMax M1 80K32.737.045.151.042.537.5100.0%1MClosed weightsN/AN/A
87COCommand R+CohereCommand R+30.80.071.210.6N/AN/A60.0%128KClosed weights$0.15$0.60
88GOGemma 4 12BGoogleGemma 4 12B30.238.270.317.629.336.7100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
89ACQwen3 VL 4B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 4B Thinking30.223.028.420.913.529.2100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
90MIMiniMax M1 40KMiniMaxMiniMax M1 40K30.135.343.440.938.637.5100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
91GOGemma 4 E4BGoogleGemma 4 E4B27.124.445.25.918.3N/A80.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
92GOGemma 3n E4B LiteRTGoogleGemma 3n E4B Instructed LiteRT Preview26.40.025.719.916.929.6100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
93MAMistral Small 3.2 24BMistral AIMistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct26.115.919.744.3N/A57.180.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
94ACQwen3 VL 8BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3 VL 8B Instruct25.424.822.45.23.936.0100.0%262.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
95IBIBM Granite 4.0 TinyIBMIBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview25.10.015.98.536.93.9100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
96ACQwen2 72BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2 72B Instruct24.99.850.941.446.6N/A80.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
97GOGemma 3n E4BGoogleGemma 3n E4B Instructed23.40.08.019.916.929.6100.0%32KClosed weightsN/AN/A
98MIPhi 4MicrosoftPhi 420.69.433.874.338.53.9100.0%16KClosed weights$0.125$0.50
99MAMistral NeMoMistral AIMistral NeMo Instruct17.80.046.9N/AN/AN/A40.0%128KClosed weights$0.15$0.15
100ACQwen2.5 Coder 32BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct17.24.446.339.368.0N/A80.0%128KClosed weights$0.287$0.861
101GOGemma 4 E2BGoogleGemma 4 E2B14.311.632.90.011.5N/A80.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
102GOGemma 3 4BGoogleGemma 3 4B13.30.021.751.810.850.4100.0%131.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
103ACQwen3.5 2BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-2B13.32.815.1N/AN/A11.360.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
104MAMinistral 8BMistral AIMinistral 8B Instruct12.90.034.127.10.027.3100.0%131.1KOpen weightsN/AN/A
105ACQwen2 7BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2 7B Instruct11.90.03.022.417.145.5100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
106ALJamba 1.5 MiniAI21 LabsJamba 1.5 Mini11.20.034.814.9N/A0.080.0%256.1KClosed weightsN/AN/A
107GOGemma 3n E2BGoogleGemma 3n E2B Instructed11.00.01.86.57.011.4100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
108GOGemma 3n E2B LiteRTGoogleGemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)10.30.09.56.57.011.4100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
109ACQwen2.5 Coder 7BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct3.70.022.819.950.5N/A80.0%N/AClosed weights$0.144$0.287
110ACQwen3.5 0.8BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-0.8B3.30.02.2N/AN/A0.660.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
111GOGemma 3 1BGoogleGemma 3 1B0.60.00.16.91.011.7100.0%N/AClosed weightsN/AN/A
112BAERNIE 4.5BaiduERNIE 4.50.30.06.50.00.00.0100.0%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$0.1$0.2$0.5$1.0$2.0$5.0$10$20Knowledge scoreOfficial API price blend (8:1 input/output), USD / 1M
Efficient frontier49 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
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team7Anthropic4Google3OpenAI2ByteDance2Moonshot AI2Meta1DeepSeek1

Access model

Open weights
7
Closed weights
18
Official price available
18

Compare the leaders

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

Claude MythosvsMuse SparkClaude MythosvsKimi K2.5Claude MythosvsPhi 4 Mini
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 Mythos is currently ranked first with a knowledge score of 99.7.

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 112 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.